"We heard the sound of a strong explosion in the camp. We headed to the scene and saw the infrastructure and the building completely destroyed. We saw corpses shredded including children and elderly. Some hanging on power cables. It was horrible. 5 of the martyrs still had whole bodies, but the rest were shredded. There were between 15 to 20 people killed."

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, memebrs 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

PHOTOS:

• Portrait of siblings Sham and Karam
• [Portrait of siblings Sham and Karam] (https://x.com/KhaledYousry22/status/1841953631970447554/photo/1)
• Father holds his slain daughter Sham Zahra 1 2
• Body parts collected in cardboard box
• Aftermath of the massacre