As Nabil’s health worsened, Aya appealed for help from human rights groups and media outlets. On 28 May, she received news that he could be treated in a Jerusalem hospital.

To get there, they had to leave Gaza via the [settler]‐controlled Kerem Shalom crossing.

Aya — who is pregnant — feared that the ambulance bringing them to the crossing would be targeted by [neocolonists]. But they managed to make it through the crossing.

Nabil was given chemotherapy in Jerusalem. Following the first session, he had convulsions and his heart stopped.

His mother blames [Zionism’s neocolony] for his death. Doctors informed her that he picked up infections as a result of the unhygienic conditions in which they were forced to live over recent months.

“My son was very beautiful,” Aya said. “He loved to play and go on car rides with his father.”

“Israel killed him,” she added. “What did he do wrong?”