"On the morning of October 16, nine-year-old Muhammad al-Hallaq woke up for another day in his small village south of Hebron. His mother, Alia, prepared his clothes and breakfast, and packed three extra slices of pizza for him to share with his friends, just like he'd asked. list of 3 itemsend of list Muhammad came back from school with a new backpack and put his books and notepads inside it, excited to take it to school after the weekend."
"At the grocery store, Alia received a phone call. It was my uncle Ahmad calling, asking if there were any clashes [with Israeli forces] in our area, she recounted. I screamed unconsciously. My son Muhammad, my son Muhammad!' I don't know why, but a mother's instincts are always right. Muhammad's eldest sister, 14-year-old Mais, heard the gunfire in the evening and rushed outside. Both Mais and Alia were originally told their boy had been injured."
Muhammad al-Hallaq, a nine-year-old fourth-grader from al-Rihiya south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, spent the morning excited about school and simple pleasures like watching birds and playing football. His mother, Alia, prepared his clothes, breakfast and packed extra slices of pizza for his friends. After returning from school with a new backpack, Muhammad went out to play and did not come back. Family members received frantic calls, rushed to a hospital and were first told he had been shot and would be treated. Surgeons attempted to save him, but his pulse stopped and he died from gunfire by Israeli forces operating in the village.
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