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'''Sidra Hassouna''' was a 7-year-old [[Palestinian]] girl from the northern [[Gaza Strip]] who, according to the Palestinian ambassador, was killed by the [[Israel Defense Forces|IDF]] after they launched [[12 February 2024 Rafah strikes|attacks on 12 February 2024]] to free the hostages held by Hamas in the southern-Gaza city of [[Rafah]], where she had been [[Forced displacement|forcibly displaced]]
Hassouna's story gained international attention after a graphic image of Hassouna's mutilated body began to circulate on social media,<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=7-year-old Sidra Hassouna's brutal death sparks outrage |url=https://www.trtworld.com/video/digital/7-year-old-sidra-hassounas-brutal-death-sparks-outrage-16995833 |access-date=2024-02-23 |website=TRT World |language=en}}</ref> including [[Instagram]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Carr |first1=Maddie |title=130 days later we continue to fail Palestinians |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2927869955/D6C2C08591CC4E72PQ/14 |access-date=7 May 2024 |work=[[Emporia State University|The Bulletin]] |date=17 February 2024}}</ref> As a result of the attacks, both of Hassouna's legs had been torn off by the airstrikes,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nurdin |first1=Halim D. |title=Uncovered narratives of the war in Palestine |url=https://www.thetriangle.org/opinion/uncovered-narratives-of-the-war-in-palestine/ |access-date=7 May 2024 |work=[[The Triangle (newspaper)|The Triangle]] |date=1 March 2024}}</ref><ref name=":3" /> which left her lifeless body hanging from a higher point of the destroyed house.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mashni |first1=Nasser |title=The Australian government is perilously close to being complicit in the Gaza atrocity |url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/middle-east/the-australian-government-is-perilously-close-to-being-complicit-in-the-gaza-atrocity-20240219-p5f64u.html |access-date=7 May 2024 |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=20 February 2024 |language=en}}</ref> Hassouna was identified by [[Husam Zomlot]], the [[Embassy of Palestine, London|Palestine Ambassador to the United Kingdom]], as the cousin of his wife.<ref name=":0" /> He made an additional post on [[Twitter]], sharing an image of Hassouna as well as the image of her lifeless body, as well as images of additional relatives killed in the attack.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Palestinian envoy to UK reveals 8 relatives killed in Rafah |url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/2461196/amp |access-date=2024-02-23 |website=Arab News |language=en}}</ref> Zomlot received condolences from MPs [[Zarah Sultana]] and [[Nadia Whittome]] as well as former shadow chancellor [[John McDonnell]].<ref name=":0" /> During the [[2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses|2024 pro-Palestinian campus protests]] at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]], high school protesters renamed [[Massachusetts Avenue (metropolitan Boston)|Massachusetts Avenue]] in reference to Hassouna.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Farrar |first1=Molly |title=MIT protesters reenter encampment after school tries to clear tents |url=https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2024/05/06/live-updates-mit-protesters-encampment-school-tries-to-clear-tents/ |access-date=7 May 2024 |work=[[Boston.com]] |date=6 May 2024}}</ref>
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