He sacrificed himself to protect Al Jazeera's crew.. How an Israeli shell killed the elderly 'Nabhan'
On December 15, 2023, an Israeli shell killed Hosni Nabhan, a civil defense volunteer (62 years old), while he was trying to protect the Al Jazeera crew in Khan Younis. He was martyred along with Nour Saqr, Rami Bdeir, and Samer Abu Daqqa, and Wael Al-Dahdouh was injured. Nabhan had been volunteering since October 2023 and participated in dozens of rescue operations.
On Friday afternoon, December 15, 2023, an Israeli shell killed Hosni Nabhan, a 62-year-old civil defense volunteer, while he was trying to protect the Al Jazeera crew trapped near Farhana School in Khan Younis. Nabhan was driving a heavy bulldozer, raising its arm as a shield to protect rescue workers and journalists, but the occupation forces targeted the bulldozer with a direct shell, leading to his martyrdom along with two civil defense men, Nour Saqr and Rami Bdeir, and photojournalist Samer Abu Daqqa, and the injury of Al Jazeera correspondent Wael Al-Dahdouh. Nabhan began his volunteer journey since the outbreak of the war in October 2023, as he was one of the few who mastered driving heavy bulldozers, participating in dozens of operations to remove rubble and retrieve the wounded and martyrs without pay. His eldest son, Khalil, recounts that his father would leave immediately when called, and would return gold and valuable items he found to their owners. On the day of his martyrdom, the family had prepared a meal of "fatteh with meat" for him, but he did not return. The article concludes that Nabhan faced death every day, believing that saving one life is worth the risk.