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Sunday, January 14, 2024
Relatives of Arab Israeli lawmaker Ahmad Tibi killed in Gaza
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThree relatives of Hadash-Ta’al MK Ahmad Tibi were killed amid the ongoing war in Gaza, he confirms in a short statement posted on X, formerly Twitter.
The three relatives were identified as university lecturer Dr. Sahar Tibi, computer science student Faisal Tibi, and 10-year-old Ahmed Tibi, Channel 12 reporter Mohammad Magadli said yesterday evening.
They were reportedly killed in an airstrike on the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.
In a short statement on their deaths written in Arabic, Hebrew and English, Tibi uses the traditional Jewish phrase “May their memories be a blessing,” and shares a line from a poem by Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish: “We love life if we find a way to it.”
عليهم رحمة الله. نحب الحياة اذا ما استطعنا اليها سبيلاً
יהי זכרם ברוך.אנו נאהב את החיים אם נמצא דרך אליהםWe love life if we can find a way to it
Allah yerhamhom RIP https://t.co/aui5ZyjRu0
— Ahmad Tibi (@Ahmad_tibi) January 14, 2024
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