The destruction in Gaza has left no family untouched, but the Al-Absi, Balosha and Hamdan families have sacrificed even more than most. May Allah (s.w.t.) accept these children amongst the martyrs, and help their parents to patiently persevere:
Palestinian children from the Balosha family, five of who were killed in the same Israeli missile strike, are seen in the morgue before their burial at Kamal Edwan hospital in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Monday, Dec. 29, 2008:
Three Palestinian brothers Sidki (8), Ahmad (12), and Mohammed (14) al-Absi, who were killed in an Israeli missile strike, during their funeral in Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Monday, Dec. 29, 2008:
The bodies of Lama (R) and Haya Hamdan lie at a mortuary after they were killed in an Israeli air strike in Beit Hanun in the northern Gaza Strip on December 30, 2008. A fresh Israeli air strike on the Hamas-run Gaza Strip today killed two sisters aged four and 11, Palestinian medical sources said. Lama and Haya Hamdan were killed in a raid targeting a donkey cart in Beit Hanun, the sources said. Warplanes pounded Gaza for a fourth day as the Palestinian death toll rose to at least 360:
