The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
August 2, 2026 – Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) continue to commit crimes against Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip by escalating attacks on inhabited homes, civilian gatherings, and displacement tents across the Gaza Strip, exterminating entire Palestinian families and killing their members inside their homes.
This recurring pattern of attacks underscores that the killing and erasure of Palestinian families have become one of the defining manifestations of the crime of genocide that the IOF have continued to perpetrate in the Gaza Strip for more than 34 months. These attacks form part of a policy aimed at destroying the Palestinian group and inflicting the highest possible number of civilian casualties.
Airstrikes carried out since last night until this morning have killed more than 10 Palestinians, including three members of the same family. Among those killed were three women, two children, and a fetus. Others sustained injuries of varying severity. Meanwhile, the IOF continue to tighten restrictions on the movement of people and the entry and exit of goods to and from the Gaza Strip, further exacerbating the catastrophic humanitarian conditions.
Among the most significant incidents documented by PCHR’s field researchers over the past two days are the following:
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Several other residents of the tower sustained varying injuries and were transferred to al-Shifa Medical Complex. ‘Abeer was seven months pregnant, and her fetus was recovered from beneath the rubble of the apartment later that morning. The strike also inflicted damage to the apartment, parts of the tower, and nearby property.
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The attack killed the elderly homeowner, Kamal Nahban Hamad Abu Mu’eileq (68), and his wife, Huda Khaled ‘Arar Abu Mu’eileq (59), injured three others, and caused extensive destruction to the house as well as damage to neighboring homes.
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PCHR reiterates that IOF’s recurrent attacks on civilian gatherings, inhabited homes with families inside, and displacement tents constitute a persistent pattern of unlawful attacks in violation of the fundamental principles of distinction, military necessity, and precaution.
The killing of entire families, including children, women, and fetuses, and the destruction of homes with their residents inside constitute a defining manifestation of the ongoing crime of genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and reflect an escalating pattern aimed at erasing Palestinian families and destroying their existence.
PCHR calls on the international community to take urgent action to stop the ongoing crime of genocide; adopt concrete and binding measures to ensure international protection for the civilian population; and impose a comprehensive embargo on the transfer of weapons and ammunition to Israel that are used in the commission of international crimes.
PCHR also calls on the States Parties to the Genocide Convention to fulfil their legal obligations to prevent and punish the crime of genocide, implement the provisional measures ordered by the International Court of Justice, and hold perpetrators of crimes committed against Palestinian civilians accountable, thereby putting an end to the longstanding policy of impunity.
