On the third of January, the family gathered in the home yard among the olive trees, while Sherif walked steadily to the door of the house watching outside. He heard the sounds of the shells went high from time to time, so he wanted to see what is going on; perhaps he can help an injured or a wounded. He stood at the door and lent his back against the wall, few seconds have passed but an Israeli tank aimed a shell at him. The shrapnel penetrated his head and back, left him on the ground soaked in blood.

His mother did not see him off because she was possessed by a severe state of depression that left her unable to speak out of sorrow. She announced mourning by wearing in black. Sherif was her mum's supporter, helper, and the soft heart that treated her kindly. He promised her mother to bear the responsibility of improving their living standards when growing up. Her mother waited for that day but it did not and would not come because the one who took the promise left and the promised mother remained in a state of sorrow with a heart full of pain.

Sherif was the beloved one to his sister Maryem to whom he told all his worries, pains, and sorrows. Maryem said after she had fallen into moments of silence during which she recalled the memory of her brother: "He was so close to my heart. I miss him so much." She was the first to see him lying on the ground dead.

After the bombard, a man brought his body and placed him in front of his house so that his mother could have the last look before he was buried. In a time when the family ran away of the bombard and destruction, the shrapnel split his head and broke his back.

His Dreams:

Despite his young age, Sherif was a responsible man, who used to help his father in sustaining his siblings and so kind to his sisters and mother; he used to kiss her hand all the time.

Sherif wished to grow up to relieve his father from the responsibility of providing sustenance to his siblings and to bear it after he would finish his education and get a suitable job, but nothing of his wishes came true because his life span was over before he realized his dreams.