Sabreen Naser Abu Dayyah

Their life

Sabreen Naser Mohammed Abu Dayyah, 27, was a Palestinian civilian from the Gaza Strip. She was killed on May 13, 2021, during the Israeli airstrikes that targeted residential areas across Gaza, including homes, apartment towers, and infrastructure. Her death was part of the broader bombardment that claimed 36 Palestinian lives that night, leaving hundreds injured and causing extensive destruction to homes and buildings.

Sabreen was among the 36 Palestinians killed in the all-night airstrikes on May 13, 2021, during the Israeli military offensive on Gaza. The airstrikes targeted homes, apartment towers, and civilian infrastructure. Entire families, including children and pregnant women, were killed in their residences. These attacks left hundreds injured and destroyed more than 500 housing units, with significant damage to thousands more. Reports from the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights documented the extensive human and structural toll of the bombardments and highlighted the potential violations of international humanitarian law. Sabreen’s death occurred amidst a period of heightened violence, with 247 Palestinians killed over the 11-day assault between May 10–21, 2021.

How they died

She was Killed by Israeli airstrikes.

Sabreen died as a result of an Israeli missile striking her residential area during the all-night-long bombardment of the Gaza Strip on May 13, 2021. The airstrikes targeted homes, apartment towers, and civilian infrastructure indiscriminately, killing civilians, including children, women, and entire families, and causing widespread destruction.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Sabreen Naser Abu Dayyah, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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