| Details of the
last hours: Children of Gaza returned to school after
the mid-year vacation, during which they suffered the most
hostile war in their history in the besieged strip. `Ali
Kamal An-Nadr did not return join his friends back to school
because he was killed on January 10, 2009.
`Ali, a 10-year-old boy in the fifth year at 'An-Naqab'
primary school in Jibalia, went with his elder brother
`Aamer -16 years old- to perform maghrib prayer at
'As-Sayyeda Khadijah' mosque. Before Burj Es-Sultan in their
way to the mosque, Israeli tank shells aimed at them,
killing `Ali, `Aamer, and another two kids from the same
place; their torn body parts scattered over the ground
before the imam starts started the prayer. Also In addition,
some people who were going to perform prayer were injured,
including the father of `Ali's father and `Aamer, who went
to the mosque three minutes before his kids.
`Ali was the youngest son of Um `Abdullah; so he was much
pampered. His mother says that `Ali's behavior was not as
usual on his last days. Since the beginning of the Israeli
assault he used to feel terrified whenever he heard the
sound of the rockets and aircrafts. A week later he changed;
he used to tell me news about the martyrs and injured people
in the neighborhood. When I Ali's mother asked him about his
fears, he answered "I am no longer fearful".
`Ali, the 10-year-old, was not an ordinary person. In the
early days of the Israeli assault he was a real
humanitarian, but in his own style. He hurried to aid an
injured person near his house and sought asking all the
house inhabitants to rescue him.
Um `Abdullah was not at home when her children were
killed. She was in a visiting to her widowed sister when her
nephew whispering to his mother said that `Ali was injured.
Um `Abdullah requested asked the boy to explain but he
denied what happened for fear that the shock would be over
her endurance. she might not stand the shock.
In a hurry going home she heard a woman telling that both
sons of Abu `Abdullah An-Nadr were martyred. Um `Abdullah
got startled and asked the woman about it, but the woman
also denied that the injured were Um `Abdullah's sons. Even
though, Um `Abdullah had a strong feeling that something bad
has befallen them. She walked home praying to Allah to give
her patience if something bad happened to her children or
house.
Other Information:
Being the youngest of Abu `Abdullah's sons, `Ali had
great love for his elder brother `Aamer; they shared a lot
of things. `Ali used to fast in Ramadan since he was just 5
years old. During the Israeli assault he and his brother
`Aamer were preoccupied with providing their family with
water and bread although security conditions were not
available every strict. They were keen on offering help to
relatives and neighbors as if they were aid official
workers.
His sister Zakiyya, who study studies Arabic language at
the Islamic College, says she felt that `Ali was striving
for Allah's sake, and when she noticed a change in his
behavior towards the ideal, she felt that something would
befall him.
Um `Abdullah once had seven children, but now she lost
the youngest two `Ali and `Aamer.
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