Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

ISPT0592

Incident date

October 25, 2023

Location

النصيرات, Nuseirat, Deir al Balah, the Gaza Strip

Geolocation

31.450065, 34.392934 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Town level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

At around 9:40pm on Wednesday, October 25th 2023, the Eid family’s house, located west of Camp 2 opposite the Maghazi entrance in the Al-Zuwaida area of the Nuseirat Camp, Central Gaza, was bombed in an alleged Israeli military airstrike. According to initial accounts, Israeli military aircraft bombed the house shortly after the end of evening prayers, resulting in fatalities and dozens of injuries according to Wafa News agency.

Airwars identified the names of twenty members of the Eid family, forming six family units, who were killed in the incident.

Among the victims were Umm Ismail Eid, the family’s grandmother, along with her 33-year-old son Mustafa Jamil Ismail Eid, 30-year-old daughter-in-law Safa Mahmoud Mohammed el-Shorbagy, and her three young grandchildren, a five-year-old girl named Fella Mustafa Jamil Eid, and her two brothers, nine-year-old Ismail Mustafa Jamil Eid, and two-year-old Karam Mustafa Jamil Eid.

One-year-old Jamil Ali Jamil Eid and his brother Muhannad Ali Jamil Eid, along with their mother, were also among those killed. Additionally, father and son, 36-year-old Muhammad Ramadan Younis Eid and two-year-old Waseem Muhammad Ramadan Eid were killed in the incident.

38-year-old Saeed Ramadan Younis Eid, described as “one of the best mathematics teachers” at Shuhada al-Maghazi Secondary School for Boys, was another victim who was killed along with his wife, Hadeel Musa Abdel Jawad Eid, and their 10-year-old daughter, Dana Saeed Ramadan Eid.

Sharing the names of those killed in the bombing, Younis Zuhair mourned the loss of his “caring uncle and second father” 49-year-old Wissam Mousa Shehada Eid, his aunt 46-year-old Taghreed Ramadan Eid, and his “kind and affectionate” cousin, 21-year-old Ahmed Wissam Mousa Eid.

In a Facebook post, Al-Zawaida Youth Sports Club expressed deep sorrow shared by the club’s management, technical staff, players, and fans over the death of the former club player and engineer, 43-year-old Rushdi Ramadan Younis Eid. The club posted an image of Rushdi on the football pitch holding up a large trophy.

Rushdi died alongside his pregnant wife, Rima Fayek Qasim Eid, and their 11-year-old son, Muhammad Rushdi Ramadan Eid. Family and friends shared memories and pictures of “the literary, respectable” Rushdi. Others remembered how his wife was “intelligent, active, beloved, elegant” and a colleague named Ghada Awad described her in a post on Facebook as a “kind and generous” teacher at al-Maghazi Girls Preparatory School. Ghada posted an image of Rima posing in front of a banner for the October 2022 celebration of World Teachers’ Day. Like Saeed Ramadan Eid, she was a mathematics teacher.

Many friends and family members posted heartfelt tributes to the Eid family on Facebook, posting images of them from before the incident.

A man named Rashad was described as the only surviving brother of the siblings Rushdi, Taghreed, Said and Mohammed, in a Facebook post by a family member named Ibrahim. Another Facebook user named Mousa, in a tribute post to the Eid family, wished a speedy recovery to his cousin Ghadeer and her sister Lina, who it seems were injured in the incident.

There was allegedly no warning prior to the attack, as noted by Hassan A. Jawad, in a post on Facebook the following day.

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

All identified victims’ names, except for Umm Ismail, Hadeel, Muhaned and Rima, have been matched with the Palestinian Ministry of Health list of nearly 7000 victims’ names and ID numbers released on October 26th.

Rima Fayek Qasim Eid may be 37-year-old Reema Fayek Hamdan Eid (MoH ID 801118514). Hadeel Musa Abdel Jawad Eid may be 35-year-old Hadeel Moussa Hassan Eid (MoH ID 801848599).

Due to the scale and urgency of Airwars’ assessment process, all images have been automatically uploaded to each assessment with the graphic filter applied to protect users. We have also included all images identified from the sources, which may also include any imagery of combatants.

The incident occured at approximately 9:40 pm local time.

The victims were named as:

Family members (6)

Umm Ismail Eid أم إسماعيل عيد
Adult female killed
Mustafa Jamil Ismail Eid مصطفى جميل إسماعيل عيد
33 years old male killed Matched to MoH ID 802584573
Safa Mahmoud Mohammed el-Shorbagy صفا محمود محمد الشوربجي
30 years old female killed Matched to MoH ID 804362523
Fella Mustafa Jamil Eid فلة مصطفى جميل عيد
5 years old female killed Matched to MoH ID 440668523
Ismail Mustafa Jamil Eid إسماعيل مصطفى جميل عيد
9 years old male killed Matched to MoH ID 434602587
Karam Mustafa Jamil Eid كرم مصطفى جميل عيد
2 years old male killed Matched to MoH ID 443152400

Family members (3)

Mother of Muhannad and Jamil (Unnamed) أم مهند وجميل
Adult female killed
Jamil Ali Jamil Eid جميل علي جميل عيد
1 years old male killed Matched to MoH ID 444272066
Muhannad Ali Jamil Eid مهند علي جميل عيد
Child killed

Family members (2)

Muhammad Ramadan Younis Eid محمد رمضان يونس عيد
36 years old male killed Matched to MoH ID 801809625
Waseem Muhammad Ramadan Eid وسيم محمد رمضان عيد
2 years old male killed Matched to MoH ID 444852347

Family members (3)

Saeed Ramadan Eid سعيد رمضان عيد
38 years old male killed Matched to MoH ID 800487126
Hadeel Musa Abdel Jawad Eid هديل موسى عبد الجواد عيد
Adult female killed
Dana Saeed Ramadan Eid دانا سعيد رمضان عيد
10 years old female killed Matched to MoH ID 434091971

Family members (3)

Wissam Moussa Shehada Eid وسام موسى شحادة عيد
49 years old male killed Matched to MoH ID 411036106
Taghreed Ramadan Eid تغريد رمضان عيد
46 years old female killed Matched to MoH ID 901600577
Ahmed Wissam Eid الأبن أحمد وسام عيد
21 years old male killed Matched to MoH ID 407760982

Family members (3)

Rushdi Ramadan Eid رشدي رمضان عيد
43 years old male killed Matched to MoH ID 905199352
Rima Fayek Qasim Eid ريما فايق قاسم عيد
Adult female pregnant killed
Muhammad Rushdi Ramadan Eid محمد رشدي رمضان عيد
11 years old male killed Matched to MoH ID 432168417

Family members (2)

Ghadeer غدير
Age unknown female injured
Lina لينا
Age unknown female Sister of Ghadeer injured

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the town of Nuseirat (النصيرات), for which the generic coordinates are: 31.450065, 34.392934. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian infrastructure
    IDP or refugee camp, Residential building
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    20
  • (8 children6 women6 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    12–24
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Impact
    Education
    Impact on services or infrastructure relating to education, health or food supply. See methodology note for details.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Israeli Military

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Israeli Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Israeli Military
  • Israeli Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian infrastructure
    IDP or refugee camp, Residential building
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    20
  • (8 children6 women6 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    12–24
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Impact
    Education
    Impact on services or infrastructure relating to education, health or food supply. See methodology note for details.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Israeli Military

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