New York City, United States – After nearly being killed in June during an Israeli attack on Gaza , 10-year-old Rasha felt compelled to write her will.

“If I become a martyr or pass away, please do not cry for me because your tears cause me pain,” she wrote. “I hope my clothes will be given to those in need.”

Thaer Ahmad, a Palestinian American physician who has been volunteering in Gaza for the past two years, told Rasha’s story to diplomats on Wednesday on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.

Ahmad said Rasha also asked in her will that the rest of her possessions be divided among her siblings and her parents not yell too much at her 11-year-old brother.

Rasha was killed in another Israeli strike three months later.

Her story was one of many told to the diplomats

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