Woman displaced in Kafr Qasim school lost everything to the IDF

No.

5451

Date

22 September, 2024

Original Social Media Post

""Her house was destroyed, and her husband and two of her sons were martyred. She displaced to the Kafr Qasim school in the al-Shati camp, which was targeted today. The question is, where will she go now?" #غزة_تُباد"
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Archivist Notes On This Video

Summary translation:

"Our house was destroyed. My husband was killed in front of the house. So we got displaced and came to this school and now they destroyed this school. Where should we go after this? Should we go to the street? There's no space left anywhere. We keep being displaced from one school to another. Please, save us. - Where are you planning to go now?

  • *I don't know where I can go because the rest of the schools have been destroyed or are completely crowded. I have no one to help or support me, I'm alone here. My family is in Rafah and so is my husband's. My husband was martyred, and I've been here taking care alone of my two sons and two daughters. Two of my sons have been martyred in Rafah. * - What happened to your children in this bombing? - My son was injured in his foot, my daughter in her shoulder. My children were screaming and crying. Where should we go?

Archivist Notes: Kafr Qasim school massacre - Al-Shati

Around midday, an Israeli airstrike targeted the Kafr Qasim Girls' Secondary School, which shelters displaced people in Al-Shati camp, west of Gaza City, killing seven people, and injuring dozens. Many of the casualties in this strike were employees of the Ministry of Public Works and Housing in Gaza.

The school is located in an area that is full of schools including a UNRWA school-complex, the Shati camp schools, the Al-Shifa Street schools and the Kafr Qasim school, each sheltering hundreds of families.

Footage in the aftermath shows that the school has been almost deserted following the airstrike as displaced persons were afraid of the possibility of subsequent bombardment.

The Director General of the Ministry of Public Works and Housing in Gaza, Eng. Majed Saleh, was killed in this strike, along with his nephew.

This strike was officially the 19th school bombed by Israel in Gaza City alone since August.

Survivor testimony Author Meqdad Jameel writes: "They bombed Kafr Qasim School in our neighborhood in Al-Shati Camp. Our children miraculously survived while they were memorizing the Quran there and the bombing took place!"

Names of identified martyrs of Kafr Qasim School bombing:

The details for each video come from social media. None of it has been verified.