On Wednesday October 18th 2023, the Israeli military allegedly bombed the Al-Bakri family home leading to at least 10 people being killed, including seven young children, and at least one person being injured. The home was in the vicinity of the European Hospital and a customs office in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza strip.

A correspondent from Shehab Agency reported that a young man named Odai Bakri was injured and had been buried under rubble but survived the bombing and reported the death of his children and several family members in a video posted by Shehab Agency. Family member Talal Mujahid, reported in a post on Facebook that 11 people had been killed but listed 10 names, and almost all other sources reported there being 10 fatalities, whilst several users posted graphic and devastating photos of at least six very young children who had been killed.

A post by Talal Mujahid helped name the victims as a four-year-old boy called Hamada Jihad Hamada Bakri and his sisters, one-year-old Dyla Jihad Hamad Bakri and three-year-old Aleen Jihad Hamad Bakri. Another set of siblings, a one-year-old boy named Odai Adam Jamal Abo Al Naja and his brother Jamal Adam Jamal Abo Al Naja were also killed and multiple sources mention that their father had been killed at the beginning of the conflict. A two-year-old boy, Nabil Iyad Nabil Omran, and his sister, one-year-old Aseel Iyad Nabil Omran were also killed. A 59-year-old woman named Intisar Abdulrahman Bakri, a 24-year-old woman named Haneen Marwan Alyan Bakri and a one-year-old boy named Zaher Odai Hamada Bakri were also named as victims.

Multiple sources described Haneen as “Jihad’s wife” therefore she is likely the mother of Hamada, Dyla and Aleen. Zaher is likely to be the son of the injured victim, Odai Bakri, whose video was posted by Shehab Agency.

Twitter user @abrsbyl44221721 and the Wafi family’s Facebook page reported that the Director of the Gaza European Hospital, Dr Youssef Al-Akkad, called the event a massacre. Family members and others made heartfelt tributes to the victims on social media.

In a Facebook post, the Omran family reported that the incident had taken place without warning.

All names except Jamal Adam Jamal Al Naja have been matched with the Gaza Ministry of Health list of fatalities published on October 26, 2023, and any ages listed have been taken from the list.

Where sources identified a belligerent, all sources attributed the strike to the Israeli Military.