Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

ISPT0563

Incident date

October 24, 2023

Location

تل السلطان, رفح, Tal Al Sultan neighbourhood, Rafah, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

Geolocation

31.310318, 34.241843 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Neighbourhood/area level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

On Tuesday, October 24th 2023, two people were reportedly killed and at least four others were injured, as a result of an alleged Israeli bombing on the home of the Mansour family in Tal Al Sultan neighborhood, next to the Directorate of Social Affairs, in Rafah, Gaza Strip.

Mahmoud Sami, Mahmoud Al-Aarsak and Mohammad n. Abu Shammala reported on Facebook that 52-year-old Jamal Mahmoud Ali Mansour (also known as Abu Nidal) and his eldest son 29-year-old Nidal Jamal Mansour were killed.

Palestinian news agency Safa also stated that dozens were wounded and @Hamzaalnamla1 reported in a post on Twitter/X that there were four injuries, one of them serious.

Family members, including another of Jamal’s sons, Ali, and Nidal’s father-in-law, Abu Khaled Bibo, paid tribute to the victims on social media. Many sources also included images of Jamal Mahmoud Ali Mansour and Nidal Jamal Mansour from before the incident.

The names of both identified victims have been matched to 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.

The victims were named as:

Family members (2)

Jamal Mahmoud Ali Mansour جمال محمود علي منصور
52 years old male killed Matched to MoH ID 927395103
Nidal Jamal Mahmoud Mansour نضال جمال محمود منصور
28 years old male killed Matched to MoH ID 400241451

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the neighbourhood of Tal Al Sultan (تل السلطان) west of Rafah (رفح), for which the generic coordinates are: 31.310318, 34.241843. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

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Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian infrastructure
    Residential building
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2
  • (2 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    4
  • 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 (15) [ collapse]

Media
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    Source: Mahmoud sami

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    Source: Mahmoud al-sarsak

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    Source: Mohammad n. Abu shammala

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    Source: Haneen hazem el masri

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    Source: Carlos

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    Source: Carlos

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    Source: Hossam mansour

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    Source: Hossam mansour

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    Source: Ali mansour

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    Source: Ali mansour

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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
    Residential building
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2
  • (2 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    4
  • 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 (15) [ collapse]