Photos: Names and faces of children killed in Israelâs latest offensive
At least 183 Palestinian children have been killed since Tuesday morning â here are a few of them
By Nader Durgham, Reposted from Middle East Eye, March 19, 2025
Israelâs sudden resumption of its war on Gaza has killed at least 436 Palestinians since Tuesday, according to the local health ministry.
Israel says it is targeting Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad targets, but nearly 42 percent of the victims have been children.
Social media is awash with people mourning children killed by attacks over the past two days.
âIsrael may kill us at will, burn us alive, and tear us apart, but it will never succeed in uprooting us from our land,â Ramy Abdu, a prominent human rights worker who lost nephews and nieces on Tuesday, said on X.
âJustice and accountability await â no matter how long it takes.â
Siwar Jamassi
Siwar Jamassi, Abduâs niece, is one of the many children killed by Israelâs latest attack.
Her siblings, parents, aunts and grandparents were also killed.
Her photo, which shows her sitting on a sofa above the rubble, has gone viral on social media.
Omar and Layan
Omar and Layan were killed alongside their mother, who is Abduâs sister.
In a post from 2021, Abdu showed Layanâs reaction to an Israeli air strike during its offensive on the Palestinian enclave at the time.
âMy niece Layan, 14, was displaced for over a year, living in tents during the genocide,â Abdu said in a post on X.
When Abdu would ask about her, he said people would tell him that she was âat workâ.
âLayan gathered children from nearby tents and started a classroom, becoming âMiss Layanâ, the beloved teacher amidst the ruins,â Abdu added. âIsrael killed Layan.â
Muhammad Naeem Shaban
Gaming streamer Joseph Alminawi, known online as Swiftor, announced the death of his ânine-month-old cousin, his mom, his uncles, all of their kidsâ in Israelâs attacks.
The infant was Muhammed Naeem Shaban.
âFuck Netanyahu and anyone trying to justify this evil shit â all for the sake of greed, land, staying in power,â Alminawi posted on X.
Bisan and Ayman
Bisanâs death was first announced by her maternal aunt, Heba al-Hindi, on Facebook.
âGod have mercy on you, Bisan, you are your auntâs heart, and may God give your mother patience,â Hindi said. âI pray that they find your brother.â
It was not long, however, before Hindi announced the death of her nephew.
âAyman the martyr has joined his sister Bisan,â she posted. âThe loss is great. May God give you patience, my sister, may God be with you.â
Mohammed, Tareq, Lana, Aya, and Wateen Ziad al-Humaida
The five siblings were killed along with their mother when an Israeli strike hit their tent in southern Gaza.
An unnamed infant was also killed and mourned by journalist Abubaker Abed.
âHis last name is not Bibas,â Abed said, referring to the Israeli children whose bodies were returned to Israel during the first phase of the ceasefire. âWestern media is still justifying the genocide in Gaza.â
Nader Durgham is a Lebanese journalist based in Beirut.
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