8-year-old Fatima Al-Bayouq was the sole survivor of her family. During the first days of the war, an Israeli bombardment destroyed her family home in Khan Younis. She lost her mother, father, and siblings. She was pulled from the rubble alive.
She stayed in the hospital for months to recover. Then she moved to live with her grandmother in Deir al-Balah. But she did not survive the war. On Saturday, Israeli forces shot her. She died from her injuries on Sunday. Her family is now completely gone.
The Gaza Ministry of Health reported that Israel killed 21,976 Palestinian children since the start of the genocide until October 4. This includes 1,125 infants under the age of one.