Salam Mema’s Fb web page supplied a window into motherhood and delight. A photograph she posted in July confirmed her sons wearing beige fits alongside her younger daughter, who was sporting a white gown and flowers in her hair. “They’re part of my soul,” she wrote.
Mema, 32, was a contract journalist and member of the Girls Journalists Committee in Gaza. Her good friend Nisreen Razayne advised The Publish she was “an angel,” a loving mom and a supportive colleague.
An Israeli airstrike on Mema’s house within the Jabalya refugee camp killed her and members of her household, in response to Razayne and the Coalition for Girls in Journalism. Mema had been alive, trapped underneath the rubble, however she couldn’t be reached in time, Razayne mentioned.
About three days later, on Oct. 13, Mema’s physique was recovered together with that of her 7-year-old son, Hadi, her good friend mentioned. Mema’s husband and brother-in-law had been additionally killed, she mentioned. Her 5-year-old son, Ali, was pulled from underneath the wreckage, however her daughter, 3-year-old Sham, remained lacking, the coalition mentioned on Oct. 20.
“She was not a navy individual to kill,” Razayne mentioned. “My thoughts can’t comprehend anymore.”
Claire Parker, Heba Farouk, Noga Tarnopolsky, Miriam Berger and Adela Suliman contributed to this report.
