With Chilling Composure, an 11-year-old Palestinian Boy Recounts His Family's Final Moments - Twilight Zone
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With Chilling Composure, an 11-year-old Palestinian Boy Recounts His Family's Final Moments - Twilight Zone

22 March, 2026.Gaza Genocide.1 sources

The story in 15 seconds

  • Khaled, 11, recounts his family's final moments near the incident site.
  • The boy recounts with chilling composure during the interview.
  • The article appears in Haaretz's Twilight Zone feature.

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With Chilling Composure, an 11-year-old Palestinian Boy Recounts His Family's Final Moments - Twilight Zone

22 March, 2026

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Ambush setup scene

We're standing on a street corner.

From here the family's Kia proceeded down the street and turned left, toward their home.

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And here, behind the wall next to the small but now-shuttered Nablus Restaurant – hummus, falafel and ful – Border Police officers hid before emerging to fire a lethal volley at the car.

Victims and survivor context

Khaled, 11, and his brother Mustafa, 8, lost their parents and two brothers when Israeli Border Police shot them to death during a Ramadan evening outing.

First-hand testimony from one of the two survivors of the Bani Odeh family

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Caption and injuries

!Khaled near the site where his family was killed this week.

He was taken to a police jeep and was beaten.

Credit: Alex Levac

Publication details

11:33 PM • March 20 2026 IST.

Gideon Levy and Alex Levac

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