Awni El-Dous

This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.Awni El-Dous (2010 or 2011 – 7 October 2023)[a] was a Palestinian YouTuber.

In photos shared on the Facebook page of his school, Safad Primary School (A) for Boys, he is shown standing in front of a blackboard holding a motherboard, leading a lesson on computer technology as a part of the Little Teachers Initiative.

[5] On 18 August 2022, he made a short video thanking his fans for helping him reach 1,000 subscribers, "So now folks, let me introduce myself: I am a Palestinian from Gaza, aged 12 years old.

His aunt, Ala'a, said that he idolised YouTubers who made his hobby their career, saying "He wanted to be like them - to have followers and fans".

[2][9] Awni lived on a floor with his mother, father, two older sisters and two younger brothers, all of whom were killed in the bombing.

Ala'a said of him that he was "very happy and confident," and that on one "very wonderful night" she remembered watching a film with El-Dous and his siblings, sharing crisps and chocolates.

She recalled the last time she saw him, at a family breakfast three weeks before his death, where she looked at his nephew and said "El-Dous is becoming a man.