APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Deir al-Balah - 15 November 2021. Palestinians hold placards during a protest to demand an investigation against the Israeli army about killed Nine members of al-Sawarka family on 2019.
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: APAwire CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Deir al-Balah - 15 November 2021. Palestinians hold placards during a protest to demand an investigation against the Israeli army about killed Nine members of al-Sawarka family on 2019. 0.1 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Zainab Al-Khalidi, human rights activist. 0.2 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Abu Odeh Al-Sawarka, citizen. STORYLINE: Air attacks on November 14, 2019 targeted the home of Rasmi Abu Malhous. The bombing killed nine members of the al-Sawarka family: Rasmi Abu Malhous al-Sawarka, 46; his second wife Maryam, 45; and three of their 11 children – Mohannad, 12; Salim, three; and three-month-old Firas. Rasmi’s younger brother, 40-year-old Mohamed, and his wife Yousra, 39, were also killed in the attack, in addition to two of their sons: Thirteen-year-old Waseem and seven-year-old Moaaz. The al-Sawarka victims were among the 34 Palestinians killed by Israeli air raids over the Gaza Strip over two days, in an escalation of violence between Israel and the Islamic Jihad. After that, the Israeli army said in statement that intelligence collected ahead of the attack had indicated that the residence “was designated as an Islamic Jihad terror organisation military compound”. The army had “estimated” that “civilians would not be harmed as a result of an attack” on the site, which was not believed to be accessible to members of the public. An army inquiry later found “that even though military activity was conducted in the compound, it was not a closed compound, and in reality, civilians were present there,” it said. The army said it would learn from its “mistakes” to reduce “the recurrence of similar irregular events.” Footage by APAwire
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