Relatives remember Gaza women, children killed in Israel-Islamic Jihad war
The recent war waged by Israel against Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip claimed the lives of 15 children and four women, in what the international community condemned.
The three-day Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip that began Aug. 5 and ended with an Egyptian-brokered cease-fire Aug. 7 has killed four women and 15 children, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. Out of the 235 wounded, 151 are children and 56 are women.
The war between Israel and Islamic Jihad was different this time, with a markedly large number of women and children killed and injured.
While the shelling has stopped and calm has returned to the streets of Gaza following the cease-fire, the families of those killed or injured are left with painful memories.
Doniana al-Imoor, 23, was targeted and killed by an Israeli airstrike as she was baking bread at her home. Her relative Muhammad al-Imoor, 20, told Al-Monitor, “Doniana lived with her family in the town of al-Fukhari, in the east of Khan Yunis, in southern Gaza. She was part of a family of 10 and a student at Al-Aqsa University in Gaza City majoring in art education. One of her hobbies was drawing, and she worked with her family in agriculture.”
