On October 22nd 2023, at least three people were killed and others were wounded by an alleged Israeli airstrike which hit the Abdel Latif family home on Aidiya Street, behind Al Shifa Medical Complex in the Al Nasr area of the Northern Gaza Strip.

The three casualties were all identified as members of the Akila family. Fatima Tawfiq al-Jaja Akila was killed, as were mother Zahra Ahmed al-Jaja Akila and daughter Fatima Kamel Akila.

Friends and relatives took to social media to memorialize their loved ones. Ahmed Nayef Shaw stated that Fatima had been like “a tender mother to us all.”

Mohammed Al-Jaja, the nephew of Fatima Tawfiq Al-Jaja Akila, shared a post on Facebook announcing the deaths and describing his aunt as “kind and patient.” He prayed that the family be sent “to a paradise as wide as the heavens and the earth.” Mohammad included an image of a toddler covered in dust, possibly the young Fatima, who appears to have been killed.

Several posts on social media, such as @alosbou on X/Twitter, alleged other civilians had been injured during the bombing of Abdul Latiff’s house, but no other information has been made clear.

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

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