On Tuesday, October 29, Israeli warplanes bombed a five-story house in Beit Lahia belonging to the Abu Nasr family. Immediately after the bombing, the Government Media Office in Gaza announced via Telegram that the bombing killed 93 people, while 40 others remain missing.
Ahmad Abu Nasr, 24, says that the building that was bombed contained most of the Abu Nasr family, who came from different parts of northern Gaza and took refuge in the building.
“Many families and dozens of displaced people were taking refuge in this house. They came from dangerous areas, such as Beit Lahia refugee camp, the Sheikh Zayed area, and many areas in the north. They came to take refuge in their relatives’ homes. Entire families, young, old, women and children — they were all wiped out,” Abu Nasr tells Mondoweiss
“The martyrs were lying in the streets as a result of the intensity of the bombing, dismembered,” Abu Nasr adds. “Parts of their bodies were visible above the rubble, and the rest of their bodies had disappeared.”
An older man, Abdul Qader Abu al-Nasr, 66, sits in front of the rubble of the destroyed building. The sound of women wailing around him is audible in a video interview with him collected for Mondoweiss. Around him are survivors of the massacre, including women carrying their children.
The man recounts the horror of what he witnessed. “What do you want me to tell you? Who should I tell it to? Who will hear our screams or care about us?”
Abu al-Nasr lost 11 members of his family, including his sons, daughters, and grandchildren. “The building was just bombed on top of their heads. All of them were civilians fleeing death.”
“Let the world eat, sleep, and drink. The Israeli army killed my sons. They killed my daughters. They killed my grandchildren. What is the world waiting for?” Abu al-Nasr does not finish his last sentence before he starts crying.
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