On 22nd October 2023, at least 20 people were killed, 19 of them women and children, and at least 7 others were injured after the home of the Jaber and Abu Al-Qumsan families in the Al-Alami area in the northern Gaza Strip was allegedly struck by an Israeli airstrike.<\/p>\n
Mahmoud Hegazy posted the names of 19 members of his family who were reportedly killed in the airstrike. He explained that included in those killed was his dear grandmother Amina Youssef Abu Al-Qumsan (Umm Fayek)<\/strong>, and he included in the post a picture of his grandmother Amina smiling at the camera wearing a patterned headscarf. In a separate post by Muhammad Ibn Sheikh Ismail she is referred to as the mother of martyrs and a post by Maher Al Hijazi explains that three of her sons were killed previously: “Ismail Ahmed Abu Al-Qumsan, \u201cwho died on 12\/30\/2001,\u201d and the martyr, the leader: Youssef Ahmed Ahmed Abu Al-Qumsan, who died on: 11\/3\/2002\u201d and the martyr leader: Faiq Ahmad Ahmad Abu Al-Qumsan, \u201cwho died on: 11\/23\/2006\u201d [and his son, the martyr Fayez, \u201cwho rose on: 12\/27\/2008].”<\/p>\n
Mahmoud Hegazy goes on to add that his uncle’s wife Iman Darwish Abu Al-Qumsan<\/strong> (50) and her four children (Mahmoud’s four cousins) Ahmed Youssef Abu Al-Qumsan<\/strong>\u00a0and his sisters Alaa Youssef Ahmed Abu Al-Qumsan<\/strong> (34), Nour Youssef Ahmed Abu Al-Qumsan <\/strong>(27) and Walaa Youssef Ahmed Abu Al-Qumsan<\/strong> (28) were killed. Two other daughters (based on their names), Amina Youssef Ahmad Abu Al-Qumsan <\/strong>and Fatima Youssef Ahmed Abu Al-Qumsan<\/strong>, were injured in the strike.<\/p>\n
Mahmoud’s cousin Ahmed\u2019s wife, Aya Adnan Abu Al-Qumsan<\/strong> (30) and their four children Youssef Ahmed Youssef Abu Al-Qumsan<\/strong> (9), Obada Ahmed Youssef Abu Al-Qumsan<\/strong> (6), Iman Ahmed Youssef Abu Al-Qumsan<\/strong> and Yasmine Ahmed Youssef Abu Al-Qumsan<\/strong> (11) were also killed in the alleged airstrike and their daughter Hor Ahmed Youssef Abu Al-Qumsan<\/strong> was injured.<\/p>\n
Mahmoud also reported that his uncle’s daughter Samoud Fayek Abu Al-Qumsan <\/strong>(19) and his cousin’s daughter Imad Ismail Abu Al-Qumsan<\/strong> were also killed in the alleged strike.<\/p>\n
He added that another cousin, the son of Walaa Youssef Ahmed Abu Al-Qumsan, named Ezz El-Din Abdel Ezz El-Din Hegazy (Abu Al-Qumsan)<\/strong> was also killed along with the children of Amina Youssef Ahmed Abu Al-Qumsan (who was injured) Osama Muhammad Osama Muhanna<\/strong> (8) and Youssef Muhammad Osama Muhanna<\/strong>. Amina Youssef’s husband (and the father of Osama and Youssef) named Muhammad Osama Muhanna<\/strong> was injured along with Amina and Muhammad’s daughter Reem Muhammad Osama Muhanna<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
Finally he added the children of Alaa Youssef Ahmed Abu Al-Qumsan – Fayeq Thaer Abu Al-Qumsan,<\/strong> Fayez Thaer Abu Al-Qumsan<\/strong> (8) and Youssef Thaer Abu Al-Qumsan<\/strong> (6) – were also killed in the alleged airstrike. Based on their names, likely their sibling Selin Thaer Fayeq Abu Al-Qumsan <\/strong>was reported as injured.<\/p>\n
A post from Muhammad Ibn Sheikh Ismail also identified Ghazal Imad Ismail Abu Al-Qumsan <\/strong>(3), “granddaughter of the martyr Sheikh and Commander Ismail Abu Al-Qumsan,” as among those killed. Sources suggested<\/a> Ismail Abu Al-Qumsan was killed by Israeli forces during the second Palestinian intifada, or uprising, in the early 2000s. It appeared he had been a militant, though that was not confirmed.<\/p>\n