Mohammed Hamad, 14, was on his way home from school in Deir el-Balah on October 17 when an Israeli strike targeted the road he was travelling along.
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he → target → road
He had finished classes at the makeshift school and was walking home through the al-Baraka neighbourhood with his 10-year-old brother, Abdullah.
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He → finish → brother
Mohammed was killed in the strike along with another man.
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Mohammed → kill → man
Abdullah survived.
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Abdullah → survive → ?
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His loss is difficult for the 44-year-old father to comprehend.
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father → comprehend → ?
“He was not just my son, he was my friend,” Hamad told Al Jazeera from his family tent in Deir el-Balah.
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Hamad → tell → Balah
“He was doing so well.
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He → do → ?
May God have mercy on him.”
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God → have → him
The family has struggled to come to terms with the death of a boy whose schoolwork and achievements had been a source of pride.
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schoolwork → struggle → pride
“Mohammed used to ask me: ‘How am I with you?’
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I → use → you
I swear, I never asked him for anything more,” he said.
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he → swear → anything
The loss has also left a deep mark on Abdullah, who now fears losing his father, too.
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who → leave → father
“He has become very afraid of going to school.
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He → become → school
They used to go together every day and come back together.
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They → use → ?
Now he cannot come to terms with having to go on his own,” Hamad said.
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Hamad → come → own
“We are living in fear.
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We → live → fear
When I go out into the streets, I swear I am afraid.
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I → go → streets
Even when I am walking or sitting in a car, my heart is filled with fear …
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heart → walk → fear
Why should our children have to live with this constant fear and anxiety, even until the last moment?
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children → have → moment
The child is supposed to bury his father, not the father bury his child.
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father → suppose → child
They have turned the order of things upside down.”
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They → turn → things
The gradual return of children to school – even in makeshift classrooms and tents – had offered families in Gaza some hope of restoring a sense of normality after years of disruptions.
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return → offer → disruptions
But Israeli air raids and sniper fire have continued, despite a ceasefire being established last October for Gaza.
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raids → continue → Gaza
Since then, Israel has killed at least 1,574 Palestinians and injured 5,687 in Gaza, according to the enclave’s Ministry of Health.
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Israel → kill → Health
The academic year resumed in Gaza on September 19, after nearly three years of disruptions caused by Israel’s war – and with it came more Israeli strikes.
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strikes → resume → it
Ten children aged from six to 16 and a teacher were killed between October 18 and 24.
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children → age → October
In a statement last Sunday, the Ministry of Education said that two girls were wounded during morning assembly at Muradiya School in Jabalia on October 21.
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girls → say → October
Five students were also injured, some critically, in an attack on the Islamic University campus in Gaza City on Sunday.
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some → injure → Sunday
The ministry called for urgent international action to protect students, schools and universities in Gaza.
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ministry → call → Gaza
The risks are particularly high for schools located near the so-called “Yellow Line”, a point that divided Gaza’s territory between Israeli and Palestinian control as part of the October 2025 “ceasefire” agreement.
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that → locate → agreement
The line has moved westward to give Israel control of more than 65 percent of Gaza, according to the United Nations, up from the 53 percent agreed upon a year ago
At least 66 Palestinian children have been killed close to the Yellow Line, and pupils and teachers travelling near this zone remain in mortal danger from Israeli snipers and bombs.
On October 21, Suad Abd Rabbo, a fourth-grade student, went to school carrying her bag and books.
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Rabbo → move → bag
Not long afterwards, her older sister rushed home shouting that Suad had been shot.
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Suad → rush → ?
“I ran out barefoot,” Suad’s mother, Aliaa Abd Rabbo, recalled.
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mother → run → ?
“When I saw her, I was confused.
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I → see → her
I didn’t know what to do.
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I → know → what
She was bleeding, crying and screaming.”
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She → bleed → ?
The bullet struck Suad above the knee and lodged in a sensitive area close to her nerves and tendons.
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bullet → strike → nerves
She was rushed to hospital, where doctors warned that trying to remove it could cause paralysis.
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trying → rush → paralysis
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