Airwars assessment
In the early afternoon of Monday, October 30, 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the Rizq family home in the Al-Geneina neighborhood, east of Rafah, in the Gaza Strip, killing at least 13 identified civilians, including at least four women and at least six children, and injuring 40 civilians, among them children. Local sources reported that the death toll may reach dozens.
Reports also consistently mentioned the discovery of the body parts of an unknown female child.
At 14:31, Safa news reported that “4 martyrs and 40 wounded arrived at Al-Najjar hospital” following the airstrike on the Rizq family home.
Airwars has identified 14 victims belonging to Abu Rizq and Barbakh families using eulogies posted by their loved ones.
Abu Rizq family:
Eight members of the Abu Rizq family were killed in the initial airstrike. 42-year-old Magdy Jumah Suleiman Abu Rizq was killed alongside his mother, 65-year-old Sabah Muhammad Mustafa Eid Abu Rizq, his wife, 36-year-old Lina Mahmoud Suleiman Abu Rizq, and their three children – 16-year-old son, Hudhaifa Magdy Jumah Abu Rizq, 13-year-old son, Obaida Magdy Jumah Abu Rizq, and 15-year-old daughter, Afnan Magdy Jumah Abu Rizq.
39-year-old daughter-in-law of Samah, Iman Hussein Muhammad Abu Hilal Abu Rizq, also lost her life in the attack. She was mourned by her friend and by her brother-in-law, the latter of whom offered prayers for a speedy recovery for Iman’s injured daughter, Bayan Abu Rizq.
On 5 January 2024, Mennah Allah Akram Muhammad Abu Rizq succumbed to injuries she had received in the bombing of her family’s home two months earlier. She was a correspondent for Quds News and the news agency announced her passing in a tweet.
Magdy Jumah Suleiman Abu Rizq was described as a “distinguished professor,” and one of his students, Mahmoud Abdel Karim, posted a eulogy saying that “that we have seen nothing but good from you.”
Magdy’s mother, Sabah Muhammad Eid Abu Rizq, was eulogized by a nephew of hers who said that she “passed away fasting, obedient, patient, seeking reward, and hoping for this ending, which is only befitting for her and others like her. If you had known her closely, you would have believed the words of the one who lamented about her.” She was known for memorizing the Quran.
One of Hudhaifa’s classmates posted an eulogy for him, saying that he “passed away with all his family members,” and attached a photo of him in school.
Barbakh family:
Within the Barbakh family 43-year-old Fatima Ibrahim Musa Barbakh was killed alongside 13-year-old girl, Israa Wehbe Muhammad Barbakh, 11-year-old girl, Raghad Ismail Hussein Barbakh, and 66-year-old Halima Hussein Mohammed Barbakh Abu Rizq.
An infant girl Sila Muhammad Abu Amsha was also among the victims of the strike. She was eight months old at the time of her death. . Mode Hasn posted a video of her corpse getting wrapped in white cloth. As Mode noted, Sila “did not close her eyes” in death.
Last, as noted, one young girl’s body parts were discovered in the rubble of the Abu Rizq home. Airwars was not able to determine whether or not she has been identified.
Salem Ropp posted a photo of a wounded woman being pulled from the rubble; and Ziad Hassan posted several photos of wounded people at the hospital receiving treatment, including one of a young girl getting bandaged for a head wound.
As time went on, volunteers and medical forces were able to recover more bodies from the rubble. Twitter/X user “@YouthGoDigital” tweeted a series of photos of the rescue and recovery efforts at the rubble where the Rizq home once stood, including one in which a body was recovered and covered by cloth.
Aljazeeramubasher.net posted a video showing the residents transporting the victims via motorcycles and non-medical transport vehicles, including a horse and cart, due to the interruption of communications with ambulance crews and the intensification of alleged Israeli bombing.
Reports indicated the airstrike occurred without warning.
Where possible, names have been reconciled with published Palestinian Ministry of Health lists. With thanks to journalist Alexandre Horn from CheckNews for identifying relevant sources, and Data Tech for Palestine for centralising the datasets.
Where sources identified the belligerent, all sources attributed the strike to the Israeli military.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
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