13.11.2026 14:10
The Israeli army targeted the vehicle of a newly married couple waiting in front of a wedding hall in Gaza. In the attack, the groom's 26-year-old friend, who was preparing to take the bride and groom to a photo shoot, lost his life. The groom, whose happiest day turned into a nightmare, recounted the horror he experienced in tears.
The wedding day of a couple preparing to step into a new life in the Gaza Strip turned into a disaster. After the Israeli army targeted the bridal car waiting in front of the wedding venue, 26-year-old Nashaat Fuad Awad, a close friend of the groom, lost his life. The groom, Mohammed Abu Sancargi, who survived the attack, spoke of his pain, recounting that he witnessed his friend's death.
THEY STRUCK THE BRIDAL CAR IN FRONT OF THE WEDDING VENUE
The incident occurred on Thursday, November 12, in the city of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip. An unmanned aerial vehicle belonging to the Israeli army targeted a civilian vehicle on Al-Baraka Street in the south of the city.
According to information in the Palestinian press, the vehicle was waiting for the bride and groom in front of the wedding venue. The couple planned to leave there and go to a park in the city to have their wedding photos taken.
However, in the attack carried out before the vehicle had even moved, 26-year-old Nashaat Fuad Awad, who was behind the wheel, lost his life.
THE GROOM'S HAPPIEST DAY TURNED INTO A NIGHTMARE
It was learned that Awad, who lost his life in the attack, was a close friend of the groom, Mohammed Abu Sancargi. The young man, who wanted to accompany his friend on his wedding day and take the couple for a photo shoot, became the target of the Israeli attack.
Speaking in footage published by Reuters, the groom recounted that shortly before the attack he got out of the vehicle to have photos taken. Sancargi stated that his friend moved a few meters ahead in the vehicle, and that the attack took place immediately afterward.
"I AM ALIVE, BUT THERE IS NO JOY LEFT"
Describing how his friend died before his eyes, the groom Mohammed Abu Sancargi expressed the horror he experienced in these words:
"I had gotten out of the car to take photos. He moved a few steps forward, and then I saw him blown to pieces. I am alive, I must thank God, but there is no joy left."
The words of the groom who survived the attack revealed how the wedding preparations turned into a tragedy.
THE 26-YEAR-OLD YOUNG MAN LOST HIS LIFE
The Palestinian official news agency WAFA confirmed that the person who lost his life in the attack was 26-year-old Nashaat Fuad Awad. The agency reported that an Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle targeted the civilian car and that other people were also injured in the attack.
It was stated that the bride and groom were not inside the vehicle at the time of the attack and that the car was waiting for the couple. While the groom survived the attack, no detailed information was shared about the bride's health condition.
ISRAELI ATTACKS CONTINUE TO TAKE LIVES
According to WAFA, in Israeli attacks carried out at different points in Gaza on the same day, a total of three Palestinians lost their lives and many people were injured. No verified statement could be obtained from the Israeli army regarding the reason for the attack on the bridal car in Deir al-Balah.