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The popular knafeh maker known for his generosity, killed in Gaza
6 November 2023 12:35 GMT
Abu Shadi, born Masoud al-Qutati, a 64-year-old pastry chef, was killed in an Israeli air strike on 3 November.
He was the vendor at a popular knafeh restaurant, which produced the popular Palestinian sweet, made of spun pastry bathed in syrup and cheese.
Over the course of his decade-long career in sweet-making, Qutati earned a reputation for his generosity, as well as for the taste of his pastries.
Amongst Palestinians in Gaza, he had the nickname "Father of the Poor", for offering cut-price plates of knafeh to local residents and for free to those who could not afford to pay.