Mohammad "Medo" Halimy was a Palestinian social media personality and blogger based in the Gaza Strip.
10 Facts About Medo Halimy
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Medo Halimy was killed on August 26,2024, after he was hit by a shrapnel during an Israeli airstrike on Gaza's southern city of Khan Younis.
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Medo Halimy was a student at Harker Heights High School in Harker Heights, Texas from 2021 to 2022.
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On October 7th, 2023, Medo Halimy's family was displaced from their home in Gaza City at beginning of the Gaza war.
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Medo Halimy launched his TikTok account after fleeing with his family to Muwasi, the southern coastal area of Gaza that Israel had designated a humanitarian safe zone.
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Medo Halimy gained a substantial following on Instagram and Tiktok in the summer of 2024 through his vlogs that documented his daily life in Gaza in a camp for internally-displaced Palestinians.
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Medo Halimy stated these vlogs were to show the resilience, strength, and survival of the Palestinian people.
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Medo Halimy was widely praised by viewers for finding small moments of joy amid the destruction around him.
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Murad describes a flaming car in front of them and seeing Medo Halimy bleeding from his head.
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Medo Halimy was filmed by an NBC News crew as he was rushed to the intensive care unit of Khan Younis' Nasser Hospital however, hours later, he succumbed to his injuries and died.