28-06-2015 10:03
Elizabeth Mustafa Tanboura stands with three of her daughters: Sundus, Malak, and Marwa (right), in front of their destroyed home. Elizabeth's husband, Radad (36), and their children Ahmed (15) and Amna (13), were killed during an Israeli attack on their home. Two other boys survived as they were not in the house at the time of the attack
‘The explosion threw me outside the house and I fell unconscious. I only woke up eight hours later and I had no idea who was injured or killed,’ explains Elizabeth.
Photos of the location of the attack on Radad (36), and his children Ahmed (15) and Amna (13), who were killed in the attack
The Tanboura's came back just the day before from a UN shelter where they had been temporarily staying. “We were sick of the school,” says Elizabeth
Amidst the ruins, the vest from Radad, who was a municipality employee for water facilities. Before the attack, Radad went to work, fixing some pipes at the water station a few hundred metres away from their home. Some of their children went with him to pick up fruit. He came back with his municipality car and was about to enter the house when the strike happened. Elizabeth was near the entrance and two children were inside the house playing computer games
‘It's a miracle I was not killed,’ said Elizabeth, who was injured in her feet
A photo of Amna (13). She was found by the Civil Defence (fire brigade) some 150 meters away from the house. “We cannot get back to our previous life. I lost my husband and my children. My youngest daughter, when she sees other children with their father, she asks - ‘where is my father?’ Our life is almost completely destroyed," says Elizabeth
Nine-year-old survivor Marwa who was just a few meters from the house when the attack occurred. She was with her siblings picking fruits when her brother asked her a basket and she went home. She did not lose consciousness and saw everything
Tanboura family, Beit Lahiya
At approximately 10:40am on Monday, 25 August 2014, Israeli aircraft fired two missiles at the house of Radad Ahmed Salim Tanboura, 36, which is located in Al Qar'a neighbourhood in Beit Lahiya town in the North Gaza district. Radad was killed together with his son Ahmed, 15, and Amna, 13. Also injured was his wife, Elizabeth Mustafa Tanboura, 39, his son Shaher, 19, his daughter Marwa, 9, and six neighbours, including two children and a woman. The house was attacked without prior warning. It was destroyed and other neighbouring houses were damaged.