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The Kelani family. All seven were killed on July 22
This fact sheet was just posted at the Institute for Middle East Understanding, under the heading, “Israel’s Mass Killing of Palestinian Families in Gaza.” According to the United Nations, at least 68 Palestinian families in Gaza have had three or more members killed by the Israeli military in the same incident since Israel began its current assault on Gaza on July 7, for a total of 360 people. In its daily Gaza emergency report on July 30, the UN expressed deep concern at the “alarming number” of such incidents. |
For journalists covering this story, the IMEU offers the following partial list of incidents in which Palestinian families have lost four or more members killed by Israeli attacks in Gaza since the current assault on Gaza began. To date, Israel has killed approximately 1400 people in Gaza during its current assault, approximately 75% of them civilians according to the UN, including more than 250 children.
- On July 30:
- Sixteen members of the Abu Amer family, including four children, were killed when Israeli forces shelled their apartment building in Khan Younis in southern Gaza. The same attack, which killed at least 35 people in total, also killed seven members of the al Najar family, six members of the Breeka family, and four members of the Mu’ammar family. At least 18 children were among the dead.
- Israeli shelling killed 11 members of the Balata family, including five women and four children, in Jabalia in northern Gaza.
- Israeli shelling killed seven members of the al Khalili family as they ate breakfast, including three children and two women, one of whom was pregnant. Another child was critically injured in the attack.
- Israeli attacks killed six members each from the Hamouda and Abed-Rabbo families, including six women and five children.
- Sixteen members of the Abu Amer family, including four children, were killed when Israeli forces shelled their apartment building in Khan Younis in southern Gaza. The same attack, which killed at least 35 people in total, also killed seven members of the al Najar family, six members of the Breeka family, and four members of the Mu’ammar family. At least 18 children were among the dead.
- On July 29:
- The Israeli military killed 16 members of the Abu Jabber family, including four children, in Al Bureij camp in central Gaza.
- 13 members of the al-Agha family were killed, including four children, by Israeli airstrikes on three homes in Khan Younis in southern Gaza.
- The Israeli military killed 16 members of the Abu Jabber family, including four children, in Al Bureij camp in central Gaza.
- On July 26:
- Shortly before a 12-hour ceasefire came into effect, at least 20 members of the Al-Najar family were killed, including 11 children, and many others wounded when their home was attacked by the Israeli military in southern Gaza. According toreports, they had been trapped inside the home since Thursday.
- The bodies of 11 members of the Hilo family were pulled from the rubble of their home in Shejaiya, which was bombarded by the Israeli military a week before. According to a relative, they had received phone calls and leaflets from the Israeli military on July 29 telling them to leave, but that shelling had already begun and they didn’t think it was safe to leave.
- Shortly before a 12-hour ceasefire came into effect, at least 20 members of the Al-Najar family were killed, including 11 children, and many others wounded when their home was attacked by the Israeli military in southern Gaza. According toreports, they had been trapped inside the home since Thursday.
- On July 24:
- The Israeli military killed at least ten members of the al-Astal family, including three children, in two separate attacks on civilian homes in Khan Younis in southern Gaza. According to the UN, in one of the incidents, Israeli forces fired on civilians attempting to aid the survivors of the initial strike. At least six other members of the al-Astal family have been killed by the Israeli military in the past week.
- Israeli forces killed five members of the Abu Aita family, including an eleven-year-old boy in Jabalia in northern Gaza. The dead were 67-year-old Ibrahim Abdullah Abu Aita, 65-year-old Jamila Salim Abu Aita, 30-year-old Ahmad Ibrahim Abdullah Abu Aita, and 11-year-old Adham Ahmad Abu Aita.
- The Israeli military killed at least ten members of the al-Astal family, including three children, in two separate attacks on civilian homes in Khan Younis in southern Gaza. According to the UN, in one of the incidents, Israeli forces fired on civilians attempting to aid the survivors of the initial strike. At least six other members of the al-Astal family have been killed by the Israeli military in the past week.
- On July 22:
- Israeli forces killed four members of the Hajjaj family in Gaza City. The dead were 15-year-old Rawan Ziad Hajjaj, 28-year-old Yousef Muhammed Hajjaj, 31-year-old Muhammad Shehadeh Hajjaj, and 66-year-old Fayzeh Saleh Hajjaj.
- Seven members of the Kelani family and five others were killed, and 40 others injured, when Israeli warplanes attacked a high-rise apartment building in Gaza City, reducing most of it to rubble. The dead family were Ibrahim Kelani, his wife and four children.
- On July 21:
- Approximately 25 members of the Abu Jamea family and three others were killed by an Israeli missile strike on a home in Khan Younis in southern Gaza. The dead included 18 children and five women, two of who were reportedly pregnant.
- Ten members of the al-Qassas family were killed, including six children, and four others wounded when Israeli forces shelled their home in Gaza City. The dead children were 3-year-old Saman, 4-year-olds Arwa and Mohamad, Isra’ and Nesma, both 7, and 13-year-old Layma.
- On July 20, seven members of the al Hallaq family were killed, including three children and a pregnant woman, by an Israeli missile strike on a home where they were taking shelter in Gaza City. The family had moved to a relative’s house in the center of the city from their home on the outskirts, which they feared wouldn’t be safe from Israeli attacks.
- On July 19:
- four members of the Zuwaid family and one other person were killed by Israeli shelling in Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza. The dead family were Mahmoud Zuwaid, his wife Daliah, and their children, three-year-old Nagham, and two-year-old Ruya.
- On July 18:
- Eight members of the Abu Jrad family including four children were killed by an Israeli missile fired into their home in Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza.
- Four members of the Shaath family were killed and four others injured including one seriously by an Israeli airstrike on their home in Khan Younis in southern Gaza.
- On July 16:
- four young boys were killed and three others injured, by Israeli shelling on the beach in Gaza City. The dead, all cousins, were Ahed Atef Bakr and Zakariya Ahed Bakr, who were ten years old, eleven-year-old Mohammad Ramiz Bakr, and nine-year-old Ismail Mahmoud Bakr.
- On July 13:
- 18 members of the al-Batsh family, including six children and three women, one of them pregnant, were killed, and 16 others injured by Israel in an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Gaza’s chief of police by attacking his cousin’s home.
- On July 10:
- Israeli forces killed 8 members of the Al Haj family, including five children, during an attack on their home in Khan Younis in southern Gaza.
Child injured in latest airstrikes in Gaza
Power outages have been reported at a number of Gaza hospitals, which is severely impacting care for the hundreds of wounded Palestinians who are currently being treated for their injuries. In addition, the casualties continue to pour in, with Israeli airstrikes ongoing Thursday evening through the midnight hours.
update 11:38 pm Thursday July 31st:
Additional casualties have been reported from the airstrikes in Khan Younis, identified as:
Samih Kamal Abu al-Kheir, 63, Khan Younis.
Othman Fawzi ‘Abdeen, 17.
Siham al-Ham.
Six people were killed, and at least ten injured, in an airstrike on a family home in Nusseirat, in central Gaza. Medical crews are still working to recover their remains from under the rubble of the house.
They were identified as:
Mohammad Adel Ashour
Renad Ashraf Ashour
Abeer Nahed al-‘Ata
Naima Darwish Abu Shouq
Zaher Tawfiq Abu Maktoum
Ama’ Rafat al-‘Asa
Hasan Nassr Zaqqout
In addition, a Palestinian woman died of earlier wounds:
Labeeba Abu Shouqa, 32, Nusseirat.
The Ministry of Health reports a total of 79 Palestinians killed on Thursday alone, and over 350 wounded, bringing the total for Israel's 3-week long offensive in Gaza to 1444 Palestinians killed, more than 8350 Injured, number of slain Palestinians likely to increase as there are dozens of wounded Palestinians who suffered very serious injuries.
The Ministry of Health said many Palestinians are still buried under rubble of bombarded homes and buildings.
updated from:
On Thursday afternoon, in Khan Younis, residents reported at least 3 major airstrikes, in which a number of people were injured, and at least three were killed, including a 58-year old civilian:
1. Mahdiyya Suleiman Omar Abu Louly, 58.
2. Tha'er Naji al-Amour, 22.
3. Mohammed Yousef Al-Abadla, 21.
Also in Khan Younis, 4 people died of injuries sustained in previous airstrikes;
4. Abdullah abu Shabab 20 yrs
5. Alaa' 'Alweh 22 yrs
6. Ahmed Salim Abdin
7. Mohamed Ahmed Hamad
Doctors are reporting difficulty in keeping alive the patients who are critically injured, because of the cuts to power following the Israeli bombardment of Gaza’s main power plant on Monday.
In Rafah, an elderly man was killed in an Israeli airstrike:
8. Atiyyeh Salameh al-Hashash, 68.
An airstrike targeting a car in eastern Gaza killed two brothers:
9. Hamza Fa'ek Ahmad al-Haddad, 20 yrs
10. Ibrahim Asa'ad Ahmad al-Haddad, 21
Also in Gaza City, a ten-year old boy was killed, and his body brought to the Al-Aqsa Martyr’s Hospital. He was identified as:
11. Mohammad Ammar Sharaf
In Gaza’s Old City, known as al-Saha area, two brothers were killed in an airstrike and their bodies arrived at the hospital completely burned. They were identified as:
12. Mohammed Ra'fat Na'eem
13. Husam Ra’fat Na'eem
20 people were wounded in that airstrike, some of them severely.
The Ministry of Health also reports the deaths of 4 people killed in an additional airstrike in central Gaza, but they have not yet been identified.
6 people were killed and several others injured in a bombing in the Barakah area in Deir al-Bala, in central Gaza, south of Gaza City. Four of the six were members of one family, the al-Louh family.
They were identified as:
14. Kamal Abdul-karim al-Louh, 32.
15. Ibrahim Abdul-karim al-Louh, 29
16. Khaled Nasr al-Louh, 46.
17. Amaal Abdul-karim al-Masri, 48
18. Ilham Yahya al-Louh, 27
The sixth body has not yet been identified.
The airstrikes are continuing on Thursday evening, according to local sources on the ground in different parts of Gaza. However, communication has become more and more difficult, as most Palestinians remain without power for the third straight day after the bombing of the power plant.
Power outages have been reported at a number of Gaza hospitals, which is severely impacting care for the hundreds of wounded Palestinians who are currently being treated for their injuries. In addition, the casualties continue to pour in, with Israeli airstrikes ongoing Thursday evening through the midnight hours.
update 11:38 pm Thursday July 31st:
Additional casualties have been reported from the airstrikes in Khan Younis, identified as:
Samih Kamal Abu al-Kheir, 63, Khan Younis.
Othman Fawzi ‘Abdeen, 17.
Siham al-Ham.
Six people were killed, and at least ten injured, in an airstrike on a family home in Nusseirat, in central Gaza. Medical crews are still working to recover their remains from under the rubble of the house.
They were identified as:
Mohammad Adel Ashour
Renad Ashraf Ashour
Abeer Nahed al-‘Ata
Naima Darwish Abu Shouq
Zaher Tawfiq Abu Maktoum
Ama’ Rafat al-‘Asa
Hasan Nassr Zaqqout
In addition, a Palestinian woman died of earlier wounds:
Labeeba Abu Shouqa, 32, Nusseirat.
The Ministry of Health reports a total of 79 Palestinians killed on Thursday alone, and over 350 wounded, bringing the total for Israel's 3-week long offensive in Gaza to 1444 Palestinians killed, more than 8350 Injured, number of slain Palestinians likely to increase as there are dozens of wounded Palestinians who suffered very serious injuries.
The Ministry of Health said many Palestinians are still buried under rubble of bombarded homes and buildings.
updated from:
On Thursday afternoon, in Khan Younis, residents reported at least 3 major airstrikes, in which a number of people were injured, and at least three were killed, including a 58-year old civilian:
1. Mahdiyya Suleiman Omar Abu Louly, 58.
2. Tha'er Naji al-Amour, 22.
3. Mohammed Yousef Al-Abadla, 21.
Also in Khan Younis, 4 people died of injuries sustained in previous airstrikes;
4. Abdullah abu Shabab 20 yrs
5. Alaa' 'Alweh 22 yrs
6. Ahmed Salim Abdin
7. Mohamed Ahmed Hamad
Doctors are reporting difficulty in keeping alive the patients who are critically injured, because of the cuts to power following the Israeli bombardment of Gaza’s main power plant on Monday.
In Rafah, an elderly man was killed in an Israeli airstrike:
8. Atiyyeh Salameh al-Hashash, 68.
An airstrike targeting a car in eastern Gaza killed two brothers:
9. Hamza Fa'ek Ahmad al-Haddad, 20 yrs
10. Ibrahim Asa'ad Ahmad al-Haddad, 21
Also in Gaza City, a ten-year old boy was killed, and his body brought to the Al-Aqsa Martyr’s Hospital. He was identified as:
11. Mohammad Ammar Sharaf
In Gaza’s Old City, known as al-Saha area, two brothers were killed in an airstrike and their bodies arrived at the hospital completely burned. They were identified as:
12. Mohammed Ra'fat Na'eem
13. Husam Ra’fat Na'eem
20 people were wounded in that airstrike, some of them severely.
The Ministry of Health also reports the deaths of 4 people killed in an additional airstrike in central Gaza, but they have not yet been identified.
6 people were killed and several others injured in a bombing in the Barakah area in Deir al-Bala, in central Gaza, south of Gaza City. Four of the six were members of one family, the al-Louh family.
They were identified as:
14. Kamal Abdul-karim al-Louh, 32.
15. Ibrahim Abdul-karim al-Louh, 29
16. Khaled Nasr al-Louh, 46.
17. Amaal Abdul-karim al-Masri, 48
18. Ilham Yahya al-Louh, 27
The sixth body has not yet been identified.
The airstrikes are continuing on Thursday evening, according to local sources on the ground in different parts of Gaza. However, communication has become more and more difficult, as most Palestinians remain without power for the third straight day after the bombing of the power plant.
Israeli media reported on Thursday that six Israelis were injured in a mortar attack on Eshkol in southern Israel.
Channel 7 reported that three of the six Israelis were critically injured.
The report did not say whether the Israelis were soldiers or civilians.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said she was looking into the incident.
Earlier, Israeli residents of the Shaar Hanegev region were told to stay inside their homes due to a "possible infiltration incident."
On Monday, four Israeli soldiers were killed after a mortar strike from Gaza hit a military site in Eshkol.
Man injured as Gaza rocket hits building in southern Israel
An man in southern Israel was injured after a rocket fired by Gaza militants hit a building, Israeli media reported.
The man, a 30-year-old Chinese national, suffered shrapnel wounds to the shoulder after after building was hit by the rocket indirectly, Ynet said in a report.
Israel's army said in a statement that three rockets "were intercepted above Kiryat Gat," and that "a civilian was injured as a result."
The army statement said that 60 rockets had been launched from Gaza into Israel since midnight Wednesday.
Rockets have killed three civilians since the beginning of Israel's ongoing offensive on Gaza.
Militants have fired thousands of rockets at Israel throughout the assault, with most of them landing in open areas without causing injuries or damages, or being intercepted by the Iron Dome.
Over 1,400 Palestinians -- over 80 percent of them civilians according to rights groups -- have been killed by Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since the beginning of Operation Protective Edge.
Channel 7 reported that three of the six Israelis were critically injured.
The report did not say whether the Israelis were soldiers or civilians.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said she was looking into the incident.
Earlier, Israeli residents of the Shaar Hanegev region were told to stay inside their homes due to a "possible infiltration incident."
On Monday, four Israeli soldiers were killed after a mortar strike from Gaza hit a military site in Eshkol.
Man injured as Gaza rocket hits building in southern Israel
An man in southern Israel was injured after a rocket fired by Gaza militants hit a building, Israeli media reported.
The man, a 30-year-old Chinese national, suffered shrapnel wounds to the shoulder after after building was hit by the rocket indirectly, Ynet said in a report.
Israel's army said in a statement that three rockets "were intercepted above Kiryat Gat," and that "a civilian was injured as a result."
The army statement said that 60 rockets had been launched from Gaza into Israel since midnight Wednesday.
Rockets have killed three civilians since the beginning of Israel's ongoing offensive on Gaza.
Militants have fired thousands of rockets at Israel throughout the assault, with most of them landing in open areas without causing injuries or damages, or being intercepted by the Iron Dome.
Over 1,400 Palestinians -- over 80 percent of them civilians according to rights groups -- have been killed by Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since the beginning of Operation Protective Edge.
Eleven Palestinians were killed and dozens were injured when an Israeli airstrike hit a home in the central Gaza Strip, a health ministry spokesman said.
Ashraf al-Qidra said in a statement that an Israeli airstrike hit the al-Bayoumi family home in al-Nusairat refugee camp, killing at least 11 and injuring at least 45.
It was not immediately clear what the target of the strike was, and an Israeli army spokeswoman told Ma'an she was looking into the incident.
No further information was immediately available.
Some 79 Palestinians have been killed so far on Thursday, the 24th day of the Israeli offensive on Gaza.
Ashraf al-Qidra said in a statement that an Israeli airstrike hit the al-Bayoumi family home in al-Nusairat refugee camp, killing at least 11 and injuring at least 45.
It was not immediately clear what the target of the strike was, and an Israeli army spokeswoman told Ma'an she was looking into the incident.
No further information was immediately available.
Some 79 Palestinians have been killed so far on Thursday, the 24th day of the Israeli offensive on Gaza.
Teen killed, 5 injured in Israeli airstrike on Khan Younis
A Palestinian teenager was killed and five were injured in an Israeli airstrike on Khan Younis on Thursday, health ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said.
The teen was identified as Othman Fawzi Abdeen, 17.
A Palestinian teenager was killed and five were injured in an Israeli airstrike on Khan Younis on Thursday, health ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said.
The teen was identified as Othman Fawzi Abdeen, 17.
The Palestinian death toll in the ongoing Israeli assault on Gaza surpassed that of Operation Cast Lead on Thursday as the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli attacks hit 1,437.
In the most recent lethal Israeli attack, an airstrike hit the al-Bayoumi family home in al-Nusairat refugee camp, killing at least 11 Palestinians and injuring at least 45.
According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, 1,417 Palestinians were killed during Israel's infamous three-week offensive on Gaza in 2008-2009.
Some 5,303 people were injured during Cast Lead, while at least 8,265 have been injured throughout Operation Protective Edge, Israel's name for its current offensive.
At the end of the 2009 war, ten Israeli soldiers had been killed. Militants in Gaza have done more damage this time, with 56 soldiers killed so far.
The current offensive is still ongoing on its 24th day, while Cast Lead ended after 22 days.
Gaza militants and Israel also fought a war with Israel in late 2012, which lasted a week and left 174 Palestinians dead.
The current offensive showed no signs of stopping on Thursday, as the US restocked Israel's ammunition and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that he would accept no ceasefire that did not allow Israeli troops to remain in Gaza and destroy tunnels.
Militants in Gaza, meanwhile, say they will not stop fighting until the eight-year Israeli-imposed economic blockade on the Strip comes to an end.
Latest Ministry of Health statistics
According to the Ministry of Health, 23 percent of those killed throughout the current offensive have been children.
Some 12 percent have been women, the ministry says.
Sixty of the dead have been elderly.
Meanwhile, of the 8,265 people injured in the offensive, 30 percent have been children, 20 percent have been women, and 4 percent elderly.
Twenty-nine medical facilities including thirteen hospitals have been damaged by Israeli attacks, the ministry said. Operations were ongoing in 26 out of the 29 medical facilities when they were hit.
Latest attacks
So far on Thursday, 79 Palestinians have been killed and 350 have been injured, health ministry spokesman al-Qidra said in a statement.
A Palestinian teenager was killed and five were injured in an Israeli airstrike on Khan Younis late Thursday.
The teen was identified as Othman Fawzi Abdeen, 17.
Another Israeli airstrike hit Khan Younis, killing 21-year-old Mohammad Yusef Abadla.
An earlier strike hit Deir al-Balah, killing six Palestinians, al-Qidra said.
Two Palestinians were also killed and 20 were injured injured in an Israeli airstrike on a car in central Gaza City on Thursday.
Additionally, four Palestinians were killed on Thursday in an airstrike targeting a car in Deir al-Balah.
The four were identified as Ibrahim Abd al-Karim al-Luh, 29, Khalid Nasser al-Luh, 46, Abdulkarim al-Masri, 48, and Yahiya al-Luh, 27,
Muhammad Ammar Sharaf was also killed in an airstrike targeting a group of people in al-Nuseirat.
Sixty-eight-year-old Atiyeh Salama al-Hashash was also killed in an Israeli attack on Rafah.
In the most recent lethal Israeli attack, an airstrike hit the al-Bayoumi family home in al-Nusairat refugee camp, killing at least 11 Palestinians and injuring at least 45.
According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, 1,417 Palestinians were killed during Israel's infamous three-week offensive on Gaza in 2008-2009.
Some 5,303 people were injured during Cast Lead, while at least 8,265 have been injured throughout Operation Protective Edge, Israel's name for its current offensive.
At the end of the 2009 war, ten Israeli soldiers had been killed. Militants in Gaza have done more damage this time, with 56 soldiers killed so far.
The current offensive is still ongoing on its 24th day, while Cast Lead ended after 22 days.
Gaza militants and Israel also fought a war with Israel in late 2012, which lasted a week and left 174 Palestinians dead.
The current offensive showed no signs of stopping on Thursday, as the US restocked Israel's ammunition and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that he would accept no ceasefire that did not allow Israeli troops to remain in Gaza and destroy tunnels.
Militants in Gaza, meanwhile, say they will not stop fighting until the eight-year Israeli-imposed economic blockade on the Strip comes to an end.
Latest Ministry of Health statistics
According to the Ministry of Health, 23 percent of those killed throughout the current offensive have been children.
Some 12 percent have been women, the ministry says.
Sixty of the dead have been elderly.
Meanwhile, of the 8,265 people injured in the offensive, 30 percent have been children, 20 percent have been women, and 4 percent elderly.
Twenty-nine medical facilities including thirteen hospitals have been damaged by Israeli attacks, the ministry said. Operations were ongoing in 26 out of the 29 medical facilities when they were hit.
Latest attacks
So far on Thursday, 79 Palestinians have been killed and 350 have been injured, health ministry spokesman al-Qidra said in a statement.
A Palestinian teenager was killed and five were injured in an Israeli airstrike on Khan Younis late Thursday.
The teen was identified as Othman Fawzi Abdeen, 17.
Another Israeli airstrike hit Khan Younis, killing 21-year-old Mohammad Yusef Abadla.
An earlier strike hit Deir al-Balah, killing six Palestinians, al-Qidra said.
Two Palestinians were also killed and 20 were injured injured in an Israeli airstrike on a car in central Gaza City on Thursday.
Additionally, four Palestinians were killed on Thursday in an airstrike targeting a car in Deir al-Balah.
The four were identified as Ibrahim Abd al-Karim al-Luh, 29, Khalid Nasser al-Luh, 46, Abdulkarim al-Masri, 48, and Yahiya al-Luh, 27,
Muhammad Ammar Sharaf was also killed in an airstrike targeting a group of people in al-Nuseirat.
Sixty-eight-year-old Atiyeh Salama al-Hashash was also killed in an Israeli attack on Rafah.
2 killed, 20 injured in airstrike on car in central Gaza City
Two Palestinians were killed and 20 were injured injured in an Israeli airstrike on a car in central Gaza City on Thursday, health ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said.
5 dead in airstrikes in Deir al-Balah and al-Nuseirat
Four Palestinians were killed on Thursday in an airstrike targeting a car in Deir al-Balah, health ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said.
The four were identified as Ibrahim Abd al-Karim al-Luh, 29, Khalid Nasser al-Luh, 46, Abdulkarim al-Masri, 48, and Yahiya al-Luh, 27,
Additionally, Muhammad Ammar sharaf was killed in an airstrike targeting a group of people in al-Nuseirat.
Two Palestinians were killed and 20 were injured injured in an Israeli airstrike on a car in central Gaza City on Thursday, health ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said.
5 dead in airstrikes in Deir al-Balah and al-Nuseirat
Four Palestinians were killed on Thursday in an airstrike targeting a car in Deir al-Balah, health ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said.
The four were identified as Ibrahim Abd al-Karim al-Luh, 29, Khalid Nasser al-Luh, 46, Abdulkarim al-Masri, 48, and Yahiya al-Luh, 27,
Additionally, Muhammad Ammar sharaf was killed in an airstrike targeting a group of people in al-Nuseirat.
A Palestinian journalist who was injured when Israel shelled his Shujaiyya home succumbed to his wounds on Thursday, the ninth journalist to be killed by Israeli forces since the assault on Gaza began three weeks ago.
Muhammad Daher, who worked for al-Resalah newspaper, was injured in the shelling while a number of his family members were killed.
The target of the attack was unclear, but Israel has repeatedly destroyed entire apartment buildings in order to kill wanted individuals.
Muhammad Daher, who worked for al-Resalah newspaper, was injured in the shelling while a number of his family members were killed.
The target of the attack was unclear, but Israel has repeatedly destroyed entire apartment buildings in order to kill wanted individuals.
The Israeli assault has taken a high toll on Palestinian journalists, as seemingly haphazard shelling of residential and commercial areas have killed many, including 17 shoppers in a Shujaiyya market and 16 internally displaced people at a UN school on Wednesday.
Photojournalists Rami Rayan and Sameh al-Aryan, who worked with al-Aqsa TV, were killed Wednesday during the shelling of al-Bastat market in Shujaiyya.
Journalist Ahed Zaqqut, who focused on sports media for several agencies, was also killed Wednesday.
Journalists Najlaa Mahmoud al-Hajj, Abd al-Rahman Ziyad Abu Hayin, Izzat Dhuheir, Bahad al-Din Gharib, and photojournalist Khalid Hamad were also killed in earlier strikes on the Gaza Strip.
Photojournalists Rami Rayan and Sameh al-Aryan, who worked with al-Aqsa TV, were killed Wednesday during the shelling of al-Bastat market in Shujaiyya.
Journalist Ahed Zaqqut, who focused on sports media for several agencies, was also killed Wednesday.
Journalists Najlaa Mahmoud al-Hajj, Abd al-Rahman Ziyad Abu Hayin, Izzat Dhuheir, Bahad al-Din Gharib, and photojournalist Khalid Hamad were also killed in earlier strikes on the Gaza Strip.
Following two days of massive Israeli bombardment of all parts of the Gaza Strip resulting in more than 200 Palestinians dead, the early hours of Thursday morning saw 13 additional Palestinians killed, and dozens injured. A Palestinian man was assassinated, and several others have been injured, by an Israeli missile in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The slain Palestinian has been identified as:
Fadel Nader Almeghari, 27, Rafah
Another Palestinian journalist died, of earlier injuries, at the Shifa Medical Center in Gaza. He has been identified as:
Mohammad Daher, Gaza.
The Israeli Air Force also fired a missile into a home belonging to Sabra family members in the ad-Daraj neighborhood of Gaza City.
Soldiers also fired shells into the al-Maghazi School for Girls, run by the UNRWA, in central Gaza.
Updated From
13 Palestinians Dead, 15 Wounded By Israeli Air Strikes
Thu, 31 Jul 2014 11:07:37
The bodies of two Palestinian family members who were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza were brought to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital:
Suleiman Baraka, 31 and
Aref Baraka, 58
Two civilians were reported to have died from wounds sustained in earlier airstrikes. Both died in Al-Aqsa Martyr’s Hospital in Gaza City. They were identified as:
Ahmed al-Loah, 22 years old and
Baraa' Yousef, 19.
The four men all died in the Al Aqsa Hospital, which was itself the target of an Israeli air strike on July 21st. 5 people were killed, and 70 were injured in that blast.
In northern Gaza, 15 people wounded in Israeli airstrikes arrived at the Kamal Odwan Hospital for treatment in the pre-dawn hours of Thursday.
In Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, Abu Yousef Hospital received the body of a woman who died in an Israeli airstrike. She was identified as:
Maha Abdul-Nabi Salim Abu Hilal.
In Khan Younis, six Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike, and their bodies taken to the Gaza European Hospital. They were identified as:
Majdi Mohammad Ahmad Fseifis, 34
Hani Abdullah Abu Mustafa, 44.
Naji Abdullah Abu Mustafa, 31
Hanan Yusef Abu T'eima
Maher an-Najjar
Mahmoud Fouad an-Najjar
Resident Mohammad Juma’ an-Najjar, 32, suffered a serious injury.
According to journalist Mohammad Omer, airstrikes early Thursday morning targeted Al Aqsa TV in northern Gaza, which was previously targeted by Israeli airstrikes on Monday.
Airstrikes hit the home of the Sabra family in southern Gaza, the head of the family is a well-known Palestinian doctor.
The al-Maghazi refugee camp has been hit numerous times throughout the night, as has the area around the UN school in Jabalia that was directly targeted by an Israeli airstrike Tuesday.
The continued bombardment of the area around the Jabalia school made it difficult for investigators to enter the area to examine the damage.
They did manage to get in on Thursday morning to conduct a preliminary investigation into the attack, which took place in the pre-dawn hours on Tuesday and killed a number of children in their sleep.
Fadel Nader Almeghari, 27, Rafah
Another Palestinian journalist died, of earlier injuries, at the Shifa Medical Center in Gaza. He has been identified as:
Mohammad Daher, Gaza.
The Israeli Air Force also fired a missile into a home belonging to Sabra family members in the ad-Daraj neighborhood of Gaza City.
Soldiers also fired shells into the al-Maghazi School for Girls, run by the UNRWA, in central Gaza.
Updated From
13 Palestinians Dead, 15 Wounded By Israeli Air Strikes
Thu, 31 Jul 2014 11:07:37
The bodies of two Palestinian family members who were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza were brought to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital:
Suleiman Baraka, 31 and
Aref Baraka, 58
Two civilians were reported to have died from wounds sustained in earlier airstrikes. Both died in Al-Aqsa Martyr’s Hospital in Gaza City. They were identified as:
Ahmed al-Loah, 22 years old and
Baraa' Yousef, 19.
The four men all died in the Al Aqsa Hospital, which was itself the target of an Israeli air strike on July 21st. 5 people were killed, and 70 were injured in that blast.
In northern Gaza, 15 people wounded in Israeli airstrikes arrived at the Kamal Odwan Hospital for treatment in the pre-dawn hours of Thursday.
In Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, Abu Yousef Hospital received the body of a woman who died in an Israeli airstrike. She was identified as:
Maha Abdul-Nabi Salim Abu Hilal.
In Khan Younis, six Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike, and their bodies taken to the Gaza European Hospital. They were identified as:
Majdi Mohammad Ahmad Fseifis, 34
Hani Abdullah Abu Mustafa, 44.
Naji Abdullah Abu Mustafa, 31
Hanan Yusef Abu T'eima
Maher an-Najjar
Mahmoud Fouad an-Najjar
Resident Mohammad Juma’ an-Najjar, 32, suffered a serious injury.
According to journalist Mohammad Omer, airstrikes early Thursday morning targeted Al Aqsa TV in northern Gaza, which was previously targeted by Israeli airstrikes on Monday.
Airstrikes hit the home of the Sabra family in southern Gaza, the head of the family is a well-known Palestinian doctor.
The al-Maghazi refugee camp has been hit numerous times throughout the night, as has the area around the UN school in Jabalia that was directly targeted by an Israeli airstrike Tuesday.
The continued bombardment of the area around the Jabalia school made it difficult for investigators to enter the area to examine the damage.
They did manage to get in on Thursday morning to conduct a preliminary investigation into the attack, which took place in the pre-dawn hours on Tuesday and killed a number of children in their sleep.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that no ceasefire could stop Israel's army from continuing to destroy cross-border tunnels used by militants in the Gaza Strip.
"Until now, we have destroyed dozens of terror tunnels and we are determined to finish this mission -- with or without a ceasefire," Netanyahu said at the start of a special cabinet meeting in Tel Aviv.
"So I will not accept any (truce) proposal that does not allow the (army) to complete this work for the security of Israel's citizens."
His remarks came two days after Hamas released a video of its fighters climbing up through a tunnel into Israel and attacking a military base in a raid Israeli officials say claimed the lives of five soldiers.
Meanwhile, Palestinian resistance factions said they had carried out attacks on military targets throughout the Strip and in southern Israel.
Fatah's al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades said its fighters targeted a group of Israeli forces who were inside a house in the Shujaiyya neighborhood of Gaza City that Israeli forces confirmed killed three, while Islamic Jihad's al-Quds Brigades said it had fired 107 rockets at soldiers in Kerem Shalom.
Additionally, the Popular Resistance Committees said its militants injured Israeli soldiers in a firefight, and the Popular Front for the Liberation for Palestine said its military wing, the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, had targeted a military site in Eshkol with rockets.
Some 56 Israeli soldiers have been killed since the beginning of the ground invasion in Gaza, and the army called up 16,000 reservist soldiers Thursday as it planned to expand its attacks on militant groups in Gaza.
The extra 16,000 brought the total number of reserve troops called up to 86,000. Israel has not said how many troops are currently engaged in the fighting inside the Gaza Strip.
US restocks Israeli ammunition despite civilian death toll
And Washington said it had agreed to restock Israel's dwindling supplies of ammunition, despite increasing international concern over the death toll in Gaza, where more than 1,400 people have been killed in 24 days of violence.
According to figures from the Gaza-based Palestinian Center for Human Rights, some 85 percent percent of the victims are civilians. Of the civilian dead, some 345 were children.
Following the Israeli shelling of a UN school in northern Gaza on Wednesday which killed 16, UN human rights chief Navi Pillay slammed Israel for its attacks on homes, schools, and hospitals, accusing it of "deliberate defiance" of international law.
"None of this appears to me to be accidental," she told reporters.
"There appears to be deliberate defiance of obligations that international law imposes on Israel."
The shelling of the school also drew sharp condemnation from UN chief Ban Ki-moon, who described it as "reprehensible," as well as from Washington.
Despite rising international calls for a halt to the bloodshed, the Israeli security cabinet decided Wednesday to press on with the operation in Gaza just hours after troops had made a significant advance into the narrow enclave.
The Israeli offensive began on July 8 with the aim of ending militant rocket fire, but expanded on July 17 with a ground operation aimed at destroying a sophisticated network of tunnels leading under the border, which Israel has vowed to dismantle.
Despite a heavy death toll in Gaza on Wednesday when 111 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces, including 17 who died in a strike on a crowded market place and another 16 at the UN school, the Pentagon confirmed it had granted an Israeli request for ammunition, including some from a stockpile stored by the US military on the ground in Israel for emergency use.
Rights group Amnesty International had urged Washington to halt arms supplies to Israel.
Meanwhile, there was no letup in bloodshed with over 24 Palestinians killed on Thursday, raising the overall Palestinian toll to 1,395, medics said.
Despite the loss of life, there appeared to be little Israeli appetite for a truce, with a senior official telling Haaretz newspaper that a ceasefire was not even close.
Nevertheless, an Israeli delegation traveled to Cairo late Wednesday to discuss a possible ceasefire with Egyptian officials, an official at the airport told AFP.
Cairo, a key mediator in previous truce negotiations between Israel and Hamas, was also expected to host a Palestinian delegation later this week.
"Until now, we have destroyed dozens of terror tunnels and we are determined to finish this mission -- with or without a ceasefire," Netanyahu said at the start of a special cabinet meeting in Tel Aviv.
"So I will not accept any (truce) proposal that does not allow the (army) to complete this work for the security of Israel's citizens."
His remarks came two days after Hamas released a video of its fighters climbing up through a tunnel into Israel and attacking a military base in a raid Israeli officials say claimed the lives of five soldiers.
Meanwhile, Palestinian resistance factions said they had carried out attacks on military targets throughout the Strip and in southern Israel.
Fatah's al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades said its fighters targeted a group of Israeli forces who were inside a house in the Shujaiyya neighborhood of Gaza City that Israeli forces confirmed killed three, while Islamic Jihad's al-Quds Brigades said it had fired 107 rockets at soldiers in Kerem Shalom.
Additionally, the Popular Resistance Committees said its militants injured Israeli soldiers in a firefight, and the Popular Front for the Liberation for Palestine said its military wing, the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, had targeted a military site in Eshkol with rockets.
Some 56 Israeli soldiers have been killed since the beginning of the ground invasion in Gaza, and the army called up 16,000 reservist soldiers Thursday as it planned to expand its attacks on militant groups in Gaza.
The extra 16,000 brought the total number of reserve troops called up to 86,000. Israel has not said how many troops are currently engaged in the fighting inside the Gaza Strip.
US restocks Israeli ammunition despite civilian death toll
And Washington said it had agreed to restock Israel's dwindling supplies of ammunition, despite increasing international concern over the death toll in Gaza, where more than 1,400 people have been killed in 24 days of violence.
According to figures from the Gaza-based Palestinian Center for Human Rights, some 85 percent percent of the victims are civilians. Of the civilian dead, some 345 were children.
Following the Israeli shelling of a UN school in northern Gaza on Wednesday which killed 16, UN human rights chief Navi Pillay slammed Israel for its attacks on homes, schools, and hospitals, accusing it of "deliberate defiance" of international law.
"None of this appears to me to be accidental," she told reporters.
"There appears to be deliberate defiance of obligations that international law imposes on Israel."
The shelling of the school also drew sharp condemnation from UN chief Ban Ki-moon, who described it as "reprehensible," as well as from Washington.
Despite rising international calls for a halt to the bloodshed, the Israeli security cabinet decided Wednesday to press on with the operation in Gaza just hours after troops had made a significant advance into the narrow enclave.
The Israeli offensive began on July 8 with the aim of ending militant rocket fire, but expanded on July 17 with a ground operation aimed at destroying a sophisticated network of tunnels leading under the border, which Israel has vowed to dismantle.
Despite a heavy death toll in Gaza on Wednesday when 111 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces, including 17 who died in a strike on a crowded market place and another 16 at the UN school, the Pentagon confirmed it had granted an Israeli request for ammunition, including some from a stockpile stored by the US military on the ground in Israel for emergency use.
Rights group Amnesty International had urged Washington to halt arms supplies to Israel.
Meanwhile, there was no letup in bloodshed with over 24 Palestinians killed on Thursday, raising the overall Palestinian toll to 1,395, medics said.
Despite the loss of life, there appeared to be little Israeli appetite for a truce, with a senior official telling Haaretz newspaper that a ceasefire was not even close.
Nevertheless, an Israeli delegation traveled to Cairo late Wednesday to discuss a possible ceasefire with Egyptian officials, an official at the airport told AFP.
Cairo, a key mediator in previous truce negotiations between Israel and Hamas, was also expected to host a Palestinian delegation later this week.
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A Palestinian was killed and two were injured in an Israeli shelling on Deir al-Balah on Thursday, health ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said.
Israeli airstrike hits car in Shujaiyya, killing 2
Two Palestinians were killed in an Israeli strike on a car in Shujaiyya east of Gaza City on Thursday, identified as Hamza al-Haddad and Ibrahim al-Haddad.
A Palestinian was killed and two were injured in an Israeli shelling on Deir al-Balah on Thursday, health ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said.
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Two Palestinians were killed in an Israeli strike on a car in Shujaiyya east of Gaza City on Thursday, identified as Hamza al-Haddad and Ibrahim al-Haddad.
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