Hala Raafat Suleiman Shaqura

Their life

Hala Shaqura was a Palestinian civilian living in the Deir al-Balah Governorate in the central Gaza Strip.
During the ongoing Israeli assault on Gaza, she and her family were sheltering in their home, which was reportedly also housing displaced people.
On the day of her death, Israeli aircraft targeted the house without prior warning, resulting in her martyrdom along with multiple family members.
Her death reflects the severe toll of the conflict on civilians, especially women, children, and families already displaced within Gaza.
Hala’s story symbolizes the countless civilian lives abruptly ended amid the devastation of repeated military attacks.

How they died

killed by airstrike.

Hala Shaqura and several of her family members were killed due to severe trauma and injuries caused by an Israeli airstrike.

A plea from the family

As of now, there are no publicly available statements or recorded pleas from the surviving relatives of Hala Shaqura, who was killed alongside several family members in an Israeli airstrike on their home in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip. The airstrike occurred without prior warning, resulting in the deaths of Hala and multiple family members.​ While specific accounts from Hala Shaqura's family are not available, the broader context of the conflict reveals that many Palestinian families have suffered devastating losses. For instance, in a separate incident, an Israeli airstrike flattened a three-story home in Gaza City, killing 10 people—half of them children. A survivor, Saed Al-Khour, who lost his family in the strike, stated: "There is no one from the resistance among them... Since 1 o’clock until now we have been pulling out the remains of children, women and elderly people."

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Hala Raafat Suleiman Shaqura, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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