Between 14 and 17 people were killed, including seven children and three women, and at least four people, including two children, were injured when the Barhoum family home, behind Khawla School, in Al-Shawut camp in the west of Rafah, the Gaza Strip, was reportedly bombed by Israeli military aircraft on Sunday, October 15, 2023.
The crews of the Central Emergency Committee in Rafah Governorate responded to the incident, recovered bodies and rescued injured victims from the rubble of the Barhoum family home. According to @samahpal23, the bodies of three of the victims were taken to Al-Kuwaiti Hospital.
The victims were identified as 43 year old Randa Mahmoud Barhoum Jeha (wife of Mahmoud Muhammad Barhoum Abu Al-Baraa) who was killed alongside her daughter, 11 year old Rawand Mahmoud Barhoum, and Randa’s sister, 42-year-old Amal Mahmoud Jeha (Badawi), an employee of the Palace of Justice in Gaza. Seven of Amal‘s children were killed as well as two of her grandchildren. They were identified as 26-year-old Muhammad Iyad Badawi, his daughter Amal Muhammad Badawi and son, Iyad Badawi. 24-year-old Mahmoud Iyad Badawi, who was married, 22-year-old Ahmed Iyad Badawi, who was also married, 19-year-old Rizq Iyad Badawi, 17-year-old Tariq Iyad Badawi, 16-year-old Amr Iyad Badawi, and 15-year-old Basil Iyad Badawi. Mahmoud Hatem Jeha was killed as well as 33 year old Sabreen Mahmoud Jeha.
Lynn Iyad Rizq Badawi (8 years old, who based on her name is likely a child of Rizq Iyad Badawi) was injured and treated in hospital. Adelzourob73 reported that Lynn and her family had been displaced by the bombing of Gaza City. Images posted by Sara show four different children being treated for their injuries. @omayyajoha mentioned that the wives of Amal’s children were injured, but did not specify how many and whose wives they are – based on the sources we know at least four of her sons were married. A child named Sulaf Abdelaziz Zagreb was injured in the incident as well, according to Adelzourob73.
Multiple sources reported there being 17 people killed but only 14 names have been identified. The civilian casualty range for this incident reflects this discrepancy.
Multiple sources reported that the majority of victims were displaced people from other parts of Gaza, with some specifying that the Jeha family were displaced and another that Amal, Randa, Rawand and Basil had been displaced.
Airwars has matched all of the names with the Palestinian Ministry of Health list of nearly 7000 victims’ names and ID numbers released on October 26th.
Where sources identified a belligerent, all sources attributed the strike to Israeli forces.