In the early hours of Friday, October 20th, 2023, alleged Israeli airstrikes hit the al-Farra and Hadayed\u2019s family homes in the Sheikh Nasser neighbourhood of Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, reportedly killing 11 civilians spanning three generations. The victims of the attack included three children, five women, and three men.<\/p>\n
Among those killed were grandfather 70 year old Abdul Raouf Saleh Ali al-Farra<\/strong>\u00a0and his wife 60 year old Samira Muhammad Harzallah<\/strong>, alongside their two daughters, 21 year old Ghadeer Abdel Raouf Saleh al-Farra<\/strong>\u00a0and 25 year old Hala Abdel Raouf Saleh al-Farra<\/strong>, their son, 32 year old Ibrahim Abdel Raouf Saleh al-Farra<\/strong>, and their daughter-in-law, Heba Salim Abu Nimah<\/strong>. The incident, reported by The Palestine Post (@PalpostN) and Twitter\/X user @ehabomar21 to have occurred in the early morning hours of Friday, also claimed the lives of Abdul and Samira\u2019s grandson (Heba and Ibrahim\u2019s children), less than a year old Abdel Raouf Ibrahim Abdel Raouf al-Farra<\/strong>, and granddaughter, 1 year old Siwar Ibrahim Abdel Raouf al-Farra<\/strong>, as well as the Hadayed family\u2019s young member Raed Abu Hadayed<\/strong>\u00a0and his wife<\/strong>, whose name is still unknown. @ehabomar21\u2019s tweet mentioned that \u201cthere were no survivors under the rubble\u201d and a post from Yaser Mouaye Alfarra mentioned that at the time, the child Samira Ibrahim al-Farra’s<\/strong> body was still under rubble, indicating that young Samira was among those killed.<\/p>\n Condolences messages, along with several pictures honoring the victims, were posted on Facebook by various relatives and acquaintances, including Samira\u2019s cousin, Asmaa Alfarra, and her nephew, Yehia Alagha; Abrahim\u2019s cousin, Mohammed Shoaib Farra; a close friend who referred to him as his \u201cbeloved brother\u201d, Hasan Ouda; and his classmate, Abod Elregeb, who stated that his \u201cwise friend\u201d Ibrahim was \u201cone of the best of His creations in morals and upbringing\u201d. Tarek Alfarra and Yaser Mouaye Alfarra also documented the aftermath of the bombardment and shared photos taken during the al-Farra\u2019s family members\u2019 funeral on Facebook.<\/p>\n Where sources identified the belligerent, all sources attributed the strikes to Israeli forces. According to testimonies posted on Twitter\/X and Facebook by @DrWhotreatsman and Jomaa Alfarra, respectively, the al-Farra\u2019s residence was destroyed \u201cwithout warning\u201d.<\/p>\n Where possible, names have been matched with the Palestinian Ministry of Health list of fatalities in Gaza released on October 26th, 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","country":[767],"belligerent":[438],"strike_type":[431],"cause_of_death":[448],"targeted_belligerents":[],"strike_status":[832],"civilian_harm_reported":[834],"civilian_harm_status":[837],"belligerent_assessment":[],"geolocation_assessor":[911],"declassified_document":[900],"geolocation_status":[924],"observation":[1007],"munition":[],"casualty":[959,957,958],"impact":[],"civilian_infrastructure":[1022],"documentation":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/airwars.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/civ\/98705"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/airwars.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/civ"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/airwars.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/civ"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/airwars.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airwars.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=98705"},{"taxonomy":"belligerent","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airwars.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/belligerent?post=98705"},{"taxonomy":"strike_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airwars.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/strike_type?post=98705"},{"taxonomy":"cause_of_death","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airwars.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cause_of_death?post=98705"},{"taxonomy":"targeted_belligerents","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airwars.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/targeted_belligerents?post=98705"},{"taxonomy":"strike_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airwars.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/strike_status?post=98705"},{"taxonomy":"civilian_harm_reported","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airwars.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/civilian_harm_reported?post=98705"},{"taxonomy":"civilian_harm_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airwars.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/civilian_harm_status?post=98705"},{"taxonomy":"belligerent_assessment","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airwars.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/belligerent_assessment?post=98705"},{"taxonomy":"geolocation_assessor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airwars.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/geolocation_assessor?post=98705"},{"taxonomy":"declassified_document","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airwars.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/declassified_document?post=98705"},{"taxonomy":"geolocation_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airwars.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/geolocation_status?post=98705"},{"taxonomy":"observation","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airwars.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/observation?post=98705"},{"taxonomy":"munition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airwars.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/munition?post=98705"},{"taxonomy":"casualty","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airwars.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/casualty?post=98705"},{"taxonomy":"impact","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airwars.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/impact?post=98705"},{"taxonomy":"civilian_infrastructure","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airwars.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/civilian_infrastructure?post=98705"},{"taxonomy":"documentation","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airwars.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/documentation?post=98705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}