Yosef Sheikhha

How they died

Shot directly in the heart from behind while trying to save a wounded 17-year-old teenager. He was unarmed and non-aggressive, only moving forward to save a child's life. He fell face-down on the ground and died in the arms of one of his companions. Witnesses describe his body growing cold moment by moment and his eyes that never closed again. He was the first casualty from Narjeh city during the national uprising.

Why we remember them

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