Marah Ahmed Sulaiman Abu Amer

Location Khan Younis

Ten-year-old Marah from Abasan Alkabirah in Khan Younis in the south of the Gaza Strip had many friends. She spent most of her time with them. Her mother bought her a white dress that she had hoped to have. “She liked to stay with me and to sleep in my house. I named her Marah,” her grandmother said.

On 29 July 2014, an Israeli warplane attacked the Al Dali high rise building. Most of the people who were in the building were killed in the attack. The Abu Amer family had evacuated their home in Abasan and relocated to Khan Younis in search of shelter. At the time of the attack on Al Dali, the Abu Amer family was living in Toyour Al Janna kindergarten, which is located adjacent to Al Dali. 16 people from the Abu Amer family were killed in the attack, including Marah.