Osama Jamal Zibda
Osama was killed by an Israeli airstrike.
Osama Jamal Zibda’s death resulted from an Israeli missile strike during the extensive bombardment of Gaza on May 13, 2021. The airstrike targeted residential areas, and Osama was killed along with his father, Jamal. The attack was part of a broader military campaign that hit homes, apartment buildings, and infrastructure, causing widespread destruction and multiple civilian casualties.
Biography
Osama Jamal Zibda, 33, was a Palestinian-American from the Gaza Strip. Born in the United States, he returned to Gaza where he lived with his family. Osama was killed on May 13, 2021, during an Israeli airstrike that also claimed the life of his father, Jamal Mohammad Zibda. His death occurred amid a series of heavy bombardments on Gaza that targeted residential buildings and infrastructure, resulting in the deaths of dozens of civilians.
Osama Jamal Zibda was born in the United States and held U.S. citizenship. His father, Jamal Mohammad Zibda, had studied at the Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science at Virginia Tech before returning to Gaza in 1994. Osama lived in Gaza with his family and, according to Israeli media reports, was alleged to have assisted Palestinian resistance groups with rocket technology. On May 13, 2021, during a night of intensive Israeli airstrikes, Osama and his father were killed in Gaza. The strikes were part of a wider offensive targeting homes, apartment towers, and other infrastructure across the Gaza Strip, which killed dozens of Palestinians and injured hundreds. His death exemplifies the human toll of the conflict, particularly on civilians caught in the crossfire.
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Osama Jamal Zibda, 33, was killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting him, along with his father Jamal. According to US news agency CBS, Jamal had studied at the Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science at Virginia Tech, and returned to his home in Gaza in 1994. His son Osama, 33, who was killed in the airstrike, was born in the US and was a US citizen. Israeli media sources claimed that Osama had been involved in helping Palestinian resistance groups develop their rocket technology. He was among more than 30 Palestinians killed on May 12th, most of whom were killed while in their homes, huddled with their families as Israeli bombs dropped all around them. This was the third straight day of massive Israeli bombardment and shelling of Palestinian homes, structures, and facilities, leading to the death of at least 30 Palestinians on May 12th alone, including children.1 israelpalestinetimeline.org Open source