Road accidents increasingly common in Gaza Strip
Two young women were killed and another injured in a car accident in the Gaza Strip, which sparked a wave of angry reactions among citizens toward reckless drivers and laxity in applying laws and punishing lawbreakers.
Gazan sisters Samar and Sally Kreizm, and their friend Shahira Shuhaiber, had a car accident Aug. 18, which killed Samar and Shahira. Sally was seriously injured and is still in the hospital.
Samar had landed a job at Al-Nassr Pediatric Hospital in Gaza City a year before the fatal accident, and had shared her joy in a Facebook post. Finding a job in Gaza is no easy feat, but her joy, however, was short-lived.
The Palestinian community in the Gaza Strip was in shock following the accident. Many activists took to social media to express their sadness about the death of the young women, decrying what they called "roads of death,” "death accidents” and laxity in applying the law.
Fares Kreizm, father of Samar and Sally, told Al-Monitor, “Joy has died in our house. My daughter Samar has left us, while her sister Sally is bedridden in the hospital.”
