VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-10-31
“He was not just my son, he was my friend,”
Riyad Hamad · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-31
Riyad Hamad mourned his 14-year-old son Mohammed, who was killed in an Israeli strike on October 17 while returning home from school in Deir el-Balah.
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