( CNN ) -- Cold and shivering , Habiba Ahmed Abd Elaziz exchanged worried texts with her mother Wednesday morning as Egyptian security forces moved toward and blocked roads leading to a protest camp in Cairo . `` The crowds are massive and on high alert . Pray for us , mother . '' `` I entrust you to God the Almighty , '' her mother responded . `` I 'm heading to the platform in a little while . There are tanks there , '' Elaziz replied . It was her last text . Elaziz , 26 , was one of the scores of people killed as security forces stormed Rabaa al-Adawiya camp filled with supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy . It was not clear who fired the bullet during clashes between the two sides . The dramatic text exchange , published by The National , was confirmed to CNN by Elaziz 's younger sister , Arwa Ramadan . A staff reporter with the United Arab Emirates-based Xpress weekly newspaper , Elaziz was in her native Egypt in a personal capacity , having celebrated the Eid holiday . She was assisting the injured at the camp , according to Ramadan . Bloodiest day since revolution marks new 'beginning ' for Egypt . Elaziz joined Xpress as an intern in September 2011 and later took a full-time position , according to Dubai-based Gulf News , a sister publication . `` It 's hard to believe she 's gone , '' said Xpress deputy editor Mazha Farooqui . `` She was passionate about her work and had a promising career ahead . '' Clashes turn square into bloody 'war zone ' Without knowing what had happened , Elaziz 's mother , who lives in Sharjah , an emirate in the United Arab Emirates , texted a prayer to her daughter and wrote a message of support for protesters in Egypt . `` God I entrust to you with my husband Ahmed and my daughter Habiba . May we not be bereaved over any of them . God empower them and support them and keep them steadfast at the moment of encounter today . '' And then this text : . `` Habiba , please reassure me . I 've called thousands of times . Please , my darling , I 'm worried sick . Tell me how you are . '' The mother called Elaziz 's phone around noon . Someone picked up the phone and told her the young journalist was dead . Elaziz 's father was OK . The mother and three siblings were scheduled to arrive in Egypt late Wednesday . Cameraman killed in Cairo violence . CNN 's Leone Lakhani reported from Abu Dhabi and Phil Gast wrote in Atlanta . CNN 's Richard Greene also contributed .
Woman at protest camp in Cairo exchanges clothes with mother . Reporter is there on personal time , with mother . She dies during a raid on pro - Morsy camp .