On the morning of October 23rd 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike on a house for the Al-Batsh family in Jabalia, and a residential apartment in the Al-Faluja neighbourhood killed at least 17 people and injured ‘dozens’.

Al-Watan News reported that “the bodies of 17 martyrs were also recovered, while there were dozens of injuries” by the airstrikes but did not specify at which location the casualties occurred.

A post from Khaled Al-Batsh provided the names of 11 of those killed: 32-year-old Halima Saleh Al-Batsh, 23-year-old Yasmine Saleh Al-Batsh, 20-year-old Bisan Saleh Al-Batsh, 16-year-old Israa Saleh Al-Batsh, 27-year-old Heba Saleh Al-Batsh, 7-year-old Hamza Rabie Al-Batsh, 4-year-old Tala Rabie Al-Batsh, 35-year-old Aed Muhammad al-Mahrouq, his son 13-year-old Maslama Aed al-Mahrouq, his daugher 8-year-old Bilsan Aed al-Mahrouq, 25-year-old Muhammad Muhammad al-Shorbaji.

According to an Al Jazeera video posted on Facebook, women and children were injured as a result of the bombing.

Several images have been uploaded of the aftermath of the strike onto Facebook. In a post by Gaza Days, images have been shared which show a group of men assisting survivors to leave the building, which has been completely exposed due to damage to its exterior wall.

In an image posted by the Twitter/X account @SalemRopp, a man is shown grieving victims, covered and wrapped in cloth, in the aftermath of the strike. According to PNN News Network, which included images of the bodies of at least eight victims, the Al-Batsh family’s home was located near Nassar Junction in Jabalia and at the time of reporting, victims were still under the rubble. @ShehabAgency added that the strike occurred at an apartment in Rayan Tower. Journalist Tayseer Qudeih specified that the home belonged to Saleh Al-Batsh.

All names have been matched with the Palestinian Ministry of Health list of names, released October 26th 2023.

Where sources identified the belligerent, all sources attributed the strikes to Israeli forces.