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11 December 2006
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On 11 Dec, at approximately 06:00, a group of gunmen opened fire at a car close to Al Kinz mosque, in the Rimal Neighborhood of Gaza City.
The car was owned by Bahaa Mosbah Balousha, brigadier general in the general intelligence apparatus, and was driven by his bodyguards, who were transporting the three children of Balousha to their schools.
The three children; Osama Bahaa Balousha, 9, Ahmed Bahaa Balousha, 7, and Sallam Bahaa Balousha, 4,were killed.
One of the bodyguards; Mohammed Mahmoud Al Habil, 22, was also killed.
The attack also resulted in the injury of Nisma Mohammed Al Awadi, 8, her sister Huda Al Awadi, 6, Lida Abu Obeid, 6, and Balousha's other bodyguard, aged 28.
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