Conflict

Israel and Gaza (from 2023)

Incident Code

ISPT0057

Location

Beit Lahia, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
بيت لاهيا

Geolocation

31.551277, 34.509233
Accuracy: Town

Airwars Assessment

Last Updated: July 18, 2025

On Monday, October 9th, 2023, between 13 and 15 members of the al-Qatnani family, including five children and four women, were killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike on their home in front of the Um al-Fahem school, in the town of Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip. The Palestine Center for Human Rights (PCHR) and Defence for Children International-Palestine (DCI) reported that the strike occurred without warning at approximately 3 a.m.

The Palestinian Center for Human Rights reported that the strike completely destroyed the four floors of the home, killing all 13 civilians within it, including four women and five children. Additional social and local media sources indicated that the death toll was 15 civilians, including 6 children. The dead identified were the 63-year-old Musa Samir Musa al-Qatnani (Abu Samir), his 57-year-old wife Basma Abdel Aziz Al-Qattanani (Umm Samir), and their adult sons: 41-year-old Samir Musa Samir Al-Qatnani, 31-year-old Omar Musa Samir Al-Qatnani and Hamada Musa Samir al-Qatnani.

35-year-old Rana Nasser Abd al-Aziz al-Shalab (Samir al-Qatnani’s wife) was killed alongside their four children – 18-year-old daughter Aseel Samir Musa al-Qatnani, Basma Samir Mousa al-Qatnani  (16), Mohammad Samir Mousa al-Qatnani (13), and Sally Samir Mousa al-Qatnani (11). Relatives posted generally that Abu Samir and Umm Samir, their three children, each of their wives, and their grandchildren were killed. Children of Omar Musa Samir,  one-year-old Jawan Omar Mousa al-Qatnani (also reported as Joan) and three-year-old Ali Omar Mousa al-Qatnani were also killed. Rana al-Shalabi’s mother posted that her daughter Rana and Rana’s children were also killed. While the two other members of the family killed have not been named, it is not known where Rana and Samir’s daughter Aleem was at the time of the strike.

27-year-old Maha Ahmed Abdullah Ghunaim (al-Qatnani) and 26-year-old marketing representative Muhammad Musa Samir al-Qatnani were also among the victims of the strike.

According to the victim’s social media profiles, earlier this year Rana al-Shalab and her husband Samir celebrated both her graduation with a Bachelor’s Degree in General Nursing from the University College of Applied Sciences Gaza, as well as their daughter Aleem’s high school graduation. Muhammed Musa al-Qatnani celebrated his daughter’s first birthday a few days prior to the bombing. Relatives, friends and neighbours mourned the loss on social media, with posts such as “Beneath the ruins of this house, 15 martyrs from the Al-Qatnani family…an entire family removed from the civil registry”, “It is with great sadness that we received the news of the martyrdom of our family and relatives….the martyrdom of Abu Samir Al-Qatnani family and of our dear sister, Rana Nasser, and her husband and children under the Israeli bombing in Gaza…/We belong to God and to Him we shall return… Survival belongs to God/15 martyrs from the Qatnani family”, and another saying “Oh God, the amount of pain/There is sadness in our neighbourhood.”

According to North Jersey News, Mohammad Qatanani, a relative of the family who is the Imam of the Islamic Center of Passaic County in New Jersey, learnt of the strike when he saw “images of his family members flashed on the screen of the Al Jazeera network.” He was quoted as saying, “The whole family has been taken out…My uncle, his wife, three children, their wives and their children. In total 15. It’s not only my family. There are thousands of families we are losing every day. You can’t imagine the situation they are in right now.” An influential member of New Jersey’s religious communities who has spoken at various churches and synagogues across the state, he received condolences from state officials. It was reported that after his family fled Gaza in 1948, he has not been able to return due to the blockade imposed by the Israeli government on the Gaza Strip; he has therefore not seen the family in Gaza for decades, and they have likewise been unable to leave.

Maha al-Qatnani, whose husband and children were also killed, is survived by her brother Karama Ghunaim, who mourned her saying “….With souls satisfied with God’s judgement and destiny, we received the news of the martyrdom of my sister Maha, her husband, children and all those who were with her…/We ask the Almighty to surround them with His vast mercy and to dwell them in a spacious manner/We belong to Allah and to Him we shall return”.

Where possible, names have been matched with the Palestinian Ministry of Health (MoH) lists, which include national ID numbers. Since October 26, 2023, the MoH has released six lists, along with an additional list of medical professionals, which was released on September 17, 2024. Airwars is matching individuals to the first list where their name appeared. In regard to this incident, names are matched to the fourth ‘Palestinian Ministry of Health List of Fatalities in Gaza’ list, which was released on April 30th, 2024.

Where sources identified the belligerent, all sources attributed the strikes to Israeli forces.

Assessment Updates

18 July 2025
The assessment was updated based on the new available Ministry of Health List of Fatalities in Gaza.

Victims

Family members (14)

Musa Samir Musa al-Qatnani (Abu Samir) موسى سمير موسى القطناني
63 years old male killed Matched to MoH ID 907037733
Basma Abdul Aziz Abdul Salam Al-Qatnani بسمه عبد العزيز عبد السلام القطناني
57 years old female wife of Musa killed Matched to MoH ID 902236934
Samir Mousa Samir Al-Qatnani سمير القطناني
41 years old male son of Musa and Basma killed Matched to MoH ID 931547749
Omar Musa Samir Al-Qatnani عمر موسى سمير القطناني
31 years old male son of Musa and Basma killed Matched to MoH ID 803269539
Hamada Al-Qatnani حمادة القطناني
Adult male son of Musa and Basma killed
Basma Samir Musa Al-Qatnani ياسم القطناني
16 years old female daughter of Samir killed Matched to MoH ID 424596203
Mohammad Samir Musa Al-Qatnani محمد القطناني
13 years old male son of Samir killed Matched to MoH ID 429966187
Sally Samir Musa Al-Qatnani سالي القطناني
11 years old female daughter of Samir killed Matched to MoH ID 433445095
Rana Nasser Abd al-Aziz Al-Shalab رنا ناصر عبد العزيز القطناني
35 years old female Samir's wife killed Matched to MoH ID 850767252
Maha Ahmed Abdullah Ghunaim Al-Qatnani مها أحمد عبدالله غنيم
27 years old female killed Matched to MoH ID 400906335
Aseel Samir Musa al-Qatnani اسيل سمير موسى القطناني
18 years old male daughter of Samir killed Matched to MoH ID 422496737
Jawan (Joan) Omar Musa Al-Qatnani جوان عمر موسى القطناني
1 years old male daughter of Omar killed Matched to MoH ID 445437957
Ali Omar Musa Al-Qatnani علي عمر القطناني
3 years old male son of Omar killed Matched to MoH ID 442399069
Muhammad Musa Samir Al-Qatnani محمد موسى سمير القطناني
26 years old male killed Matched to MoH ID 402975239

Key Information

Geolocation Notes

Reports of the incident mention the Um Al Fahem school (مدرسة أم الفحم الثانوية), allegedly located in the west of Beit Lahia (بيت لاهيا) town. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further. The generic coordinates for Beit Lahia are: 31.551277, 34.509233.

Military Statements

Israeli Military Assessment
Suspected belligerent
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Israeli Military position on incident
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Sources (23)

Qadeyah1
9 Oct 2023

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The massacre of the Qattanani family this morning: Musa Samir Qattanani (Abu Samir) Basma Qattanani (Umm Samir) Samir Qattanani Omar Qattanani Maha Qattanani Jwan Omar Qattanani Ali Omar Qattanani Hamada Qattanani Muhammad Qattanani Aseel Qattanani Sally Qattanani Rana Nasser Shalabi

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مجزرة عائلة القطناني صباح اليوم: موسى سمير القطناني ( ابو سمير) بسمة القطناني ( أم سمير) سمير القطناني عمر القطناني مها القطناني جوان عمر القطناني علي عمر القطناني حمادة القطناني محمد القطناني اسيل القطناني سالي القطناني رنا ناصر الشلبي

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Haitham71885506
9 Oct 2023

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Ten martyrs from the Qatnani family were pulled from under the rubble.

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انتشال 10 شهداء من عائلة القطناني من تحت الركام

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5newspal
9 Oct 2023

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Martyrdom of Asil Al-Qattanani and her family

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استــ،ــشــ،ــهاد / أسيل القطناني "و عائلتها "

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Naghma Stationery Printing Press
9 Oct 2023

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نغم مطبعة للقرطاسية

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There is no god but God. My family and close neighbors, may God's mercy be upon you... Omar Al-Qattanani, Hamada Al-Qattanani, Aseel Samir, Samir Al-Qattanani, Abu Muhammad, Maha Al-Qattanani, Rana Nasear, Muhammad Al-Qattanani...

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لا الله الا الله اهلي وجيراني المقربين. عليكم رحمة الله ... عمر القطناني حمادة القطناني اسيل سمير سمير القطناني أبو محمد أ. مها القطناني Rana Nasear محمد القطناني القطناني ...
Enas Mohammed
9 Oct 2023

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Our loss is immense. #My aunt, my second mother, so kind, you broke my heart. #Rana, my sister, my love, my friend, you shattered my soul. #My cousins, you were like brothers to me, may God have mercy on you, my dear ones. #Aseel, Basma, Sally, and Mohammed, my beloved ones. And my uncle, Abu Samir, the man whose kindness is unmatched. The pain of your departure is consuming my health. God is sufficient for us, and He is the best disposer of affairs. Paradise is our meeting place. The eye sheds tears, and we are truly saddened by your departure.

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مصابنا جلل #خالتي يا إمي التانية ياحنونة فطرتيلي قلبي #رنا اختي وحبيبتي وصديقتي كسرتيلي روحي #أولاد_خالتي يلي كنتو إخوة يرحمكم يا غوالي #أسيل_بسمة_سالي_محمد يا حبايبي انتو وعمي أبو سمير الراجل يلي ما في بطيبتو حد وجع فراقكم يقتص من عافيتي حسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل الجنة الملتقى ان العين لتدمع وانا على فراقكم لمحزونون

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Ahmad Aldaour
9 Oct 2023

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"O tranquil soul, return to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing [to Him], and enter among My [righteous] servants and enter My Paradise." {God Almighty has spoken the truth.} With profound sorrow and grief, we received the news of the martyrdom of our family and neighbors, the Qattanani family (the family of Abu Samir Qattanani). May God have mercy on you. You have truly broken our hearts. May God grant you patience. We ask the Almighty to envelop them in His vast mercy, to grant them spacious gardens in Paradise, and to inspire their families and loved ones with patience and solace in their loss. May God reward you greatly and grant you comfort. "Indeed, we belong to God, and indeed, to Him we will return." #Massacre_against_the_Qattanani_family Omar Qattanani, Samir Qattanani, Abu Muhammad, Hamada Qattanani

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" يَا أَيَّتُهَا النَّفْسُ الْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ ارْجِعِي إِلَى رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّة فَادْخُلِي فِي عِبَادِي وَادْخُلِي جَنَّتِي " ، {صدق آلله العظيم} ببالغ الحزن والأسى تلقينا خبر استشهاد أهلنا وجيراننا عائلة القطناني (( عائلة ابو سمير القطناني )) رحمة الله عليكم والله أوجعتم قلوبنا الله يصبركم يا رب سائلين المولى عز وجل أن يتغمدهم بواسع رحمتهم وأن يسكنهم فسيح جناته وأن يلهم أهلهم وذويهم الصبر والسلوان على فراقهم عظم الله اجركم واحسن عزائكم " إنّا لله وإنّا إليه راجعون .. #مجزرة_بحق_عائلة_القطناني عمر القطناني سمير القطناني أبو محمد حمادة القطناني

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There is no Indian AL
9 Oct 2023

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"O tranquil soul, return to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing [to Him], and enter among My [righteous] servants and enter My Paradise." {God Almighty has spoken the truth.} With profound sorrow and grief, we received the news of the martyrdom of our relatives and in-laws, the Al-Qattanani family, including the martyrdom of the Abu Samir Al-Qattanani family, and our dear sister, Rana Nasear, along with her husband and children, under Israeli bombardment in Gaza. May God have mercy on them. You have truly broken our hearts. May God grant you patience. We ask the Almighty to envelop them in His vast mercy, to grant them spacious gardens in Paradise, and to inspire their families and loved ones with patience and solace in their loss. May God reward you greatly and grant you comfort. "Indeed, we belong to God, and indeed, to Him we will return." May God have mercy on them. 15 A martyr from the Qattanani family

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" يَا أَيَّتُهَا النَّفْسُ الْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ ارْجِعِي إِلَى رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّة فَادْخُلِي فِي عِبَادِي وَادْخُلِي جَنَّتِي " ، {صدق آلله العظيم} ببالغ الحزن والأسى تلقينا خبر استشهاد اهلنا وانسباؤناا ال القطناني باستشهاد (( عائله ابو سمير القطناني )) واختنا العزيزه والغاليه على قلووووبنا Rana Nasear و زوجها واولادها تحت القصف الاسرائيلي في غزه رحمة الله عليكم والله أوجعتم قلوبنا الله يصبركم يا رب سائلين المولى عز وجل أن يتغمدهم بواسع رحمتهم وأن يسكنهم فسيح جناته وأن يلهم أهلهم وذويهم الصبر والسلوان على فراقهم عظم الله اجركم واحسن عزائكم " إنّا لله وإنّا إليه راجعون .. البقاء لله ١٥ شهيد من عائله القطناني

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Amani Al-Sharif
9 Oct 2023

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أماني الشريف

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Amani Al-Sharif

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They were all martyred, O God! My uncle Abu Samir and my beloved Umm Samir, and her sons Samir, Omar, and Hamada, and Samir's wife Rana and her children Muhammad, Basma, Asil, and Sally, and Omar's wife and her children. O God, this news is so hard on our hearts. What can I say about you, my heart, Umm Samir Al-Qatnani, my mother's companion, her soul, and her sister, our beloved, the mother of martyrs, the patient one. What can I say about you, Rana Nasear? What can I say about all of you, my dear brothers and sisters, my dear neighbors, my lifelong friends? What can I say, our family? My dear Haya, may God grant you, Nasreen, and Abdul Aziz patience and solace. Sa'ed's wife and Abdul Aziz's wife and their children are safe because they were at their parents' house. May God grant you the greatest reward for the martyrdom of your dearest loved ones, Umm Muhammad Al-Sharif and Abu Muhammad Al-Sharif.

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كلهم استشهدوا يا الله عمي ابو سمير وحبيبة قلبي إم سمير وولادها سمير وعمر وحماده ومرت سمير رنا وولادها محمد وبسمة واسيل وسالي ومرت عمر وولادها يااارب والله صعب هالخبر على قلوبنا يارب. شو أحكي عنك يا قلبي ام سمير القطناني يا رفيقة إمي وروحها وأختها يا حبيبتنا يا إم الشه.دا يا صابرة شو احكي عنك يا Rana Nasear شو احكي عنكم كلكم يا اخوة الهنا وجيران الهنا وصُحبة العمر شو احكي يا أهلنا شوو يا عمري يا هيا الله يربط على أفئدتكم أنتِ ونسرين وعبد العزيز Haya Husam مرت سائد ومرت عبد العزيز وولادهم بخير لإنهم كان في بيت أهاليهم اعظم الله اجركم باستشهاد اقرب الحبايب على قلوبكم ام محمد الشريف أبو محمد الشريف

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Khaled Al-Qatnani
9 Oct 2023

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خالد القطناني

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Khaled Al-Qatnani

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To God we belong and to Him we shall return. With hearts believing in God's decree and destiny, my uncle Musa "Abu Samir" al-Qatnani, his wife, his three sons Samir, Omar, and Hamada, their wives, and his 13 grandchildren have passed away, martyred after their home was bombed in Beit Lahia. May God grant them Paradise. O God, reward us for our loss and replace it with something better.

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إنا لله و إنا إليه راجعون بقلوب مؤمنة بقضاء الله و قدره انتقل إلى رحمة الله تعالى عمي موسى " أبو سمير " القطناني و زوجته و أبناءه الثلاثة " سمير و عمر و حمادة و زوجاتهم و أحفاده 13شهيد بعد قصف المنزل على رؤسهم في بيت لاهيا. إلى الجنة اللهم أجرنا في مصيبتنا و اخلفنا خيرا منها

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Momen Abu Ayham
9 Oct 2023

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مؤمن ابو ايهم

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Momen Abu Ayham

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Oh, the heartache! Oh, Abu Yazan! Oh, Abu Ali! Oh, Abu Muhammad... Oh, Uncle Abu Samir... May God grant us patience in your absence... The Qattanani family are martyrs... May God have mercy on them with His boundless mercy. Oh God, the extent of the pain... Grief has enveloped our neighborhood. We say only what pleases God... God is sufficient for us, and He is the best disposer of affairs... May God have mercy on you all... Hamada Qattanani, Omar Aziz Qattanani

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ي وجع القلب اااااخ ي ابو يزن ااااخ ي ابو على ااخ ي ابو محمد ... اااخ ي عم ابو سمير .....الله يصبرنا ع فراقكم ... عائلة القطنانى شهداء ...ربي يرحمهم برحمتك الواسعة ي الله ع كمية الوجع ... عم الحزن ع حارتنا لا نقول الا م يرضى الله ... حسبي الله ونعم وكيل ... الله يرحمكم جميعا ..... حمادة القطناني عمر عزيز القطناني

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May Nael
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Mai Nael

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May Nael

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To God we belong and to Him we shall return. With hearts believing in God's decree and destiny, we announce the passing of the martyrs: Uncle Musa "Abu Samir al-Qattanani," his wife, his three sons Samir, Omar, and Hamada, their wives, and his grandchildren. 😭💔 Thirteen moons have gone to Paradise. O God, reward us for our loss and replace it with something better. #AlAqsaFlood

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إنا لله و إنا إليه راجعون بقلوب مؤمنة بقضاء الله و قدره انتقل إلى رحمة الله شهداء العم موسى " أبو سمير القطناني " و زوجته و أبناءه الثلاثة " سمير و عمر و حمادة و زوجاتهم و أحفاده 😭💔 13 قمراً إلى الجنة فاللهم أجرنا في مصيبتنا و اخلفنا خيرا منها #طوفان_الاقصى
Amir Ahmed
9 Oct 2023

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‎امير احمد‎

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Amir Ahmed

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May God have mercy on you. May He grant us patience in your absence.

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الله يرحمكم يصبرنا ع فراقكم

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ShehabAgency
9 Oct 2023

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Urgent | Shehab correspondent: "14 martyrs as a result of the occupation destroying the home of the Al-Madhoun family in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip."

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عاجل | مراسل شهاب: "14 شهيداً جراء تدمير الاحتلال منزل لعائلة المدهون في بيت لاهيا شمال قطاع غزة".
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Israeli warplanes fired three missiles at a residential building at the intersection of Al-Ternis Street in the middle of Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip around 11:30 a.m on October 9, killing 69 Palestinians, including at least 15 children, according to documentation collected by DCIP. (Photo: DCIP / Mohammad Abu Rukbeh) Ramallah, October 11, 2023—Israeli authorities prohibit food, fuel, electricity, and water into the Gaza Strip as Defense for Children International - Palestine has so far confirmed the killing of at least 105 Palestinian children since Saturday, with the total now surpassing 300. DCIP has confirmed the killing of at least 105 Palestinian children in direct Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip between October 7 and 11, while the Ministry of Health in Gaza announced today that over 326 children have been killed. DCIP staff in Gaza and the West Bank continue to document and confirm Palestinian child fatalities as hostilities continue between Palestinian armed groups and Israeli forces. Intensive Israeli bombardment throughout the Gaza Strip, lack of electricity, Israeli airstrikes on telecommunications infrastructure, and the unprecedented rate of daily child fatalities has resulted in a lag between confirmed fatalities by DCIP and the overall total child fatalities published regularly by the Ministry of Health in Gaza.  “Israeli forces are destroying entire neighborhoods in the Gaza Strip as an apparent full-scale ground assault is imminent,” said Ayed Abu Eqtaish, accountability program director at DCIP. “Immediate humanitarian relief is necessary to protect civilians as Israeli forces prepare to intensify attacks and Israeli officials declare their intention to commit further war crimes and crimes against humanity.” Around 6 p.m. on October 9, Israeli warplanes targeted, without prior warning, a two-story building behind the Golden Hall in the Americana area west of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, killing at least 14 Palestinians, including at least six children: siblings Karam, three, Akram, 10, Watan, one, Mahmoud, nine, Amani, four, and Fatima Mohammad Abdulrahim Al-Madhoon, seven, according to documentation collected by DCIP. Rescue teams were able to recover seven bodies. An Israeli airstrike targeted without prior warning a residential building in Jabalia refugee camp around 9 a.m. on October 10, killing four Palestinians, including three children: Mohammad, two, Karam, three, and Naheda Mousa Yousef Al-Hesi, 11, according to documentation collected by DCIP. Other children were also injured in the attack. Israeli warplanes targeted a residential building without prior warning around 11 a.m. on October 10 in Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, killing 14 Palestinians, including seven children, according to documentation collected by DCIP. The airstrike killed seven children from the Ahmad family: siblings Mustafa, nine, and Elayn Tamer Mohammad Ahmad, four, their cousins Sidra, five, Haidy, one, Linda, seven, and Qusai Mohammad Aladdin Ahmad, three, as well as another cousin, two-year-old Obaida Rafat Aladdin Ahmad.  Israeli warplanes completely destroyed a three-story residential building without warning in the Tal Al-Zaatar area of Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip around 9:25 p.m. on October 10, killing everyone inside, including at least one child, 10-year-old Mohammad Baraa Taysir Shahin, according to documentation collected by DCIP. Palestinian civil defense teams have recovered two bodies from the building, while an estimated 10 Palestinians were inside during the bombing. In addition to these incidents, DCIP has verified the killing of an additional 11 Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip in other attacks, though DCIP field researchers are still gathering and verifying details of the incidents. Those killed include: Ali Omar Mousa Al-Qatnani, four, from Jabalia Siblings Layan, two and Majd Mohammad Ismail Salah, two, from Beit Lahia Haitham Khaled Abdulazeem Asayleh, 17, from Jabalia Hassan Mohammad Ismail Salah, nine, from Jabalia Malak Mohammad Majed Al-Daqs, two, from Jabalia Kenan Mohammad Mahmoud Farhat, two, from Jabalia Cousins Nadeen Mohammad Abdulati Salah, 13, and Diaa’ Ahmad Abdulati Salah, six months, from Jabalia Mohammad Hassan Ali Al-Zain, seven, from Khan Younis Sham Mohammad Saleh Al-Sawalha, eight months, from Jabalia Israeli forces unleashed a massive military offensive on the Gaza Strip on Saturday after Palestinian armed groups fired rockets toward Israel and breached the Israeli perimeter fence surrounding Gaza early on October 7, launching attacks inside Israel. Israeli forces initiated a large-scale military operation dubbed Operation Iron Swords.  At least 1,100 Palestinians, including at least 326 children, have been killed in the Gaza Strip since Saturday morning, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza. DCIP is working to document additional attacks and killings. Israeli forces have shot and killed six Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank since October 7, including 12-year-old Ahmad Abdulnaser Adnan Rabi.  DCIP previously confirmed the killing of at least 74 Palestinian children in direct Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip between October 7 and 10, 2023, in a report issued yesterday. Over 263,934 people in the Gaza strip have fled their homes as mass displacement escalates with intensifying Israeli attacks, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA). More than 175,486 internally displaced Palestinians are sheltering in 88 United Nations schools throughout the Gaza Strip, while over 73,900 Palestinians, whose homes have been destroyed or damaged, are hosted by relatives and neighbors, according to UN OCHA. Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said in a video statement on Monday that Israeli authorities would cut electricity and block the entry of food and fuel as part of “a complete siege” on the Gaza Strip. Israel authorities stopped supplying electricity to the Gaza Strip on October 7, and the Gaza Power Plant will run out of fuel by midday on October 11, according to UN OCHA. Israeli authorities also cut off Gaza’s water supply on October 8. Israeli airstrikes have destroyed two of the three main lines for mobile communication in the Gaza Strip, according to UN OCHA. Israeli airstrikes have also damaged five water, sanitation, and hygiene facilities in the central and northern Gaza Strip, impacting water access to at least 500,000 people. Sewage lines in the northern Gaza Strip have been damaged by Israeli airstrikes, leading to the accumulation of sewage and solid waste in the streets of Beit Lahia. More than 1,200 Israelis have been killed in Palestinian armed group attacks since October 7, according to news media reports. Israeli forces and settlers have killed at least 3,752 Palestinian civilians since 2008 throughout the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip, according to UN OCHA. Since 2000, Israeli forces and settlers have killed more than 2,400 Palestinian children as of October 11, 2023, according to documentation collected by DCIP. International humanitarian law prohibits indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks and requires all parties to an armed conflict to distinguish between military targets, civilians, and civilian objects. Deploying explosive weapons in densely-populated civilian areas constitutes indiscriminate attacks and carrying out direct attacks against civilians or civilian objects amounts to war crimes. Israeli authorities have imposed a closure policy against the Gaza Strip since 2007 by strictly controlling and limiting the entry and exit of individuals; maintaining harsh restrictions on imports including food, construction materials, fuel, and other essential items; as well as prohibiting exports. Israel continues to maintain complete control over the Gaza Strip’s borders, airspace, and territorial waters.
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Mohammad Qatanani, the imam of the Islamic Center of Passaic County, was watching news reports when he saw it: images of his family members flashed on the screen of the Al Jazeera network.That's how he learned that 15 members of his family had been killed earlier this week in Beit Lahia in northern Gaza during Israeli airstrikes in retaliation for the Hamas attack.“The whole family has been taken out,” Qatanani said. “My uncle, his wife, three children, their wives and their children. In total 15. It’s not only my family. There are thousands of families we are losing every day. You can’t imagine the situation they are in right now.”The Paterson-based Islamic center, which also has branches in Clifton and Prospect Park, serves thousands of local Muslims, including many Palestinian Americans. Other local families also have also lost loved ones in Gaza this week, Qatanani said.    “We are making prayers every day for everybody, for all the people there,” he said.Israel has targeted Gaza with massive airstrikes since last weekend, when Hamas launched an attack in southern Israel that killed at least 1,300 people, including 27 Americans. On Friday, about 1,800 Palestinians were reported killed in Gaza and another 7,400 wounded. Hamas has been labeled a terrorist organization by the United States and others.International aid agencies say that Israel’s ban on deliveries of food, fuel, water and medical supplies is worsening the humanitarian crisis in an area home to 2.3 million people, most of whom are refugees.Qatanani has tried to comfort the bereaved, telling them to believe in God and pray. He said families' pain had been compounded by what felt to them like disregard for Palestinian lives.'We are dead bodies walking': Americans are stuck in Gaza without food, water and fuel“When we see that those civilians, those children, are not considered as human beings, unfortunately from the media and from our leaders in our county — this is what is very, very painful,” he said.Qatanini, among the most well-known Muslim leaders in the state, has served on several interfaith groups and had spoken at churches and synagogues across the state. In 2019, when Gov. Phil Murphy became the first state governor to hold a town hall meeting at a mosque, he chose the Islamic Center of Passaic County for that event.Some New Jersey officials, including Murphy, called Qatanani this week to offer condolences. The imam said he would like to hear more than just condolences.“We need a stronger message for all people there to stop bombing homes and people and civilians and children,” he said. “We have to work for stopping all types of violence, please.”'My PTSD kicked in': Father of terror victim watches chaos in Israel with horror | KellyQatanani’s relatives fled to Gaza after the 1948 Nakba, a word meaning “catastrophe” that refers to the displacement of 750,000 people from Palestine. Other relatives fled to the West Bank and Jordan. When fighting ended, they were barred from returning home. Due to an Israeli-imposed blockade, he has not been able to see his family in Gaza for decades, nor have they been able to leave.  Qatanani worries about the days ahead, as 1.1 million Palestinians are called to evacuate northern Gaza, and bombing continues to level neighborhoods. Hundreds of American citizens are reportedly trapped in Gaza, including residents of New Jersey. Many say the U.S. has abandoned them and their pleas for help.In the U.S., Palestinian families are receiving goodbye messages, as an electricity and internet blackout shuts down connections. They write that they don't know if they will survive, and that they love them, said Rania Mustafa, executive director of the Palestinian American Community Center in Clifton, who has received such messages."It’s really, really bad," she said, overcome and crying as she recounted the messages. "People are scared and panicked."Qatanani said he was keeping all families in his prayers.“It’s time to stop the war and the violence on civilians," he said. "In the future, we need all people to come together and to talk and to be frank with each other.” Facebook Twitter Email
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Five Palestinian children in the Al-Qatnani family were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beit Lahia on Oct 9, including siblings Basma, 16, Mohammad, 13, and Sally Sameer Mousa Al-Qatnani, 11, and their cousins Salma, 4, and Jawan Omar Mousa Al-Qatnani, 2.
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Israel’s military has bombed Gaza for more than two weeks in an unprecedentedly fierce and relentless assault – retaliation for Hamas’s murderous onslaught on 7 October.The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says it has targeted Hamas and Islamic Jihad militants, but thousands of civilians, including children, have been killed in strikes that have flattened residential districts. According to health officials in Hamas-run Gaza, more than 4,600 people have been killed, making the conflict the most fatal of the five wars Israel has fought against militants there since 2007. Information coming out of Gaza – which is under siege – is hard to verify, but below are some of the names and stories of people reported to have been killed.Besan HelasaThe 19-year-old medicine student was killed at her home, alongside her mother, older sister Marah and brother Omar. “I have dreams that I have not yet achieved. I have a life I have not yet-fully lived. I have a family that I love and fear for,” she wrote on X (formerly Twitter) days before her death. “Me and my people are subjugated, persecuted, killed, and tortured in an open-air prison.”Al-Shaima Saidam and familySaidam was killed with members of her family when missiles hit the al-Nuseirat refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. In July she celebrated being Palestine’s top high schooler, after she earned a 99.6% average in Palestine’s general secondary education examination.Yousef Maher DawasDawas was a young poet and writer. He died alongside members of his family in the northern town of Beit Lahia on Saturday, 14 October. We Are Not Numbers, a collective he belonged to, announced his death on Twitter.Viola and Yara, members of the Amash familyThe young women were killed at Saint Porphyrius Greek Orthodox church in Gaza City, which was hit by a missile while hundreds of people were crowded into the compound seeking shelter. US Congress member Justin Amash wrote on X that several of his relatives were among at least 16 people killed at the church. “The Palestinian Christian community has endured so much. Our family is hurting badly. May God watch over all Christians in Gaza – and all Israelis and Palestinians who are suffering, whatever their religion or creed,” he said.Shaban familySiblings Omar, 11, Ghada, 10, Batoul, 7, and one-year-old Ahmad died alongside their parents after missiles hit a residential building in the al-Nasr neighbourhood, north of Gaza City, on the morning of 8 October, Defense for Children Palestine has confirmed.Heba ZaqoutThe 39-year-old visual artist and school teacher was killed alongside her two small sons, Adam and Mahmoud, during a missile strike on 13 October. She was the sole breadwinner of her family and is survived by her husband and two children. In her artworks she explored daily Palestinian life and heritage. Al-Kurd familyFifteen members of the al-Kurd family were killed on 11 October, including six children under the age of 14. The oldest was 65-year-old Fatmeh Ahmad al-Kurd, and the youngest was 18-month-old Julya Fawzi al-Kurd. Six of the dead were aged 14 or under.Al-Qatnani familySiblings Basma, 16, Mohammad, 13, and Sally, 11, died with their cousins Salma, 4, and Jawan, 2, after a residential building in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip was destroyed at about 3am on 9 October.Iyad AbdelAziz AskerThe 5-year-old boy was killed at the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, Quds News Network reported.Medhat SaidamThe plastic surgeon was killed along with 30 members of his family at about 1am on 14 October. After finishing work at the Shifa hospital, he and his sister joined relatives at a house where the extended family was sheltering.Abutair brothersFiras, 14, and Ahmed, 11, died at the Khan Yunis refugee camp on 11 October. They are survived by their father and their brother Kamal.Salam MemaSalam Mema, a freelance journalist, was recovered from rubble three days after her home in the Jabaliya camp in northern Gaza was hit on 10 October. Mema was head of the female journalists committee at the Palestinian Media Assembly, an organisation committed to advancing media work for Palestinian journalists.Mohammed al-GharabliThe two-year-old was killed by a missile that hit a mosque in the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City on 9 October, which also injured his five-year-old brother, Lofti. The boys’ father Muhammad al-Gharabli said he saw the bodies of dozens of neighbours in the ruins of their homes. “I can’t sleep from the horror,” he said.Raafat AbofoulThe doctor was killed alongside his wife and his brother’s family in the bombing of Beit Lahia on 19 October. His nephew’s wife survived but is in a critical condition as she lost her limbs.Luna Hosam AbuNadaThe five-year-old girl was killed at the al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza.Alma al-MajaydaThe three-year-old girl was killed in a hit on Khan Yunis. She is survived by her father.Hiam MusaThe sister-in-law of Associated Press photojournalist Adel Han died alongside her family. Her body was recovered on 18 October in Deir al-Balah.Al-’Azayzeh familyTwenty-six members of the al-’Azayzeh family were killed on 12 October. The oldest was Sa’id Ysef al-’Azayzeh, aged 75, and the youngest was two-year-old Abd al-Aziz Abd a-Nasser al-Halisi. Twelve children under the age of 12 from the family were killed.Shamallakh familyTen members of the Shamallakh family were killed when their home in Sheikh Eljeen in south-west Gaza was hit on 8 October. “An airstrike hit my uncle’s house with his whole family inside. My uncle, his wife, his five sons, his daughter-in-law, and his two grandchildren,” Wafaa Shamallakh, an Arabic interpreter who works for Kingston council, told Sky News. The youngest, Omar, was two months old.Al-Zaanin childrenThe al-Zaanin family lost 11 of its children when a residential building near the al-Azam mosque in Beit Hanoun was hit on 8 October, Defense for Children Palestine confirmed. Their names were: Amr, 4, Khaled, 7, Obaida, 9, Hassan, 12, Momen 12, Noor, 9, Zaina, 7, Mays, 5, Hala, 1, Salma, 5, Balsam, 3.Muhammad al-KhayyatTwo-month-old Muhammad died in hospital, despite doctors’ efforts, as a result of missiles in Rafah, Gaza on 13 October.Awni al-Dous brothersFour brothers – Ibtisam, 17, Rawand, 15, Ahmad, 10, and Zaid, 3 – were killed alongside their four-year-old cousin, Rakan, after several missiles hit a residential building in the al-Zaytoun neighbourhood, east of Gaza City, at about 8.20pm on 7 October, according to Defense for Children Palestine.Shabat familyAt about 3am on 8 October the Shabat family home in Beit Hanoun was destroyed, killing 14 members of the family including seven children. The children’s names were: Hassan, 9, Bayan, 13, Mohammad, 3, Ghaith, 3, and Abdulkhaleq, 5. Two children in neighbouring buildings were also killed: 11-year-old Mohammad Khater Maher al-Kafarneh and 16-year-old Rula Nael Zakaria Naseer.Mohammad DabbourDabbour was the chief pathologist at the Islamic University of Gaza and al-Shifa Hospital. His family and friends reported that he was killed with his son and father by a missile while fleeing Gaza City on 13 October. Dabbour researched the impact of conflict and siege in Gaza on cancer management.

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