*This is how the martyrs and wounded were transported in the #Al-Bureij massacre this morning. No ambulances, because the occupation forces shoot at them whenever they try to move. Source

Ongoing emergency - the majority of victims and casualties are still trapped under the rubble. Civil Defense have been unable to reach them due to continued bombardment and targeting of their crews. There may still be survivors trapped.

18/09/2024 Civil Defense update: "Today, 12 martyrs were pulled out from under the rubble of the Abu Shouqa and Tartouri family home in Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip."

At dawn, the IDF launched a vicious onslaught on multiple homes in Block 12 in Al-Bureij camp, central Gaza, with a combination of airstrikes and artillery shelling, in addition to employing drones to target first responders and prevent them from retrieving the martyrs and saving the lives of the injured persons.

At least 5 family homes have been struck and 2 families largely decimated in a massacre that killed over 25 civilians including many children and women.

Hours after the massacre, Israeli forces were still heavily shooting via drones and other means in Block 12 anyone moving or trying to retrieve the bodies of victims. (Source)

Abdulaziz Mohammed, a volunteer with the ambulance and emergency services confirmed they are still being targeted whil responding to distress calls: "Appeals are coming from Al-Bureij camp in the middle of the Strip, with numbers of wounded and martyrs that no one has been able to retrieve. For your information, we went to the place and were directly targeted with shells and gunfire." Tweet

On September 18, the bodies of 4 members of the Abu Shouqa were recovered from the rubble, bringing the total number of recovered victims' bodies to 11 Source

Initial press coverage :

• “A belt of fire from the occupation aircraft on the Block 12 area in the Al-Bureij camp in the middle of the Strip, and artillery shelling on the northern and eastern areas of the camp.”

• Occupation drones "Quadcopter" fire at ambulance crews while trying to retrieve the wounded after targeting a house in Block 12 in Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip

• Occupation aircraft open fire after targeting a house in Block 12 in Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip : “Occupation aircraft launched a series of airstrikes on Block 12 east of Al-Bureij camp in central Gaza Strip”

• Martyrs and wounded as a result of the occupation raids on Block 12 in the Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip

• Occupation tanks target the north of Al-Bureij and Al-Nuseirat camps and the village of Wadi Gaza in the central Gaza Strip.

• An Israeli air strike targets Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip. Injured as a result of the occupation aircraft bombing two homes of the “Al-Batran” and “Abu Shawqa” families in Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip

• Israeli warplanes launched 3 airstrikes around a house that was bombed east of Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip.

Israeli bombardment continued throughout September 17, preventings rescuers from approaching the scene:

• Injuries due to the occupation drones firing on houses in Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip Source

• Israeli quadcopters open fire on Al-Bureij camp in central Gaza Strip Source

• PHOTO: "Press coverage: The moment the occupation forces fired smoke shells east of Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip." Source

• Israeli bombing targeted Block 6 in Al-Bureij Source

• PHOTO: Breaking: Israeli occupation aircraft bombard Al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza. Source

• Israeli artillery shelling and smoke bombs fired east of Al-Bureij camp in central Gaza Strip Source

• The Israeli occupation forces fired a barrage of smoke bombs towards Block 12 area in Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip Source

Palestinian Civil Defense

Initial announcements at the onset of the assault:

• Received dozens of distress calls
• Upon reaching the area, Israeli aircraft targeted the crew, forcing them to withdraw from the area due to the danger.
• One Civil Defense member was injured
• Urged the Red Cross to urgently coordinate access to the area targeted by recent Israeli airstrikes in Bureij refugee camp to rescue survivors before it’s too late.
• The area had been closed to ambulances and rescue teams for 5 hours." Source

List of targeted homes (identified)

• Al-Batran family home
• Abu Shouqa family home
• Al-Tartouri family home
• Abu Saed Abu Al-Kas family home
• Abu Ayman Al-Baba family home
• Saada family home, east of the Saafin carpentry

"People carry the martyrs on foot from the eastern areas of Bureij camp (Block 12) to Salah al-Din Street, so that they can reach an ambulance or a passing car to transport them to Al-Awda Health Center in Nuseirat or Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir Al-Balah. Which means that this process will last (one to two hours) until the person who was recovered from under the rubble arrives after spending up to 10 hours under the rubble, while the others are still under the rubble." Source

Casualties (to be confirmed)** :

• Over 26 persons were confirmed killed, so far
• About 80 victims are buried under the rubble Source

List of the martyrs (provisional):

Abu Shouqa family:

• Muhammad Abu Shouqa (Journalist)
• Abu Yasser Abu Shouqa
• Abu Yasser Abu Shouqa's wife
• Umm Hussein Abu Shouqa
• Mu’tasim Abu Shouqa
• Mu’tasim Abu Shouqa's wife
• Al-Basha Abu Shouqa
• Al-Basha Abu Shouqa's wife
• Abu Khalil Abu Shouqa
• Abu Khalil Abu Shouqa's wife
• Abu Khalil Abu Shouqa's children (number unspecified)
• Moataz Abu Shouqa
• Moataz Abu Shouqa's wife
• Moataz Abu Shouqa's son
• Hussein Abu Shouqa's widow
• Mu'tasim Hussein Abu Shouqa (recovered Sep 18)
• Hussein Abu Shouqa's children (number unspecified)

Al-Tartouri family

• Farid Mahmoud Al-Tartouri
• Farid Mahmoud Al-Tartouri's wife
• Muhammad Mahmoud Al-Tartouri
• Muhammad Mahmoud Al-Tartouri's wife
• Yasser Farid Al-Tartouri
• Saed Farid Al-Tartouri
• Hani Muhammad Al-Tartouri
• Ahmed Muhammad Al-Tartouri
• Mahmoud Muhammad Al-Tartouri
• Jana Muhammad Al-Tartouri

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Suhair Washah (Al-Tartori) was teacher from Al-Bureij Secondary School. https://x.com/NourNaim88/status/1836133114491633774

Portrait photos of identified martyrs:

• "The martyrdom of the brothers Hassan, Mu'tasim and Ahmed Abu Shouqa, along with their mother, joined their father, the martyr Mou'in Abu Shouqa, who was martyred in a previous targeting in Al-Bureij camp" Photo: Source

• "The flower seller in Gaza has risen. The young man, Mu'tasim Abu Shouqa, was killed during a direct targeting of his home in Al-Bureij camp, along with a number of his family members." Photo: Source

• "The martyrdom of journalist Mohammed Abu Shouqa and his father in the occupation massacre committed in Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip." (posted by journalist Huda Naim) Photo: Source

• "Martyrs of the Al-Tartouri family" Photo: Source

• "The martyr Hani Muhammad Al-Tartouri and his brother, the martyr Abdurrahman, who was martyred months before his family." Photo: Source