Shadi ‘Emad Kuhail
Shadi ‘Emad Nemer Kuhail was killed by an Israeli missile strike targeting a civilian horse cart at Al-Samer Intersection in central Gaza City on August 7, 2022.
Shadi was killed by an Israeli missile launched at a civilian horse cart in the middle of Gaza City during the final hours of the August 2022 Israeli military offensive. The airstrike was conducted without warning and occurred in a densely populated civilian area. There was no confirmed military target associated with the cart. The targeted strike claimed the lives of two civilians and injured others, marking yet another violation of international humanitarian law, which prohibits attacks on civilians and requires strict adherence to the principles of distinction and proportionality.
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Shadi ‘Emad Nemer Kuhail was a 27-year-old Palestinian civilian from Gaza City. He was killed on August 7, 2022, during the final hours of Israel’s three-day military offensive on the Gaza Strip. Shadi lost his life when an Israeli missile struck a horse cart he was traveling on at Al-Samer Intersection in central Gaza City. He died alongside his friend, Khaled Ayman Jamil Yasin, also 27 years old. The strike occurred just hours before a ceasefire was declared, underscoring the continuing danger civilians faced until the very end of the assault.
Shadi ‘Emad Nemer Kuhail, 27, was a resident of Gaza City, born and raised in the densely populated urban heart of the besieged enclave. Known to his family and friends as a quiet, hardworking man, Shadi had spent his short life navigating the daily struggles of living under blockade and frequent military assaults. On August 7, 2022, during what was supposed to be an ordinary moment in the streets of central Gaza, Shadi was killed when Israeli forces launched a missile strike on a horse cart at the busy Al-Samer Intersection. He was traveling with his friend, Khaled Yasin, who was also killed instantly in the same blast.
The strike occurred just hours before a ceasefire went into effect, catching civilians in moments of vulnerability as they attempted to carry on with everyday life in the narrow window between airstrikes. There were no reports indicating the horse cart posed any military threat, and no warning was issued before the missile was fired. The location of the strike—Al-Samer Intersection—is a cent
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On the final day of Israel’s military assault on the Gaza Strip, just hours before a ceasefire was declared, four Palestinian civilians were killed in airstrikes targeting central Gaza City. Among the dead were Shadi ‘Emad Nemer Kuhail, 27, and Khaled Ayman Jamil Yasin, also 27, who were both killed when an Israeli missile struck a horse cart at the busy al-Samer Intersection. The same attack zone also claimed the life of ‘Abdel Rahman Jom’ah Khalaf al-Silik, 22, from the Shuja’iyya neighborhood. He was returning home in a taxi from his shoe shop in al-Shati refugee camp when he was caught in the blast. Additionally, Ahmed Sabe’a Dawoud, 21, a traffic officer from al-Nafaq Street, was critically injured while on duty at the intersection and later died at al-Shifa Hospital. Meanwhile, the night before—on August 6 at 9:30 p.m.—Israeli warplanes launched six missiles at a three-story residential building in Rafah refugee camp, without issuing any prior warning. The airstrikes demolished the building and caused severe damage to seven surrounding homes. The attack resulted in the deaths of seven people, including a child and two women, and injured 35 others, among them 18 children and 12 women.1 israelpalestinetimeline.org Open source