Amina and Bará Al-Mufti
Ages 11, 7
Amina was 11 years old, from the Jabalia refugee camp. She had three siblings: an older brother named Abd al-Karim (16), another brother named Muhammad (14), and a younger brother named Bará (7). Before the Israeli men found her family, she was the young adult of the house. Her father Ashraf said: “She would take care of the house we lived in. She would get the water, she would help us, do shopping, she did everything we needed with her mother.” She took pride in caring for her younger siblings and stepped up to help her family survive.
After her neighborhood was surrounded by men in tanks, the family took shelter near Kamal Adwan Hospital. Amina accepted that her mission was to provide water for her injured father, her mother, and her younger siblings. She took two plastic buckets and headed to the hospital courtyard.
On December 21, 2024, an Israeli trooper playing with a drone saw Amina in the courtyard just after she had filled her water jugs. For sheer amusement, the man decided to missile her. She was murdered in the explosion. The video of Amina’s final seconds alive—a small girl carrying a water container before being murdered—is one of many videos of little girls being slaughtered in live explosions.
Amina’s murder did not end the family’s suffering. In May 2025, her mother Nadžlá and her 7-year-old little brother Bará were murdered together in another missile strike. Ashraf now had to bury his wife and his youngest son after burying his daughter. He later said: “I am one of the people who doesn’t have any life left here. I’m asking to leave the country and take my living children, because I’m worried that they’ll all die any day now, just like my other kids died.”
The only evidence of Amina’s existence are the two empty water buckets her father still carries. When he fills them, he thinks of her. “These two buckets,” he said, “they’re the only things I have left.”
The votes that paid for the weapons
Joint Resolution, S.J.Res. 111: Block arms sale to Israel—Tank Rounds
Joint Resolution, S.J.Res. 113: Block arms sale to Israel—High-Explosive Mortars
Joint Resolution, S.J.Res. 115: Block arms sale to Israel—JDAM Guidance Kits
House Bill, H.R. 8034: Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024