Justice for Gaza
16 June 2015
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Name: Mahmoud Ismail Mohamed Al Astal
Date of Birth: 1 January 1998
Date of Death: 24 July 2014
16-year-old Mahmoud Ismail Mohamed Al Astal was a calm and organized boy who helped his mother around the house. He loved animals and hoped to go to university to continue studying.
On 24 July 2014, the family was sleeping under the awning of their house when it was struck by a missile from an Israeli drone. Mahmoud was killed along with his father, 45; his brother Ahmed, 20; and his cousins Mohammed Saleh Al Astal, 19, and Mohammed Hasan Al Astal, 42. “I still can’t go into Mahmoud’s room where all of his stuff is,” his mother says.
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Face the Public Publications
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Eight Years since "Operation Cast Lead"
Al Mezan and LPHR submit complaint update to the UN concerning Israel's large-scale and systematic military attacks against family homes during its 2014 military offensive on Gaza
Al Mezan & LPHR: Update to September 2014 targeting of family homes complaint, submitted to UN Special Procedures