Aya Ibrahim Sheikh Al-Eid

Location Rafah

Four-year-old Aya from the Msabeh area of Rafah was a very pretty child who had beautiful green eyes. “Aya liked to spend time watching the Toyour Al-Jana children’s channel on TV and repeating the songs she heard,” said her grandmother. Aya was very excited about going to kindergarten.

On Friday, 1 August 2014, in the midst of intense random shelling by Israeli forces throughout Rafah, Ibrahim Sheikh Al Eid decided that his family should evacuate their house. With his wife and three children, he left the home looking for a taxi. They could only find an ambulance, so they accompanied the injured therein. The ambulance was attacked by two missiles from an Israeli drone. Everyone inside the ambulance was killed including Aya.