During the 22-day offensive on Gaza, the difficult times that the Palestinian families have been through were beyond description. In a planted area between the Zaytoun and Shujaia neighborhoods, resided few families who hid for long hours under their beds to take cover against the Israeli shrapnel; Muhammad Bohar's family was one of those families. 

On January 12, Muhammad’s family was forced to abandon its home owing to Israeli escalating strikes on the area. The family moved to their maternal uncle's home to be one of the suffering evacuees. On January 12, Muhammad, the family breadwinner, decided to go back home at 6 am to bring some needed items for the family and look over the house. Yet, Muhammad’s son, Khalil, nagged to death to go with his father who finally complied and took him.

On their way back home, Muhammad and his 3-year-old son, Khalil, rode a bicycle in empty streets. It has never come across their minds that they might be observed by the Israeli reconnaissance aircrafts. Few meters before reaching their destination, the Israeli reconnaissance aircrafts launched a missile, killing the child and cutting off the father’s leg. 

The mother said: Upon hearing the news, I rushed to the hospital where they were taken regardless of the danger that I might expose myself to. There I found Khalil in the morgue. Before the missile was launched, I had a feeling that it would be my son this time, and so it was.”

Khalil was a first grade primary student. At the same year in which he died, he exerted much effort than ever. He was very excellent at school and was about to memorize the Noble Qur'an.

“Khalil was kind-hearted and knew exactly what the word “filial” did really mean. He insisted to kiss my foot, and asked for my satisfaction every time he went outside and after coming back from school.” The mother added.
About his relationship with his father, the mother said “Khalil was so close to his father. He accompanied his father all the time and even wanted to work to help him to improve our conditions. The father was under treatment in Egypt and wished to come back to Gaza as soon as possible. No words can describe the terrible pain we suffered because they have destroyed our whole life.”