2 August 2014,
Rafah
Abu Suleiman family
9 people killed, including 5 children
Photo: Raed survived the bombing of his house, but lost his 10-year-old daughter Rana and six other members of his family.
The house of the Abu Suleiman family was targeted during the deadliest weekend of bombing in the Rafah area. The massive Israeli bombardment had started the day before, on 1 August (“Black Friday”), when the Hannibal Directive was implemented. There were 20 people inside the house, most of them sleeping, when an Israeli pilot fired two missiles into the building at 2:40 am. The adjacent houses sustained damage too, and two neighbours were killed in the attack. The house collapsed, and it took people four hours to dig all those who were injured and killed out from under the rubble.
People killed in the attack in Rafah
2 August 2014
- Hiba Abdel Rahman Abu Suleiman (34, wife of Rami Abu Suleiman)
- Mohammed Rami Abu Suleiman (10, Hiba's son)
- Janna Rami Abu Suleiman (3, Hiba's daughter)
- Lama Rami Abu Suleiman (3, Hiba's daughter)
- Ahmed Rami Abu Suleiman (2, Hiba's son)
- Fidaa' Yousef Mohammed Abu Suleiman (29, Ramzy Abu Suleiman's wife)
- Rana Raed Mohammed Abu Suleiman (10, Raed Mohammed Abu Suleiman's daughter)
- Mariam Hassan Ali Abu Jazar (87, a neighbour)
- Abir Said Sha’ban Abu Arab (43, a neighbour)