Noura Sheikh al-Eid had just accompanied her husband and daughter to a Red Crescent facility for his medical transit to Egypt before beginning her journey back to a displacement camp. Feeling unwell due to diabetes, she accepted a ride on a donkey-drawn cart alongside her daughter Rula when Israeli sniper fire hit her face. She was evacuated to the British field hospital in al-Mawasi, where doctors determined the bullet entered beneath her lower jaw and exited behind her right ear. Her killing adds to growing accounts from local residents regarding lethal military fire directed at civilians moving outside designated boundary lines.
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Displaced civilians in southern Gaza face deadly violence from military marksmen even whe…: Displaced civilians in southern Gaza face deadly violence from military marksmen even when engaged in ordinary transit.
Local residents report that Israeli forces deploy quadcopters, military vehicles, and sni…: Local residents report that Israeli forces deploy quadcopters, military vehicles, and sniper fire against Palestinians near the yellow line boundary.
Ongoing military fire continues to imperil daily civilian survival despite the implementa…: Ongoing military fire continues to imperil daily civilian survival despite the implementation of the October 2025 ceasefire agreement.
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Noura Sheikh al-Eid bid farewell to her husband and daughter as they left Gaza for medical treatment in Egypt.
It was meant to be a temporary goodbye.
But as the 54-year-old Palestinian mother returned from the departure station to her displacement tent on 5 November, an Israeli sniper shot and killed her.
“We are in shock,” Mohammed Sheikh al-Eid, Noura’s brother, told Middle East Eye.
“I lost my 14-year-old son during the famine, while he was trying to get aid. I swear to God, I did not grieve for him the way I have grieved for my sister,” he said.
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“I considered her my second mother because she was the one who raised me.”
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