Palestinians’ grief continues to grow as more loved ones are

Ahmed, the brother of five-year-old Palestinian girl Saly, who was killed in an Israeli strike and photographed at Nasser hospital morgue on October 17, 2023, as her body was cradled by her aunt Inas Abu Maamar, holds their cat Loz (almond), which died later, inside a tent where he shelters with his aunt after being displaced from their home, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip July 30, 2025. Ahmed lost his two sisters, Saly and Seba, his parents, maternal grandparents and paternal grandfather in Israeli attacks during the war. REUTERS/Ramadan Abed