They thought it was safe to walk home. Instead, she was the last child killed before Gaza’s truce.
JERUSALEM — As Ahmed al-Qudra set off to see what — if anything — remained of his family’s home in the village of al-Qarara, he believed the long-awaited ceasefire in Gaza had begun.
So at around 9 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 19, he began walking north through the city of Khan Younis with his seven children, including his oldest son, Adli, 16, and his youngest daughter, Sama, 6.
It would prove to be a fatal mistake. Unbeknownst to him and his family, the ceasefire — due to start that…