Gaza father’s outrage after Israeli strike kills son ‘trying to find a sip’

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Mahmoud Abdul Rahman Ahmed says his son, Abdullah, was "trying to find a sip of water" when he took the household's jerrycans on Sunday morning and headed as normal to one of many water distribution factors within the city Nuseirat camp, in central Gaza.

"That space was inhabited by displaced folks, others who had been exhausted by the conflict, and those that have seen the worst because of the imposed siege and limitations, and the continuing aggression," Mahmoud mentioned in an interview with an area journalist working for the BBC.

"The youngsters, Abdullah amongst them, stood in a queue with empty stomachs, empty jerrycans, and thirsty lips," he added.

"Minutes after the youngsters and thirsty folks of the camp gathered, the warplanes bombed these kids and the water distribution level, with out prior discover."

<img sizes="(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw" srcset="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/e94b/live/43edcdb0-60e9-11f0-9643-dbe3d9919a03.jpg.webp 240w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/e94b/live/43edcdb0-60e9-11f0-9643-dbe3d9919a03.jpg.webp 320w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/e94b/live/43edcdb0-60e9-11f0-9643-dbe3d9919a03.jpg.webp 480w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/640/cpsprodpb/e94b/live/43edcdb0-60e9-11f0-9643-dbe3d9919a03.jpg.webp 640w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/e94b/live/43edcdb0-60e9-11f0-9643-dbe3d9919a03.jpg.webp 800w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/cpsprodpb/e94b/live/43edcdb0-60e9-11f0-9643-dbe3d9919a03.jpg.webp 1024w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1536/cpsprodpb/e94b/live/43edcdb0-60e9-11f0-9643-dbe3d9919a03.jpg.webp 1536w" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/e94b/live/43edcdb0-60e9-11f0-9643-dbe3d9919a03.jpg.webp" loading="lazy" alt="Mahmoud Abdul Rahman Ahmed speaks to the BBC in Nuseirat refugee camp after his son Abdullah was killed in an Israeli air strike that hit a water distribution point on 13 July 2025" class="sc-d1200759-0 dvfjxj"/> Mahmoud known as on the world to place stress on Israel to finish the 21-month conflict

Graphic video filmed by one other native journalist and verified by the BBC confirmed the instant aftermath of the Israeli strike on a avenue within the New Camp space of Nuseirat.

He passes two males carrying younger kids earlier than coming throughout a destroyed construction, beneath which dozens of yellow plastic jerrycans are clustered.

Ladies scream as bystanders pull a person from the rubble, whereas others attempt to assist one other man lined in blood. Different adults and kids are seen mendacity immobile close by.

Al-Awda hospital in Nuseirat mentioned 10 folks, together with six kids, had been killed within the strike, and that 16 others had been injured.

Together with Abdullah, they named the youngsters who died as Badr al-Din Qaraman, Siraj Khaled Ibrahim, Ibrahim Ashraf Abu Urayban, Karam Ashraf al-Ghussein and Lana Ashraf al-Ghussein.

When requested concerning the strike, the Israeli army mentioned it had focused a Palestinian Islamic Jihad "terrorist" however that "on account of a technical error with the munition, the munition fell dozens of meters from the goal".

The army mentioned it was "conscious of the declare relating to casualties within the space because of this" and "regrets any hurt to uninvolved civilians", including: "The incident is below overview."

Nonetheless, Mahmoud claimed that Israel "meant to convey a message: it will not permit folks to drink even the ingesting water that they crave."

He additionally lamented that desires of Abdullah and the opposite kids would by no means be realised.

"They had been taking a look at actuality with the hope of it altering, and of turning into like the opposite kids of the world - training their regular function of enjoying, transferring, touring, consuming, ingesting, and residing in security," he mentioned.

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The UN says water shortages in Gaza are worsening because of the lack of gasoline and spare components for desalination, pumping and sanitation amenities, in addition to insecurity and inaccessibility attributable to Israeli army operations towards Hamas and evacuation orders.

Consequently, many individuals are receiving lower than the emergency normal of 15 litres per day, amounting to what the UN calls "a human-made drought disaster".

"You see kids queuing up, by the facet of the street, with yellow jerrycans each single morning, ready for the every day water truck to come back and get their 5 litres [or] 10 litres, of water used for laundry, cleansing, cooking, ingesting, and so forth," Sam Rose, the performing Gaza director for the UN company for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa), informed the BBC.

"Each dying is a tragedy. This one is especially emblematic, given the circumstances during which it befell. But it surely's one among many," he added.

Final Thursday, 10 kids and three girls had been killed as they waited for dietary dietary supplements exterior a clinic within the close by city of Deir al-Balah.

The Israeli army mentioned it had focused a Hamas "terrorist" close by and, as with Sunday's incident, that it regretted harming any civilians.

"We concentrate on these incidents, however after all these weren't the one kids killed in Gaza [on Sunday]," Rose mentioned. "Each single day, for the reason that begin of the conflict, on common of classroom full of youngsters have been killed."

The chief director of the UN kids's company (Unicef), Catherine Russell, in the meantime known as each incidents "horrific" and demanded that Israeli authorities "urgently overview the principles of engagement and guarantee full compliance with worldwide humanitarian legislation".

<img sizes="(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw" srcset="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/ba0a/live/397f83f0-60e9-11f0-9643-dbe3d9919a03.jpg.webp 240w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/ba0a/live/397f83f0-60e9-11f0-9643-dbe3d9919a03.jpg.webp 320w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/ba0a/live/397f83f0-60e9-11f0-9643-dbe3d9919a03.jpg.webp 480w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/640/cpsprodpb/ba0a/live/397f83f0-60e9-11f0-9643-dbe3d9919a03.jpg.webp 640w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/ba0a/live/397f83f0-60e9-11f0-9643-dbe3d9919a03.jpg.webp 800w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/cpsprodpb/ba0a/live/397f83f0-60e9-11f0-9643-dbe3d9919a03.jpg.webp 1024w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1536/cpsprodpb/ba0a/live/397f83f0-60e9-11f0-9643-dbe3d9919a03.jpg.webp 1536w" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/ba0a/live/397f83f0-60e9-11f0-9643-dbe3d9919a03.jpg.webp" loading="lazy" alt="Men and boys pray beside the body of a child killed in an Israeli air strike that hit a water distribution point on 13 July 2025" class="sc-d1200759-0 dvfjxj"/> Sam Rose of Unrwa mentioned a "classroom full of youngsters" had been killed on common daily in Gaza for the reason that conflict started

Later this week, the UN Safety Council will convene to debate the state of affairs of youngsters in Gaza, following a request by the UK.

Nonetheless, Israel's everlasting consultant Danny Danon mentioned council members could be "higher served to use stress on Hamas for prolonging this battle".

"The youngsters in Gaza are victims of Hamas, not Israel. Hamas is utilizing them as human shields and the UN is silent," he claimed.

Mahmoud mentioned it was Israel which needs to be pressured to finish the conflict.

"We now have no energy and no energy. We're victims. We're civilians similar to different folks on the earth, and we do not personal any nuclear weapons or arms or something," he added.