The North Star with Shaun King

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đŸ©ž “Your Prayer, My Son”: The Last Will of Mariam Abu Daqqa Before Israel’s Bombs Killed Her in Gaza

The AP photographer left final words for her child, then was murdered in a double-tap strike on Nasser Hospital — a war crime carried out with U.S. weapons.

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Shaun King
Aug 26, 2025
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Family, there are some truths too heavy to carry alone. This one shattered me. Before she was murdered in cold blood by an Israeli strike on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis yesterday, Palestinian photojournalist Mariam Abu Daqqa left behind a handwritten will to her little boy, Ghaith. Her words are a mother’s final testament, written under siege, fully 


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