Sulaiman Salim Mousa Al Astal

Sulaiman Salim Mousa Al Astal

Date of birth 20 May 1997
Date of death 09 Jul 2014

Location Khan Younis

17-year-old Sulaiman Salim Mousa Al Astal from Khan Younis City left school after finishing the eighth grade due to the poor financial situation of his family. He went to train as a car mechanic. “He was a caring boy. His father and one of my other sons are disabled and so he used to help me with the house and the piece of land that we have,” his mother says. Sulaiman was a huge football fan. He was determined to make it out to find somewhere to watch the World Cup Finals even during the Israeli military onslaught.

On 9 July 2014, he’d gone to the Al Marah Resort on the Khan Younis beach to watch the game with his brother Ahmed, 18, when it was targeted. Nine people were killed, including Sulaiman and his brother.