Months After Israel Killed Poet Refaat Alareer, His Daughter & Infant Grandson Die in Gaza Airstrike

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An Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on Friday killed the eldest daughter and the infant grandson of the prominent Palestinian poet and past Democracy Now! guest Refaat Alareer, who himself was killed in an Israeli airstrike in December. Shaima Refaat Alareer was killed along with her husband and 2-month-old son while sheltering in the building of international relief charity Global Communities. Shaima had recently lamented on Facebook that her father never got to meet his grandson, writing, "I never imagined that I would lose you early even before you see him." "Why is the state of Israel and its military targeting the families and relatives of those it has already assassinated and murdered?" asks Jehad Abusalim, a scholar, policy analyst and friend of Refaat Alareer and his family. "Israel seeks to eradicate, to destroy the social environment that fosters resistance and defiance. This environment produced figures like Refaat."
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[@TMan786]

War crimes.

[@absiddique139]

U.S is Democratic and the Earth is Flat.

[@SA-ku5oe]

Despicable

[@marionanderson7059]

Disgraceful. The IOF are disgusting

[@mdrahman-ju9qv]

This Genocide will not be unpunished.

[@rehnumakarim3857]

And the evil Netanyahu claim Israel army is the most moral army in the world! What a joke

[@ChristinaGerlach]

Israel this we too will never forget, never forgive.

[@rosariocatlin4845]

If I must die,

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IDF, GET OUT OF GAZA!

[@bodymindsoul60]

So abhorrent 😓

[@ladyd8339]

Babies should always be protected from war crimes!

[@ufogrindizer5038]

Heart breaking! This is oh so sad!

[@matthewf9500]

So sad, R.I.P.

[@earthspirit516]

I hope they take this report to the ICC. The students are certainly making it known and all those in solidarity with them.

[@girlbossed4441]

This horror is unbearable. Their memories will live on. Palestine will be free!!!! Free Palestine!!!!❤❤❤❤

[@newviolets8489]

Someone please arrest netanyahu and his cabinet for their crimes. He's not bigger than any other criminal. Baby killer. Killing a Poet ffs.

[@ChristinaGerlach]

Israel monitors social media. That posting may have led to her new family being targeted.

[@ulyssnt]

Genocide is an understatement of what is happening 😢😢😢😢😢

[@luke.louca.]

The shame of US, UK and EU in supplying them with arms !

[@Ola-1114]

This is so heartbreaking, my heart cant take it no more