Palestinian TikTok star Medo Halimy, 19, killed in Israeli attack
Mohamed “Medo” Halimy, who became known for his “tent life” videos, documenting life in the overcrowded al-Mawasi encampment in the south of the Gaza Strip, was killed in an Israeli air strike on Monday, The Associated Press news agency reports.
“If you wonder what living in a tent is actually like, come with me to show you how I spend my day,” Halimy said in his first of many “tent life” diaries filmed from the sprawling encampment.
The 19-year-old’s sometimes humorous takes on the mundane – and sometimes traumatic – experiences of displacement attracted more than two million views on TikTok. He continued to create and share new content right up until the day he was killed at an internet cafe in a tent, where he had met his friend and collaborator, Talal Murad.
Murad, 18, who was injured in the same attack, said their work “was a kind of resistance [he hoped] to continue”.
In this undated photo provided by Helmi Hirez, Mohamed ‘Medo’ Halimy, left, and twin brothers Mohammed Hirez, centre, and Helmi Hirez, right, stand on a beach in Gaza
Four killed in Israeli attack on Nuseirat camp
Al Jazeera Arabic’s correspondent on the ground reports that four Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli attack on a house in the west of the Nuseirat refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip.
We reported earlier that an unknown number of Palestinians had been killed and injured in an attack on a Nuseirat home.
The Anadolu news agency shared photographs showing the bodies of Palestinians killed in an attack on Nuseirat, including a young girl, that were taken to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah.
A man mourns Palestinians killed in an Israeli attack on the Nuseirat refugee camp, at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah, Gaza, on Friday
Israeli bombardment kills 3, injures 20, in Khan Younis
Three Palestinians have been killed and more than 20 wounded in an Israeli bombing of a home in the Jorat al-Lout area south of Khan Younis, our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic are reporting.
The attack comes as Palestinians returned to the city in the south of the Gaza Strip after Israeli troops withdrew to find widespread destruction and the bodies of at least nine people.
Palestinians walk past destroyed buildings after Israeli soldiers withdrew from Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Friday
Palestinians retrieve bodies from Khan Younis
Health and civil defence teams retrieved bodies of Palestinians from Khan Younis on Friday after the Israeli army withdrew from the area
Palestinians returned to the city in the south of the Gaza Strip to find widespread destruction, including large craters left by the Israeli military
