The home of the Lamdani family in the Khan Younis camp was bombed, resulting in the deaths of more than 40 people, most of whom were displaced from northern Gaza.

قصف منزل لعائلة اللمداني في معسكر خان يونس. واستشهاد اكثر من ٤٠ شهيد غالبيتهم من النازحين من شمال قطاع غزة

#Photo | The explosive barrels dropped by the occupation aircraft on the Al-Lamdani and Al-Jabri families in the Khan Younis camp.

#صورة | البراميل المتفجرة التى ألقاها طيران الاحتلال على عائلتي اللمداني والجبري في مخيم خان يونس.

More than 15 martyrs are the toll from the bombing of the Al-Lamdani family home in the Japanese neighborhood, west of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. #GazaIsBeingExterminated #GazaIsBleeding #GazaUnderAttack

أكثر من 15 شهيدًا حصيلة قصف منزل عائلة اللمداني في الحي الياباني غربي محافظة خان يونس جنوبي قطاع غزة #غزة_تُباد #غزة_تنزف #غزة_تحت_القصف

The bombing of the Al-Lamdani family home in the Khan Younis camp resulted in the deaths of more than 40 civilians, most of whom were displaced from northern Gaza. #AlAqsaFlood

قصف منزل لعائلة اللمداني في معسكر #خان_يونس أسفر عن استشهاد أكثر من 40 مواطن معظمهم من نازحي شمال #قطاع_غزة . #طوفان_الأقصى

The home of the Lamdani family in the Khan Younis camp was bombed, resulting in the deaths of more than 40 people, most of whom were displaced from northern Gaza.

قصف منزل لعائلة اللمداني في معسكر خان يونس. واستشهاد اكثر من ٤٠ شهيد غالبيتهم من النازحين من شمال قطاع غزة

The occupation uses barrel bombs and internationally prohibited weapons to target civilians. Footage shows the missiles that struck the Al-Lamdani and Al-Jabri family homes in Khan Younis, resulting in the martyrdom of more than 40 people. #GazaMarchingToJerusalem #PalestineResists #PalestineIsOurCause #GroundInvasion #AlAqsaFlood #GazaIsBeingExterminated #GazaNow #GazaUnderAttack #YouAreNotAlone #WeAreAllWithYou #FreePalestine #FreeGaza #IsraeliWarCrimes

الاحتلال يستخدم البراميل المتفجرة والأسلحة المحرمة دوليا في استهداف المدنيين مشاهد للصواريخ التى سقطت على منزل عائلة اللمداني والجبري في خان يونس واستشهد على أثرها أكثر من 40 شهيدا #غزه_تزحف_الي_القدس #فلسطين_تقاوم #فلسطين_قضيتنا #الاجتياح_البري #طوفان_الأقصى #غزة_تُباد #غزة_الآن #غزة_تحت_القصف #لستم_وحدكم كلنا معكم #FreePalestine #FreeGaza #IsraeliWarCrimes

#Photos | Most of them displaced from northern Gaza... An Israeli airstrike on the Al-Lamdani family home in the Khan Younis camp resulted in the deaths of more than 40 civilians. #Album #ECAD #Gaza #IsraelIsTerrorist #PalestineResists

#صور | معظمهم من نازحي شمال قطاع غزة .. قصف إسرائيلي على منزل عائلة "اللمداني"، في معسكر خان يونس، يُسفر عن استشهاد أكثر من 40 مدنيًا. #ألبوم #إيكاد #غزة #إسرائيل_إرهابية #فلسطين_تقاوم

In a new massacre following a bloody night, more than 15 martyrs and dozens injured in an Israeli bombing of a house belonging to the Lamdani family in the Dutch neighborhood of Khan Younis. Photo by Amr Tabash #GazaUnderAttack

في مجزرة جديدة بعد ليلة دامية أكثر من 15 شهيد و عشرات الاصابات في قصف اسرائيلي على منزل يعود لعائلة اللمداني في الحي الهولندي بمدينة #خانيونس. تصوير عمرو طبش #غزة_تحت_القصف

The Al-Lamdani family home in Khan Younis camp was bombed. More than 40 people were killed, most of them displaced people from northern Gaza. The images show what appear to be barrel bombs that fell on the Al-Lamdani and Al-Jabri family home in Khan Younis camp. #AlAqsaFlood #GazaUnderAttack #YarmoukChannel #WeAreCloseToYou

قصف منزل لعائلة اللمداني في معسكر خان يونس . واستشهـ.ـاد أكثر من40 شهـ.ـيد غالبيتهم من النازحين من شمال قطاع غـ.ـزة. تظهر الصور ما يشبه البراميل المتفجرة سقطت على منزل عائلة اللمداني والجبري في مخيم خان يونس . #طوفان_الأقصى #غزة_تحت_القصف #قناة_اليرموك #قريبون_منكم

Martyrs of the Al-Lamdani Family Massacre: - Ilham Hamdan Abu Muammar - Her husband, Muhammad Ihsan Al-Lamdani - Their children: - Hussam Muhammad Al-Lamdani - Mahmoud Muhammad Al-Lamdani - Yusuf Muhammad Al-Lamdani - Islam Muhammad Al-Lamdani - Nagham Muhammad Al-Lamdani - Farah Muhammad Al-Lamdani

شـ.ـهداء مـ.ـجزرة عائلة اللمداني: -الهام حمدان ابو معمر -وزوجها محمد احسان اللمداني وابنائهم: -حسام محمد اللمداني -محمود محمد اللمداني -يوسف محمد اللمداني -اسلام محمد اللمداني -نغم محمد اللمداني -فرح محمد اللمداني

#Photos of the massacre of the Al-Lamdani family in Khan Younis camp, perpetrated by the occupation forces who bombed their home while its residents were inside, resulting in the martyrdom of dozens of civilians and a number of injuries, most of whom were displaced people from northern Gaza. Follow the latest news on Telegram: https://t.me/voppalestine

#صور مجزرة عائلة اللمداني في معسكر خان يونس التي ارتكبها الاحتلال بقصف المنزل على رؤوس ساكنيه وأسفر عن استشهاد عشرات المواطنين وعدد من الجرحى معظمهم من نازحي شمال قطاع غزة. لمتابعة الأخبار أولاً بأول عبر التيلجرام https://t.me/voppalestine

With hearts believing in God's decree and destiny, we mourn today the loss of our beloved sister, the martyr (Ilham Hamdan Abu Muammar), her martyred husband (Muhammad Ihsan Al-Lamdani), and their martyred children: Hussam Muhammad Al-Lamdani, Mahmoud Muhammad Al-Lamdani, Yusuf Muhammad Al-Lamdani, Islam Muhammad Al-Lamdani, Nagham Muhammad Al-Lamdani, and Farah Muhammad Al-Lamdani. May God have mercy on them all. We entrust our affairs to God, and He is the best of guardians.

بقلوب مؤمنة بقضاء الله وقدرة نزف اليوم اختي الحبيبه الشهيدة (الهام حمدان ابو معمر ) وزوجها الشهيد (محمد احسان اللمداني) وابنائهم الشهداء حسام محمد اللمداني محمود محمد اللمداني يوسف محمد اللمداني اسلام محمد اللمداني نغم محمد اللمداني فرح محمد اللمداني عليهم رحمة الله جميعآ حسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل

The following have passed away in Khan Younis: Martyr Elham Hamdan Abu Muammar (my aunt), her husband, Martyr Muhammad Ihsan Al-Lamdani, and their children: Martyr Hussam Muhammad Al-Lamdani, Martyr Mahmoud Muhammad Al-Lamdani, Martyr Youssef Muhammad Al-Lamdani, Martyr Islam Muhammad Al-Lamdani, Martyr Nagham Muhammad Al-Lamdani, and Martyr Farah Muhammad Al-Lamdani.

انتقل الى رحمة الله تعالى في خان يونس الشهيدة الهام حمدان ابو معمر(خالتي) وزوجها الشهيد محمد احسان اللمداني وابنائهم الشهيد حسام محمد اللمداني الشهيد محمود محمد اللمداني الشهيد يوسف محمد اللمداني الشهيد اسلام محمد اللمداني الشهيدة نغم محمد اللمداني الشهيدة فرح محمد اللمداني

May God have mercy on your soul, Abu Hussam. You were a pure, respectable, and virtuous man. I bear witness to your honesty and good manners. May a thousand mercies and lights descend upon your grave, dear one. May God grant you patience, Khan Younis. To God we belong and to Him we shall return.

يرحم روحك يا يا ابو حسام زلمه نضيف محترم خلوق اشهد لك بالامانه والادب الف رحمه ونور تنزل على قبرك ي غالي عظم الله اجرك يا خانيونس انا لله وانا اليه راجعوان

A true tragedy and catastrophe. I learned of the martyrdom of my dearest friend and brother, the beloved Abu Hussam Al-Lamdani, along with his entire family, after their home was bombed and destroyed by two missiles. He, his wife, his children, his brother, and others he had hosted during the war (16 people) were all killed. Muhammad was a friend through hardship and travel, a loyal and trustworthy friend, a true gentleman and a man of noble character. May God have mercy on you, Abu Hussam, forgive you, and have mercy on your family, and may He reunite us with you in Paradise. God is sufficient for us, and He is the best disposer of affairs. I offer my condolences to myself and his entire family on his martyrdom. To God we belong, and to Him we shall return.

كارثة حقيقية وفاجعة إني ما أعرف باستشهاد أعز صديق وأخ على قلبي الحبيب الغالي ابو حسام اللمداني هو وجميع أفراد عائلته بعد قصف منزله وتدميره فوق رؤسهم بصاروخين ، هو وزوجته وأبناءه وشقيقه وآخرين استضافهم خلال الحرب ( 16 شخص ) محمد كان صديق الغربة والسفر ومشاقها وتعبها ، صديق أمين ينشد فيه الظهر شهم وابن أصول ، الله يرحمك يا أبو حسام ويغفرلك ويرحم عيلتك ويجمعنا فيك في الجنة . حسبي الله ونعم الوكيل أعزي نفسي وعائلته جميعا باستشهاده ، إنا لله وإنا إليه راجعون

Martyrs of the Al-Lamdani Family Passed away to God's mercy this morning: Martyr Abu Hamza Al-Lamdani, his wife, and children Martyr Ahmed Al-Lamdani, his wife, and children Martyr Abu Hussam Al-Lamdani, his wife, and children Martyr Sabreen Al-Lamdani and her children To God we belong, and to Him we shall return.

شه.....داء عائلة اللمداني إنتقل الى رحمة الله تعالى في فجر هذا اليوم الشهيد/ أبو حمزة اللمداني وزوجته وابنائه الشهيد/ أحمد اللمداني وزوجته وابنائه الشهيد/ أبو حسام اللمداني وزوجته وابنائه الشهيدة/ صابرين اللمداني وابنائها انا لله وانا اليه راجعون

I don't know what to say except may God have mercy on you all. You have gone before us to Paradise, and we will follow. My uncles Ibrahim Abu Hamza and Ahmed Al-Lamdani, along with their wives and children, survived. Only four of them sustained serious injuries. Also martyred were my aunt Jamila, her son Nabih Muhammad Abu Hussam, his wife and all their children, his brother Ahmed, his sister Sabreen, and her children, in a horrific massacre.

لا أعلم ماذا أقول سوى رحمة الله عليكم أجمعين انتم السابقون إلى الجنان ونحن اللاحقون أعمامي إبراهيم ابو حمزة وأحمد اللمداني وزوجاتهم وأبنائهم ولم ينجو منهم سوى ٤ إصابات خطرة وإرتقاء ايضا عمتي جميلة وأبناء عمتي نبيها محمد ابوحسام وزوجته وأبنائه أجمعين واخيه أحمد وأخته صابرين وأبنائها في مجزرة بشعة

May God have mercy on you, Auntie. Today, your excellence and martyrdom are truly a blessing from God. #Educators The new academic year 2023-2024 is sweeter with the distinguished administrator: Jamila Radwan Al-Lamdani.

الله يرحمك ياعمتو اليوم فعلا التميز واستشهادك هو اكبر تميز من الله #تربويون العام الدراسي الجديد 2023_2024 أحلى مع الإداري المتميزة: جميلة رضوان اللمداني.

Summary18-year-old says identifies bodies of family in morgue'They betrayed us and bombed us,' she saysFamily fled Gaza City for south seeking safetyThird aid convoy enters Rafah crossing from EgyptWhat aid? Gaza families desperate for food and waterGAZA, Oct 23 (Reuters) - When the Israeli army told Palestinians in the Beach refugee camp in Gaza City to flee south because it was safer, 18-year-old Dima Al-Lamdani's family prayed they would escape relentless air strikes.But days later, Lamdani was left to identify the bodies of her relatives at a makeshift morgue in the southern city of Khan Younis. She said she lost her parents, seven siblings and four members of her uncle's family in an Israeli air strike.The Reuters Gulf Currents newsletter brings you the latest on geopolitics, energy and finance in the region. Sign up here."They told us to evacuate your place and go to Khan Younis because it is safe... They betrayed us and bombed us," she said.She said her family and that of her uncle travelled in two cars across Gaza, which has faced the heaviest bombardment after the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched an attack into Israel on Oct. 7, killing about 1,400 people and taking more than 200 hostages.Lamdani's family was staying at a temporary shelter in Khan Younis when she said: "At 4.30 a.m. I was awake and sitting with my aunt drinking coffee. Suddenly I woke up in the middle of ruins. Everyone around me was screaming, so I screamed."Lamdani, the side of her face grazed and bruised, said after searching for her family members in the morgue on Oct. 17 that only her brother and two young cousins had survived."This is a nightmare. It will never be wiped from my memory," she said. "I had a sister, 16. They wrote my name on the white sheet they wrapped her body in, they thought it was me."AID TRUCKS CROSS FROM EGYPTAn Israeli military spokesperson said: "The IDF (Israel Defense Forces) has been encouraging residents of the northern Gaza Strip to move southward and not to stay in the vicinity of Hamas terror targets within Gaza City."But, ultimately, Hamas has entrenched itself among the civilian population throughout the Gaza Strip. So wherever a Hamas target arises, the IDF will strike at it in order to thwart the terrorist capabilities of the group, while taking feasible precautions to mitigate the harm to uninvolved civilians."Item 1 of 5 Palestinian teenager Dima Allamdani, who fled to southern Gaza Strip with her family to avoid the constant onslaught of Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City and settled in a shelter that was later hit by Israeli jets which killed 13 of her relatives, including her parents, 7 siblings and 4 members of her uncle's family, looks on, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, October 22, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem [1/5]Palestinian teenager Dima Allamdani, who fled to southern Gaza Strip with her family to avoid the constant onslaught of Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City and settled in a shelter that was later hit by Israeli jets which killed 13 of her relatives, including her parents, 7 siblings and 4 members of... Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab Read moreGaza health authorities said more than 5,000 people have been killed in Israel's two weeks of bombardment and more than 15,000 have been injured.After Oct. 7, Israel imposed a total blockade on the Gaza Strip, which is running out of water, food, medicines and fuel for its 2.3 million people.On Monday, aid workers and security sources said a third convoy of aid trucks entered the Rafah crossing from Egypt bound for Gaza. Rafah is the main crossing that does not border Israel.U.N. officials say about 100 trucks a day are needed to meet essential needs in Gaza. On Saturday and Sunday, 34 trucks passed through.Humanitarian deliveries through Rafah began at the weekend after wrangling over inspection procedures and bombardments on the Gaza side of the border.European Union leaders will call for a "humanitarian pause" in the Israel-Hamas war so that aid for Gaza can safely reach those in need, draft conclusions of an EU summit showed.Turkey sent two cargo planes to Egypt on Monday carrying medical equipment and supplies for Gaza, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said, adding two more would be sent.Hamas said more was needed. "Letting limited quantities of aid enter the Gaza Strip in the past two days doesn't answer the growing requirements of our people during the savage aggression and the ongoing blockade," it said in a statement.At one United Nations school in Khan Younis, Nasser Abu Amer, his wife and eight children, said they were desperate for food and water."What aid? They are giving us 2 canned food, what for? Breakfast, lunch and dinner for the children?" said Amer.Additional reporting by Dan Williams, Aidan Lewis and Tuvan Gumrukcu and Jan Strupczewski, Editing by Michael Georgy and Janet LawrenceOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles., opens new tabA senior correspondent with nearly 25 years’ experience covering the Palestinian-Israeli conflict including several wars and the signing of the first historic peace accord between the two sides.

In Gaza, many branches of one family often share a home. Grandparents, aunts and uncles become like second parents to children. Cousins become like siblings. Family members care for each other’s kids, changing diapers, feeding them, making sure they get to and from school. In moments of crisis and uncertainty, they evacuate together, worry together, grieve together.For the 33rd day, Israeli bombs and missiles have rained down on the besieged Gaza Strip, after the 7 October attack by Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups killed 1,400 Israelis and took more than 240 people hostage or prisoner. The death toll in Gaza reached more than 10,000 people on Monday, according to the Palestinian ministry of health. Israel’s government says it will not consider a ceasefire unless the hostages are freed as the humanitarian crisis in Gaza worsens by the hour.By the 31st day of Israeli airstrikes, a ministry of health spokesperson said that 1,200 Palestinian families had their homes destroyed, and that dozens of families were removed from Gaza’s population registry altogether. But in some families, a member or two does survive, who must learn to go on alone after painful and sudden loss. The Guardian spoke to some of these last survivors during the third week of the war.‘I found myself covered in others’ blood’Rushdiyya Toutah is a 43-year-old wheelchair user from Gaza City, in the north of Gaza. On 17 October, she sat in the yard at the al-Ahli Arab hospital, surrounded by other displaced people who sought refuge there. An hour later, a blast killed nearly 500 of them, according to Palestinian officials. (Israeli and US intelligence officials say the death count was much lower.) That included every adult member of Toutah’s family. Once she learned the fate of her loved ones, she could only cry out: “Why, why I am here? I need to go with them. We were always together, why didn’t we die together?”Earlier in the day, Toutah said her eldest brother alerted the family to airstrikes near their home and insisted they all evacuate to a safer place. Toutah and one of her sisters are mobility-impaired, which meant it would have been nearly impossible for them to hurry out of their home in time to escape an impending strike. And in the event of a surprise attack, they would not have been able to pull themselves out of the rubble.So the whole family, nearly 40 members in all, headed towards the hospital. “We felt safe,” Toutah said. “There were thousands of people and kids.” Her brothers set up tents for everyone in the yard, and they settled in as they listened to Israeli warplanes fly overhead.Then, horror struck: “All I remember is that the kids said that they were hungry, so their mothers started making sandwiches for them after asking them to go to play in the yard,” Toutah said. “I saw them laughing and playing while their mothers were happy, preparing the food. Then I found myself covered in others’ blood in al-Shifa hospital, where the rescuer and the paramedics took me.”Toutah’s parents, her two brothers, their wives and her disabled sister were all killed. Of the children in her family, only a nephew, Yamen, survived. Toutah somehow made it through, although with significant injuries: “I felt pain in all my body parts, and I could barely even see, as my eyes were hurting.” She says they were exposed to intense flames. Palestinian officials say an Israeli airstrike caused the explosion, while US intelligence agencies and Israel claim the strike was the result of a malfunctioning missile launched from within Gaza.Toutah has another sister who is married and living elsewhere in Gaza City. Because al-Shifa hospital was overrun with the injured and quickly running out of supplies, her sister wanted Toutah to leave with her. Toutah hesitated.“It was a difficult and risky choice. I asked: ‘What if they bomb us again?’ But my sister insisted: ‘We have no choice but to face our destiny,’” she said. “I am now trapped in the home of my sister, where the house is shaking every single moment there is a massive explosion. Now, my sister is taking care of me along with my little nephew, Yamen, who is also a sole survivor.”‘I am crumbled now. No dreams, no plans’Eighteen-year-old Dima al-Lamdani dreamed of being a successful businesswoman while growing up in the Shati refugee camp. When Israel’s military warned on 13 October that everyone in the north of Gaza should evacuate south, Lamdani’s father called his brother, and all of them, several generations of an extended family, decided to flee the camp. They took temporary refuge in the home of a family friend, carrying enough fuel with them to fill generators to charge their phones and LED lights.Two days later at dawn, Lamdani sat with her aunt drinking coffee, unable to sleep. The next thing she remembers, she was covered in rubble with the sounds of people shouting all around her. Nearly 50 people were in the residential building, including 17 members of Lamdani’s family. Lamdani, her brother, and her two younger cousins, who were pulled from the rubble of the house, were the only survivors. “The time I spent waiting to be found were some of the most horrifying moments. I was about to lose my mind. I screamed and cried when they found me,” Lamdani said.Lamdani was then brought to a mortuary where she had to identify the bodies of her loved ones. “I could hardly recognise them, as their facial features changed. I bawled and begged: ‘Please don’t leave me alone. I can’t live without you!’” she said. Just the week before, they had been making plans for her future. “I told them I will be a popular person and businesswoman and that they will all come to beg to work with me. I was joking to make them laugh.”Lamdani’s two cousins are now in her care, and she wonders how she will go on. “I am crumbled now. No dreams, no hopes, no plans. I can’t imagine my life without my mother and sister and father,” she said. “The Israeli forces betrayed us. There is no place that is safe.”‘How can she live without parents?’Samah Aladini is grieving for her lost daughter, whose home in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza was hit without warning by an Israeli airstrike on 24 October. Nai’emah, her six-year-old granddaughter, survived the strike and is now in her grandmother’s care. “I remember my slain daughter. How can her little daughter live without parents?” Aladini said.As Nai’emah sits in Aladini’s lap, she recalled how her mother was sleepy, but she knew Nai’emah loved fried potatoes so she cooked in spite of her fatigue. Her paternal grandmother was praying and her grandfather was listening to the news on the radio. The last thing Nai’emah remembered is that he called her and her siblings over to give them all something – a treat, maybe. The strike that followed killed Nai’emah’s parents, paternal grandparents and siblings.“I still don’t know what my grandfather wanted to give us. I dreamed of him yesterday, that he gave me a doll, but the doll was scary and I ran away,” Nai’emah said.Aladini wants her granddaughter to have access to therapy, as she isn’t eating. “We will have to wait until the war ends, if we survive, to treat her,” she said.Wafa Aludaini is a Gaza-based journalist and activist