Israel-Hamas: Calgary man loses 17 family members in Gaza airstrike

Tamer Jarada and his wife were both warned by their parents still living in Gaza that they may not live through the airstrikes. Each time the Calgary man spoke with his dad recently, he knew it could be for the final time.

“Apparently the last goodbye two days ago was really the last goodbye,” Jarada said on Thursday evening.

19 members of Jarada’s family were taking shelter inside a three-bedroom apartment in Gaza City on Wednesday when an airstrike demolished the entire building.

He said three children who were in his family’s apartment survived but many others in the 35-suite building were considered dead or missing.

Among the family members Jarada has lostm, are both of his parents — Nasr Rbah Salama Jarada, his 67-year-old father and Nima Ali Ibrahim Jarada, his 54-year-old mother.

Global's Carolyn Kury de Castillo reports.

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