Ruins of the house of Ibrahim Hassan Al Najjar, which was attacked by the Israeli army without warning on 29 July 2014. As a result, eight members of the Al Najjar family were killed, including 4 women and one toddler.
25-06-2015 23:14
Ruins of the house of Ibrahim Hassan Al Najjar, which was attacked by the Israeli army without warning on 29 July 2014. As a result, eight members of the Al Najjar family were killed, including 4 women and one toddler.
Ibrahim shows the photos of her daughter-in-law, Maysa (18) together with her babygirl Mona, 27 days old, both killed in the attack.
Hamad (23) and Mohammed (30) both cousins and grandchildren of Fawziya Qasem Al Najjar (81) were just visiting their grandmother for the Eid, the feast marking the end of Ramadan. Fawziya insisted that they stayed for the night. They were killed in the attack.
Photo of Aya (23). “We do not know why our home was targeted. There was no resistance activity in the area,” explains Ibrahim who lost his mother, his wife, two children and one granddaughter, all killed by the Israeli attack.
Photo of Mona, 43. Three of Mona and Ibrahim's children survived. Ibrahim explains that they are traumatized and still wake up at night.
“We only demand the same justice. Why they can live happily with their wives and children and we cannot?” asks Ibrahim.
Photo of Fawziya, 81. Ibrahim says that another of his sons, Ashraf, 23, was also killed four days before the attack on his house. According to Ibrahim, Ashraf was killed in the street when he went outside his grocery shop after an attack to check on injured people.
Survivor Islam Ibrahim Al Najjar, 5. She lost her mother and two of her siblings; and she was injured in the attack and has had difficulties walking. She stayed under the rubble for several hours before she was rescued.
At approximately 3:30 am on Tuesday 29 July 2014, Israeli F16 warplanes attacked the house of Ibrahim Hassan Al Najjar without prior warning. As a result, eight people were killed and six were injured. The house was totally destroyed.
Al Mezan identified their names as follows: