Gaza’s youngest humanitarian, 11-year-old Yaqeen Hammad, killed in Israeli airstrike
Deir al-Balah: An Israeli airstrike in Gaza's Al-Baraka neighbourhood has claimed the life of 11-year-old Yaqeen Hammad, Gaza’s youngest media activist and humanitarian volunteer.
Gaza’s youngest humanitarian, 11-year-old Yaqeen Hammad, killed in Israeli airstrike
Deir al-Balah: An Israeli airstrike in Gaza's Al-Baraka neighbourhood has claimed the life of 11-year-old Yaqeen Hammad, Gaza’s youngest media activist and humanitarian volunteer.
Yaqeen worked closely with her brother, Mohamed Hammad, distributing aid to displaced families and chronicled the daily hardships of Palestenian childre. She was also a member of the Ounea Collective, a Palestinian non-profit organization that aids humanitarian initiatives in Gaza.
Her videos featured cooking on improvised stoves or distributing materials to kids displaced under siege. One widely shared video showed her cooking without gas, with the caption that says, “Gaza, nothing’s impossible.”
“She described how she made this contraption to cook despite Israel’s cutting off of gas. May you be a bird in paradise, Yaqeen,” wrote one user on X (formerly Twitter), among a flood of tributes mourning her death.
According to Gaza health authorities, since October 2023, the ongoing conflict has killed 53,655 Palestinians, 16,500 of them children.
Her videos featured cooking on improvised stoves or distributing materials to kids displaced under siege. One widely shared video showed her cooking without gas, with the caption that says, “Gaza, nothing’s impossible.”
“She described how she made this contraption to cook despite Israel’s cutting off of gas. May you be a bird in paradise, Yaqeen,” wrote one user on X (formerly Twitter), among a flood of tributes mourning her death.
According to Gaza health authorities, since October 2023, the ongoing conflict has killed 53,655 Palestinians , 16,500 of them children.
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Man killed in flat ceiling plaster crash, wife and son hurt
Thane (PTI): A 45-year-old man was killed, and his wife and son were injured when a portion of plaster from the ceiling collapsed in their flat in a seven-storey building in Thane on Saturday, officials said.
Chief of the Regional Disaster Management Cell, Yasin Tadvi, said the 16-year-old building is not listed in the "dangerous" category.
"The incident occurred in Karumdev Society at about 3 am. The plaster of the hall in a flat on the terrace floor suddenly fell while the occupants were asleep", he said.
Of the four people who were inside the room, two suffered minor injuries and were discharged after primary treatment, Tadvi stated.
The injured persons were identified as Arpita More (42), who suffered minor head injuries, and her son Arush More (16), who sustained injuries to both legs.
Manoj More (45), who sustained chest injuries, died during treatment at a private hospital.
