Category: Martyr updates


  • Age: 19 years old Martyr Date: 10/16/2023 Muhammed was described by a friend to Haaretz as a caring man who constantly looked out for his younger brother, Anas. He had initially pursued a career in dentistry, but later decided to study engineering, according to his friend, who added that Muhammed found peace and fulfillment in…

  • Age: 20 years old Martyr Date: 02/06/2024 Mustafa had just finished his nursing studies and got his exam results during the war. A native of Jabalya refugee camp just north of Gaza City, he immediately began volunteering at a local hospital, urging fellow medical or nursing students to join the effort, his friend told Haaretz.…

  • Martyr Date: 02/25/2024 Ahmad was a father of three who was described as a man of integrity by those who knew him. Before the war, Ahmad worked in Israel for three years as a housekeeper to provide for his children, despite holding a master’s degree in Business Management. He never accepted charity, the supervisor of…

  • Age: 27 years old Huda was a mother of two who worked as a freelance writer and translator from Arabic to English. She was killed in an airstrike on October 23 along with several relatives, according to We Are Not Numbers. Huda was part of a new group of young writers working with the organization…

  • Martyr Amani Omar Al-Darbi, the seventh of June each year was associated with a joyful occasion, Amani’s birthday. She was a mother, a sister, and a loyal friend. She was our psychological counselor, holding a master’s degree in counseling psychology with distinction. She was beautiful, ambitious, persevering, and had a kind heart. She was a…

  • Age: 43 years old Martyr Date: 12/29/2024 The martyr “Munir Al-Azaizi,” aged 43, spent 12 years of his life outside of Gaza in the United Arab Emirates, where he worked with his father in the auto parts business. He developed a passion and love for classic cars during his upbringing. He was well-known among the…

  • Age: 33 years old Martyr Date: 12/01/2023 Montaser worked as a photojournalist and cameraman for the Turkish state-owned news agency Anadolu Agency. He was wounded in his face earlier in the war but returned to documenting the devastation in Gaza City after recovering. He was killed in airstrikes in Gaza City, according to Anadolu Agency,…

  • Martyr Date: 10/14/2024 In 2022, he documented the destruction of his family’s orchards in a missile strike through the Palestinian non-profit project- “We Are Not Numbers”, which partners youth in Gaza with international journalists and authors who help them share their stories in English- which has been a huge inspiration for Humanize Gaza. Yousef and…

  • Age: 2 years old Martyr Date: 12/24/2023 “It is commonly known that children at the age of two demand to go buy toys or go to the grocery store to buy sweets. However, Naya lived a life of displacement and deprivation of her simplest rights, even her right to use the bathroom or play in…

  • Age: Newborn The infant, Sabreen Al-Ruh, Shukri Al-Sheikh, who was saved by a Caesarean section minutes before her mother, who was injured in an Israeli bombing, was martyred in a hospital in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, according to what her uncle said on Friday. Rami Al-Sheikh, Sabreen’s uncle, said, “I received a call…