Conflict

Israel and Gaza (from 2023)

Incident Code

ISPT0235

Location

Al Geneina, Rafah, Palestinian territories
الجنينة

Geolocation

31.272972, 34.265706
Accuracy: Neighbourhood/area

Airwars Assessment

Last Updated: December 15, 2024

A civilian home was reportedly hit by an Israeli airstrike in Al-Geneina, Rafah, in the Gaza Strip, at dawn on 15 October 2023, killing between seven to eight civilians from the same family and injuring others. Sources said the home belonged to Dr. Salah al-Din Zanoun.

Rum Online News cited official Palestinian news agency WAFA as noting that eight civilians were killed, similarly to PNN News which also put the death toll at eight, stating that Dr. Salah al-Din Zanoun and seven of his relatives were killed in the bombing of his house.

Only one source, WAFA cited in Rum Online News, indicated that “others were injured” by an Israeli missile in that attack, without providing further details on the exact number or identity of those wounded. The number of injured has therefore been recorded as 2-2 by Airwars.

Seven of the victims killed have been identified as: Dr. Salah al-Din Zanoun “Abu Ahmed”; his wife Etemad Miqdad “Oum Ahmed”; his sons Dr. Ahmed Salah El-Din Zanoun, Saif al-Din Salah al-Din Zanoun, Ihab Salah El-Din Zanoun, his daughter Karima Salah El-Din Zanoun; and his nephew Muhammad Musa Zanoun. While several relatives of the family announced that the Doctor’s daughter was also killed in the attack, Mohammed Al-jamal on Facebook affirmed that seven members of the family were killed, “with the exception of one daughter” who survived the attack.

Nabd News identified the location of the strike as the Al-Geneina neighborhood in Rafah.

Where possible, names have been matched with the Palestinian Ministry of Health list of fatalities in Gaza released on October 26th, 2023.

Local sources reported that the funerals of the victims were organised the same day. Where sources identified the belligerent, all sources attributed the strikes to Israeli forces.

Victims

Family members (7)

Dr. Salah al-Din Muhammad Awad Zanoun _ Abu Ahmed الدكتور صلاح الدين محمد عواد زنون
59 years old male killed Matched to MoH ID 412366080
Etemad Miqdad, Umm Ahmed اعتماد مقداد
53 years old female Wife of Dr. Salah killed Matched to MoH ID 413325473
Dr. Ahmed Salah al-Din Zanoun الدكتور احمد صلاح الدين زنون
27 years old male Son of Dr. Salah killed Matched to MoH ID 421207887
Saif al-Din Salah al-Din Zanoun سيف الدين صلاح الدين زنون
25 years old male Son of Dr. Salah killed Matched to MoH ID 421207879
Ihab Salah El-Din Zanoun ايهاب صلاح الدين زنون
male Son of Dr. Salah killed
Karima Salah El-Din Zanoun كريمة صلاح الدين زنون
female Daughter of Dr. Salah. One source reported that she "survived" the attack killed
Muhammad Musa Zanoun محمد موسى زنون
32 years old male Nephew of Dr. Salah killed Matched to MoH ID 803256387

Key Information

Geolocation Notes

Reports of the incident mention the neighbourhood of al Geneina (الجنينة), to the east of  Rafah (رفح). Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further. The generic coordinates for al Geneina are: 31.272972, 34.265706.

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Sources (14)

rumonline.net

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RAMALLAH (Ma'an) – Israeli occupation forces continued their aggression against residential neighborhoods in the cities and camps of the Gaza Strip for the ninth consecutive day, inflicting further casualties among civilians, the majority of whom are children and women, and causing massive destruction to towers, homes, residential buildings, public and private property, and infrastructure. In a preliminary count, the Ministry of Health announced on Sunday that the number of martyrs in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank had risen to 2,384, and the number of wounded to approximately 10,250, since the beginning of the aggression on October 7. The ministry explained in a press statement that the number of martyrs in the Gaza Strip had risen to 2,329, the majority of whom are children and women, while the number of wounded reached 9,042. In the occupied West Bank, the number of martyrs rose to 55, after the announcement of the martyrdom of 16-year-old Muhammad Rifat Adwan in the Tulkarm Governorate, while the number of wounded rose to more than 1,200. Palestinian sources confirmed that an Israeli airstrike targeted the Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza on Sunday, damaging one of the hospital's departments. Heavy casualties resulted from the bombing. Dozens of Palestinians, mostly children and women, were killed and others wounded in intense airstrikes that Israeli warplanes continue to launch on various areas of the besieged Gaza Strip, for the ninth consecutive day of the offensive. The Palestinian News Agency reported that at least eight Palestinians, including children and women, were killed and others wounded in a massacre committed by occupation aircraft after they fired a missile at the home of the Dardouna family in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip. Occupation aircraft also launched intense raids on various areas in the northern Gaza Strip, concentrated in the northern part of Beit Lahia. It noted that Israeli warplanes bombed a house in the Al-Mashtal area near the Al-Fayrouz Towers west of Gaza City, resulting in deaths and injuries, including children. Ambulances rushed to the scene to transport the wounded to Al-Shifa Hospital in the west of the city. Occupation artillery shelled residential apartments in the Turkish-funded TIKA Towers in the Juhr al-Dik area southeast of Gaza City, killing at least three Palestinians and wounding others. Three Israeli airstrikes targeted an empty plot of land and its surroundings. The area around the train station in the center of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, was targeted. Israeli artillery heavily shelled the eastern parts of Khan Younis and Rafah, causing widespread destruction to Palestinian homes. Wafa news agency reported that the body of Dr. Salah al-Din Zannoun and seven of his children and family members, who were killed when their home in Rafah was bombed, was laid to rest in a mass grave in the city. Wafa, citing hospitals in the Gaza Strip, stated that the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in the past eight days of their brutal offensive has surpassed the number killed in the 51 days of the 2014 offensive. This confirms that the crimes committed against the Palestinian people amount to ethnic cleansing. Furthermore, 70% of the population in Gaza City and North Gaza are deprived of healthcare services for refugees after UNRWA evacuated its centers and ceased its services. Ambulance crews are facing immense difficulties in evacuating the wounded due to the extensive destruction of residential areas and roads leading to hospitals. Hospitals are struggling to cope with the massacres perpetrated by the Israeli occupation in the Gaza Strip.

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رم - تواصل قوات الاحتلال الإسرائيلية عدوانها على الأحياء السكنية في مدن ومخيمات قطاع غزة لليوم التاسع على التوالي، موقعة مزيداً من الضحايا في صفوف المدنيين غالبيتهم من الأطفال والنساء، وتدمير مهول في الأبراج والمنازل والبنايات السكنية والممتلكات العامة والخاصة والبنية التحتية.وفي حصيلة ليست نهائية، أعلنت وزارة الصحة، الأحد، ارتفاع عدد الشهداء في قطاع غزة والضفة الغربية إلى 2384، وارتفاع عدد الجرحى إلى قرابة 10250، منذ بداية العدوان في السابع من تشرين الأول الحالي.وأوضحت الوزارة في بيان صحفي، أن عدد ‎الشهداء في قطاع غزة ارتفع إلى 2329، غالبيتهم من الأطفال والنساء، بينما وصل عدد الجرحى إلى 9042.وفي‎ الضفة الغربية المحتلة، ارتفع عدد الشهداء إلى 55، بعد الإعلان عن استشهاد الطفل محمد رفعت عدوان (16 عاما) في محافظة طولكرم، بينما ارتفع عدد الجرحى إلى أكثر من 1200.وأكدت مصادر فلسطينية، أن غارة إسرائيلية استهدفت الأحد، المستشفى الأهلي في غزة، ما أدى إلى إصابة أحد أقسام المستشفى بأضرار جسيمة إثر القصف.واستشهد عشرات الفلسطينيين، غالبيتهم أطفال ونساء وأصيب آخرون في غارات عنيفة يواصل الطيران الحربي الإسرائيلي، شنها على مناطق متفرقة من قطاع غزة المحاصر، لليوم التاسع على التوالي من العدوان.وأفادت وكالة الأنباء الفلسطينية، باستشهاد 8 فلسطينيين على الأقل بينهم أطفال ونساء وإصابة آخرين في مجزرة ارتكبتها طائرات الاحتلال عقب قصفها بصاروخ منزلا لعائلة دردونة في جباليا شمالي قطاع غزة.كما شنت طائرات الاحتلال غارات عنيف على مناطق متفرقة شمالي قطاع غزة تركزت في شمال بلدة بيت لاهيا.ولفتت النظر، إلى أن طائرات الاحتلال الإسرائيلي الحربية قصفت منزلا في منطقة المشتل بمحيط أبراج الفيروز غرب مدينة غزة، ما أدى إلى وقوع شهداء وجرحى بينهم أطفال، وتوجهت مركبات الإسعاف إلى المكان لنقلهم إلى مستشفى الشفاء غرب المدينة.وقصفت مدفعية الاحتلال شققا سكنية في أبراج "تيكا التركية" في منطقة جحر الديك جنوب شرق مدينة غزة، ما أدى إلى استشهاد 3 فلسطينيين على الأقل وإصابة آخرين.واستهدفت ثلاث غارات من الطيران الحربي الإسرائيلي أرضا فارغة ومحيط منطقة المحطة وسط مدينة خان يونس، جنوبي القطاع.وأطلقت مدفعية الاحتلال قذائف بشكل مكثف شرق مدينتي خان يونس ورفح وألحقت دمارا بمنازل الفلسطينيين.وأشارت "وفا" إلى تشييع جثمان الطبيب صلاح الدين زنون وسبعة من أبنائه وأفراد عائلته الذين استشهدوا بعد قصف الاحتلال لمنزلهم في رفح اليوم بقبر جماعي في المدينة.وأوضحت نقلا عن مستشفيات القطاع أن ما قتلته قوات الاحتلال خلال ثمانية أيام مضت من عدوانها الوحشي تجاوز ما قتلته في 51 يوما خلال عدوان 2014، ما يؤكد أن ما ترتكبه من جرائم بحق الشعب الفلسطيني ترقى للتطهير العرقي، إضافة إلى أن 70% من سكان منطقتي غزة وشمال غزة يحرمون من الخدمات الصحية للاجئين بعد إخلاء أونروا لمراكزها وتوقف خدماتها.وتواجه طواقم الإسعاف صعوبة كبيرة في إخلاء الضحايا نتيجة التدمير الهائل الذي لحق بالأحياء السكنية والطرقات المؤدية للمستشفيات.وباتت المستشفيات تلفظ أنفاسها أمام المجازر، التي يرتكبها الاحتلال الإسرائيلي في قطاع غزة.
Mohammed Moh'd
15 Oct 2023

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My dear friend and fellow exile, Dr. Ahmed Salah El-Din Zannoun, has passed away as a martyr, along with his family, during the brutal Zionist bombing of their home in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip.

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إنتقل إلى جوار ربه شهيداً صديقي ورفيق الغربة وعزيز القلب الدكتور أحمد صلاح الدين زنون هو وأفراد عائلته أثناء القصف الصهيوني الغاشم لمنزلهم في رفح جنوب قطاع غزة

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The Zannoun family in the homeland and the diaspora
15 Oct 2023

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عائلة زنون في الوطن والشتات

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The Zannoun family in the homeland and the diaspora

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And do not think that those who were killed in the cause of Allah are dead. Rather, they are alive with their Lord, receiving provision. Martyrdom of a member of the family: Dr. Salah al-Din Muhammad Awad Zannoun (Abu Ahmad), and his wife, the martyr I'timad Miqdad (Umm Ahmad), and their children: Dr. Ahmad Salah al-Din Zannoun, Saif al-Din Salah al-Din Zannoun, Ihab Salah al-Din Zannoun, Karima Salah al-Din Zannoun, and his nephew, the martyr Muhammad Musa Zannoun. Glory, eternity, mercy, and forgiveness be upon the righteous martyrs. Our deepest condolences to the members of our honorable family. May Allah grant you patience and reward you for your loss, and may He have mercy on our martyrs and grant them spacious gardens in Paradise. Indeed, we belong to Allah, and indeed, to Him we will return.

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وَلَا تَحْسَبَنَّ الَّذِينَ قُتِلُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ أَمْوَاتًا بَلْ أَحْيَاءٌ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ يُرْزَقُونَ . استشهاد ابن العائله الدكتور الشهيد صلاح الدين محمد عواد زنون _ أبو أحمد وزوجته الشهيدة اعتماد مقداد أم أحمد وابنائه الدكتور الشهيد أحمد صلاح الدين زنون الشهيد سيف الدين صلاح الدين زنون الشهيد ايهاب صلاح الدين زنون الشهيدة كريمة صلاح الدين زنون وأبن أخيه الشهيد محمد موسي زنون المجد والخلود والرحمة والمغفره للشهداء الأبرار،، تعازينا الحارة لابناء عائلتنا الكريمه ، عظم الله اجركم واحسن الله عزاكم ورحم شهيدائنا واسكنهم فسيح جناته وانا لله وانا اليه راجعون

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PNN News Network
15 Oct 2023

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The funeral procession for Dr. Salah al-Din Zannoun and seven of his sons and family members who were killed after the occupation forces bombed their home in Rafah at dawn today.

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تشييع جثمان الدكتور صلاح الدين زنون وسبعة من أبنائه وأفراد عائلته الذين استشهدوا بعد قصف الاحتلال لمنزلهم في رفح فجر اليوم.

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Mohmd Aljmmal
15 Oct 2023

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The entire Al-Zanoun family, 7 members except for one daughter who survived, were martyred after the bombing of the family's house in the Al-Junayna neighborhood in Rafah at dawn today.

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استشهاد عائلة آل زنون بكاملها7افراد باستثناء ابنة واحدة بقيت على قيد الحياة، إثر قصف منزل العائلة في حي الجنينة في رفح فجر اليوم.

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Mothers Kamel Yousfe
15 Oct 2023

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15 Oct 2023

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Emad Kamel Yousfe

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Dr. Habib Dr. Salah al-Din Zannoun was martyred in an attack on his home a short while ago.

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ارتقاء الدكتور الحبيب د. صلاح الدين زنون في استهداف منزله قبل قليل

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Professor Mohamed Zannoun

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الأستاذ محمد زنون

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Professor Mohamed Zannoun

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Tragic and shocking news: My cousin Dr. Salah Zannoun's house was bombed. He and all his parents and wife were martyred. May God have mercy on them all. There is no power nor strength except with God, the Most High, the Almighty. This is the third massacre in the Zannoun family, a family whose entire membership has been martyred. The martyrdom of my dear cousin, Dr. Salah al-Din Muhammad Awad Zannoun (Abu Ahmad), and all members of his family: His martyred wife, I'timad Zannoun Miqdad (Umm Ahmad), His son, Dr. Ahmad Salah al-Din Zannoun, His martyred son, Saif Salah al-Din Zannoun, His martyred son, Ihab Salah al-Din Zannoun, His martyred daughter, Karima Salah al-Din Zannoun, His nephew, the martyr Muhammad Musa Muhammad Zannoun, in a barbaric Zionist bombing of his house in the al-Junayna neighborhood, Rafah, Palestine, just now. We extend our deepest condolences to ourselves and our cousins. We pray to God Almighty to grant him His abundant mercy and to inspire his family and loved ones with patience and solace. May God reward you greatly, and may He grant you comfort in your loss. May God have mercy on your deceased and grant him a place in Paradise. To God we belong and to Him we shall return. Glory, eternity, mercy, and forgiveness to the righteous martyrs.

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خبر فاجع، وصدمة: تم قصف بيت ابن عمي د.صلاح زنون واستشهاده وكل ابائه وزوجته رحمة الله عليهم جميعا لا حول ولا قوة الا بالله العلي العظيم،،ثالث (مجزره) في عائلة عائلة زنون، اسره يستشهد جميع أفرادها،، است-شهاد ابن العم الغالي الدكتور/صلاح الدين محمد عواد زنون،، (أبو أحمد)وجميع أفراد أسرته،، زوجته الشهيده /اعتماد زنون مقداد(ام احمد) وابنه الدكتور/ أحمد صلاح الدين زنون،، ابنه /الشهيد سيف صلاح الدين زنون،، ابنه /الشهيد ايهاب صلاح الدين زنون،، ابنته الشهيده/كريمه صلاح الدين زنون، ابن أخيه /الشهيد محمد موسي محمد زنون،، في قصف صهي-وني همجي علي منزله في حي الجنينه، رفح، فلسطين، الان. نعزي انفسنا وابناء عمومتنا سائلين المولى عز وجل أن يتغمده بواسع رحمته وأن يلهم أهله وذويه الصبر والسلوان عظم الله اجركم واحسن الله عزاكم ورحم الله ميتكم واسكنه فسيح جناته وانا لله وانا اليه راجعون المجد والخلود والرحمه والمغفره للشهداء الأبرار،،،

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PalinfoAr
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#Follow-up The funeral procession of Dr. Salah al-Din Zannoun and seven of his sons and family members who were martyred after the occupation forces bombed their home in #Rafah at dawn today.

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#متابعة تشييع جثمان الدكتور صلاح الدين زنون وسبعة من أبنائه وأفراد عائلته الذين استشــ..ــهدوا بعد قصف الاحتــ..ــلال لمنزلهم في #رفح فجر اليوم.

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Ahmed Radwan
15 Oct 2023

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‎احمد رضوان‎

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Ahmed Radwan

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My uncle, Dr. Salah al-Din Zannoun, his wife, Umm Ahmad, their sons Ahmad, Saif, and Ihab, and their daughter Karima, were martyred. Also martyred was my cousin, Muhammad Musa Zannoun. To God we belong and to Him we shall return.

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استشهد خالي الدكتور صلاح الدين زنون وزوجته ام احمد واولاده احمد و سيف و ايهاب وكريمته كريمة وابن الخال محمد موسى زنون ان لله وان اليه راجعون

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رؤى النحال

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Visions of the Beekeeper

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Dr. Salah, Dr. Salah al-Din Muhammad Awad Zannoun, has now passed away. After the recent attack in Rafah Governorate. To God we belong and to Him we shall return.

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دكتور صلاح الدكتور صلاح الدين محمد عواد زنون الان ارتقى ش8يداً بعد الاست8داف الاخير بمحافظة رفح ان لله وانا اليه راجعون

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Mohammed Moh'd
16 Oct 2023

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16 Oct 2023

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Images of the brutal Zionist occupation aircraft targeting the home of my neighbor, friend, and beloved Dr. Ahmed Salah al-Din Zannoun, where he and all members of his family were martyred. With this profound loss, I offer my condolences to myself and the entire Zannoun family, praying to God Almighty to have mercy on them and grant them a place in His spacious Paradise.

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صور إستهداف طائرات الإحتلال الصهيوني الغاشم لمنزل جاري وصديقي وحبيبي الدكتور أحمد صلاح الدين زنون حيث إرتقى مع جميع أفراد عائلته شهداء وبهذا المصاب الجلل أعزي نفسي وعموم عائلة زنون راجياَ الله عزوجل أن يرحمهم رحمة واسعة ويسكنهم فسيح جناته

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Al Ashiq Karim
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19 Oct 2023

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To God we belong and to Him we shall return. There is no power nor strength except with God. #GodIsSufficientForUsAndHeIsTheBestDisposerOfAffairs In a direct bombing that targeted the home of my aunt's husband: Martyr/My aunt, Etemad Miqdad, mother of Ahmed Martyr/Her husband, Dr. Salah al-Din Zannoun Martyr/Dr. Ahmed Salah al-Din Zannoun Martyr/Saif Salah Zannoun Martyr/Ihab Salah Zannoun Martyr/Karima Salah Zannoun Martyr/Mohammed Moussa Zannoun, his nephew May God have mercy on you, forgive you, and grant you Paradise and the highest level of Paradise, God willing. May God grant us patience in your absence, my beloved ones.

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إنا لله وإنا إليه راجعون ولا حول ولا قوة إلا بالله #حسبنا_الله_ونعم_الوكيل في قصف مباشر استهدف منزل زوج عمتي الشهيدة / عمتي اعتماد مقداد ام احمد الشهيد / زوجها الدكتور صلاح الدين زنون الشهيد / الدكتور احمد صلاح الدين زنون الشهيد / سيف صلاح زنون الشهيد / ايهاب صلاح زنون الشهيدة / كريمة صلاح زنون الشهيد / محمد موسى زنون ابن اخيه الله يرحمكم و يغفر لكم و يجعل مثواكم الجنة و الفردوس الاعلى انشاء الله و ربنا يصبرنا على فراقكم يا حبايب قلبي

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