(Victim Profile)- Michael Ebajeh, manager of Mar Elias Elderly Center in Aleppo, was among the 30 casualties who passed away last Saturday when Syrian regime air raid struck Maadi district of Aleppo.
Ebajeh, a 48-year-old Christian man who preferred to stay in Aleppo in a rebel-held area to help his elderly friends.
Abo Yusuf, as he used to be called, was killed when an explosive barrel was thrown on the vegetable market, as he was there with his wife buying food for the elderly, he died straight away, while his wife had serious wounds and injuries.
The manager was known of his support to the revolution, despite his son was killed last year as a result of a mortar’s shell, but he refused to accuse the rebels of killing him.
According to activists, Ebajeh was a respected figure among rebels and he hosted many activists last week to celebrate Easter.
Aleppo, near the Turkish border, is a major frontline in the Syrian war. Rebel groups in and around the city have repelled repeated attempts by the Syrian army and militia fighting with it to cut supply lines from Turkey to the rebels.
Rebel-held parts of Aleppo have faced regular air strikes by the Syrian military. A U.N. commission of enquiry on Syria has recorded the intense use of barrel bombs - improvised bombs dropped by helicopter - by government forces in the city.
Rebels have also made use of improvised shells to bombard government-held areas. So-called "hell cannons" fire shells comprising a cooking gas cylinder. It was not clear what type of weapon had been used in their latest attack.
Syria's Grand Mufti Ahmed Badr al-Din al-Hassoun, speaking on state TV, urged the complete destruction of insurgent-held areas from which shells were being fired.
Meanwhile, Syrian Civil Defense officials of Aleppo called on citizens to stay in their shelters and basements to avoid Syrian regime's aerial bombardment as the death toll of Saturday air strikes rose to 60 people.
As the Syrian revolution entering its fifth year, there are more than 220,000 Syrians killed and other millions displaced.
Zaman Al Wasl
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