Fawziyia Naser Abu Fares
Fawziyia Naser Mohammed Abu Fares was killed by an Israeli airstrike or missile bombardment on May 13, 2021.
Fawziyia died as a result of the widespread Israeli military bombardment of the Gaza Strip on the night of May 13th, 2021. The text describes this as an "all-night-long bombardment" that targeted "homes, apartment towers, and infrastructure." While the specific type of munition that killed her is not listed (e.g., missile, shell), her death was a direct result of this aerial assault, which turned entire buildings into rubble and caused catastrophic damage across the region. She was one of at least 36 Palestinians killed in that specific night of bombing.
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Fawziyia Naser Mohammed Abu Fares was a 17-year-old Palestinian girl from Gaza who was killed on May 13, 2021, during a severe Israeli military bombardment of the Gaza Strip. Her death occurred amidst a night of intense airstrikes that targeted residential areas, apartment towers, and infrastructure, resulting in the deaths of 36 Palestinians and injuries to hundreds more. Fawziyia's story is one of many tragic losses from that night, which included the complete annihilation of several families inside their homes. She became a statistic in a larger conflict that, over an 11-day period, claimed the lives of 247 Palestinians, including 66 children. Her death, like those of the other children killed, was documented by human rights organizations calling for international accountability for the events of that period.
Fawziyia Naser Mohammed Abu Fares was a teenage victim of the May 2021 Israeli military offensive on the Gaza Strip. She was 17 years old when she was killed on Thursday, May 13, 2021, during one of the most devastating nights of the 11-day conflict.
Her death was part of a large-scale, all-night Israeli bombardment that relentlessly targeted civilian areas across Gaza. On that single night, airstrikes killed 36 Palestinians and injured hundreds more, turning countless homes and buildings into rubble. The attacks were widespread and devastating, striking from north to south:
In the town of Beit Hanoun, the entire Tanani family—Rafat (39), his pregnant wife Rawiye (35), and their four young children, all under the age of six—were killed when their home was destroyed without warning.
In Khan Younis, another entire family of five, including a one-year-old infant, was killed; only the father survived.
Residential towers, like the one in the Remal neighborhood of Gaza City, were struck by missiles and reduced
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Fawziyia Naser Mohammed Abu Fares, 17, was one of 36 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza on May 13th. The all-night-long bombardment of the Gaza Strip targeted homes, apartment towers, and infrastructure, killing 36 Palestinians, and injuring hundreds, in addition to turning many homes and buildings into rubble. Among those killed in the overnight airstrikes were two entire families who were bombed while in their homes. Rafat Mohammad at-Tanani, 39, his pregnant wife and four young children, were in their home in Beit Hanoun town when the Israeli army bombed the area without any warning. The entire residential square was destroyed, including the family’s home. Ra’fat Tanani, 39, his pregnant wife Rawiye, 35, and their children Ismail, 6, Ameer, 5, Adham, 4, and Mohammad, 3, were all killed. The same night that the Tanani family was killed in the north of Gaza Strip coincided with killing another family in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis. The family consisted of five members –all1 israelpalestinetimeline.org Open source