Fadwa Shamia, usually known as Um Osama, lived in a loving home in the al-Shati refugee camp area of Gaza City with her husband, six children and grandchildren.
Before 7 October, she was content with her life. A teacher in a government school, every day she could go home to the warmth of her family.
Fadwa, 59, had two sisters Najwa, 58, and Rajaa, 49, with whom she was also close.
On 10 October, Fadwa’s 11-year-old granddaughter Hanan was killed in an Israeli bombing.
Her killing would foreshadow unimaginable pain for the family, as the Shamias – and related Redwan and Abu Safia families – added their names to the hundreds of families that have been decimated by Israel’s genocidal violence in Gaza. ….more
