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<article data-history-node-id="432130" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/opinion-overnight-israeli-strike-turned-my-familys-home-gaza-graveyard" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/opinion-overnight-israeli-strike-turned-my-familys-home-gaza-graveyard" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Opinion: Overnight, an Israeli strike turned my family's home in Gaza into a graveyard</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>On 27 September, I woke up at 5.10am in my apartment in&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/turkey" target="_blank">Turkey</a>, feeling suffocated and thirsty.</p> <p>I was uneasy for no clear reason. I reached for my phone to read the latest updates from&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/topics/israel-genocide-gaza" target="_blank">Gaza</a>. I saw a message in my town's news-sharing group in Gaza that an&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israeli</a>&nbsp;air strike had targeted my family's home.</p> <p>I texted my brother, Abood, but the message did not go through. Moments later, my mother, who now lives near me in Turkey, called. Her voice trembled with fear as she asked whether I had read the news. I walked straight out of my apartment and down the road to her house.</p> <p>My heart froze, and my chest felt heavy. I refused to believe that my worst nightmare during the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/topics/israel-genocide-gaza" target="_blank">Gaza genocide</a>&nbsp;had become real, but the feeling of suffocation would not go away.</p> <p>On the way, I called a friend in Gaza. Together, we managed to reach my sister, Sarah. That small victory gave me hope that my family had survived.</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/overnight-israeli-strike-turned-my-familys-home-gaza-graveyard">Opinion: Overnight, an Israeli strike turned my family's home in Gaza into a graveyard</a>&nbsp;by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/users/yousef-aljamal" title="View user profile.">Yousef Aljamal</a></h3> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="One of the author's nieces, pictured in Gaza in December 2023 before being killed in an Israeli air strike on the family's home on 27 September 2025 (Supplied)" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="36252045-f0a8-4c66-88f6-4affd1cd45cd" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/images-story/IMG_7205_0.jpg" width="1000" height="563" alt="One of the author's nieces, pictured in Gaza in December 2023 before being killed in an Israeli air strike on the family's home on 27 September 2025 (Supplied)" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>One of the author's nieces, pictured in Gaza in December 2023 before being killed in an Israeli air strike on the family's home on 27 September 2025 (Supplied)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article>

Houthi authorities want to publicly execute the convicted individuals, and also sentenced two others to prison.

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Palestinian authorities in Gaza say violations have been ‘systematic’ and threaten ‘prospects for stability’