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Fawzia Fawaz Saleh

Age: 3 years old

Gender: Female
Date of Injury or Death: January 17, 2009
Place of Injury or Death: In her house, Jabaliya, north Gaza
Cause of Injury or Death: Targeted shells hit her family's house
Details of the last hours:
it was 2pm when Fawzia’s mother wanted to put her kids in a safe place, but unfortunately it was too late to do that as Israel started to shell her house. Two of her kids were injured and the third died.

An Israeli tank centered on top of al Kashef Mountain and fired a shell, then after moments an Apache also fired another missile. Everything was turned over. Fawzia’s mother could not be able to see her kid’s bodies because of the heavy smoke and dust which filled the place there. When the fire and dust started to fade out, the mother found two of her kids dead and the other two were in critical conditions.

Other Information:

Today Fawzia’s mother is sitting alone with her sister on the down floor of her destroyed house. Even if it was not destroyed she would not sit in a house where she lost her kids Ahmed and Fawzia. The mother said:" in the same time when I thought that I could save my kids by taking them out I lost them, there are no words to describe what happened to me. They were with me but suddenly I lost all of them…"

"Fawzia was the youngest baby; I was waiting for her impatiently to dress her jewelry and clothes, waiting for her hair to be longer so I could comb it in different styles…"

She added "I was dreaming of the day when Fawzia grows up and helps me with everything, but she is gone…"

Fawzia’s last birthday album survived the shelling, but her aunt hid it from her mother.

Fawzia's aunt said:" I had to hide the kid's pictures away from my sister, as she is crying all the time even without seeing those pictures. She is alone now and she is in a very bad condition"

 
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