A mother, broken by the unimaginable, collapsed as she learned her daughter — married just last week — had been killed in an Israeli raid on the Gaza Strip.
Her joy, once overflowing from the celebration of her daughter’s wedding, turned to devastation in an instant.
“She was martyred. Her wedding was last Friday.”
The cruel irony of it all — a bride’s dreams extinguished before they even had a chance to bloom.
A mother’s heart shattered, her world unrecognizable.
In Gaza, celebrations and funerals often come far too close together, leaving behind nothing but grief.