Killing of Sidra Hassouna
2024 CE.
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Sidra Hassouna (Arabic: سيدرا حسونة) was a 7-year-old Palestinian girl from the northern Gaza Strip who, along with her family as well as over 75 others, were killed during a series of airstrikes in Rafah carried out by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on 12 February 2024. As a result of the attack, Hassouna, her twin sister, 15-month old brother, parents, grandparents and uncle were killed after the IDF bombed the building they had been sheltering in Rafah, where she had been forcibly displaced. Her killing received major attention on social media, as an image began circulating showing her mutilated body. Both of her legs had been torn off by the airstrikes, leaving her lifeless body hanging from the higher point of a destroyed house. Hassouna and her family members were identified by Husam Zomlot, the Palestinian Ambassador to the United Kingdom, as her relative. The attacks by the IDF occurred during an operation to free two hostages held by Hamas, held 1.7 kilometres (1.1 mi) away from where her family was killed. Israeli government sources linked the airstrikes to the 2024 Rafah hostage raid, describing the airstrikes as a diversion or "covering fire."
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