Surgeon Dr. Rizq Abu Shaira was killed during the Israeli airstrike

An ongoing armed conflict between Israel and Hamas that escalated on October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched a large-scale assault on southern Israel, killing over 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages. Israel's subsequent military campaign in Gaza has triggered a severe humanitarian crisis with mass casualties and widespread displacement.

An Israeli airstrike on a family home in Beit Lahiya killed Muamen Ahmed, his wife and their two daughters, aged eight and twelve, according to Palestinian health officials. The Israeli military said Ahmed was a militant involved in attacks against its forces and that the strike targeted a military structure, but it did not provide supporting details or address the deaths of his wife and children.