Mohammad Jamal Abu Samaan

Their life

Mohammad Jamal Abu Samaan, 27, was a resident of Gaza who was killed on May 17, 2021, when an Israeli missile struck his car in the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood of Gaza City. He died alongside two friends, including Mohammad Husam Abu Samaan, during a wave of Israeli attacks that targeted residential areas, roads, and infrastructure across the Gaza Strip, resulting in multiple civilian casualties.

Mohammad Jamal Abu Samaan, aged 27, lived in Gaza City. On May 17, 2021, amid a major Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip, he was traveling by car in the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood when an Israeli missile struck, killing him and two of his companions instantly. The attacks on that day involved hundreds of missiles and artillery shells fired into many parts of Gaza, targeting homes, residential and commercial towers, public facilities, roads, and other infrastructure. The wave of bombardments killed dozens of Palestinians, including children and women, and injured many more. Mohammad’s death was part of a broader escalation that claimed multiple lives across Gaza City and other areas of the Strip.

How they died

He was Killed by an Israeli missile strike fired at his car in Tal al-Hawa, Gaza City.

Mohammad was assassinated when Israeli soldiers fired a missile at the car he was traveling in, in the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood of Gaza City. The strike killed him and two of his friends instantly, and it was part of a wider campaign of Israeli air and artillery attacks that day, which caused widespread destruction and civilian casualties.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Mohammad Jamal Abu Samaan, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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