Awad Nabil Abu Salmiya
He was Killed in an Israeli airstrike.
Awad was killed when Israeli missiles struck the Gaza Strip during a period of massive bombardment and shelling, targeting residential areas and civilian infrastructure. His death occurred as part of a broader military operation in which at least 20 Palestinians were killed on that day alone.
Biography
Awad Nabil Abu Salmiya, 34, was a Palestinian resident of the Gaza Strip. He was killed during an Israeli airstrike on May 12, 2021, amid a period of intense bombardment targeting homes, residential buildings, infrastructure, and streets across the Gaza Strip. His death occurred during one of the most violent days of the 11-day Israeli assault in May 2021, which claimed the lives of at least 247 Palestinians, including 66 children and 39 women, and injured over 1,400 others.
Awad lived in the Gaza Strip, an area long affected by conflict and blockade. On May 12, 2021, he was killed in an Israeli airstrike, which was part of a larger wave of attacks that targeted multiple locations, including Nusseirat refugee camp, Beit Hanoun, and Rafah, as well as urban neighborhoods in Gaza City. The attacks struck residential buildings, homes, and infrastructure, resulting in widespread casualties and destruction. The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights reported these attacks as violations of international law and called for accountability through the International Criminal Court. Awad was among the many civilians who lost their lives during this tragic escalation of violence.
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Awad Nabil Abu Salmiya, 34, was killed in an airstrike in the Gaza Strip. He was one of at least twenty Palestinians killed during massive Israeli bombardment and shelling targeting all parts of the besieged and impoverished Gaza Strip. The Israeli missiles struck homes, residential buildings, infrastructure, streets, and many other facilities. In an airstrike during the night, Israeli missiles killed two children, identified as Mariam Mohammad Odah at-Tilbani, 3, and her brother Zeid, 5, in their home in Tal al-Hawa neighborhood, in Gaza city. Media sources in Gaza said the soldiers killed three Palestinians and injured at least one, in an Israeli airstrike in the Nusseirat refugee camp, in central Gaza. They added that the Israeli missiles targeted Palestinians and buildings in one of the alleys of the refugee camp; the two slain Palestinians, and the injured, were moved to the nearby Al-Aqsa Hospital.1 israelpalestinetimeline.org Open source