Night massacre on high ranking Civil Defense officer's family

No.

4204

Date

8 September, 2024

Found by

Anas AlSharif

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Archivist Notes On This Video

Anas is speaking with a hoarse voice, sleep-deprived after a tiring 24 hours of reporting Israeli strikes in North Gaza.

"*Every night, the occupation army commits massacres. Tonight, they targeted the inhabited home of the Morsi family. This is the hole left by the Israeli airstrike. The women are afraid and terrified. Paramedics are working on retrieving the victims.

This airstrike has shaken the Al-Alami area, in the vicinity of Kamal Adwan hospital. Civil Defense crews are working with their limited tools to pull a young man stuck in the rubble who calls out "Allah is Sufficient for us, and He is the best disposer of affairs. By Allah, He will take retribution from. He is great(er than you)"

These are difficult and painful scenes.

As we were documenting, the paramedics found the body of a victim who was flung far.*"

Archivist Notes: Morsi family massacre

Context:

• The airstrike happened at 3am, targetting the house of Colonel Mohammad Morsi, Deputy Director of the Palestinian Civil Defense (first responders) in northern Gaza.

• The home is located in the Al-Alami area in Jabalia camp, in the vicinity of Kamal Adwan hospital.

• The scale of the damage in and around the house suggests it was the result of a potent bomb not from a drone strike.

• With this new murder, the number of Civil Defense workers killed in Gaza has reached 83.

Casualties:

• 5 members of the family were killed, from three generations: Colonel Morsi, his mother, 2 of his sons and his nephew. His other son Awda was injured. Source

Civil Defense statement:

Colonel Morsi worked in the Civil Defense Authority and in the service of his people and his country since 1995.

Names of the martyrs:

  1. Colonel Mohammad Morsi
  2. Umm Mohammad Morsi (Mohammad's mother)
  3. Munir Mohammad Morsi (son)
  4. Hossam Mohammad Morsi (son)
  5. Bahaa Ahmed Morsi (nephew) Source

People in Video: Col. Mohammad Abdulhay Morsi

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