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Name of the Victim: Ahmed As`ad Tubayl 

Age: 15 years old
Sex: Male 
Date of Death: Jan., 3, 2009 
Place of Injury or Death: In front of Ibrahim Al-Makadmah's Masjid —Jabalya Camp— in the northern of Gaza Strip
Cause of Injury or Death: A missile that was launched from an Israeli reconnaissance warplane when he was coming out from the mosque after offering the Maghrib prayer
Details of the Last Hours:

As usual, Ahmad Tubayl went to "Ibrahim Al-Makadmah's mosque" to perform the Maghrib prayer on the third of January. After performing Salah, an Israeli reconnaissance warplane hit the people who were coming out of the mosque, causing Ahmad to fall as a martyr and left dozens of citizens in causalities. 

Other Information:

Ahmed was fantastic. He amazes you when you see tens of certificates of appreciation that he obtained in many fields. In the Islamic Sciences, Ahmad was not only satisfied to memorize the Qur'an in five ways of recitations, memorizing 1500 Hadith, and the study of the rules of recitation, but he studied also the science of distributing inheritance according to the Islamic Shariah.
As in the field of technical sciences, he was not only, as his father called him, a junior electronic engineer but also the first to use several modern technical programs in Gaza Strip.

Ahmed was a first-grade student in Ahmad Ash-Shuqiry's Secondary School and he always got the highest degrees. As in the final year of secondary school, which he could not reach, everyone knew him expected that he would be ranked the first in the scientific field in Gaza.

His father said: "The Professor used to entrust him with the questions of the tests to print, and when I told the professor not to do so, he would say: "Those were not difficult questions for Ahmed."

The professor also used to entrust him with the degrees of all students in the school. He was very honest; may Allah bestow mercy on his soul."

About his qualities his mother said: "Ahmed had interest in religious sciences as well as the worldly sciences. He was kind and tolerant. Two days before his martyrdom, he found me sad for people fell martyrs, he said to me: "O mother, do not cry or weep when I get martyred because a martyr only feels a pinch of a needle when killed." May Allah accept him in the Gardens of Eternity."

Ahmed was characterized with intimate family relationships. He was so much attached with his sister "Rola" and she was the deposit of his secrets. He was the closest to his father as `Aziz `Ali Ahmad said: "I was dreaming of the day on which he will become an engineer or someone important in the society. I remember how he was wearing my clothes and I loved him doing that because we were friends. 

He was skilled at fixing computers and used to fix all the family equipments. He died and did not fix the equipment of his brother Rafiq. Ahmed was a junior electronic engineer, a calligrapher, an artist, a story writer." 

His father says about his commitment to the mosque: "I woke up early to find him offering prayer at 3 AM., then get ready to go to the mosque. A friend of mine, who used to go to the mosque early, told me that his wish was to precede Ahmed to the mosque, but he could not. 

"Today, after Ahmed's death, he can do that." Father sadly said.

 
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