Mohammad Yasser Nabahin

Their life

Mohammad Yasser Nimr al-Nabahin was a 13-year-old Palestinian boy from Al-Bureij Refugee Camp in the central Gaza Strip. He was one of the victims of the Israeli military’s three-day offensive on Gaza from August 5 to 7, 2022. Mohammad was killed alongside two of his siblings—14-year-old Dalia and nine-year-old Ahmad—when an Israeli missile struck their family home on August 7, 2022, around 7:05 p.m. Their father, Yasser al-Nabahin, was also killed in the same attack, and another sibling, Bilal, was moderately injured.

Mohammad Yasser Nimr al-Nabahin was a 13-year-old Palestinian boy from Al-Bureij Refugee Camp in the central Gaza Strip. He was one of the victims of the Israeli military’s three-day offensive on Gaza from August 5 to 7, 2022. Mohammad was killed alongside two of his siblings—14-year-old Dalia and nine-year-old Ahmad—when an Israeli missile struck their family home on August 7, 2022, around 7:05 p.m. Their father, Yasser al-Nabahin, was also killed in the same attack, and another sibling, Bilal, was moderately injured.

Mohammad was a kind-hearted boy with big dreams. He aspired to become a traveling merchant—imagining a life beyond the borders of Gaza, where he could bring back exciting goods to trade. During the summers, he would craft and sell kites to children in the neighborhood, showing both his creativity and entrepreneurial spirit. His older brother Bilal described him as someone with a gentle and generous heart, full of ambition and joy.

His father, Yasser, served as a captain in Gaza’s nautical police and was known for his dedication to his community and his efforts against the occupation. The family lived east of Al-Bureij Refugee Camp, near the Gaza-Israel border. On the evening of the attack, Yasser had been tending the garden in front of their home with his children, enjoying a moment of peace, when an Israeli airstrike targeted the area. The explosion claimed the lives of Yasser and three of his children, turning a tranquil family moment into tragedy.

How they died

Mohammad was killed by an Israeli airstrike that struck his family’s home. The missile was fired by the Israeli military during their August 2022 offensive on Gaza, which resulted in the deaths of at least 44 people, including 17 children.

Mohammad Yasser Nimr al-Nabahin was killed on the evening of August 7, 2022, as a result of an Israeli airstrike that targeted his family’s home located east of Al-Bureij Refugee Camp in the central Gaza Strip. The missile strike occurred around 7:05 p.m. while Mohammad, his father Yasser, and his siblings were outside in their garden watering trees. Just moments before the explosion, Yasser had received a relative who came to visit from a nearby home. After the guest left, Yasser and his children remained outside, enjoying the evening together in their garden.

Without warning, an Israeli missile struck the area, resulting in a powerful explosion that killed Mohammad instantly along with his 14-year-old sister Dalia, 9-year-old brother Ahmad, and their father Yasser. Another sibling, Bilal, sustained moderate injuries. The missile was one of many launched during a three-day Israeli military offensive on the Gaza Strip, which began on August 5, 2022, and was marked by a series of targeted airstrikes that hit densely populated civilian areas.

A plea from the family

Bilal al-Nabahin, the older brother of 13-year-old Mohammad, survived the August 7 airstrike but was moderately injured. As the only sibling present outside during the attack who lived through the explosion, Bilal has spoken out about the devastating loss his family endured. In a voice filled with grief, he recalled Mohammad’s gentle personality and big dreams. “He had a kind, soft heart,” Bilal said. “He wanted to be a traveling merchant—he always talked about going outside Gaza, working, bringing back things to trade.” For Bilal, the attack not only stole his younger siblings but also his father, Yasser, who had been a pillar of strength and a devoted family man. Yasser was known in the community for his service as a captain in Gaza’s nautical police. “He had an honorable career of heroism and fighting against the occupation,” Bilal said. He recalled how their father used to sit with them under the trees in their garden, watering the plants with care—symbols of life and peace now turned into a scene of death and destruction.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Mohammad Yasser Nabahin, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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