At dawn on October 14th 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the al-Tahrawi family home on Hamid Street in the Beach Camp area, west of Gaza city in the Gaza Strip, reportedly killing three civilians: a grandfather, 64 year old Kamal Abdul Rahman al-Tahrawi, and his young grandsons, 18 year old Kamal Saher al-Tahrawi and 16 year old Walid Muhammad Kamal al-Tahrawi. According to a Facebook post by Shadi al-Madhoun Abu Wadih, Kamal Saher’s uncle, another unidentified civilian sustained injuries. Shadi referred to the latter as “heroic”, wishing them a “speedy recovery”.
Condolence messages alongside several pictures honoring the victims were posted by multiple relatives and acquaintances, including Kamal bin Hassan al-Tahrawi, Alaa al-Tahrawi, Umm Jamal al-Tahrawi, Adel Zourub, as well as Kamal Abdul Rahman’s nieces Umm Omar Khaled and Doaa Matar, his and nephews, his great-niece, Shaimaa al-Tahrawi, and Wael al-Tahrawi Abu Ibrahim, who stated: “we mourn the al-Tahrawi family in the Arab world”.
Where sources identified the belligerent, all sources attributed the strikes to Israeli forces.
Every name identified in the strike was found by Airwars among the Palestinian Ministry of Health list of names released on October 26th, 2023.