26 July 2014,
Bani Suheila, Khan Younis
Al-Najjar Samir family
19 people killed, including 10 children
Photo: Hussein Samir al-Najjar, still in shock, just a few hours after a strike killed his wife Riham (25), two of his children, Samir (1) and Moataz (6), and 16 other members of his family. His other two children, Husam (7) and Olfat (4), survived because they were staying at their aunt’s place. The home was completely destroyed in the bombing; only three people survived.
“I have nothing now, just my son and my daughter. I think I have to get married because life has to go on. In regard to my kids – they are all right, but they are crying about their mother all the time and asking about the rest of the family. Sometimes, I tell them ‘your mother is coming tomorrow or the day after’ because they keep asking about her,” says Hussein.
People killed in the attack in Bani Suheila,
Khan Younis
26 July 2014
- Samir Hussein Mohammed al-Najjar (52)
- Ghalia Mohammed Ahmed al-Najjar (56, Samir's wife)
- Khalil Mohammed al-Najjar (59, Ghalia's brother)
- Rawan Khalid al-Najjar (16, Khalil's grand-daughter)
- Ahmed Khalid al-Najjar (16, Rawan's twin brother, Khalil's grandson)
- Somaya Harb al-Najjar (49, Ghalia's sister-in-law)
- Hani Suleiman al-Najjar (7, Somaya's son)
- Ikhlas Samir Hussein al-Najjar (26, Ghalia and Samir’s daughter)
- Islam Hamouda Abu Shahla-al-Najjar (4, Ikhlas' daughter)
- Amir Hamouda Abu Shahla-al-Najjar (2, Ikhlas' son)
- Amira Hamouda Abu Shahla-al-Najjar (1, Ikhlas' daughter)
- Kifah Samir al-Najjar (22, Ghalia and Samir’s daughter)
- Majid Samir al-Najjar (18, Ghalia and Samir Hussein Mohammed al-Najjar’s son)
- Riham Fayez al-Najjar (25, daughter-in-law of Ghalia and Samir, pregnant wife of Hussein Samir al-Najjar)
- Moataz Hussein al-Najjar (5, Hussein and Riham's son)
- Samir Hussein al-Najjar (1, Hussein and Riham's son)
- Iman Salah al-Najjar (23, daughter-in-law of Ghalia and Samir, wife of Mohammed Samir al-Najjar)
- Ghalia Mohammed Samir al-Najjar (1, Iman's daughter)
- Bara' Salah al-Reqib (11, Iman's brother)