Palestinian writer Heba Abu Nada dies in Israeli bombings in Gaza

Gulf Today Report

A Palestinian writer and poet Heba Kamal Abu Nada died in Israeli bombing in the Gaza Strip.

The Palestinian Ministry of Culture mourned the deceased in a statement on its account on the social networking site Facebook, explaining that the deceased wrote stories, novels, and poetry.

She was born in Saudi Arabia in 1991, from a refugee family from Beit Jirja, which was displaced in 1948.

A copy of Heba’s novel ‘Oxygen is not for the dead.’

The late woman studied biochemistry and educational rehabilitation, worked in education sector, and won several awards, the most important of which was first place in the short story in Palestine, and second place in the Arab world with the Sharjah Award for Arab Creativity for her novel “Oxygen is not for the dead.”

The war, which is in its 15th day on Saturday, is the deadliest of five Gaza wars for both sides.

The Gaza Health Ministry said that the death toll has reached 4,385, while 13,561 people have been wounded.

More than 1,400 people in Israel have been killed, mostly in the initial attack on Oct. 7 when Hamas stormed into Israel.

In addition, 203 people were believed captured by Hamas during the incursion and taken into Gaza, the Israeli military has said.