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)

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August 2014
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1 August 2014, Rafah

Maadi family

6 people killed, including 3 children

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Photo: Mohammed Maadi holding the body of his niece Jana (2) in his arms. The photo was taken on the day the family managed to reach a remote flower cooler turned morgue, in the agricultural area of Rafah, where the bodies had been stored. Six members of the Maadi family, including three children, were killed in the attack on their house. That was the day when the Israeli army implemented the ‘Hannibal Directive’, which is now known as Black Friday. So many people were killed in such a short time period that the morgues filled up and bodies had to be stored in all kinds of cooling facilities.

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People killed in the attack in Rafah

1 August 2014

  • Bassam Salim Maadi
    (32)
  • Iman Nazmi Maadi
    (31, Bassam's wife)
  • Hala Bassam Maadi
    (4, Bassam and Iman's daughter)
  • Jana Bassam Maadi
    (2, Bassam and Iman's daughter)
  • Yousef Ahmed Maadi
    (2, Bassam's nephew)
  • Suleiman Salim Maadi
    (53, Bassam's uncle, he died from wounds sustained in the attack on 8 August 2014 in an Egyptian hospital)
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