GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — “Oh God, give us peace!” Riham al-Kolak, a 30-year-old Palestinian from the Gaza Strip, wrote in a Facebook post May 15, as successive Israeli raids pounded Gaza.
A few hours later, Riham was killed while sleeping in her family’s home. Israeli raids had targeted three adjacent residential buildings on Al-Wehda Street in central Gaza City at dawn on May 16, leading to the killing of 42 Palestinians in one of the deadliest attacks since the start of the ongoing Israeli military aggression on Gaza on May 10.