This section documents the massacres targeting Palestinian families, where homes were destroyed on top of their inhabitants, killing all or most of the family members. These crimes represent a clear violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention, which prohibits targeting civilians and emphasizes the protection of families from violence and mass killings. They also constitute a blatant violation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which guarantees the right to life and personal safety for every individual. The 1977 Additional Protocol I reinforces the protection of families from indiscriminate attacks, and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court criminalizes any acts of genocide or targeting of families as part of crimes against humanity.
Al-Hems Family Massacre
Israeli occupation aircraft targeted Al-Hems family house in Rafah Governorate without prior warning, resulting in the martyrdom of 7 victims.
The identified victims are:
- Wael Mohammed Khamees Al-Hems (6 years old)
- Saleh Khamees Saleh Al-Hems (42 years old)
- Abeer Nafeth Salama Al-Hems (42 years old)
- Mohammed Khamees Saleh Al-Hems (35 years old)
- Khamees Mohammed Khamees Al-Hems (8 years old)
- Mohammed Saleh Khamees Al-Hems (9 years old)
- Sahar Wael Rashad Al-Hems “Al-Ghandour” (31 years old)
Abdul Ghafour Family Massacre (23/10/2023)
Israeli occupation aircraft targeted Abdul Ghafour family house in Khan Yunis Governorate without prior warning, resulting in the martyrdom of 6 family members.
The identified victims are:
- Hamad Ahmed Abdul Ghafour (42 years old)
- Aisha Al-Astal “Abdul Ghafour” (38 years old)
- Bara Mohammed Ahmed Abdul Ghafour (18 years old)
- Jana Mohammed Ahmed Abdul Ghafour (13 years old)
- Hudhayfa Mohammed Ahmed Abdul Ghafour (11 years old)
- Nada Mohammed Ahmed Abdul Ghafour (7 years old)
Awaida Family Massacre
Israeli occupation aircraft targeted Awaida family house in Rafah Governorate without prior warning, resulting in the martyrdom of 14 victims.
The identified victims are:
- Wissam Zaki Abdul-Moti Awaida (34 years old)
- Iman Jamal Adel Awaida (34 years old)
- Manar Tawfiq Salem Awaida “Shahin” (32 years old)
- Ehab Al-Din Khaled Abdul-Moti Awaida (34 years old)
- Menna Allah Wissam Zaki Awaida (10 years old)
- Mona Ehab Al-Din Khaled Awaida (9 years old)
- Janna Wissam Zaki Awaida (7 years old)
- Haitham Zaki Abdul-Moti Awaida (33 years old)
- Hamza Mohammed Zaki Awaida (1 year old)
- Tuline Ehab Al-Din Khaled Awaida (6 years old)
- Heba Khader Ismail Awaida (30 years old)
- Kenzi Haitham Zaki Awaida (3 years old)
- Maha Jamal Hamdan Mansour (26 years old)
- Kinda Haitham Zaki Awaida (6 years old)
Al-Hems Family Massacre (3/12/2023)
Israeli occupation aircraft targeted Al-Hems family house in Rafah Governorate without prior warning, resulting in the martyrdom of 10 victims.
The identified victims are:
- Mohammed Hasan Ahmoud Al-Hems (37 years old)
- Randa Saleh Ahmoud Al-Hems (28 years old)
- Leen Ibrahim Hasan Al-Hems (less than a year old)
- Sanaa Hamdan Hamed Al-Hems (60 years old)
- Yazan Yasser Hasan Al-Hems (10 years old)
- Hadeel Mahmoud Lutfi Al-Hems (19 years old)
- Maha Hasan Ahmoud Al-Hems (27 years old)
- Yasser Hasan Ahmoud Al-Hems (39 years old)
- Yasmin Mahmoud Lutfi Al-Hems (34 years old)
- Salma Ali Anwar Kollab (10 years old)
Zaanin Family Massacre
Israeli occupation aircraft targeted Zaanin family house in Beit Hanoun refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, without prior warning, resulting in the martyrdom of 9 victims.
The victims are:
- Khetam Ahmed Mohammed Zaanin (51 years old)
- Haifa Yousef Hussein Zaanin (29 years old)
- Mohammed Yousef Hussein Zaanin (32 years old)
- Ata Ahmed Zaanin “Saadat” (27 years old)
- Child Yousef Mohammed Zaanin
- Child Lama Mohammed Yousef Zaanin
- Child Amina Mohammed Yousef Zaanin
- Child Amir Mohammed Yousef Zaanin
- Amal Hussein Mohammed Zaanin (66 years old)
Abdul Ghafour Family Massacre (December 7, 2023)
Israeli occupation aircraft targeted Abdul Ghafour family house in Khan Yunis without prior warning, resulting in the martyrdom of 36 victims.
The victims are:
- Mahmoud Abdul Raouf Abdul Ghafour (85 years old)
- Najat Nayef Abdul Ghafour (56 years old)
- Child Abdullah Mahmoud Abdul Ghafour (16 years old)
- Nesma Mahmoud Abdul Ghafour (14 years old)
- Hisham Mahmoud Abdul Raouf Abdul Ghafour (59 years old)
- Abdul Raouf Mahmoud Abdul Ghafour (54 years old)
- Wafaa Hamza Abdul Ghafour (47 years old)
- Ahmed Abdul Raouf Mahmoud Abdul Ghafour (23 years old)
- Mahmoud Abdul Raouf Mahmoud Abdul Ghafour (22 years old)
- Ali Abdul Raouf Mahmoud Abdul Ghafour (20 years old)
- Mariam Abdul Raouf Mahmoud Abdul Ghafour (16 years old)
- Raeda Abdul Raouf Mahmoud Abdul Ghafour (12 years old)
- Hiba Abdul Raouf Mahmoud Abdul Ghafour (25 years old)
- Misk Mohammed Al-Qudra (2 years old)
- Imad Mahmoud Abdul Raouf Abdul Ghafour (47 years old)
- Sumaya Ahmed Abdul Ghafour’s two sisters (42 years old)
- Salama Imad Abdul Ghafour (19 years old)
- His son, child Mahmoud Imad Abdul Ghafour (14 years old)
- Samir Mahmoud Abdul Raouf Abdul Ghafour (53 years old)
- Lana Yousef Abdul Ghafour (44 years old)
- Mahmoud Samir Mahmoud Abdul Ghafour (26 years old)
- Mohammed Samir Mahmoud Abdul Ghafour (16 years old)
- Ahmed Samir Mahmoud Abdul Ghafour (10 years old)
- Mariam Samir Mahmoud Abdul Ghafour (19 years old)
- Reem Samir Mahmoud Abdul Ghafour (27 years old)
- Abdul Rahman Abdullah Suleiman Abdul Ghafour (6 years old)
- Suleiman Abdullah Suleiman Abdul Ghafour (2 years old)
- Iman Abdullah Suleiman Abdul Ghafour (7 years old)
- Khadija Abdullah Suleiman Abdul Ghafour (4 years old)
- Suleiman Taha Abdul Ghafour (65 years old)
- Islam Suleiman Abdul Ghafour (33 years old)
- Huda Suleiman Abdul Ghafour (20 years old)
- Hala Suleiman Abdul Ghafour (14 years old)
- Ibtihal Suleiman Abdul Ghafour (28 years old)
- Majdi Hamada Abdul Ghafour (3 years old)
- Suleiman Hamada Abdul Ghafour (1 year old)
Chalet Saleh Abu Naja Massacre
Israeli occupation aircraft targeted Chalet Saleh Abu Naja in Rafah without prior warning, resulting in martyrdom of 15 victims.
Identified victims are:
- Amin Saleh Mohammed Abu Naja (35 years old)
- Nagham Mahmoud Fahmi Abu Deah (17 years old)
- Huda Mahmoud Mohammed Abu Naja (60 years old)
- Huda Salah Saleh Abu Naja (24 years old)
- Saleh Mohammed Abdullah Abu Naja (24 years old)
- Ashraf Saleh Mohammed Abu Naja (36 years old)
- Joud Ayman Saleh Abu Naja (9 years old)
- Ayman Saleh Abdullah Abu Naja (24 years old)
- Mohammed Mahmoud Mohammed Abu Deah (24 years old)
- Mariam Amin Saleh Abu Naja (9 years old)
- Rana Mohammed Mahmoud Abu Naja (22 years old)
- Abeer Mahmoud Fahmi Abu Deah (28 years old)
- Reem Mahmoud Fahmi Abu Deah (25 years old)
- Mohammed Saleh Mohammed Abu Naja (29 years old)
- Salahuddin Saleh Mohammed Abu Naja (27 years old)
Jargon Family Massacre
Israeli occupation aircraft targeted Abu Jargon family house, which was sheltering displaced people, in Rafah without prior warning, resulting in martyrdom of 12 victims.
Identified victims are:
- Zeinab Shadi Salama Abu Lashin (4 years old)
- Sila Mahmoud Salama Abu Lashin (1 year old)
- Sarah Shadi Salama Abu Lashin (7 years old)
- Zeinab Ahmed Salama Abu Lashin (3 years old)
- Ahmed Salama Mohammed Abu Lashin (31 years old)
- Shadi Salama Mohammed Abu Lashin (38 years old)
- Mahmoud Salama Mohammed Abu Lashin (26 years old)
- Qasem Shadi Salama Abu Lashin (10 years old)
- Mohammed Shadi Salama Abu Lashin (14 years old)
- Zeinab Abdullah Hassan Abu Lashin (69 years old)
- Mohammed Salama Mohammed Abu Lashin (32 years old)
- Salama Shadi Salama Abu Lashin (8 years old)
Shabat Family Massacre
Israeli occupation aircraft targeted Shabat family house in Beit Hanoun camp without prior warning, resulting in martyrdom of 7 victims.
Identified victims are:
- Nazeer Shabat (67 years old)
- Saeed Nabil Shabat (37 years old)
- Suheir Taysir Jabr “Shabat” (34 years old)
- Child Afnan Saeed Shabat
- Child Hossam Saeed Shabat (13 years old)
- Child Lana Saeed Shabat
- Sabah Jabr Ahmed Shabat (62 years old)
Jirmi Family Massacre
Israeli occupation aircraft targeted Jirmi family house in Rafah without prior warning, resulting in the martyrdom of 9 victims.
The identified victims are:
- Saeed Aayed Awad Al-Mahmoum (23 years old)
- Mohammed Mosleh Atiya Tarabin Jirmi (16 years old)
- Mohammed Mosad Atiya Tarabin Jirmi (17 years old)
- Rawan Jamal Atiya Tarabin Jirmi (10 years old)
- Nada Jamal Atiya Tarabin Jirmi (12 years old)
- Eileen Jamal Atiya Tarabin Jirmi (1 year old)
- Maha Ramadan Salmi Tarabin Jirmi (34 years old)
- Atiya Mosleh Atiya Tarabin Jirmi (22 years old)
- Talal Saeed Atiya Tarabin Jirmi (23 years old)