The daughter-in-law arrived at the family's home an hour before the bombing. When Nizar Riyan saw that she arrived, he laughed and asked her, "why did you come, do you want to die as a "shihada" (a martyr)?"

Of course, she answered in the affirmative.

A bit later, Riyan and his children swapped jokes about death and martyrdom. Riyan complained that his children aren't prepared to die with him, yet the stated they were prepared.

"We will live together, or die together", his children said.

His youngest son said that he wassn't willing to live without his father, so he also wanted to die a martyr like is father, and enter paradise in the afterlife.

Afterwards, some of his children said that the bodies of the casualties are taken to the morgue and kept in a freezer.

"I want to be buried right after I'm killed, so I can go straight to heaven", said Riyan.

Afterwards, his daughter-in-law left the house, and the house was bombed by the IAF, killing Riyan and his family.