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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

Key Takeaways

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.

Ambush setup scene

We're standing on a street corner.

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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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