A report released Publishing by United Nations Office for Humanitarian Affairs stated Statement that the attack Attack on the Samouni family , who were among the Zeitoun victims , was one of the `` gravest incidents Catastrophe '' in the conflict .

Jonathan D. Halevi of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs , an Israeli think Perception_active tank and advocacy organisation , said Communication that printed Publishing flyers from Palestinian Islamic Jihad and its associated websites named Name_conferral five members of the Samouni extended Change_event_time family as being affiliated with the group in some role .

Halevi also states Statement that militants from that organisation were operating Being_in_operation in the area around the time Israeli tanks began Process_start shelling the group of homes belonging to the Samouni extended Change_event_time family .

According to the `` New York Times '' , members of the Samouni family `` did not deny Statement that Hamas militants operated Being_in_operation in the area .