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Name of Victim: Belal Kamel Fakhry Hegazy

Age: 13 years old
Date of murder: February 27, 2008 
Place of murder: Near Al-Tawam area, northwestern Gaza Strip.
Weapon used: Air-to-ground missile from an Israeli reconnaissance plane.
Details of the last hours: Belal was playing football with other 14 children near Al-Tawam area. Terrified at the increasing number of Israeli military airplanes in the sky, eight children left the place. One of the remaining seven suggested that the others say the Shahada (Islamic testimony of faith) if they were afraid from the military airplanes. Shortly after saying it, Belal and his friend Muhammad Hamada died when an air-to-ground missile from an Israeli reconnaissance plane hit the area. Their friends were severely injured.
Hobbies (during lifetime): Sports, especially football.
Dreams martyr once had: Belal dreamed of becoming a doctor.
 
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