Six-year-old killed in Gaza moments before ceasefire!

JERUSALEM — As Ahmed al-Qudra set off to see what — if anything — remained of his family’s home in the village of al-Qarara, he believed the long-awaited ceasefire in Gaza had begun.

So at around 9 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 19, he began walking north through the city of Khan Younis with his seven children, including his oldest son, Adil, 16, and his youngest daughter, Sama, 6.

It would prove to be a fatal mistake. Unbeknownst to him and his family, the ceasefire — due to start that morning at 8.30 a.m. — had been delayed. Hamas had not provided the names of the first hostages it planned to free that afternoon, so Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered airstrikes to continue.