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Maram Humaid

‘I lost my fiance’: Israeli assault ends wedding plans in Gaza

Abeer is comforted at her fiance Ismail's grave. Ismail was killed in an Israeli air attack on August 6 [Hosam Salem/Al Jazeera]

Gaza – Abeer Harb waited six hours for her fiancé’s body to be rescued from under the rubble.

The 24-year-old had only been engaged to Ismail Dweik since June, and the couple were busy making preparations for their wedding, when an Israeli air attack destroyed Ismail’s home, in the southern Gaza Strip.

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