Bilal el-Essi, a soccer mad father-of-two, was among the victims as Israeli troops opened fire near aid convoy

A few weeks before his death, Bilal el-Essi took a photo of a man’s body, sprawled under a women’s bike in a Gaza City street, a child’s pink backpack fallen from the basket.

The man was killed trying to find food for his family, Essi told friends and family when he shared the image, a snapshot of the tragedy and desperation in Gaza City.

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