July 29, 2014: Dua’ Jamil Al-Najjar, 17, killed by Israeli missiles that targeted a four-story residential building, where five family resided, in the al-Mahatta area, in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, destroying the building, and causing serious damage to several nearby buildings. Two families were wiped out; 34 persons, including children, were killed, and 27 were injured. Dua’ was from Khan Younis. Source: Mezan Center for Human Rights
July 29, 2014: Halimah Mahmoud al-Batsh, 77, was killed by Israeli shells along with seventeen others Palestinians including many family members, when the army heavily bombarded, for nearly ten minutes, many homes and buildings in al-Omari Mosque area, in Jabalia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Source: B’Tselem
July 29, 2014: Halimah Muhammad Suliman, 1, was killed by Israeli shells along with seventeen other Palestinians including her mother and brother, and many family members, when the army heavily bombarded, for nearly ten minutes, many homes and buildings in al-Omari Mosque area, in Jabalia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Source: B’Tselem
July 29, 2014: Aya Isma’il al-Batsh, 11, was killed by Israeli shells along with seventeen other Palestinians including many family members, when the army heavily bombarded, for nearly ten minutes, many homes and buildings in al-Omari Mosque area, in Jabalia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Source: B’Tselem
July 29, 2014: Hanin Husam Hamuda, 13, was killed by Israeli shells along with her mother, Kaenat, and many other Palestinians including family members, when the army heavily bombarded, for nearly ten minutes, many homes and buildings in al-Omari Mosque area, in Jabalia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Source: B’Tselem
July 29, 2014: Rahaf ‘Alaa ‘Abd Rabo, 3, was killed by Israeli shells along with seventeen other Palestinians including many family members, when the army heavily bombarded, for nearly ten minutes, many homes and buildings in al-Omari Mosque area, in Jabalia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Source:B’Tselem
July 29, 2014: Kaenat ‘Adel Hamuda, 39, was killed by Israeli shells along with her daughter, Haneen, 13, and many other family members, when the army heavily bombarded, for nearly ten minutes, many homes and buildings in al-Omari Mosque area, in Jabalia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Source: B’Tselem
July 29, 2014: Barakeh Ibrahim ‘Abd Rabo, 50, was killed by Israeli shells along with seventeen other Palestinians including many family members, when the army heavily bombarded, for nearly ten minutes, many homes and buildings in al-Omari Mosque area, in Jabalia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Source: B’Tselem
July 29, 2014: Majedah Jamal Hamuda, 50, was killed by Israeli shells along with seventeen other Palestinians, including three children and three women of her family, when the army heavily bombarded, for nearly ten minutes, many homes and buildings in al-Omari Mosque area, in Jabalia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Source: B’Tselem
July 29, 2014: Ghidaa Omar Salama Dheir, 7, was killed by Israeli missiles fired from aircraft at the family’s three-story house, in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
Five families comprised of 26 Palestinians were living in the bombardment house which was completely destroyed, causing the death of 19 Palestinians from Dheir family, including eight children.
Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights has reported that most of the residents of the bombarded building were not at home at the time of the Israeli bombardment, but most of the family members returned to the building to reunite with her grandmother, Turkiya, to celebrate Eid al-Fitr Muslim feast which marks the end of Ramadan.
The slain family members have been identified by al-Mezan Center for Human Rights as:
That day witnessed one of the most intensive Israeli bombardments and shelling in the Gaza Strip.
More than 51 Palestinians, including entire families, were killed that day alone in various parts of the Gaza Strip, while dozens were injured by ongoing Israeli bombardment and shelling. Ghidaa was from Rafah. Source: Mezan Center for Human Rights, IMEMC