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Survivor recounts his rescue mere moments before Israel level Dar al-Arqam school

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"“Suddenly, when I heard Nooh’s voice I felt like my life and soul rushed back into my body.” Mahmoud Hassounah, a survivor of the Dar al-Arqam massacre, recalls the moment Palestinian Civil Defense workers refused to abandon him, even after the Israeli occupation forces issued a warning of a second missile strike. He lay crushed under rubble, already having said his last prayers, when Nooh, a civil defense worker, and the rest of the civil defense crew returned and pulled him out minutes before the building was bombed again. Source: @yahyasobeih" - Source

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Event Notes

Dar al-Arqam school massacre

One hour after the massacre, the IDF threatened with renewed bombing, which was carried through carpet bombing and eventually led to the complete destruction of the school and the Al-Zakat mosque which is part of the school campus.

Names of the martyrs (identified):

  • Muhammad Nazek Al-Kafarna
  • Ahmad Muhammad Al-Kafarna
  • Ahmad Muhammad Al-Kafarna's wife
  • Muhammad Izz Al-Hayya (2 y/o)
  • Asmaa Ayoub Al-Sayfi
  • Reem Al-Ghussein (Asmaa's daughter)
  • Maram Al-Ghussein (Asmaa's daughter)
  • Rital Abu Sanina (Asmaa's niece)
  • Noor-al-Haqq Abu Sanina (Asmaa's niece)
  • Osama Abu Sanina (Asmaa's nephew)
  • Abdullah Ramez Al-Gharbawi
  • Abdullah Ramez Al-Gharbawi's pregnant wife

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