A small, family-owned supermarket put the two girls in school.
“Hala was an excellent student. She was always committed to her classes and exams. She was polite and liked drawing and colouring. She liked art classes so much,” said her teacher Ahlam Al Shanti.
Hanaa was a bookworm.
“Hanaa was a diligent student. She liked sport and Arabic classes,” Ms Al Shanti told the NRC team who was attempting to get in contact with the girls families.
On May 16, eight children working with the NRC were killed in a single day, including Tala Ayman Abu Al Auf, 13, and her 17-year-old brother.