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Tulkarm cafe massacre

03 October, 2024
West Bank, Tulkarm 📍35.035478, 32.313807
At least 20 martyred

On October 3, in the evening, an Israeli airstrike targeted a bustling café in the Al-Hamam neighborhood of Tulkarm camp, killing and wounding over 20 victims.

Most of the victims were mangled according to witnesses and footage showing body parts being collected in a cardboard box.

A volunteer paramedic who was present at the scene said that there were 15 to 20 people at the cafe when it was struck, and that all of them were killed. In addition, the house in front of the cafe was also damaged. The ambulance crews saw corpses shredded or dismembered including children and elderly. Some hanging on power cables. The paramedic added that only 5 of the martyrs still had whole bodies. Casualties were rushed transferred to Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital. Source

Among the dead were members the resistance, members of the Abu Zahra family, who lived in the apartments above the cafe, were also killed, including two children Source

One of the victims was a promising young football midfielder of Tulkarm Centre Majdi Salem. Raising the death toll to 313 footballers killed by Israel. The first in the West Bank. Source

A GBU-39 SDB (Small Diameter Bomb) was used as fragments of its thermal battery and components of the tail actuation section were found on the scene. Theis the same type of bombs extensively used by Israel in its genocide in Gaza. Source

Names of the martyrs:

  1. Ghayth Badie Radwan (20 y/o)
  2. Zahi Yasser Oufi (40 y/o)
  3. Ayman Khaled Tanaji (31 y/o)
  4. Asim Nu'man Qozah (22 y/o)
  5. Anwar Muhammad Musaimi (35 y/o)
  6. Ahmed Jamal Obaid (35 y/o)
  7. Omar Namir Fayat (29 y/o)
  8. Mohammed Mamoun Anbas (16 y/o)
  9. Mohammed Tahseen Khalil (31 y/o)
  10. Majdi Jamal Salem (19 y/o)
  11. Basel Mahmoud Zaher Nafie (18 y/o)
  12. Mohsen Ghazi Dabaya (23 y/o)
  13. Rawan Jawad Ghanem (31 y/o)
  14. Mohammed Salah Abu Zahra (32 y/o)
  15. Saja Nasser Kharyoush (28 y/o)
  16. Karam Abu Zahra (child) (8 y/o)
  17. Sham Muhammad Abu Zahra (7 y/o)
  18. Atheer Al-Wisi (28 y/o)
  19. Mahmoud Nasser Kharyoush (23 y/o)
  20. Rakan Bilal Awad

Source 1 Source 2 Source 3

As the funeral took place in Tulkarm marches broke out across the West Bank condemning the massacre.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres statement

He "has strongly condemned the killing of several Palestinians, including women and children, who died when a residential building in Tulkarem camp in the West Bank was hit by Israeli airstrikes on Thursday night." Source

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Thumbnail preview image for the video titled: Fragment of GBU-39 Bomb used in the cafe massacre

Fragment of GBU-39 Bomb used in the cafe massacre

5 October, 2024
Thumbnail preview image for the video titled: Aftermath of IDF massacre and successive raids in Tulkarm

Aftermath of IDF massacre and successive raids in Tulkarm

5 October, 2024
Thumbnail preview image for the video titled: Last goodbyes in Tulkarm to 18 people martyred in a fighter jet attack on a coffee shop

Last goodbyes in Tulkarm to 18 people martyred in a fighter jet attack on a coffee shop

4 October, 2024
Thumbnail preview image for the video titled: Aftermath of Tulkarm cafe massacre

Aftermath of Tulkarm cafe massacre

4 October, 2024
Thumbnail preview image for the video titled: Funeral of martyrs killed in IDF bombing of Tulkarm cafe

Funeral of martyrs killed in IDF bombing of Tulkarm cafe

4 October, 2024
Thumbnail preview image for the video titled: Father bids farewell to his daughter killed in Israeli massacre in Tulkarm

Father bids farewell to his daughter killed in Israeli massacre in Tulkarm

4 October, 2024
Thumbnail preview image for the video titled: Paramedic confirms Israeli bombing killed everyone present at the Tulkarm cafe

Paramedic confirms Israeli bombing killed everyone present at the Tulkarm cafe

4 October, 2024
Thumbnail preview image for the video titled: Father bids farewell to his daughter killed in Israeli bombing in Tulkarm

Father bids farewell to his daughter killed in Israeli bombing in Tulkarm

4 October, 2024
Thumbnail preview image for the video titled: Search for bodies under the rubble of Tulkarm cafe

Search for bodies under the rubble of Tulkarm cafe

4 October, 2024
Thumbnail preview image for the video titled: Father bids farewell to his slain daughter Sham Zahra

Father bids farewell to his slain daughter Sham Zahra

4 October, 2024
Thumbnail preview image for the video titled: Bodies of two men killed in IDF bombing of Tulkarm Cafe

Bodies of two men killed in IDF bombing of Tulkarm Cafe

4 October, 2024
Thumbnail preview image for the video titled: "Everyone who was in the coffee shop was martyred"

"Everyone who was in the coffee shop was martyred"

3 October, 2024
Thumbnail preview image for the video titled: Families horrified by the sight of the corpses in Tulkarm

Families horrified by the sight of the corpses in Tulkarm

3 October, 2024
Thumbnail preview image for the video titled: Most were sitting in the street drinking coffee. They were found dismembered.

Most were sitting in the street drinking coffee. They were found dismembered.

3 October, 2024
Thumbnail preview image for the video titled: Civil Defense vehicles arrive at the scene of the cafe bombed by Israel

Civil Defense vehicles arrive at the scene of the cafe bombed by Israel

3 October, 2024
Thumbnail preview image for the video titled: Arrival at Thabet Thabet Hospital after the massacre by an Israeli airstrike in Tulkarem

Arrival at Thabet Thabet Hospital after the massacre by an Israeli airstrike in Tulkarem

3 October, 2024
Thumbnail preview image for the video titled: Paramedic shares details of the Tulkarm massacre

Paramedic shares details of the Tulkarm massacre

3 October, 2024
Thumbnail preview image for the video titled: Emergency department crowded with casulaties from Israeli airstrike on Tulkarm cafe

Emergency department crowded with casulaties from Israeli airstrike on Tulkarm cafe

3 October, 2024
Thumbnail preview image for the video titled: Tulkarm Coffee shop completely flattened in Israeli bombing

Tulkarm Coffee shop completely flattened in Israeli bombing

3 October, 2024
Thumbnail preview image for the video titled: Shop CCTV captures the moment of the Israeli airstrike on Tulkarm cafe

Shop CCTV captures the moment of the Israeli airstrike on Tulkarm cafe

3 October, 2024
Thumbnail preview image for the video titled: Massacre in Tulkarm caused by Israeli airstrike on a cafe

Massacre in Tulkarm caused by Israeli airstrike on a cafe

3 October, 2024
Thumbnail preview image for the video titled: Crowded entrance of emergency department following Israeli strike in Tulkarm

Crowded entrance of emergency department following Israeli strike in Tulkarm

3 October, 2024
Thumbnail preview image for the video titled: People shocked at Tulkarm massacre, trying to put out fire

People shocked at Tulkarm massacre, trying to put out fire

3 October, 2024
Thumbnail preview image for the video titled: Horror ensues after Israeli strike on a Tulkarm coffee shop

Horror ensues after Israeli strike on a Tulkarm coffee shop

3 October, 2024
Thumbnail preview image for the video titled: Victims rushed to hospital following Israeli airstrike in Tulkarm

Victims rushed to hospital following Israeli airstrike in Tulkarm

3 October, 2024

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