23/08/2026
Awni Al-Dous was only 12 years old, but he already had a dream: to grow his YouTube channel to 100,000 subscribers. Last year, he celebrated reaching 1,000 subscribers with the kind of pure excitement only a child chasing a dream can show.
That makes what happened next even harder to process. Awni was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza, and a young life filled with plans, creativity, and hope was suddenly gone.
For me, this is the part of war that should never become just another statistic. Behind every number is a person with a family, a future, and dreams they were still trying to reach.
Watching an old moment of Awni celebrating 1,000 subscribers now carries a completely different weight. Whatever our politics may be, children deserve the chance to grow up, dream bigger, and live long enough to see what those dreams can become.