Search for victims under the rubble of Asmaa school building
No.
8083
Date
27 October, 2024
Original Social Media Post
Source
Around 2:30 pm, Israeli strikes targeted the UNRWA's 'Asma Bent Abi Bakr' school in Shati camp, west of Gaza City.
This is the fourth Israeli bombing on the school since June 2024:
- June 6, 2024: 3 killed in targeting a room stocking toys
- June 25, 2024: 14 killed
- October 19, 2024: 8 killed, many torn to shreds
Minutes after the strike, casualties were confirmed at 9 killed and about 20 injuries.
Graphic footage showed at least 4 men were killed or injured while carrying loaves of bread, now soaked in their blood, 3 children seriously injured, and an edlerly man disemboweled by the Israeli strike.
Among the dead were four journalists (Sources 1 2 3):
- Saed Ridwan: Head of the Digital Media Department at Al-Aqsa channel (aka Seraj TV)
- Hamza Abu Salmiya: editor at Snd News Agency
- Haneen Mahmoud Baroud: media professional and journalist at the Jerusalem Foundation.
- Nadia Imad Al-Sayed: producer and presenter at local radio stations.
Names of the martyrs (identified):
- Haneen Mahmoud Baroud (journalist and media professional)
- Zeina Saeed Al-Ghoul(o/1) (9 y/o child)
- Hamza Abu Salmiya (journalist)
- Shoaib Al-Haddad (Elderly architect; footage shows he was disemboweled)
- Ahmed Shoaib Al-Haddad (Shoaib's son)
- Saed Ridwan (journalist)
- Hamza Abu Sabha
- Saja Ahmed Al-Atal
- Nidaa Al-Atal
- Nadia Imad Al-Sayed
- Abu Abdullah Zaqout
(Source)