List of Israeli strikes and Palestinian casualties in the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict


This is a list of individual Israel Defense Forces /Israeli Air Force operations in Operation Protective Edge, which began on 8 July 2014, naming the targets and casualties. After Israel's unilateral disengagement from Gaza in 2005, and following on the joint Israeli-Egyptian blockade of the Gaza Strip since 2007, several military operations have been conducted against the area, including Operation Cast Lead in 2008, in which 1,417 Palestinians and 13 Israelis died, Operation Pillar of Defense 2012 in which 120-160 Palestinians and 2 Israelis died, and the March 2012 Gaza–Israel clashes.
The nature of casualties reflects the conditions of asymmetric warfare in this region, in differences in weaponry, defensive technologies, operating terrain and local attitudes: the Gaza Strip has high habitation density whereas the contiguous area of southern Israel where most rockets fall, is the sparsely populated Negev. The forces in the conflict are Gaza-based militants, who have stocks of long-range rockets, such as Grad missiles but use mainly home- or factory-made missiles, many of which have inaccurate trajectories, especially Qassam rockets, many of which hit open fields, versus Israel's combined military forces, naval gunboats to the east, tanks positioned on the land borders, and IAF aircraft, equipped with F-15 fighter jets, AH-64 Apache helicopters, Delilah missiles, IAI Heron-1 drones and Jericho II missiles. Israel's civilian population has, in addition, access to shelters, early-warning sirens and is defended by the Iron Dome missile detection defence system. A spokeswoman for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights queried whether Israeli air strikes targeting homes were compliant with International humanitarian law and International human rights law. Israel states that Hamas places its armouries in densely populated areas to make civilians human shields.
In March 2015, according to UN OCHA, 2,220 Palestinians had been killed, of whom 1,492 civilians, 605 militants and 123 of unknown status. The IDF calculates 2,127 killed claiming 55% were civilians and 45% militants. Israeli casualties consisted of 6 civilians and 66 soldiers, 5 of whom reportedly died from friendly fire. The Associated Press, examining 247 airstrikes that hit residential compounds, out of the some 5,000 Israeli bombing raids, determined that of the 844 killed, 60% or 508 were presumed civilian children, women and older men. 98 or 11% were confirmed or suspected Hamas militants.
In the wake of Avigdor Liberman's Sunday 20 July comment that the IDF is the "most humane and bravest army in the world", Israel's Ambassador to the United States, Ron Dermer, in an address delivered before Christians United for Israel on Tuesday, 22 July, remarked that Israel's armed forces merited a Nobel Prize in recognition of the "unimaginable restraint" they had exercised during the Operation. Prime Minister Binjamin Netanyahu blamed Hamas, asserting that the civilian toll is desired by Hamas to use "telegenically dead Palestinians" for their cause. Palestinians stated that, given the overcrowding of the Gaza Strip, they are vulnerable everywhere.
By 21 July, 132 of the casualties to that date were children. B'tselem tried to obtain a radio spot in which the names of those children killed in the conflict were to be read out. The Israeli Broadcasting Authority banned the attempt to air the information on the airwaves. 97% of the children killed in the last five years of the conflict have been Palestinian. Israel's Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center has alleged that Hamas uses children in their operations in the Gaza Strip, and that some militants killed in action were "falsely reported" as civilians or children.

Day 1: Monday night–Tuesday 8 July 2014

By day's end Israel had struck 220 targets in Gaza and 24 people had died. 157 Gazan rockets were fired at Israel, with no casualties. A lull as Israel mulled the pros and cons of an invasion was broken when Mohammed Shaaban, senior commander of Hamas's military wing, was killed with two companions, Amjad Shabaan and Khader al-Bashliqi, when his car was struck by an Israeli missile near Wehada Street in Gaza City.
DatePlaceTargetDescriptionActionOrigin of missile
8 July 2014, 15:00Khan YounisOdeh Ahmad Mohammad Kaware?Hamas activist.An F-16 fighter missile hit the al-Kaware family home, consisting of several apartments. The target was the one member of a family who was a Hamas activist. 9 people were killed, 6 of them children. A further 28 people were seriously wounded. It was the first of 59 incidents in which a family house was bombed with heavy loss of life. Initial accounts varied of the incident. The strike was preceded by a drone-fired warning flare, a "Knock on the roof" procedure, involving a small mortar shot or unarmed missile at the target. Relatives and neighbours gathered at the home to form a human shield, according to one source. Five families were evacuated after a warning missile was fired, but neighbours gathered on the roof to try and hinder the operation, In the past strikes were often aborted if civilians crowded rooftops. A third account indicated that neighbours had gathered after an initial strike to prevent a further one. The official assessment was that it was a "tragic mistake" based upon the belief that the home was empty. A B'tselem investigation determined that, the family was contacted by the Israeli military to leave the premises at 13:30, and they evacuated, gathering outside. At 14:50, a drone missile struck the solar water tank on the roof, and after several minutes, the family went back inside, four staying on the roof, while several were in a stairwell or courtyard when the 15:00 missile struck. After the incident, the IDF changed its initial explanation from targeting the homes of Hamas activists who carry out "high-trajectory fire towards Israel" to "homes of senior activists that function as command and control headquarters".
  • Siraj Iyad Abd al-Al
  • Bassem Salim Kaware
  • Hussein Yusef Kaware
  • Muhammad Ali Kaware
  • Abdallah Muhammad Kaware
  • Qassem Kaware
  • Amar Muhammad Judah
  • Ibrahim Kaware
  • Muhammad Ibrahim Kaware
IAF
  • An airstrike destroyed a house in central Gaza, and Rashad Yassin, from the al-Nuseirat refugee camp, was later found dead under the rubble.
  • A missile strike on the Beit Hanoun home of Hamas military commander Raed al Atar killed al-Atar along with five other people.
  • DatePlaceTargetDescriptionActionOrigin of missile
    8 July 2014, 23:40Beit HanounAbd al-Hafiz Hamad, believed to be responsible for attacks on Sderot.Islamic JihadIn a joint ISA-IDF operation, an airstrike hit a yard by Hafiz Hamad's home., killing the target and five members of his family, and injuring two children. According to B'tselem, which has collected an eyewitness account by the grandfather, no warning was received. Four children survived unharmed after the mother placed them in the safest room, but the last was injured before it could be relocated and was taken to the ICU. It was the 2nd in 59 incidents in which whole families were bombed.
    • Dunia/Dinah Mahdi Hamad
    • Mahdi Muhammad Hamad
    • Fawziya Khalil Hamad
    • Abd al-Hafez Hamad
    • Suha Hamad
    • Ibrahim Muhammad Hamad
    IAF
  • Abdul Halim al-Eshra was killed on his farm in Deir al-Balah; a civil defense crew discovered the body four days later.

    Day 2: Wednesday 9 July 2014

  • By day's end, Israel had struck 326 targets in Gaza, resulting in eight deaths, according to the New York Times. Gaza launched 130 rockets towards Israel, with no casualties, bringing the death toll to 61 later that day. Casualties were estimated to range from 300–450. 6 women and 9 children figured among the 22 dead. The IAF struck some 160 targets overnight, and totalled 430 strikes in two days, including 120 concealed rocket launchers, tunnels and 10 Hamas command and control centres. 82 Gaza rockets were fired at Israel, 21 of which were intercepted.
    According to the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights statistics, between 10 am Wednesday and 10 am Thursday, 9–10 July, the casualties consisted of 47 Palestinians, of whom 43 were adjudged to be civilians, and, of the latter category, 16 were children and 10 women. 214 Palestinians were wounded and 41 houses destroyed.

    Day 3: Thursday 10 July 2014

    By day's end, Israel struck 201 targets In Gaza, resulting in 23 deaths. Gaza fired 197 rockets towards Israel, with no fatalities. The homes of more than 40 Hamas commanders were targeted, bringing the total for three days to 785 strikes. 31 Palestinians were killed, bringing the overnight death count to 82. The dead included at least 10 women and 18 children, according to a count based on medical reports. By nightfall, at least 350 rockets had been fired at Israel, 90% of which were intercepted, while the IAF had made almost 900 airstrikes.
    By dawn, Israel radio reported the death total for Palestinians to be 92. An elderly Israeli woman died of a heart attack while rushing to a shelter during a siren alert in Haifa. Palestinian sources stated at around midday that 11 people had been killed since midnight, bringing the number of Palestinian deaths to 100. As of that hour Gazan rocket salvos had caused no Israeli fatalities, although a strike on a petrol station in Ashdod hit a fuel tanker and injured between three and eight Israelis, one seriously. Israeli strikes on Gazan targets passed 1,000.
    As the death count edged over the 100 figure, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs issued a calculation 20%, 21 of 101, of the fatalities so far were children, 11 women, and 58 civilians. It added that the number of injured exceeded 700. Israel had struck over 1,000 targets with over 2,000 tons/tonnes of explosives, several health facilities had been damaged, 70 homes had been completely destroyed, 342 housing units destroyed or damaged, and some 2,000 people were believed to have been displaced.

    Day 5: Saturday 12 July 2014

    By day's end, Israel had struck 180 targets In Gaza 180 targets, resulting in 51 deaths. Gazan militants fired 125 rockets towards Israel, with no fatalities.
    DatePlaceTargetDescriptionActionOrigin of missile

    15 other al-Batsh family members were wounded, 6 seriously.
    B'tselem estimated by noon on Saturday, 12 July, that of the 114 Palestinians killed, 27 had been killed while engaged in combat. Of the remainder, 26 were minors,13 were women and 5 were senior citizens. From 10 a.m. Saturday to 10 a.m. Sunday, Palestinian sources stated that 43 people, including 39 civilians, while 139 were wounded. 23 houses were demolished in air attacks.

    Day 6: Sunday 13 July 2014

    By the end of day 5, Israeli forces had struck 173 targets in Gaza, resulting in 13 deaths. Gaza had fired 130 rockets towards Israel, with no fatalities. By early Sunday morning, according to Gaza's Ministry of Health, the death toll and casualty figures in the Gaza Strip had risen to 165 Palestinians killed with over 1,000 injured. On 13 July, an Israeli spokesman said Israel had so far launched over 1,300 air strikes, while Hamas had launched some 800 rockets towards Israeli. Several Israelis have been wounded. Israel dropped leaflets warning around 100,000 Gazan residents of Beit Latiya and Attatra to evacuate the area, where Israel proposes to "strike with might" late Sunday. Most residents appeared to have decided to stay, although by late Sunday 17,000 had packed up and left.
    By day's end, Israel had struck 163 targets in Gaza, resulting in six deaths. Gazan militants had fired 115 rockets towards Israel, resulting in no fatalities.
    As the strike entered its seventh day, Palestinian fatalities had risen to 172 dead, with an estimated 1,230 wounded, as two more men were killed in night strikes, and more than 60 Palestinians suffered injuries. According to calculations by the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, 130 of the dead were civilians.The Al-Noor Mosque in Deir al-Balah was demolished in a bombing sortie. According to the Israeli Human Rights NGO, B'tselem, by 13 July, of 52 Palestinians killed in 10 distinct strikes on homes, 19 were minors and 12 were women. The assessment excludes figures from another incident, in which six family members died in an operation the IDF defined as a targeted killing.
    By day's end, Israel had struck 96 targets in Gaza, resulting in 16 deaths. Gazan militants fired 156 rockets towards Israel, resulting in 1 death. In the 8 days since the outbreak of hostilities, Israel had struck 1,603 targets in Gaza, resulting in 194 deaths. Gaza launched 1147 rockets, resulting in one death in Israel.
    By early Tuesday morning, the Ma'an News Agency reported that casualties rose overnight to 192 fatalities, and over 1,400 injured.
    By day's end, Israel had struck 50 targets in Gaza, resulting in 17 deaths. Gaza had fired 94 rockets towards Israel, resulting in no fatalities.
    By Friday evening into the 11th day of the war, 298 Palestinians had been killed and over 2,200 injured. 26 died by Friday evening after breaking their Ramadan fast, bringing the tally of dead from late Thursday to late Friday to 63.
    From 10:00 on Friday, 18 July 2014 to 10:00 on Saturday, 19 July 2014, 53 Palestinians, 43 of whom civilians, including 17 children and a woman, were killed. 332 Palestinians, were wounded. IAF strikes destroyed 26 houses.
    100 Gazan Palestinians were killed by nightfall. The casualties included 66 people killed in a single area, the Shuja'iyya neighbourhood of Gaza City A total of 9 separate families, numbering 73 people, were killed overall by the IDF this day.
    DatePlaceTargetDescriptionActionOrigin of missile
    20 July 2014Shuja'iyya neighbourhoodunknownunknownAn IAF missile destroyed the al-Hayya home in al-Nassar Street, killing a woman and one other adult and three children. It was the 16th of 59 families killing by the IDF according to B'tselem.
    • Osama Khalil Ismael al-Hayya
    • Halah Abu Hin
    • Umama Osama Khalil al-Hayya
    • Khalil Osama Khalil al-Hayya
    • Hamzah al-Hayah
    IAF
  • 20. Khalil Salem Ibrahim Mosbeh, Shuja'iyya.
  • 21. Adel Abdullah Eslayyem, Shuja'iyya.
  • 22. Dina Roshdi Abdullah Eslayyem, Shuja'iyya.
  • 23. Rahaf Akram Ismael Abu Jom'a, Shuja'iyya.
  • 24. Shadi Ziad Hasan Eslayyem, Shuja'iyya, killed by artillery shelling on al-Mansour Street.
  • 25. Ala Ziad Hasan Eslayyem, Shuja'iyya. Killed by artillery shelling on al-Mansour Street.
  • 26. Sherin Fathi Othman Ayyad Shuja'iyya.
  • 27. Ghada Sobhi Sa'adi Ayyad ), Shuja'iyya.
  • 28. Adel Abdullah Salem Eslayyem, Shuja'iyya.
  • 29. Asem Khalil Abed Ammar, Shuja'iyya.
  • 30. Ahed Sa'ad Mousa Sarsak, Shuja'iyya, drone missile attack on his house.
  • 31. Aisha Ali Mahmoud Zayed, Shuja'iyya.
  • DatePlaceTargetDescriptionActionOrigin of missile
    20 July 2014Shuja'iyya neighbourhoodunknownunknownA missile strike on Abdul-Rahman Akram Sheikh Khalil's house in al-Mansour Street killed him and four members of his family, including one minor. It was the 17th of 59 bombed families according to B'tselem.
    • 1. Abdul-Rahman Akram Sheikh Khalil
    • 2. Yusuf Habib
    • 3. Muna Suleiman Ahmad Sheikh Khalil.
    • 4. Hiba Hamed Mohammad Sheikh Khalil.
    • 5. Ayidah Sheikh Khalil
    IAF
  • 35. Aaida Mohammed al-Sheikh Khalil
  • 36. Yousef Salem Hamattu Habib was killed as he was passing near the al-Sheikh Khalil house.
  • 37. Abdullah Mansour Radwan Amara, Shuja'iyya, militant.
  • 38. Abed-Rabbo Ahmad Zayed, Shuja'iyya.
  • 39 Issam Atiyya Sa'id Skafy, Shuja'iyya, killed reportedly with six others in the Eskafi family in al-Nazzaz Street.
  • 40. Ali Mohammad Hasan Skafy, Shuja'iyya.
  • 41. Mohammad Hasan Skafy, Shuja'iyya.
  • 42. Mos’ab el-Kheir Salah ed-Din Skafi, Shuja'iyya – Gaza.
  • 43. Akram Mohammad Shkafy, Shuja'iyya.
  • 44. Ala Jamal ed-Deen Barda, Shuja'iyya, artillery shell on his house.
  • 45. Omar Jamil Sobhi Hammouda, Shuja'iyya.
  • 46. Ghada Jamil Sobhi Hammouda, Shuja'iyya.
  • 47. Ghada Ibrahim Suleiman Adwan, Shuja'iyya.
  • 48. Fatima Abdul-Rahim Abu Ammouna, Shuja'iyya.
  • 49. Fahmi Abdul-Aziz Abu Sa'id, Shuja'iyya.
  • 50. Maisa Abdul-Rahman Sarsawy, Shuja'iyya, an IAF missile hit the house of mother and child.
  • 51. Marwa Salman Ahmad Sarsawy, Shuja'iyya.
  • 52. Mohammad Ashraf Rafiq Ayyad, Shuja'iyya.
  • 53. Mohammad Ra'ed Ehsan Ayyad, Shuja'iyya.
  • 54. Mohammad Rami Fathi Ayyad,, Shuja'iyya.
  • 55. Halla Sobhi Sa'dy Ayyad, Shuja'iyya.
  • 56 Ahmad Sami Diab Ayyad, Shuja'iyya.
  • 57. Fida Rafiq Diab Ayyad, Shuja'iyya.
  • 58. Mona Abdul-Rahman Ayyad, Shuja'iyya.
  • 59. Narmin Rafiw Diab Ayyad, Shuja'iyya.
  • 60. Mohammad Ra'ed Ehsan Akeela, Shuja'iyya.
  • 61. Mohammad Ziad Ali Za'bout, Shuja'iyya.
  • 62. Mohammad Ali Mohared Jundiyya, Shuja'iyya, killed by an Israeli artillery shell that hit his house.,
  • 63. Marah Shaker Ahmad al-Jammal, Shuja'iyya.
  • 64. Marwan Monir Saleh Qonfid/Khalaf, Shuja'iyya, killed in the shelling of al-Mansour Street.
  • 65. Ahmad Mohammad Ahmad Abu Za'nouna.
  • 66. Hallah Saqer Hasan al-Hayya, Shuja'iyya.
  • 67. At 04:15, Younis Ahmad Younis Mustafa, Shuja'iyya, killed by drone missile while walking to a local mosque for dawn prayer.
  • At 10:30, a drone missile in Bani Suheila, east of Khan Yunis, killed a militant, Suleiman Mohammed Abu Fsaifes.
  • At 11:20, a drone missile killed one militant, Wissam Majdi Mohammed Hammouda, in Jabaliya.
  • At 12:00, an IAF missile destroyed Salah Saleh al-Sha'er‘s 2-storey house, killing the owner and three family members, and wounding another nine people. The dead were: Salah Saleh al-Sha'er, Leila Hassan al-Sha'er, Mohammed Ayman al-Sha'er and Hiba Akram Saleh al-Sha'er.
  • At 12:30, Sunday, 20 July 2014, Israeli tanks positioned at the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel, east of Rafah, fired 2 shells at a flat rented by Fusion Internet Company on the 6th floor of al-Tahreer building near al-Awda Square in the center of Rafah, about 5,000 meters away from the border. The flat was partially destroyed.
  • At 12:35, a missile strike wounded a militant on a motorbike in Beit Lahiya, as well as a woman and four children.
  • At 12:50, 2 IAF missiles struck without a prior warning Abdul Jabbar Khalil Darraji's house in Rafah's al-Junaina neighborhood, killing the owner's wife, Najah Sa'duddin Darraji, and a child, Abdullah Yousef Darraji, as well as wounding 11 members of the family.
  • Between 13:00 and 14:00, 2 drone missiles fired at Abassan and Bani Suheila villages killed two civilians, Suleiman Ahmed Abu Jame and Mohammed Buhdar al-Daghma, and wounded four others.
  • DatePlaceTargetDescriptionActionOrigin of missile
    20 July 2014, 14:00al-Bureij refugee camp Deir al-BalahMuhammad al-Maqadmeh Hamas militantThe missile struck the 4 storey-house of Khaled Ziadah/Ziyadah, home to 20 people, targeting one Hamas militant inside. He was killed, as were, collaterally, 6 members of the Ziadah family. This is the 19th bombing of an entire family in B'tselem's list of 59 such incidents.
    • 1. Muhammad al-Maqadmeh, described as a guest.
    • 2. Muftiyah Ziadah matriarch
    • 3. Jamil Ziadah, husband of Bayan, father of Sha'ban
    • 4. Yusef Ziadah
    • 5. Bayan Ziadah
    • 6. Omar Ziadah
    • 7. Sha'ban Ziadah
    The incident led to the renunciation by Dutch citizen Henk Zanoli of the medals awarded to him and his mother as righteous gentiles in recognition of their successful effort to save a Jewish child, 12-year-old boy, Elhanan Pinto, from the Holocaust. He is related to the Palestinian family through his niece's husband.
    IAF missile strike

    DatePlaceTargetDescriptionActionOrigin of missile
    20 July 2014, 19:20al-Remal neighborhood Gaza CityunknownunknownTwo missiles struck the Cordoba building's al-Hajj house, home to the al-Halak and 'Amar families, killing 11 members of both. It was the 20th incident of 59 in which families were killed in B'tselem's list.
    • 1. Ibrahim Khalil Abed Ammar
    • 2. Kenan Hasan Akram al-Halaq.
    • 3. Saje Hasan Akram al-Hallaq.
    • 4. Mohammad Hani Mohammad al-Hallaq
    • 5. Su'ad Mohammad Abdul-Razeq al-Hallaq.
    • 6. Samar Osama Khalil al-Hallaq.
    • 7. Hani Mohammad Ahmad al-Hallaq.
    • 8. Hala Akram Hasan al-Hallaq.
    • 9. Aassem Khalil Ammar
    • 10. Iman Khalil Ammar
    • 11. Rahaf Akram Abu Jum'a
    IAF missile strike
  • At 22:00, Fatema Abdul Rahim Abdul Qader Abu Ammouna, died when a nearby house was bombed by the IAF in the Tel al-Hawa neighbourhood.
  • A woman from Abassan, Rajaa Hammad Mohammed al-Daghma, who had been struck on 18 July, died in an Egyptian hospital that same evening.

    Day 14 Monday 21 July

  • At 01:30, Manwa Abdul Basset Ahmed al-Bo, died of chest wounds she suffered two days earlier, on 19 July, after being shot while returning to her home near Beit Hanoun.
  • At 03:20, three drone missiles targeted a group of militants near Rafah's old fishing harbor, killing Ra'ed Ismail al-Bardawil, and wounding two other people.
  • At 03:50 a drone missile killed two militants, Bilal Jaber Mohammed al-Ashab and Abdul Rahman Faraj al-Toum, in al-Mughraqa.
  • At 04:30, Zkaria Mas'oud al-Ashqar was killed when the Tafesh family home was struck by a missile in al-Zaytoun.
  • At 06:00, a drone missile struck Talal Hassan al-Masri's house in Beit Hanoun, killing his son, Kamal al-Masri.
  • At 06:00, the Azzam house was hit by artillery in al-Zaytoun, killing Ahmed Mohammed Hassan Azzam.
  • At 06:30, 5 drone missiles hit the al-Siamat neighborhood, north of Rafah, striking a park, the Zo'rob family home, and Ahmed Salman Abu Snaima's home, wounding him. The 5th struck near Mahrous Salam Siam's home as the family was leaving, killing nine people and wounding another nine people, including seven children. The dead were: Shireen Mohammed Siam, Dalal Siam, Bader Siam, Ghaida Siam, Mustafa Siam, Mohammed Mahrous Siam, Somoud Siam, Kamal Mahrous Siam, and Ahmed Ayman Siam.
  • At 07:00, a drone missile targeted and killed a militant, Yousef Ahmed al-Zamli, near his house in al-Shouka, southeast of Rafah.
  • At 07:30, a drone missile killed a teenager, Abdullah Trad Abu Hujayer, on his motorbike at the entrance to the al-Nussairat refugee camp.
  • At 09:00, shelling killed a young man, Ahmed Fayeq Jum'a Yassin in al-Zaytoun, Gaza.
  • At 16:55 Maghazi Prep School A & B, where approximinately 1,000 people were sheltering, was struck by explosive ordnance, resulting in an injury to one child.

    Day 15 Tuesday 22 July

  • In the late morning, Al Jazeera stated their office was currently under attack by the IDF. The IDF denied this, but could not rule out indirect damage from nearby targets.

    Day 16 Wednesday 23 July

    During the night, a number of reports began circulating that the IDF was shelling the Al-Wafa hospital. The IDF later commented that, on several occasions, they were under direct fire from the hospital, a violation of international law; they stated that they had been warning the hospital for several days to move the patients. A doctor from the hospital, Dr. Basman Alashi, confirmed that the hospital had been evacuated prior to the strike.
    The IDF released a video showing fire shot from the hospital, IDF's warning calls and finally the airstrike which triggered secondary explosions from weapons cached inside the hospital.

    Day 19 Saturday 26 July

    By the time a 12-hour humanitarian truce came into effect at 8 am, the death toll from Israeli strikes had risen to 940, and the number of injured had gone to 5,700.
    DatePlaceTargetDescriptionActionOrigin of missile
    Around 03:00 Khan Yunis Refugee CampunknownunknownAn airstrike killed 21 members of Samir Hussein Muhammed al-Najjar’s family, including 11 children and 5 women, who had fled from their home when their village Khuza'a came under artillery fire, and sought shelter further from the border in a 2-storey building in the Sheikh Nasser east of Khan Yunis, reportedly belonging to Samir al-Najjar.
    • Samir Hussein Mohammed al-Najjar
    • Ghalia Mohammed al-Najjar
    • Kifah Samir al-Najjar
    • Samar
    • Amir
    • Islam Hammoudeh Abu Shahla
    • Amira Hammouda Hussein al-Najjar
    • Riham Fayez al-Najjar
    • Ulfat Hussein al-Najjar
    • Samir Hussein al-Najjar
    • Mutaz Hussein al-Najjar
    • Husam Hussein al-Najjar
    • Iman Salah Mahmoud al-Najjar
    • Ghalia Mohammed Samir al-Najjar
    • Bara'a Salah Mahmoud al-Reqeb
    • Khalil Mohmammed al-Najjar
    • Rawan Khaled al-Najjar
    • Ahmed Khaled Mohammed al-Najjar
    • Sumaya Harb al-Najjar
    • Hani Suleiman Mohammed al-Najjar.
    IAF missile strike

    Day 20 Sunday 27 July

    Day 21 Monday 28 July

    Day 22 Tuesday 29 July

    Day 25 Friday 1 August

    A ceasefire had been brokered to begin at 08:00. 3 IDF soldiers and at least 130 Palestinians were killed in Rafah during an operation to impede the successful abduction of an Israeli lieutenant. According to Israeli sources, the incidents occurred when Hamas broke the ceasefire by shooting three soldier around 09:16. According to Hamas, Israel broke the ceasefire, and the operations referred to occurred around 07:30. The casualties were in large part a result of Israel's use of the Hannibal Directive. According to interviews of survivors of the carpet-bombing in Rafah, they had returned to their homes in anticipation of the cease-fire, only to hear loud explosions around 07:30 near Abu Rous, close to the ruins of the Yasser Arafat International Airport.

    Day 26 Saturday 2 August

    Day 27 Sunday 3 August