Palestinian grandfather who grieved for 3-year-old granddaughter killed in Israeli attack in Gaza

By Anadolu staff

GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) - A Palestinian grandfather, who grieved for his 3-year-old granddaughter killed in an Israeli airstrike last year, lost his life in another attack in central Gaza on Monday.

Khaled Nabhan won widespread recognition last November when his 3-year-old granddaughter, Reem, and her 5-year-old brother, Tariq, were killed in an attack in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.

Images of Nabhan made headlines as he embraced the lifeless body of his granddaughter, bidding farewell as he kissed her eyes and stroked her hair and face, calling her the "soul of my soul."

According to an Anadolu reporter, Nabhan was killed on Monday in an Israeli strike in the Nuseirat camp on Monday.

Israel has continued a genocidal war on the Gaza Strip that has killed nearly 45,000 victims, mostly women and children, since an attack by the Palestinian resistance group Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants last month for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.

Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war on Gaza.

*Writing by Ahmed Asmar in Ankara