"Dreaming of 1 Million YouTube Subscribers" Palestinian 13-Year-Old Boy Achieves It from the Sky

Family Killed in Israeli Gaza Strip Airstrike
Global Netizens' 'Subscription' Grants Their Wish

As civilian casualties surge in the war between Israel and the Palestinian armed group Hamas, a story has emerged about a Palestinian teenage boy who only fulfilled his dream of becoming a '1 million YouTuber' after dying in an Israeli airstrike.

13-year-old boy Auni Eldos broadcasting through his own YouTube channel.
[Photo by YouTube capture]

On the 6th (local time), Al Jazeera reported the story of 13-year-old Awni Eldos, who lived in the Gaza Strip, Palestine.

While alive, Eldos enjoyed online gaming and had been uploading gaming-related videos to his YouTube channel for the past two years, interacting with his subscribers. Although he had only uploaded 10 videos so far, Eldos once expressed his ambition in a video, saying, "My dream is to increase my subscribers to 100,000, 500,000, and 1 million."

However, Eldos, along with 15 family members including his parents, passed away due to Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip following the Israel-Hamas war that began on the 7th of last month.

His story spread worldwide through social media platform X (formerly Twitter). Netizens began subscribing to his YouTube channel to fulfill Eldos's wish while he was alive.

As of the 10th, Eldos's channel subscribers have reached 1.26 million. His dream was realized only after he departed for the afterlife.

A screenshot of Auni Eldos's YouTube channel. [Photo by YouTube]

Netizens mourned with comments such as "Remember him," "He achieved his dream, but sadly, he has now left us," "We hope he uploads joyful gaming videos as a 1 million YouTuber in heaven," and "May God's mercy be with him."

Meanwhile, as the war between Israel and Hamas surpasses one month, the number of civilian casualties is increasing exponentially.

The Gaza Strip Ministry of Health estimated that as of the 6th, the cumulative Palestinian death toll reached 10,022, including 4,104 children.

Barbara Leaf, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the 8th, stating, "The number of casualties in Gaza may be much higher than Hamas's figures."

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) stated on X, "In this war, one child dies and two are injured every 10 minutes."

United Nations Secretary-General Ant?nio Guterres appealed for a ceasefire, saying, "Gaza is becoming a graveyard for children."

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.