After having lunch and enjoying her favorite soup, the sixteen-year-old Saher went to clean the balcony at her mother’s request. The dutiful daughter started cleaning the balcony. Her mother admired her diligent work, supplicated Allah for her to win His Contentment, and then left her to finish cleaning. Everything was quite normal in spite of the growing tension that could be felt in the air as a result of the vicious Israeli onslaught on Gaza. On 15th of January, at 4:30 p.m., occupation forces viciously fired its missiles at a house located between the Asleem’s houses as they were targeting Hamas leader Sa`id Siyam. The crowded district was heavily targeted with a number of Israeli F-16 missiles; dozens were dead while others were injured, and numerous homes were wrecked. Saher, her sister-in-law, and four of her cousins were dead.

The broken-hearted mother narrated the terrible story of losing her daughter saying: "I was sitting with my kids when I heard the sound of a jet fighter. In a twinkling of an eye, I found myself on the street without my veil, running all over the place trying to find my kids. I could not realize what has happened and I could not see anything because of the thick dust that shrouded the place. Then the ambulance cars rushed to the stricken area and my children started going out of the house, or the rest of it. I stood there trying to figure out what has happen but with no use. It was truly devastating. Allah is sufficient for us, and [He is] the best Disposer of affairs." 

After all her other children were married, Saher was the only one left unmarried. For her fortune, she enjoyed her parents' undivided love and attention. The grieved mother said: "Saher was not only my daughter, but she was my best friend, my soul, and my whole life as well. She was the one whom I entrusted with all my secrets. She used to understand me just with a glance. She knew when I was happy, upset, or tired. 

Saher was extremely shy; she even was shy to sit down and eat with her brother and his wife. My little angel dearly loved children; she was like a mother to them. She used to buy them candies out of her own allowance; she used to say to her father: "Dad, I need a bigger allowance today because Talaa, Sarah, Aseel and Lana, her nephews are coming over. Alas, those Israeli criminals have deprived us of our precious little girl." 

Aseel, her brother's daughter, remembers her loving aunt: "Aunt Saher is now in Paradise. O, I miss her so much; she used to buy me candy all the time." Saher had a charming sweet voice, therefore, she used to sing all the time. She was devastated on hearing of the death of the Palestine Islamic Singer, Suhayb `Abdul-`Al. She was even more severely touched upon hearing the death of young children who were killed by the vicious Israeli indiscriminate fires, as her sister-in-law says." She added: "It was really hurting to see the Medics pulling my beloved Saher’s body out of the rubble. I remembered how it was difficult for me to see such scenes. Now, she had joined those whom she felt terribly sorry for their death." 

Like any 17-year-old girl, Saher was counting days to her birthday, but unfortunately, the cruel Israeli fires robbed her out of her short yet precious life just two days before her birthday.