The youngster was on the street when a Russian or Syrian forces bomb fell on Wednesday and despite being taken to hospital, he sadly never recovered from his injuries.
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Omran Daqneesh, 5, has become an worldwide symbol of the brutal civil war in Syria after being photographed bloodied and shocked after a bombing in Aleppo on Wednesday.
Five-year-old Omran Daqneesh sits inside an ambulance after he was rescued following an airstrike in the rebel-held al-Qaterji neighbourhood of Aleppo, Syria on August 17, 2016.
The youngster, Omran, was covered in blood and rubble as he was saved in Aleppo following an apparent airstrike.
The powerful imagery reverberated across social media, drawing to mind the anguished global response to the photos of Aylan Kurdi, the drowned Syrian boy whose body was found on a Turkish beach and came to represent the horrific toll of Syria’s civil war.
He had internal bleeding and organ damage, doctors told the witness.
While reporting on the heartbreaking footage of Omran Daqneesh, the Syrian boy who survived a military airstrike in Aleppo, CNN anchor Kate Bolduan lost her composure and broke down on air.
The older brother of the little Syrian boy who was pictured sitting in an ambulance dazed and covered in blood after an air strike, died Saturday from wounds sustained in the attack on the family’s apartment, a monitoring group said. Three people were reportedly killed and several others, including at least two children, were injured.
Air strikes in and around Aleppo were responsible for the deaths of 422 civilians this month, including 142 children, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Russian Federation began air strikes last September.
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On Thursday Russia said it supported the idea of weekly 48-hour ceasefires to allow humanitarian aid to enter besieged parts of Aleppo, a plan the rebels also cautiously welcomed.
