Man to Remember: Who Was Sheikh Khaled?

Sheikh Khaled Nabhan, the grieving Palestinian grandfather who touched the hearts of millions worldwide as he bid farewell to his granddaughter Reem, was killed on Monday morning in an Israeli attack in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.

Sheikh Khaled Nabhan, who once mourned his granddaughter Reem, killed by Israel on the first month of the aggression on Gaza, calling her "the soul of the souls," was killed this morning in an artillery strike in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. pic.twitter.com/yCXz2GbyPs

— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) December 16, 2024

He was killed in an Israeli artillery attack on a place near a cemetery in the refugee camp, where two others were also killed.

BREAKING: Sheikh Khaled Nabhan, known for his famous saying "Soul of the Souls," has been killed in an Israeli artillery strike in Nuseirat, central Gaza, according to local sources. pic.twitter.com/NeE38Lgbir

— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) December 16, 2024

A video of Khaled emerged of him kissing the lifeless body of his three-year-old granddaughter Reem, calling her ‘the soul of my soul!’

Reem and her five-year-old brother Tariq were both killed when an Israeli airstrike hit their home in southern Gaza.

“I found myself under the rubble of the house,” Khaled was quoted saying. “I suffered bruises and my daughter was injured, while we lost my two grandchildren, Reem and Tariq. My other son and daughter were wounded.”

He added: “Reem was a part of my life. Before she passed away, I dreamed of her growing up and achieving her goal of going to university and consulting with me about choosing her major,” as reported in the Quds News Network.