Rashad Abu Sakhila
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Rashad Abu Sakhila | |
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| Born | (2001-08-10)10 August 2001 |
| Died | 2 September 2024(2024-09-02) (aged 23) Jabalia refugee camp, Gaza Strip, Palestine |
| Cause of death | Israeli airstrike |
| Alma mater | Al-Aqsa University |
Rashad Abu Sakhila (Arabic: رشاد أبو سخيلة;10 August 2001 – 2 September 2024) was a Palestinian actor and poet. He was killed in the Al-Fakhoora School, Gaza Strip by an Israeli airstrike during the Gaza war.
Abu Sakhila was born in Jabalia refugee camp, Gaza Strip to a Palestinian family on 10 August 2001. He studied journalism and media at Al-Aqsa University.[1]
In 2020, Sakhila published Letters of Soil, a poetry collection discussing social issues related to Palestine.[1]
In 2022, he played the role of a Hamas leader in the Al-Aqsa TV series Fist of the Free.[2][3]
Sakhila was killed on 2 September 2024, during the Gaza war, following an Israeli airstrike on the Al-Fakhoora School in Jabalia, Gaza Strip.[3] Following his death, Sakhila's cousin wrote an article expressing his condolences in Middle East Eye.[4]
- 1 2 "Palestinian artist Rashad Abu Sakhila martyred in Israeli bombing". iFilm (TV channel). Retrieved 6 September 2024.
- ↑ "Gazan actor in Hamas-produced series preluding October 7". The Jerusalem Post. 3 September 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
- 1 2 "Israel-Hamas war day 333: What happened in Gaza and Lebanon?". The Jerusalem Post. 9 September 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
- ↑ "My cousin's poems were the heartbeat of Palestine. Israel killed him but his words live on". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
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