Raneen Ali Abdullah Al Qarrah

Location Khan Younis

Fourteen-year-old Raneen from Khan Younis in the south of the Gaza Strip was said to be distinct, talented, and excellent at school, especially in English. She liked drawing and writing, and she was hoping to join university. She liked computer games. She did nice haircuts for her brothers.

“We were very afraid when our yard was bombarded by Israeli warplanes. We started to evacuate the house, and then the second missile hit the entryway, while we were trying to leave the house. It was a horrible scene. Raneen’s mother found her small body in the hospital full of shrapnel. Her mother said that at that moment she wished that her daughter would pass away so as not to suffer and live in pain with disability. Raneen died at the age of thirteen.

“What a war! That makes us wish the death of our beloved ones,” said her mother.