Ali Daqneesh, ten, pictured while being treated in hospital, died yesterday (Picture: Halab Today)

The brother of a Syrian boy, who’s haunting picture became a symbol of the brutal war, has died.

Ali Daqneesh, ten, passed away yesterday from wounds sustained in the same airstrike in Aleppo that injured five-year-old Omran Daqneesh.

‘He was martyred while in hospital as a result of the same bombardment that their house was subjected to,’ said Besher Hawi, the spokesman for the local council of Aleppo.

He had internal bleeding and organ damage, according to doctors.


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An image released by opposition TV station Halab Today showed Ali in hospital with a tube coming out of his mouth.



His younger brother Omran had drew the world’s attention after Syrian activists released footage showing him being rescued from a partially-destroyed building on Wednesday.

A general view shows the site of the airstrike where Omran was injured (Picture: Reuters)

An estimated 448 civilians have been killed in Aleppo this month, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

The Syrian government and Russia have intensified air strikes there recently.

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