On the night of September 20, **Israel launched an air strike** on the house of the **Hajji** **family** on Kashko Street in Zaytoun neighborhood, south of Gaza City, **killing seven people**, mostly from the same family. The Civil Defense originally [reported](https://x.com/SafaPs/status/1837221466741313840) that two people were found killed, including one woman, dozens injured, and that they succeeded in rescuing 5 children from under the rubble. They also reported that people in [neighboring houses](https://x.com/SafaPs/status/1837217586846781600) were injured. The process of searching for missing people and recovering martyrs continued, and the final list of those killed is as follows: - 1. Naima Hajji "Umm Anas" - 2. Anas Musa Haji - 3. Basma Moussa Hajji - 4. Anas Mahmoud Haji - 5. Sadia Al-Abd Ashtiwi - 6. [Khaled Moataz Khaled Haji](https://x.com/Qadeyah1/status/1838152461313323472) - 7. [Khader Moataz Khaled Haji](https://x.com/Qadeyah1/status/1838152461313323472)

An afternoon Israeli air strike targeted the Al-Zard family's house near the Palestine Stadium in Rimal ngihbordhood, Gaza City. A small fire broke out in the wake of the airstrike. However, young man **Ahmed Jihad Al-Zard** was gruesomely killed as his body is seen cut to pieces in footage. An unspecified number were injured.

On September 20th, 2024, **two houses** belonging to the **Duhair family** in the Musbah area of Rafah were targeted by **Israeli warplanes** with **air strikes**, causing a large **massacre**. Civil Defense rushed to the scene. In their first update, they had recovered 7 bodies, and transported several injuries, including children, to Nasser Medical Complex. By their second update, the death toll had risen to 13. At most recent report, this attack has killed 15 people, and injured an unknown number. Multiple victims, including children, were reported to be dismembered or severely mutilated. [Source](https://x.com/AJA_Palestine/status/1837154161512575298) **Names of the identified martyrs so far:** [Source](https://x.com/gazanotice/status/1837156382048489778) - 1. unidentified child - 2. unidentified child - 3. unidentified child - 4. Mohammed Mustafa Ayesh Dhahir - 5. Khaled Mohammed Farhan Dhahir - 6. Omar Mohammed Farhan Dhahir - 7. Ahmed Yasser Abdel Salam Dhair - 8. Yasser Abdel Salam Mohammed Dhahir - 9. Abdel Salam Yasser Abdel Salam Dhahir - 10. Reem Omar Jabr Dhahir - 11. Asmaa Mohammed Farhan Dhahir - 12. Sohaib Mohammed Farhan Dhahir' - 13. Amina Mohammed Farhan Dhahir - 14. Luay Ziyad Salam Siyam - 15. (unidentified) **UPDATE: Three children identified:** *“3 children, their bodies torn apart, were exposed to bombing with their family in Rafah. They were placed in one shroud!”* [Source](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1837185049000657030) The children: - 1. Saba Ahmed Yasser Dhahir - 2. Sama Ahmed Yasser Dhahir - 3. Mohammed Ahmed Yasser Dhahir

On September 20th, 2024, the Zaytoun neighborhood of Gaza City was **repeatedly** **attacked** by an Israeli **Quadcopter**, **killing Abu Shaher Al-Suwaisi**, and **wounding a number of other people**, as homes, a school, a gas station, and public gatherings were targeted. Reports of Quadcopter attacks throughout the entire day: --- - **"Hajj Munther Hilmi Al-Suwaisi "Abu Shaher"** was **killed** as a result of a bombing that targeted the vicinity of Al-Hurriya School in Al-Zeitoun neighborhood, south of Gaza City." [PHOTO](https://x.com/Qadeyah1/status/1837200202412814835) - **Civil Defense:** "A **martyr** as a result of Israeli shelling in the vicinity of Al-Hurriya School in Al-Zeitoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City." - **Civil Defense:** "**Injuries** as a result of Israeli shelling of citizens in Kashko Street in the Zeitoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City." - "Citizen **Abu Shaher Al-Suwaisi was martyred** as a result of Israeli shelling that targeted him in the vicinity of Al-Hurriya School in Al-Zeitoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City." [Source](https://x.com/SafaPs/status/1837172270462046325) - "Urgent: **Quadcopters renew dropping explosive bombs** along Salah al-Din Street near Bahlol Gas Station in al-Zeitoun neighborhood in Gaza City." [Source](https://x.com/paldf/status/1837152969466216623) - "Urgent: **A number of citizens were injured** as a result of **quadcopter aircraft dropping explosive bombs** along Salah al-Din Street near Bahlol Gas Station in al-Zeitoun neighborhood in Gaza City." [Source](https://x.com/paldf/status/1837139172286431240) - **Palestine Red Crescent:** "Our teams have transferred **two injuries** due to an attack by the Israeli occupation **targeting a house** in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood of Gaza City." [VIDEO](https://x.com/PalestineRCS/status/1837064528191709399) [Geolocation of this event](https://x.com/NemoAnno/status/1837074152462655737) - "**Two injuries** as a result of **shooting from a Quadcopter drone** at **citizens’ homes** in the Al-Zeitoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City." [Source](https://x.com/Alhadath_news1/status/1837099962309451960) - "**A drone opens fire on citizens and their homes** in the vicinity of Al-Hurriya School in Al-Zeitoun neighborhood, south of Gaza." [Source](https://x.com/AJABreaking/status/1837097591969898638) - "**Injuries** after the occupation **targeted citizens in Kashko Street** in the Zeitoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City" [Source](https://x.com/Alarabytv_BRK/status/1837016440664158710)

An afternoon Israeli air strike on a civilian minibus near the Abbas junction, west of Gaza City killed 3 people, at least one was mangled, and including one little boy. A witness stated that a wedding was set to take place and the family had rented the minibus to **fetch the bride**. The impact around the area suggests the bombing was likely done by drone. **Casualties:** - 3 killed - 9 injuries **Names of the martyrs:** - Muhannad Hamed Haboush - Mohammed Amer Haboush (child) [PHOTO](https://x.com/ShehabAgency/status/1837128463699849518): wreckage of the minibus Other geolocation: [https://x.com/ChrisOsieck/status/1837537634521878713](url), geolocated near Al-Abbas Mosque in north Rimal neighborhood, 31.5234509, 34.4398615

Early morning, an Israeli airstrike on a residential home in Tal Al-Nuwairi area, west of the Nuseirat refugee camp, killed eight people from the al-Faraam family and injured four others. The victims were transported to Al-Awda Hospital in the camp. [Source](https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/149413) **Names of the martyrs:** - Mahmoud Atta Robin Al-Faraam, 46 y/o - Islam Ali Saleh Al-Faraam (Al-Adham), 28 y/o (Mahmoud's wife) - Omar Mahmoud Atta Al-Faraam, 14 y/o - Dima Mahmoud Atta Al-Faraam, 7 y/o - Muhammad Atta Robin Al-Faraam, 50 y/o - Maher Muhammad Atta Al-Faraam, 14 y/o - Saleh Atta Rubin Al-Faraam, 33 y/o - Dalia Abdel-Ati Al-Faraam [Source](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1837044348568969720)

Israel bombed late night a house belonging to the Abu al-Hatl and Ziyara families near the municipality park in the center of Gaza City. 6 people were killed from **three generations** of Sourcethe family: Yousef Abu Al-Hatl, his wife, daughter and three grandchildren. [Source](https://x.com/Qadeyah1/status/1837031544780689732) **Names of the martyrs:** - Youssef Abu Al-Hatl (grandfather) - Shaimaa Abu Al-Hatl (grandmother) - Iman Abu Al-Hatl (daughter) - Hani Ziyara (grandchild) - Eileen Ziyara (grandchild) - Shaimaa Ziyara (grandchild) [PHOTO](https://x.com/gazanotice/status/1837078120668504261): portraits of the martyres family:

- During an IDF raid on the town of Qabatiya, in Jenin, on September 19, Israeli soldiers besieged the house of Zakarneh (Zakarna) family, and attacked it with antitank rifle grenades before sumamrily executed 5 Palestinians, after blindfolding them. - The soldiers proceeded to kick the bodies off the roof of the building one by one to the street below. Once the bodies were on the ground, soldiers brought an excavator and mutilated the bodies. Once desecrated by the excavators' arm, the IDF soldiers placed the desecrated bodies in an earth-moving loader. The IDF then drove around town and paraded the desecrated bodies across the streets of Qabatiya. - The besieged house was burned by Israeli soldiers and their demolition engine destroyed partially the house. As soon as the Israeli soldiers withdrew, hundreds of young men in the town headed towards the house that had been under siege for 12 hours. They began extinguishing the fires and searching for the body of a martyr, which they found burned beyond recognition. Palestinian Red Crescent identified him as Shadi Sami Zakarneh. - According to a Sky News OSINT journalist Olive Enokido-Lineham, footage confirms IDF soldiers killed and threw **four bodies** off the roof. [Source](https://news.sky.com/story/sky-news-finds-israeli-soldiers-pushed-at-least-four-bodies-off-building-in-west-bank-13218409) - At least seven Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces in the raid. - Under international law, soldiers must ensure that bodies, including those of enemy combatants, are treated properly. ### Casualties 7 people were killed. 8 injured, 2 in critical condition. ### Names of the martyrs: - Shadi Zakarna/Zakarneh - Ahmed Maher Zakarna/Zakarneh - Mustafa Zakarna/Zakarneh - Fadi Jawdat Hanaysha - Muhammad Khaled Abu al-Rub - Omar Abu al-Rub - Muhammad Omar Kamil Abu Khamira 2 other members of the Zakarna/Zakarneh family were arrested : Mohammed Zakarna/Zakarneh and Qasim. [Source](https://x.com/TVFreePalestine/status/1839069400197935518) ### First statements - In a post on X, the **Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs** described the act as a *“crime” that exposes the Israeli army’s “brutality”.* - **Mustafa Barghouti,** the secretary-general of the Palestinian National Initiative, told Al Jazeera that the footage had shown *“absolutely savage and inhuman behaviour”."Not only [had] they shot these people and let them bleed to death, they beat them with their boots, they humiliated their bodies, they mutilated their bodies, and then they threw them from the rooftop to the ground."* *“I don't know if they checked they were still alive or not when they did that, but this is such a savage behaviour and you cannot say that this is part of the war because there is no war in the West Bank. There is war from one side, military actions from one side, on a civilian population. The West Bank does not have an army, does not have even a resistance force like Hamas that is fighting Israelis, no. They have some gunmen here and there. They don't represent an army. What you see here is a grave violation of international law and Human rights first of all by this kind of use of military force against civilian population. Second by this terrible behaviour in such a town like Qabatiya today where they besieged no less than 18 children in a kindergarten. Up till this moment, they are besieged with their teachers. They cannot go home since the morning. They are besieging workers of the municipality and they are besieging journalists who don't know what to do because if they try to get out of the places they are in, they will be shot. It’s absolute savage behaviour by this Israeli army that feels absolutely unaccountable to anything; unaccountable to law; unaccountable to human rights; and unaccountable to international law. They just do whatever they want not only in Qabatiya as they did today but everywhere in the West Bank every day we hear of new crimes that they are committing.”* - Gaza chief of communications at the **Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor**, an **NGO that advocated for human rights, Muhammad Shehada,** wrote: "*But... but Hamas threw people off rooftops' has been one of Israel's main talking points to justify slaughtering Gazans for decades. Here, the [Israeli army], in broad daylight, throwing a Palestinian off a rooftop after they shot him today."* - **US National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby** said if the footage is corroborated *“it clearly would depict abhorrent and egregious behaviour by professional soldiers (...) We reached out immediately to our Israeli counterparts about it, and we pressed them for more details. They have assured us that they’re going to investigate this and that there will be proper accountability if it’s warranted (...) We’re going to be very eager to see what the [Israeli army] investigation finds and, as always, we expect that investigation be done thoroughly and transparently.”* [https://aje.io/px2nij?update=3191783](url) ### September 19 events : **Raid and Deaths:** Israeli occupation forces raided the town of Qabatiya, south of Jenin, killing at least three Palestinians. The forces besieged a house, bombarding it with missiles, and later demolished it with bulldozers. The bodies of the three Palestinians were taken to the roof of the house before its demolition. **Military Clashes:** Armed clashes erupted between Israeli forces and resistance fighters as military reinforcements and bulldozers were brought into the town. **Obstruction of medical care:** Israeli forces blocked Red Crescent teams from reaching the besieged house, and detonated a bomb nearby. One injured man was evacuated by ambulance. **Journalists Targeted:** Soldiers aimed their rifles at journalists and shot tear gas canisters at Al Jazeera team (Nida Ibrahim) covering the raid. **Schools Besieged:** Israeli forces surrounded two schools (near another besieged building) trapping nearly 1,000 students inside, while eight other schools were evacuated. Many students suffered from tear gas inhalation. **Child injured in a bank** The Red Crescent has rescued a child who was hit and injured by an Israeli live bullet in the waist area **Extrajudicail execution** : The Palestinian resistance fighter Mustafa Zakarna was killed in an Israeli drone strike on his vehicle in Qabatiya. **Bodies desecration** : Israeli soldiers were seen throwing the bodies of three Palestinians killed in a gunfight from the roof of a high-rise building. An excavator later mutilated the bodies and took them in a loader through the city as a form of deterrence. **Infrastructure Damage:** Israeli bulldozers destroyed roads and a police station during the raid. ### **Sources** : [https://www.palestinechronicle.com/west-bank-escalations-three-killed-in-jenin-students-trapped-in-besieged-schools/](url) [https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/149397](url) [https://today.lorientlejour.com/article/1427810/israeli-soldiers-filmed-pushing-palestinian-body-off-west-bank-rooftop-sparks-outrage.html](url) [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/20/israeli-soldiers-filmed-pushing-bodies-off-rooftop-in-deadly-west-bank-raid](url) [https://s2jnews.com/idf-kicks-lifeless-palestinians-off-roof-of-jenin-building-in-west-bank/](url) [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/20/israeli-soldiers-filmed-pushing-bodies-off-rooftop-in-deadly-west-bank-raid](url)

Around 11pm, Israel bombed the house of the Abu Rabie family in Al-Hatabiya Street in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip. Civilians and rescue crews were seen working together searching for vicitims with nothing but their bare hands and a sledgehammer. One young man was found killed under the rubble, his neck torn open, while there are reports of other people wounded. [PHOTO](https://x.com/qudsn/status/1836860606772637807) "Press coverage: The occupation air force launches a raid in the vicinity of Al-Hatabiya Street in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza" **Name of the martyr:** - Muhammad Osama Abu Rabie (Abu Yahya)

*Before midnight Civil Defense: 7 martyrs, including two women & a number of injuries were recovered as a result of the occupation aircraft bombing the Al-Sheikh family home in the vicinity of Al-Ashi carpentry shop in Al-Daraj neighborhood, central Gaza City. [PHOTO](https://x.com/QudsNen/status/1836859511816040931) "Breaking | At least 5 Palestinians have been reported killed and several others injured following an Israeli airstrike targeting a residential building near Al-Tawba Mosque in Al-Daraj neighborhood of Gaza." **Names of the martyrs:** - Engineer Muhammad Abdelmalik Al-Sheikh - Hajja Mahasin Al-Sheikh "Shamlakh" - Dr. Abdul Aziz Mohammed Al-Sheikh - Issa Mohammed Issa Al-Sheikh - Hajja Raufa Abdulmalik Al-Sheikh - Nasma Mohammed Issa Al-Sheikh - Shireen Al-Sheikh "Daher" [Source](https://x.com/Qadeyah1/status/1837037461450445280)