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‘Soul of my soul’: Israeli shelling kills Gaza grandfather who moved world

Khaled Nabhan, a Palestinian man known as “Abu Diaa”, was killed early on Monday in an Israeli bombardment targeting the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.

He had become widely known after a video showed him kissing the eyes of his slain granddaughter and calling her “soul of my soul” last year. Israeli air strikes had killed his granddaughter, Reem, and grandson, Tarek, in November 2023.

Palestinian rights advocates paid tribute to Nabhan on Monday, with many recalling his bond with Reem as well as his charitable acts in the months after she was killed.



At least 8 killed in an Israeli strike on Gaza City

The Israeli military has shelled a house in the Daraj neighbourhood, east of Gaza City, killing at least eight people and wounding several more, an Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent reports.

Earlier, we reported that at least four people were killed after Israeli forces carried out a drone and missile attack in the Shati refugee camp, northwest of Gaza City.


Israel’s missile attack on Shati leaves ‘piles of flesh’

We’ve just seen the footage from the Shati refugee camp, in the northwest of Gaza City, where a group of people were targeted in an Israeli drone and missile attack. Four people were killed right on the spot.

We are not able to show this footage on screen, but it shows bodies torn apart by the missiles. The missiles used by the Israeli military are packed with nails and little pieces of metal, and when they explode, they fly at high speed, cut through the flesh and cause severe bleeding.

So, what we saw were piles of flesh on the ground as the bodies had been torn apart. Multiple people were also injured. They were all transferred to Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital.

And in Beit Lahiya, two people were killed near the Kamal Adwan Hospital as they were trying to move from the house they were sheltering in to another one, seeking safety and protection. The vicinity of Kamal Adwan Hospital has become a notorious site, with ongoing, repeated attacks by Israeli tank shells, quadcopters and drone missiles.

There have also been attacks by quadcopters on the emergency department of the hospital throughout the day. Many of the medical staff there are at risk of losing their lives simply because they are inside the hospital and doing their job – treating people as much as they can.