'With or without baking powder': Gaza academic who made fun of baby stuffed in oven by Hamas killed in Israel strike

Days after he reacted to the tragic death of a baby who was found in an oven, “baked to death by Hamas terrorists”, saying, that if the baby was “baked with or without baking powder,” Dr Refaat Alareer, a key figure in Gaza, was killed in an Israeli air strike on Thursday.

Alareer was known for vehemently denouncing the attack against Gazans by Israeli forces. According to reports, he had devoted his life to raising awareness about the region’s situation globally.

Earlier this week, he posted on X that he wished he was a freedom fighter “so I die fighting back those invading Israeli genocidal maniacs invading my neighborhood and city.”

We could die this dawn.

I wish I were a freedom fighter so I die fighting back those invading Israeli genocidal maniacs invading my neighborhood and city. https://t.co/liYqMN6Fw7 pic.twitter.com/E2ZWCLGBQ8

— Refaat in Gaza