Burial of the Shabat family massacred in IDF bombing of Shuhaibar school

No.

8906

Date

7 November, 2024

Found by

Hossam Shabat

Location

📍 Gaza - Gaza City - Al-Shati Camp

Original Social Media Post

"In a matter of minutes, I found 11 of my cousins killed. We had to collect their bodies in body bags and bury them in a matter of minutes—no funeral, no goodbyes"
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Archivist Notes: Shuhaibar school / Shabat family massacre

Around 2:15 pm, an Israeli airstrike targeted the Shuhaibar school (Al Shati Boys Primary School) in Shati camp, west of Gaza City. The school was used as shelter for displaced persons ans is located next to another school and a clinic.

About one hour after the first strike, the IDF threatened a second strike.

Casualty reports minutes after the massacre indicated 12 people were killed and 30 injured. 11 of the dead were from the Shabat family, cousins of journalist Hossam Shabat

Names of the martyrs:

  1. Asmaa Alaa Shabat
  2. Awni Youssef Shabat
  3. Ruqaya Alaa Shabat
  4. Mayar Awni Shabat
  5. Mohamed Alaa Shabat
  6. Sara Awni Shabat
  7. Iyas Awni Shabat
  8. Rana Awni Shabat
  9. Khansa Awni
  10. Ruqaya Awni Shabat
  11. Youssef Shabat
  12. Majd Moataz Adwan

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Photos Hossam Shabat checks on his aunt and killed cousins: Hossam Shabat's cousins: Injuries at Al-Ahli Hospital: Bereaved families:

The details for each video come from social media. None of it has been verified.