LONDON: Tributes were paid on Saturday to a six-year-old British-Palestinian girl who died in hospital days after her parents and sister perished in an accident at a beach in southern England. Saja Al-Khawas was pulled from the water in Shoreham on Tuesday along with the three other members of her family. Her father Hassan, mother Zeina Alayn, and 14-year-old sister Sara all died at the scene. Saja was taken to hospital in a critical condition. Police said late on Friday that she had sadly died despite the best efforts of emergency and hospital staff.

Family tragedy on England’s south coast as British-Palestinian parents and 14-year-old daughter drown off Shoreham-by-Sea; younger daughter fights for life in hospital.

Sara El-Khawas, 14, and her parents drowned while swimming in Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, at around 3pm on Tuesday while sea conditions were choppy.

‘She will be greatly missed’, the school said in a statement

Sara El Khawas was a pupil at a school in west London

Saja El-Khawas had been in critical condition in hospital