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Name of Victim: `Uyun Jihad An-Naslah 

Age: 16 years old.
Sex: Female.
Date of Death: Jan. 1, 2009 
Place of Death: An-Nada neighborhood, North Gaza Strip 
Cause of Death: Shrapnel of a missile launched by an Israeli F16 plane at the water tank in An-Nada Neighborhood.
Details of Last Hours:

When the world celebrated the first day of the New Year, the family of An-Naslah in Gaza celebrated the arrival of electricity to their home after days of absence because of the war.

The family members rushed to finish the housework with mother and stepmother. They were making the pasta that the young Al-Mu`iz Li-Din Allah loved to eat in the electric container.

While the family was busy accomplishing these works, Israeli F-16 warplanes targeted the water tank in An-Nada neighborhood with four missiles. One of these missiles hit the house of Jihad An-Naslah to kill his son Al-Mu`iz Li-Din Allah and his sister `Uyun at once.

Their aunt said: "When the explosion took place, I went out to see the aftermath and I found the body of `Uyun has torn up while she was lying on a pile of glass. Then, my husband went to bring my son `Azzouz. When he took a long time, I searched for him and I found that his heart was out of his chest."

Other Information:

`Uyun was a beautiful girl, talkative, quite, and sensible. She started her academic year actively because she promised her family to exert much effort to get high marks in the scientific subjects in particular.

She wanted to study nursing or the Physiotherapy; Math was her beloved subject. Her aunt added: "`Uyun was gifted in painting, so she liked it very much and loved to form pieces of art to the extent that she made a masterpiece from clay and asked us to keep it in the house. However, the school took it and she promised to make another one."

Her father described her as shy, kind-hearted for her siblings, and helping all the people. Days before her death, her father and aunt looked at `Uyun and wondered about that beauty which came upon her suddenly in her last days which made her face shine.

The same thing happened to her brother whom died with her. Her aunt said: "Every time `Uyun came or went I flirted her saying to her father: '`Uyun became beautiful enough to marry soon'."

In her last moments and in a family session, her brother Mu`iz asked her to sit by his side on the carpet and said: "I love you." She answered: "Me too." He hugged her to meet their final end after two hours…

 
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