A Father’s Grief: From Cherished Moments to Final Prayers

In Gaza

A warm family moment captures a father surrounded by his six children. His features reflect a weary pride, an expression forged through years of love, care, and devotion.

But in the next image, the scene shatters...

The same father, Haj Abu Ibrahim Mahadi, now stands at the forefront of a funeral prayer, not to lead his children in life, but to bid them farewell in death. All six were martyred in a single instant, killed by a treacherous Israeli airstrike that targeted their vehicle in Deir al-Balah this morning.

They were his entire world… and now, they’ve left him alone