Around 19:00 in the evening of Sunday, October 22, 2023, the home of the Abu Habis family in Al-Qarara located northeast of Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, was allegedly bombed by the Israeli military, resulting in five civilians killed, including at least three women, and a number of injuries.

A man in his 40s named Rabie Khamees Abdullah Abu Habis was killed alongside his wife Mervat Ali-Behairi Abu Habis, his mother, his sister and his niece whose names and ages are unknown. Rabie Abu Habis was the last one to be recovered from under the rubble of the family house. A post from Maher Al Hijazi reported that the bodies of those killed were taken to Nasser Hospital and Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital.

Journalist Abdul Rahman Al-Abadla reported that in addition to the five people who had been killed and recovered from the rubble, there were “a number of injuries” but did not specify how many.

Family members and friends of the Abu Habis family made heartfelt tributes and shared their grief over the loss of the loved ones. A family relative Abu Fayez expressed his condolences and shared an image of the late Rabie, a smiling middle-aged man in a red Lacoste T-shirt and a cap.

Rabie’s name was matched with the Palestinian Ministry of Health list of nearly 7000 victims’ names and ID numbers released on October 26th.

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