Testimony of mother who survived the massacre of the Shehato family

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17522

Date

26 April, 2025

Found by

@translating_falasteen Ahmed Jalal

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"The mother of the child, Ali Faraj, who was thrown onto a rooftop by the sheer force of an Israeli airstrike, Nouha Mahmoud Shehato, speaks about the moments leading up to the explosion. Israeli warplanes targeted two residential units on Al-Sahaba Street in central Gaza City, killing 22 civilians and injuring others. The blast tore through the building, hurling children's bodies across rooftops and filling the neighborhood with wreckage and terror. Source: Ahmed Jalal a .j.press (IG)" - Source

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Archivist Notes: Shehato family massacre (children blown out)

Around 3:30 pm, an Israeli airstrike targeted an apartment at the Al-Siddiq residential tower in Al-Yarmouk of Gaza City.

The bombing led to the massacre of three generations of the Shehato family.

Child Ali Faraj survived the massacre after being blown by the explosion from the fifth floor to the rooftop of a neighboring building. His father and five siblings were killed. Ali and his mother were the only members of the family to survive.

Names of the martyrs:

  1. Mahmoud Shehato "Abu Hamza"
  2. Mahmoud Shehato's wife "Umm Hamza"
  3. Raghad Mahmoud Shehato (Mahmoud's daughter)
  4. Hamza Mahmoud Shehato (Mahmoud's son)
  5. Dima Hamza Shehato (Mahmoud's granddaughter)
  6. Mahmoud Hamza Shehato (Mahmoud's grandson)
  7. Nada Mahmoud Shehato (Mahmoud's daughter)
  8. Isam El-Saqa (Nada's son)
  9. Mohammad Zohdi Shehato
  10. Faraj Ali Faraj (Mahmoud's son-in-law)
  11. Zeina Faraj Faraj (Mahmoud's granddaughter)
  12. Leen Faraj Faraj (Mahmoud's granddaughter)
  13. Razan Faraj Faraj (Mahmoud's granddaughter)
  14. Suad Faraj Faraj (Mahmoud's granddaughter)
  15. Jouri Faraj Faraj (Mahmoud's granddaughter)

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