Emad Al Din Hamed Olwan
Date of birth
16 Dec 2007
Date of death
18 Jul 2014
Location Gaza
6-year-old Emad from the Al Toffah neighborhood in the east of Gaza was an innocent, sensitive and smart child. He was an excellent student at school. He was very close to his mother and used to hug her and kiss her every time he came home. He loved playing computer games and his ambition was to be a doctor. “Before he died he asked me to buy him a computer, but I could not afford one,” said his mother.
Israeli forces intensified shelling against the Al Toffah neighborhood on 18 July 2014. At 8:30 pm an Israeli shell struck Emad’s house directly without any prior warning. Emad and his 3-year-old brother Qasem were killed instantly.
