Gaza

August 19, 2014: Wedad Mustafa Daif-Asfour, 27, was killed by six Israeli missiles fired at the three-story house of Rabah al-Dalu, 51, in Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, north of Gaza City, where eight members of al-Dalu family lived, along with two families who were renting apartments in the same building that was turned into rubble, while and many nearby homes and buildings were damaged.

Wedad, who was the wife of Mohammad Daif, the leader of Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, was killed along with her infant son, Ali, 7 months, daughter, Sara, 36 months, in addition to Rabah’s wife, Wafa’ Hussein al-Dalu, 48, and their two sons, Ahmed, 19, and Mustafa, 13.

Fifteen Palestinians were injured in the attack, while a nearby bus company was also targeted with missiles, leading to the destruction of 36 vehicles. Wedad was from Gaza. Source: Mezan Center for Human Rights

August 04, 2014: Nahed Helmi Abu Rjela, 38, died from serious wounds she suffered on July 23^rd, 2014, after the Israeli army fired three missiles at her father’s homes, in Khuza’a town, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

Her father, Helmi Mohammad Abu Rjela, 67, was also killed and his body was found under the rubble on August 3^rd, while the corpse of her brother, Abbas, 19, was found on August 11^th, due to the extensive and ongoing Israeli bombardment, and ground invasion, which led to the destruction of dozens of homes.

Nahed and her mother, Siham, 57, were rescued by the neighbors, who were unable to transfer them out of the town until the next day, due to the Israeli ground invasion, but Nahed died from her serious wounds.

The extensive Israeli bombardment and shelling into various parts of the Gaza Strip, led to the death of at least 62 Palestinians that day, July 23^rd. Nahed was referred to an Egyptian hospital, where she died from her serious wounds. Nahed was from Khuza’a. Source: Mezan Center for Human Rights