Faiza Ahmad Mohammad Salama
Faiza was killed in her home by an Israeli airstrike.
On the night of May 13, 2021, Israeli warplanes launched heavy strikes on residential areas across Gaza. One of the bombs hit the building in Beit Hanoun where Faiza lived in a rented apartment. The airstrike directly struck the area, causing severe destruction. Faiza was killed instantly, while the building’s owner and his son were injured in the same attack. The strike also destroyed nearby homes and spread panic among residents, particularly women and children, underscoring the civilian cost of the bombardment.
Biography
Faiza Ahmad Mohammad Salama, 45, was a resident of Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip. He lived in a rented apartment in a building on al-Ba’li Street, where he led a modest life among a close-knit community. On May 13, 2021, amid heavy Israeli bombardment across Gaza, he was killed in an airstrike that struck his building, adding his name to the long list of Palestinian civilians who lost their lives during the escalation.
Born and raised in Gaza, Faiza Ahmad Mohammad Salama spent his life in Beit Hanoun, a town that has often been at the center of conflict due to its location in northern Gaza. At the time of his death, he was living in a rented apartment within a residential building, surrounded by families and neighbors who shared the hardships of life under siege. Faiza was one of many ordinary civilians whose daily routines were violently interrupted by war. On May 13, 2021, during one of the most devastating nights of bombardment, Israeli warplanes targeted his neighborhood. The strike not only killed Faiza but also injured the building’s owner and his son, while destroying surrounding houses and terrifying families throughout the area. His death symbolized the indiscriminate toll of the attacks on Gaza’s civilian population.
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Faiza Ahmad Mohammad Salama, 45, was killed in his home in Beit Hanoun by an Israeli bomb. In addition to Faiza, who rented an apartment in the building, the owner of the building and his son were injured. Additionally, the airstrike destroyed many houses, especially on al-Ba’li Street in central Beit Hanoun and terrified civilians in the northern Gaza Strip, particularly children and women. He was one of 36 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza on May 13th. Also the same night, in Beit Lahia, in northern Gaza, three sisters in their early twenties, one of whom was pregnant, were killed along with their father in an Israeli airstrike. In the airstrike that killed the three sisters, 27 civilians were wounded, including 6 women and 10 children, while 3 houses sheltering 91 civilians, including 24 women and 41 children, were completely destroyed, and nearby houses sustained partial damage. The all-night-long bombardment of the Gaza Strip targeted homes, apartment towers, and infrastructure, killi1 israelpalestinetimeline.org Open source