Shahed Abu Sultan, eight, was sitting on her father's lap mid-morning on 5 January, just outside the entrance to their small home in the Jabaliya refugee camp. An Israeli helicopter was flying overhead and, according to the family, was shooting down towards their houses. Shahed was hit by a single bullet to the head that killed her instantly. She was one of 10 children.
Her father, Hussein, 40, wrote a message to his daughter which hangs on their sitting room wall: "I cried a sea of tears for you but those tears have not calmed my heart because you left, my daughter. I have no tears remaining, but my heart wants to go on crying blood, my daughter, my beloved Shahed. Your smooth smile, your sweet and angelic face, we miss you with each moment, our darling. My daughter Shahed died once, but I die a million times a day... My heartache will go on for ever."
source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jan/23/gaza-children-casualties-israeli-attacks
Her father, Hussein, 40, wrote a message to his daughter which hangs on their sitting room wall: "I cried a sea of tears for you but those tears have not calmed my heart because you left, my daughter. I have no tears remaining, but my heart wants to go on crying blood, my daughter, my beloved Shahed. Your smooth smile, your sweet and angelic face, we miss you with each moment, our darling. My daughter Shahed died once, but I die a million times a day... My heartache will go on for ever."
source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jan/23/gaza-children-casualties-israeli-attacks
Shahed Abu Sultan, eight, was sitting on her father's lap mid-morning on 5 January, just outside the entrance to their small home in the Jabaliya refugee camp. An Israeli helicopter was flying overhead and, according to the family, was shooting down towards their houses. Shahed was hit by a single bullet to the head that killed her instantly. She was one of 10 children.
Her father, Hussein, 40, wrote a message to his daughter which hangs on their sitting room wall: "I cried a sea of tears for you but those tears have not calmed my heart because you left, my daughter. I have no tears remaining, but my heart wants to go on crying blood, my daughter, my beloved Shahed. Your smooth smile, your sweet and angelic face, we miss you with each moment, our darling. My daughter Shahed died once, but I die a million times a day... My heartache will go on for ever."
source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jan/23/gaza-children-casualties-israeli-attacks
Her father, Hussein, 40, wrote a message to his daughter which hangs on their sitting room wall: "I cried a sea of tears for you but those tears have not calmed my heart because you left, my daughter. I have no tears remaining, but my heart wants to go on crying blood, my daughter, my beloved Shahed. Your smooth smile, your sweet and angelic face, we miss you with each moment, our darling. My daughter Shahed died once, but I die a million times a day... My heartache will go on for ever."
source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jan/23/gaza-children-casualties-israeli-attacks
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