Israeli media is not listing the names of children killed in Gaza. These are their names: http://www.btselem.org/

Salman Abu Namus on bombing that killed his 3-year-old son

Read all updates on the hostilities in Gaza and southern Israel – ” Protective Edge”, July 2014

27 Jul 2014

Initial figures: At least 878 Palestinians killed by morning of 26 July 2014; two Israeli civilians, one foreign national and 43 Israeli soldiers killed since operation began

Member of emergency services crew in Gaza; background: house bombed on 10 July 2014. Photo: Ahmad Zakut, Reuters.

According to B’Tselem’s initial figures, at least 878 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip and Israel in the time between early Tuesday, 8 July 2014, when Operation Protective Edge airstrikes on Gaza began until the morning of 26 July. The fatalities include: 207 minors (one minor participated in the hostilities), 88 women (under age 60), 47 senior citizens (aged 60 and over), Initial findings indicate that 165 of the people killed participated in the hostilities.

Since the operation began two Israeli civilians, one foreign national and 43 Israeli soldiers have been killed in Israel and the Gaza Strip.

28 Jul 2014

‘Abd al-Fatah Fiad, a farmer from al-Qararah, relates how he and his family fled to Khan Yunis, abandoning their home and livestock

Residents evacuating from Beit Hanoun during the humanitarian ceasefire. Photo: Muhammad Sabah, B’Tselem, 26 July 2014

We waited until dawn to leave the house. My children cried all night. On Friday (18 July), at 5:30 A.M., I left with my family. We didn’t take anything. Some of the kids didn’t even have enough time to find shoes and they went out barefoot. A lot of people left al-Qararah like us. We walked to Khan Yunis, about 8 kilometers away. We were afraid the bombing wouldn’t stop and we wanted to get as far away as we could. We finally arrived, tired and anxious, at an UNRWA school across from the Khan Yunis hospital. We left behind 25 sheep, a mare, a foal, and chickens.

27 Jul 2014

Wisam Shuheibar relates how a missile killed his 8-year-old daughter and her cousins while feeding pigeons on the roof

A grieving mother at the funeral of the children. Photo: Muhammad Salem, Reuters, 17 July 2014

“I was sitting reading the Quran when suddenly I heard a loud explosion. At first, I thought it was in the street or in a neighboring house. But I quickly realized it actually came from the roof of my house. I couldn’t believe my house had been bombed. I ran up the stairs to the roof. Everything was full of dust and smoke. When they settled, I saw a terrible sight: a pile of five children lying one on top of the other… on the way to the hospital, Afnan passed away in my arms. I fainted. When I came to, we were at the hospital… they told me that two of my brother ‘Issam’s kids were dead too.”

27 Jul 2014

Two al-Bureij municipality employees killed in bombed Jeep; 7- and 9-year-old sisters in a nearby home injured

House in Khan Younis damaged by an Israeli air strike, Finbarr O’Reilly, Reuters, 17 July 2014

On 17 July, two employees of the al-Bureij local council were killed when the military bombed their Jeep. The two were on their way to inspect houses damaged by airstrikes. The bombing also injured two girls who live in a house nearby, one of them severely. Their mother, Fawziyeh al-Qrenawi, said in her testimony to B’Tselem: “My two daughters – Shahd, 7, and Salwa, 9 – were playing in their room, which has a wall facing the street… Suddenly, I heard a really loud explosion. A bomb landed very close to us. The house filled with dust and smoke. I ran to the girls’ room and found them both lying on the floor. Shahd was bleeding. Salwa was lying next to her, screaming. I was stunned and couldn’t understand what I was seeing.”

23 Jul 2014

Muhammad Abu Mu’ammar describes the bombing that killed his wife, father and brother in Khan Yunis

Bombed and destroyed houses, Gaza, 19 July 2014. Photo: Suhaib Salem, Reuters

“The family sat out on the porch, enjoying the atmosphere after breaking the fast. Despite the general sense of fear because of the war… things in the area felt normal at the time… Musa, my four-year-old, was sitting in my lap. My wife was holding Hazem, the baby…. Suddenly, two missiles landed on us… Everyone was hysterical and it was a huge mess. It’s hard to describe the moments after the explosion. I saw some members of my family lying on the ground. Some of them weren’t moving. They had blood on their faces and clothes. The little children were crying.”

27 Jul 2014

Video blog: Footage posted on the net since fighting in Gaza began, July 2014

Since the recent bout of fighting in Gaza began, the internet has been inundated with footage of the fighting and its results. It is often difficult to determine the reliability of this footage as well as the context in which the images were shot. Our blog will present footage we collected from various online sources. We do not have full information regarding most of the items, so we appended explanatory notes for context. We also provided links to related media reports and cited details of information still missing. Please note: Most of the clips contain graphic content.

 

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