142 PALESTINIAN FAMILIES LOST THREE OR MORE MEMBERS IN THE GAZA STRIP DURING THE 2014 ISRAELI OFFENSIVE

Here are stories of 53 bereaved families, arranged according to the date of the attack. Click on the calendar to see their stories (show all)

July 2014
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August 2014
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21 August 2014, Rafah

Kullab family

4 members of the Kullab family, 5 neighbours and 3 leaders of the al-Qassam Brigades

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A drawing of Yousef (15), made by one of his friends. At 2.30am, on Thursday 21 August, Israeli warplanes fired nine missiles targeting the house of Nasser Hussein Kullab. Two families, comprising 14 members, were living in the house, which had three stories and was about 200 square metres. The house was completely destroyed in that bombing, and six adjacent houses were severely damaged. 12 people were killed in total, including three leaders of the al-Qassam Brigades who were in the targeted house. 54 other people were injured in the attack, including 22 children and 16 women.

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Photo: Mustafa Nasser Kullab (7) is holding photos of his three brothers, who were killed in the bombing of their house. Mustafa wasn’t home when the airstrike took place, he had left an hour earlier together with his cousins to visit his uncle.

People killed in the attack in Rafah

21 August 2014

  • Nazera Ramadan Kullab
    (41)
  • Ahmed Nasser Hussein Kullab
    (17, Nazera's son)
  • Yousef Nasser Hussein Kullab
    (15, Nazera's son)
  • Abdallah Nasser Hussein Kullab
    (11, Nazera's son)
  • Hassan Hussein Younis
    (79)
  • Amal Ibrahim Younis
    (53, Hassan's wife)
  • Seba Rami Younes
    (4, Hassan's granddaughter)
  • Aiysha Ismail Attiya
    (63)
  • Mohammed Ibrahim Abu Shamala
    (40)
  • Raed Subhi al-Attar
    (40)
  • Mohammed Hamdan Barhoum
    (45)
  • Abdel Fattah Hussein Abu Sleimeh
    (72, died from his wounds on 10 September 2014)