‘Don’t put him in fridge, he can’t bear cold:’ Gaza woman mourns her son's killing in Israeli airstrike

A woman in Gaza was devastated after losing her two-year-old son in an Israeli airstrike. The child was born after nine years of her marriage.

Amid the ongoing ruthless Israeli attacks, which have shattered the fragile ceasefire in the Palestinian enclave, horror and brutality have escalated as a staggering number of children have been killed or severely injured.

Social media is flooded with heart-wrenching visuals, showing men, women, and children desperately searching for their loved ones or mourning the deaths of family members after the Israeli attacks.

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A video circulating online shows a grief-stricken mother tightly cradling her son's lifeless body in a coffin, pleading, "Don't put him in the fridge; he can't bear the cold."

Her loved ones tried to console her as she continued to cry helplessly, overwhelmed with shock and sorrow. According to reports, the child was killed in an Israeli airstrike in northern Asdaa, Khan Younis.

The latest Israeli assault has claimed the lives of hundreds of Palestinians since Tuesday, with 50 people killed on Wednesday and over 20 more early Thursday.

According to Gaza's Health Ministry, the death toll from the latest Israeli attacks has reached 436, bringing the overall Palestinian death count to 49,547, with 112,719 wounded since October 7, 2023.