Child Profile: Mohamed Mansoor Hamdi Al Bashiti

Name: Mohamed Mansoor Hamdi Al Bashiti

Date of Birth: 28 August 2006

Date of Death: 23 July 2014

7-year-old Mohamed Mansoor Hamdi Al Bashiti from Khan Younis was a cute and contented little boy. He loved riding his bicycle and getting on his father’s motorbike. “One day, his father even found him on the motorbike, trying to start it himself,” said his grandmother. He also liked gardening and helping his father grow things on their piece of land.

On 23 July 2014, an Israeli warplane attacked their house while they were sleeping. Mohammed, his mother, Nareman, 27, and his brother, Ali, 1, were killed.