Wafa Aludaini

Their life

Early Life & Career
Wafa Abdel Rahman Aludaini was born in 1988 in Gaza City. A passionate advocate for truth, she founded the October 16th Media Group in 2018, specializing in investigative journalism on war crimes against children and forced displacement. Her groundbreaking reports exposed:
Mass graves of minors after 2021 airstrikes
Systematic targeting of Palestinian families
Weaponized starvation in northern Gaza
Final Days & Death
On 30 September 2024, Israeli F-16s bombed her home in Deir al-Balah, killing: Wafa (36)
Her husband (40, civil engineer)
Their children Adam (8) and Lina (5)

Wafa Abdel Rahman Aludaini was born in 1988 in Gaza City. A passionate advocate for truth, she founded the October 16th Media Group in 2018, specializing in investigative journalism on war crimes against children and forced displacement. Her groundbreaking reports exposed:
Mass graves of minors after 2021 airstrikes
Systematic targeting of Palestinian families
Weaponized starvation in northern Gaza
Final Days & Death
On 30 September 2024, Israeli F-16s bombed her home in Deir al-Balah, killing: Wafa (36)
Her husband (40, civil engineer)
Their children Adam (8) and Lina (5)
Legacy
Posthumous Awards:
2024 UNESCO World Press Freedom Prize
Goldstein Prize for Humanitarian Journalism
Global Impact:
#WafasChildren campaign documents 3,200+ child deaths
ICC incorporates her archives into genocide case against Israel
Survivors Demand:
Return of her confiscated hard drives (held by IDF)
ICC arrest warrants for strike commanders
Evacuation of her cancer-stricken mother

How they died

killed in an Israeli airstrike

Direct hit by Israeli F-16 missile

A plea from the family

1. Immediate Family Survivors Mother (Umm Wafa, 62): Stage 4 breast cancer patient, trapped in Khan Younis without treatment Father (Abu Wafa, 70): Disabled by war injuries, lacks wheelchair access Siblings: Two brothers (journalists) and one sister (teacher), all displaced 2. Urgent Humanitarian Appeals Medical Evacuation: "My daughter documented children dying from bombs. Now I watch her children's friends starve to death. We beg for evacuation." — Umm Wafa to Al Jazeera (October 2024) Recovery of Archives: "The IDF stole Wafa's hard drives with evidence of 214 child killings. We demand their return under international supervision." — Brother (Mohammed, 34) at UN press conference

Why we remember them

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

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