The ruins of the houses of Abdel Hadi Mahmoud Al Majdalawi and his brother Ahmed, which were destroyed in an Israeli missile attack that killed four members of the family, among them three children. Two of the victims were the sons of Abdel Hadi
05-08-2015
The ruins of the houses of Abdel Hadi Mahmoud Al Majdalawi and his brother Ahmed, which were destroyed in an Israeli missile attack that killed four members of the family, among them three children. Two of the victims were the sons of Abdel Hadi
Photos of three of the victims: brothers Abdel Razeq (19) and Abdullah (13), and their cousin Rawan (8)
“Around 3:30pm when I was near the house, I suddenly saw the missile hitting the house and destroying it. My two children were cut to pieces like chicken, their heads were on one side, their hands and every other piece of them on other sides,” explains Abdel Hadi, the father of Abdel Razeq and Abdullah
“I cry for them every day. I can’t sleep. I’m always anxious. I still can’t understand why Israel killed those four innocent kids. Why?” asks Abdel Hadi
A portrait of Talal Abdel Hadi Mahmoud Al Majdalawi (13). Talal saw the missile coming and tried to warn his brothers but did not have time. He lost his brother Abdel Razeq and his twin brother Abdullah
A photo of Talal after the attack. He was injured and still suffers from pain in his eyes, and has bad headaches
A photo of Mahmoud (7). “For us, it was a tragedy. We waited 17 years to have this child,” says his father Ahmed. His wife had surgical fertility treatment to have Mahmoud, who was their only child
A photo of Rawan (8) on the computer. “Justice will take its course, even after 100 years. Our rights are inalienable,” says Ahmed
Etaf holding old photos of her twin sons, Abdullah and Talal. Abdullah was killed and Talal was injured and remains traumatized
Abdel Hadi stands in the ruins of his destroyed home in March 2015. They rent a small home approximately 100 meters away
A photo of Abdullah where he was killed. “After the kids were killed during last summer’s attack, we don’t have a life anymore. Life is extremely miserable because those kids were our smile in the house. Now the house seems like a cemetery,” says his father Abdel Hadi
Al Majdalawi family, Jabaliya
At approximately 3:30pm on Sunday, 3 August 2014, an Israeli warplane fired a missile at the house of Abdel Hadi Mahmoud Al Majdalawi, which is located in the Beer Al Na’jeh area in Jabaliya in the North Gaza district. As a result, four people were killed, three of them children.
The house was totally destroyed along with the adjacent home of his brother Ahmed. Five other houses were damaged.
The persons killed have been identified as follows: