Kholoud Fo’ad Farhan al-Zamli
Kholoud was killed in an Israeli airstrike on her family’s home on May 13, 2021.
On the evening of May 13, 2021, around 7:45 p.m., an Israeli warplane bombed the two-story home of Jamal al-Zamli in the Tanour neighborhood of Rafah. The strike came without warning and completely destroyed the residence. Kholoud, who was five months pregnant, was killed instantly along with her two-year-old daughter, Hoor. Seven others, including three children, were wounded in the attack and transported to Abu Yousef al-Najjar Hospital for treatment. The indiscriminate nature of the strike, targeting a civilian home, turned a place of family safety into rubble and devastation.
Biography
Kholoud Fo’ad Farhan al-Zamli, 27, was a young mother from the at-Tannour neighborhood of Rafah, in southern Gaza. She was married and the mother of a two-year-old daughter, Hoor. At the time of her death, Kholoud was also five months pregnant, looking forward to expanding her family. She was among the dozens of Palestinians who lost their lives during the Israeli bombardments of Gaza on May 13, 2021. Known as a caring mother and wife, she lived in a modest family home with her loved ones before her life was cut short in a devastating airstrike.
Kholoud grew up in Rafah, a city in the southern Gaza Strip, where her family had deep community ties. She married into the al-Zamli family and was devoted to raising her daughter, Hoor, while also preparing to welcome a new child into the world. Despite the challenges of life in Gaza under blockade and repeated escalations of violence, Kholoud and her family sought to maintain a sense of normalcy and resilience. On the evening of May 13, 2021, her life was tragically taken when Israeli warplanes carried out a strike on her family’s home without prior warning. The attack instantly killed Kholoud, her two-year-old daughter Hoor, and her unborn child, leaving her surviving relatives in grief. Her death reflects not only a personal tragedy but also the collective suffering endured by many Palestinian families during the May 2021 assault on Gaza.
Pleas of Surviving Relatives and Family if any
Relatives of Kholoud al-Zamli, devastated by the sudden loss of both her and her young daughter, Hoor, pleaded for the world to recognize the unbearable cost of the bombing campaign on innocent families. Her husband and extended family spoke of a future stolen in an instant — a young mother of 27, five months pregnant, whose life was cut short alongside her little girl.
Her family expressed their anguish that no warning was given before the strike, leaving them no chance to escape or protect their loved ones. “She was at home, a mother with her child, waiting for her new baby to come into this world,” a grieving relative said. “Instead, she and her children were buried beneath the rubble.”
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Kholoud Fo’ad Farhan al-Zamli, 27, was killed along with her 2-year old child at around 7:45 p.m., when an Israeli warplane attacked Jamal al-Zamli’s two-story home in the Tanour neighborhood of Rafah, killing two-year-old Hoor Momen Jamal al-Zamli and her mother Kholoud, who was five months pregnant, according to information gathered by Defense for Children International. There was no warning prior to the blast which destroyed the home and injured seven others, including three children. The wounded were transported to Abu Yousef Al-Najjar hospital for treatment. She was one of 36 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza on May 13th. In one of the many Israeli airstrikes during the night of May 13th, 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 civi1 israelpalestinetimeline.org Open source
Kholoud and her daughter Hoor were killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting their home. Kholoud was seven months pregnant with her second child.2 findagrave.com Open source