19-year-old Palestinian TikTok star Medo Halimy is killed in Israeli attack

Édité par Ed Newman
2024-08-31 09:20:30

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In this undated photo, Mohamed (Medo) Halimy, left, and twin brothers Mohammed Hirez, center, and Helmi Hirez, right, stand on a beach in Gaza.  (Helmi Hirez via AP)

Gaza City, August 31 (RHC)-- Mohamed “Medo” Halimy, who became known for his “tent life” videos, documenting life in the overcrowded al-Mawasi encampment in the south of the Gaza Strip, was killed in an Israeli air strike on Monday, The Associated Press news agency reports.

“If you wonder what living in a tent is actually like, come with me to show you how I spend my day,” Halimy said in his first of many “tent life” diaries filmed from the sprawling encampment.

The 19-year-old’s sometimes humorous takes on the mundane – and sometimes traumatic – experiences of displacement attracted more than two million views on TikTok.  He continued to create and share new content right up until the day he was killed at an internet cafe in a tent, where he had met his friend and collaborator, Talal Murad.

Murad, 18, who was injured in the same attack, said their work “was a kind of resistance [he hoped] to continue.”



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