Rami al-Farra died on August 5 “saving his wounded friends” near Bakhmut, his father said.
Rami al-Farra, a member of one of the most influential clans in the Gaza Strip, was reportedly killed while fighting for Russia in Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty spoke to al-Farra’s father, Haytham al-Farra, who said that his son died on August 5 while fighting in Ukraine, although Palestine news outlets reported he had been killed in Russia. According to the news outlet, it marks the first known case of the death of a Palestinian in the Russia-Ukraine war.
Al-Farra was engaged in “guarding the military who cleared mines” somewhere near the industrial city of Bakhmut or in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, and died on August 5 “saving his wounded friends,” his father said.
