ISM URGENT APPEAL: Please Help the Ghalia Family

2006-10-10

On June 9th, 2006, the Ghalia family was severely hit in an Israeli attack, during a picnic on the Gaza beach. The incident received worldwide attention mostly due to the horrifying video footage taken minutes later of devastated Huda Ghalia (11) next to the dead body of her father, Ali.

In the attack, 7 family members were killed (Ali 43, his wife Raisa 36, their children: Haytham 8 months, Hanadi 2, Sabrin 7, Ilham 17, Alia 24) and 7 more were injured (Hamida, Amane 22, Ayham 17.5, Adham 12, Huda 10, Hadil 6, Latifa 4). The family has already been hit in the past as result of the ongoing Israeli shelling into civilian neighbourhoods of the densely populated Gaza strip. On January 4th, 2005, an Israeli shell killed 8 and injured 5 in the family's strawberry field. Nine of the 13 were members of the family.

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Photo: Huda, 7, lost her parents and three brothers in the Israeli beach. (Reuters).

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