On Thursday October 19th, 2023, four brothers were killed as a result of an alleged Israeli bombing on a house belonging to the Abu ‘Anzah family in New Abasan/Abasan Al-Jadida, east of Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip.

Local sources including the Palestinian news agency, Safa, and Quds news agency reported that a number of people had died in the bombing, while journalist Ahmad Qudeih and Twitter/X user @jolnarfarag identified the four brothers as 42-year-old Musab Youssef Ahmad Mahmoud Abu ‘Anzah, 40-year-old Hossam Youssef Ahmad Mahmoud Abu ‘Anzah, 45-year-old Ishaq Youssef Ahmad Mahmoud Abu ‘Anzah, and 38-year-old Osama Youssef Ahmad Mahmoud Abu ‘Anzah.

Relatives of the brothers Rasha and Rana Abu Taima attributed the strike to Israel in their posts about the incident.

Reporting their deaths and paying tribute to the brothers, Fathi Hamada Abu Nusaira, the husband of the victims’ sister, wrote in a post on Facebook “I have never considered you to be our in-laws. You were my brothers”.

Fathi Hamada Abu Nusaira and Yousef Abu Ghana’s posts included images of the four men from before the incident, and Abod Abu Rahaf posted a video on Facebook of a dust and smoke cloud rising over Abasan Al-Jadida following the alleged incident.

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

When sources identified a belligerent they all attributed the strike to Israeli forces.