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.
Let the Truth be known. If you read VB and like VB, please be a VB Supporter and Help us deliver the Truth to one and all.
Sunetra Pawar urges supporters to avoid celebrations amid big lead in Baramati
Baramati: NCP leader Sunetra Pawar, who is leading by a margin of over 70,000 votes in the Baramati bypoll, has appealed to her supporters to refrain from holding victory celebrations.
Even as counting trends show a strong lead in her favour, Pawar urged party workers and supporters to avoid rallies or public celebrations.
Counting of votes is still in progress, and the final result is awaited.
