As usual the sister of Nasser Mussabeh waited for his return until Friday evening known as Al-Aqsa Intifada Friday yet he didn’t return to the agreed place and his absence made her feel worried something bad might have happened.
Duaa the sister of the martyr Nasser Abu Musabeh 12 was unaware that the absence of her brother who was helping medical staff meant the end of his life so quickly. He dreamed of being a doctor to help his people and heal their wounds.
One of the security men asked her why she stayed inside the tent at the protest until a late time. She replied that she was waiting along with her sister Islam their younger brother who had not returned home. She contacted her mother and she confirmed that Nasser has not returned home yet.
Child martyr Nasser Musabeh: The unknown martyr
During this period Nasser was lying in the morgue without being identified and social media outlets began circulating his image so that his parents would recognize him and Duaa and her sister Islam were very surprised that the unknown child was their brother Nasser.
The child Nasser who belongs to the town of Abasan Alkabira was martyred due to wounds he sustained during the Great March of Return to the east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.
Medical staff assistant
A state of shock took over the paramedics as Nasser had been helping them hours before moving between medical tents and the field transferring the instruments and equipment they lacked such as solutions gauze and medicines.
Duaa noted that “Nasser was always trying to help us inside the tent and he came carrying a saline solution in his hand to help people who are suffering from gas suffocation.” She condemned his killing as he posed no danger to any Israeli sniper.
Young preacher
As soon as the news of his martyrdom reached his mother she was patient and kept praying: “God reward me during my difficult time and replace it with a better one.”
She notes that Nasser had memorized the Quran by heart last year where joy was all over the family’s house. He is also a preacher who gives speeches and sermons at the mosque and school.
“He was very keen to participate in the Great March of Return east of Khan Younis since its launch on 30 March calling for the return to lands of the ancestors which were stolen by the Israeli occupation” she added.
Why did they kill him?
The mother asks what her son has done so that he was assassinated this way shooting treacherous bullets at his small head. She prays to God Almighty to hold the occupation accountable because there is no one but God to help our people as the whole world stands watching what is happening to our people without doing anything.
She notes that Nasser wanted to be a doctor. He was the best in his class. He was part of the school health team and he took part in helping ambulance crews along with his sisters and he loved saving people’s lives and helping them.
The farewell of Nasser: We will not forget
His friend Mohammad who sits next to him in the classroom and who always accompanies him to school on his bicycle is still shocked by what happened to Nasser. He says with tears in his eyes “Who will I go with to the school? Who will I play with? Nasser is gone.”
“I will place his pictures around the school so that his memory lives forever. He will always be with us” he said.
