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April 29, 2024

Israeli Airstrike Kills Daughter, Grandson and Son-in-Law of Acclaimed Poet Refaat Alareer
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On Friday, an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City killed the daughter and
grandson of the prominent Palestinian poet Refaat Alareer, who was
killed in an Israeli airstrike in December. Shaima Refaat Alareer died
Friday along with her husband and 2-month-old son. Shaima had recently
written a message on Facebook addressed to her late father, writing, "I
have a beautiful news for you, I wish I could convey it to you while you
are in front of me, I present to you your first grandchild. Do you know,
my father, that you have become a grandfather? This is your grandson Abd
al-Rahman whom I have long imagined you carrying, but I never imagined
that I would lose you early even before you see him." The website
Electronic Intifada reports Shaima Refaat Alareer and her family were
killed while sheltering in the building of Global Communities, an
international relief charity.


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