‘Soul of my soul’: Khaled Nabhan, Palestinian grandfather killed by Israel

“Israeli shelling in Gaza has killed Khaled Nabhan, a Palestinian man who became widely known after a video showed him kissing the eyes of his slain granddaughter and calling her “soul of my soul” last year.

Nabhan, who was known as “Abu Diaa”, was killed early on Monday in an Israeli bombardment targeting the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, local sources have confirmed.

Israeli air strikes had killed his granddaughter, Reem, and grandson Tarek in November 2023.” - AlJazeera

Khaled Nabhan with his grandaugher Reem who he called the Soul of his Soul.

“They first murdered his granddaughter, ‘the soul of his soul’, then bombed his family’s home & now murdered him in broad daylight with impunity,” Muhammad Shehada, a writer and analyst from Gaza, wrote in a social media post.

Today a righteous man was killed by the most wicked army on earth. Khaled Nabhan who we watched bid farewell to his beloved Reem, the soul of our soul, has joined her in the realm of souls where the wickedness of this so called humanity will no longer reach them. The man had an… pic.twitter.com/xd5y57D9Pq

— Dr. Omar Suleiman (@omarsuleiman) December 16, 2024

Khaled Nabhan distributes food to Palestinian refugees at an unidentified location in Gaza. (IHA File Photo)