Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

ISPT0545

Incident date

October 24, 2023

Location

محيط مسجد علي, Vicinity of the Ali Mosque, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

Geolocation

31.290003, 34.247267 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Nearby landmark level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

On October 24th 2023, an alleged Israeli strike hit the house of the Natat family, near Rabaa Al-Adawiya School within the vicinity of Ali Mosque, west of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, injuring at least two people based on images provided by local sources.

Multiple local sources reported that “injuries” resulted from the strike on the Natat family home, but did not provide an exact toll of the injuries. The account @Shehabagency posted to X/ Twitter images of an injured boy receiving attention from medical professionals as well as an injured man being wheeled into hospital on a stretcher. An image of a third man is also shared, but due to him being covered by white cloth, it is not possible to affirm that this is a separate person to the other two people. The caption alleges that the people pictured had been injured during an airstrike on the Natat family home and were being transferred to Kuwait Hospital for medical treatment. However, as these images were included in another incident which occurred near Ali Mosque on the same day, it is unclear if the injuries occurred in this incident.

Al-Sharq News also posted about the reported incident on Facebook, sharing images taken by Firas Abu Sharkh which further depict casualties entering the Kuwait Hospital.

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

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the vicinity of Ali mosque (مسجد علي) to the east of Rafah (رفح), for which the generic coordinates are: 31.290003, 34.247267. 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
    Residential building
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    2–3
  • 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.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Israeli Military

Sources (5) [ collapse]

Media
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    Source: @ShehabAgency
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    Source: @ShehabAgency
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    Source: @ShehabAgency
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    Source: @ShehabAgency
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    Source: Albalad news network
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    Source: Palestine news
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    Source: Al-sharq news
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    Source: Al-sharq news

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
    Residential building
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    2–3
  • 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.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Israeli Military

Sources (5) [ collapse]