Khaled Ayman Yasin

Their life

Name: Hamed Heidar Hamed Najm
Age: 16
Hometown: Jabalia, northern Gaza Strip
Date of Death: August 7, 2022
Location of Death: Al-Fallujah Cemetery, west of Jabalia refugee camp
Cause of Death: Killed in an Israeli drone-fired missile strike during an airstrike campaign on Gaza

Hamed Heidar Hamed Najm was a 16-year-old Palestinian boy from Jabalia, a densely populated area in the northern Gaza Strip. On August 7, 2022, just hours before a ceasefire took effect, Hamed was killed in an Israeli airstrike that targeted Al-Fallujah Cemetery, located west of the Jabalia refugee camp. The attack occurred around 7 p.m., when an Israeli drone fired a missile that struck the area, killing Hamed along with four other children: Jameel Najmuddin Jameel Najm (3), Jameel Ihab Jameel Najm (13), Mohammad Salah Hamed Najim (16), and Nathmi Fayez Abdulhadi Abu Karsh (15).

Hamed was one of 17 Palestinian children confirmed killed during Israel's three-day military offensive on Gaza between August 5 and 7, 2022. The operation followed the arrest of a senior Islamic Jihad leader in Jenin in the occupied West Bank and the killing of a 16-year-old protester, Dirar Riyad Lufti Al-Haj Saleh. The overall offensive killed at least 44 Palestinians and injured more than 350, according to reports by Al Jazeera.

How they died

Hamed Heidar Hamed Najm was killed by an Israeli drone-fired missile during an airstrike on August 7, 2022.

Hamed Heidar Hamed Najm, aged 16, was killed during an Israeli military airstrike carried out on August 7, 2022. The attack involved a missile launched from an Israeli drone that struck the Al-Fallujah Cemetery area, located west of the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza. The missile hit the cemetery around 7 p.m., causing a blast that killed Hamed along with four other Palestinian children.

The strike was part of a broader Israeli military offensive against Gaza that took place over three days, from August 5 to August 7, 2022. This offensive targeted multiple locations across Gaza, reportedly in response to security developments in the West Bank, including the arrest of a senior Islamic Jihad leader and the killing of a Palestinian teenager protesting in Jenin.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Khaled Ayman Yasin, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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