New Delhi, April 16 -- Jawad Younes, 11, and his cousins were playing soccer in the lot between their houses, as they often did. His little brother, 4-year-old Mehdi, had joined them but grew tired, so Jawad took him home before returning to the game. Minutes later, an Israeli strike came.

The target was Jawad's uncle's home. The blast shook buildings and threw Jawad's siblings at home to the ground. Their mother scrambled to help them but already had a feeling of dread.

"I was pulling my children off the floor in the house, but as I was running to pick them up, I screamed, 'Jawad,'" Malak Meslmani said. "My heart told me."

Her son was killed in the March 27 strike in Saksakieh. So was a cousin - so close they were more like brothers. ...