Gaza family accuses Israel of killing Palestinian with Down syndrome during incursion

One day after they buried their brother, the al-Abadla siblings found his leg about 200 meters away from where he was killed by what they believe was an Israeli drone strike in Gaza.

Ahmed Saeed Masoud al-Abadla, 29, who had Down syndrome, had been displaced for around nine months, living in a tent in Mawasi al-Qarara in Gaza’s Khan Younis along with his mother and married brother, Feras.

Before going missing for three days, Ahmed wanted to return to his home in Qarara to inspect the damage during an Israeli incursion into the southern Gaza Strip.

“Ahmed had exceptional cognitive abilities for someone with his condition. When he joined the Right to Life School as a child, he received a certificate proving that he was one of the smartest children with Down syndrome,” his brother, Feras, told Middle East Eye.

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