On Tuesday, October 24th 2023, at least 21 civilians were reportedly killed and a number of others were injured during an alleged Israeli airstrike on the two homes of the Abu Warda family, near the al-Nazla roundabout, in Jabalia al-Nazla, in the northern Gaza Strip.

Shehab news agency initially reported that there was one person killed and two injured as a result of the alleged airstrike. Accompanied is a picture taken during the day of a large smoke plume in the near distance.

The Al nazle-nasr family Facebook page reported that the home belonged to one of the victims, the elderly Hajj Nasser Muhammad Saleh Abu Wardah (also known as Abu Muhammad), and reported that there were children affected by the alleged strike, which is corroborated by the other sources.

In a post on Facebook, Mohammad Abo-Warda identified the names of those who were killed in the alleged airstrike and his relations to them. He stated that his father and his mother who are unnamed in the post had been killed. His parents were later identified as Hajj Nasser Muhammad Abu Wardeh and Raja Atta Abu Wardeh. He described his father as an “honourable… generous man with a beautiful character” and called his mother “beloved by all”.

He also reported the deaths of his brother, 27-year-old Ahmed Nasser Muhammad Abu Wardeh, and his three sisters, ten-year-old Jana Nasser Muhammad Abu Wardeh, nine-year-old Sama Nasser Muhammad Abu Wardeh and Haya Nasser Muhammad Abu Wardeh. Haya’s daughter Sham Abdel Malek Abu Wardeh was also killed in the incident. Mohammad Abo-Warda’s cousins 16-year-old girl Dima Bashir Abu Wardeh and 34-year-old Madeleine Mahmoud Abu Wardeh were also killed alongside Madeleine’s daughter who was unnamed.

Alongside his post, Mohammed shared five pictures of his family members, his parents, his brother Ahmed and young sisters, Jana and Sama, from before the incident. These images showed the family sat together, celebrating occasions like the arrival of a new baby and school milestones.

The Abu Warda family Facebook account posted 12 names of their family members who were killed in the alleged strike. Some had been reported by Mohammad abo-warda, the other victims named were: 14-year-old boy Farouk Muhammad Farouk Abu Wardeh, six-year-old girl Sarah Tariq Bashir Abu Wardeh, and 47-year-old woman Nisreen Khader Abu Wardeh. It is possible that Sarah is the same child as Madeleine’s daughter.

The Facebook page “Alnazla today” posted a list of those who had reportedly been killed in the alleged airstrike. In addition to the above names, the post identified one-year-old Masa Muhammad Youssef Nasr and four-year-old Faten Muhammad Youssef Nasr as killed in the incident. This source also added that Ziad Al-Muqayd (also known as Abu Muhammed) and his wife and children were reportedly killed in the alleged airstrike (named below).

A Facebook user called Nadi y nser posted images of Masa and Faten from before the incident and referenced a victim named Mohammed saying, “may God heal you, O Muhammad, my dear brother”, suggesting that this victim may have been injured.

Another Facebook user Mohammed Khaleel, shared a graphic image of the bodies of the young sisters Faten and Masa.

Naheel Sai’d identified the names of Ziad Al-Muqayd’s wife Reham Shekhda Khader, two sons, 11-year-old Muhammad Ziyad Al-Muqayd and six-year-old Karim Ziad Al-Muqayed, and his daughter, nine-year-old Maryam Ziyad Al-Muqayd. Naheel reported that the family were killed when the house in which they had took refuge was bombed. Accompanying this post was a picture of two of the children on a ride at a funfair.

In a post on Facebook, Saheel Al-Muqayyad posted a prayer to Ziad Al-Muqayd, his beloved brother and his family, as did Husam Abu Hamze and other friends and family members. A Facebook account called Sons of Al-Jarn Neighbourhood paid tribute to Ziad and his family saying, “the people of al-Jarn neighbourhood mourn”.

Shehab news agency posted a picture of a young boy on a hospital bed, being cared for by medical personnel. The picture is captioned “After three hours under the rubble, the child Mahmoud Abu Warda was recovered in good health”. There is no detail if the child received any injuries as a result of this reported airstrike, however the length of entrapment and difficulty in his rescue suggest that he may have been harmed.

Safa, the Palestinian news agency, posted a video on Facebook of a boy named Raad Abu Wardeh, showing the moment he “was taken out from under the rubble of a house in the Jabalia Al-Nazla area”. In the video there are around 50 men at the scene assisting and watching the young boy, limp and covered in dust, being lifted onto a stretcher. No sources detailed whether Raad survived the incident or the extent of his injuries. The video also shows extensive damage to the side of the building and it appears the onlookers are standing on the remains of where a house once stood. It looks like at least two buildings have been impacted by this alleged airstrike.

@mariagazali reported in a post on Twitter/X that a woman had been killed and others had been injured in a bombing that affected two homes belonging to the Abu Warda family. The account shared an image of a killed victim arriving at a healthcare facility. The post did not identify the woman by name.

Einas Mahmoud posted a tribute to her nephew, likely Farouk Muhammed Farouk Abu Warda, who was killed in the incident. Pictured is a young teenage boy smiling at the camera. The boy’s mother was identified as Iman Abu Wardeh, he was her first-born son.

Where possible, Airwars has matched names with the Palestinian Ministry of Health list of nearly 7000 victims’ names and ID numbers released on October 26th.

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

The local time of the incident is unknown.