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Funeral of the Abu Lahya family massacred in Israeli bombing of their home

No.

26206

Date

30 September, 2025

Location

Found by

@Meemmag

Original Social Media Post

""قتلوا 5 بنات منهم دكتورة ومهندسة، ما عندهم علاقة بأي تنظيم".. بهذه الكلمات اختصرت مريم أبو لحية مأساة عائلة أبو لحية النازحة التي قتل الاحتلال كل أفرادها ماعدا ناجٍ وحيد، في قصف إسرائيلي استهدف منزلهم غرب دير البلح." - Source

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Archivist Notes On This Video

The videodocuments the funeral of the Abu Lahya family. A relative fo the family Maryam Abu Lahya speaks to the camera: "They struck a house where there were 5 young women and two young men, one was studying engineering and the other nursing. Why did they bomb them? I challenge to proove one of them was affiliated with any (resistance) organization. You won't because they were innocent young people. Their father is abroad and is a renowned doctor and this is what they do them? A whole family including a young woman engineer, a young woman nurse, a young woman doctor, a young woman with a Master's in English. Why did they bomb when they're not affiliated to any organization? What did they do to them!?"

At 0:42, another relative, Muhammad Abu Lahya, comments: "I swear there are no safe zones in Gaza becaseu (Israel) strikes everywhere. I mean, we came here as it's supposed to be safe and we got bombed. We have a message appealing to the conscience of the whole world to put an end to this war of extermination of our children, women and elderly."

Event Notes

Abu Lahya family massacre

Around 5 am, an Israeli airstrike targeted a house in western Deir al-Balah, killing a mother and 6 of her sons and daughters from the Abu Lahya family.

According to an interview with a survivor, Haneen, the massacre occured hours after the family had celebrated her wedding. She recalled that her siblings and mother's odies were shredded, with her mother's being also charred and one her relatives being completely torn to pieces.

Names of the martyrs:

  1. Samira Al-Bahtiti "Umm Ashraf" (mother)
  2. Ahmad Mahdi Abu Lahya (son)
  3. Muhammad Mahdi Abu Lahya (son)
  4. Doaa Mahdi Abu Lahya (daughter)
  5. Maram Mahdi Abu Lahya (daughter)
  6. Sujood Mahdi Abu Lahya (daughter)
  7. Hala Mahdi Abu Lahya (daughter)

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