On Tuesday, October 24th, 2023, at least 11 civilian members of the Hassouna family, including three women and six children, and up to 30 civilians were reportedly killed and dozens were injured as a result of an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Hassouna family’s home located on Al-Nafaq Street near the Yarmouk Mosque in downtown Gaza City, Gaza Strip. Airwars has been able to identify at least 11 civilians by name.

New Arab News reported that there were around 30 family members in the house which was struck and that they were all killed. Twitter/X user @yaso2039 reported at 2:01 PM quoting an Al-Resala correspondent that more than 10 killed civilians had arrived at the Al-Shifa Medical Complex as a result of the bombing.

Abu Hamada Al-ameer mentioned in his post that the Hassouna family bid farewell to more than 35 martyrs and dozens of wounded in three separate raids in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood and Al-Nafaq and Al-Jalaa Streets. However, the exact number of the injured in this particular incident is now known.

Many local sources, including posts from Karim Hazem Mushtaha, Sameh J Saad Eddin and Magles Moshtaha reported on the bombing and provided names of those killed.

31-year-old Mahmoud Majed Asaad Mushtaha was killed alongside his 25-year-old wife Nasma Saleh Ali Hassouna and their two-year-old son Karim Mahmoud Majed Asaad Mushtaha. Karim Hazem Mushtaha mourned their death along with five others in his Facebook post and shared an image of a smiling middle-aged man in a blue T-shirt holding a small child in his hands, apparently Mahmoud with Karim.

New Arab News spoke to Majed Mushtaha, the 62-year-old father of Mahmoud, who stated that “no one who was at home is alive now” and that he had lost four of his grandchildren. He told the media that his 31-year-old son Mahmoud along with his wife and their child went to another relative’s home for safety. “I told my sons that we should not all reside in one house during the attack for fear that Israel would bomb our house and kill us all,” Majed explained. “I wanted one of us to remain alive, so my sons dispersed to different houses. Mahmoud went to his in-laws’ house with his wife and his two-year-old child, Karim.”

Majed added: “I wish we had all stayed together at the same house. I wish I had given Mahmoud a last hug and kissed my grandchildren for the last time. Mahmoud was my youngest son, a kind-hearted man. How will his mother bear the loss of her youngest child? I have also lost four of my grandchildren — Karim, Sara, Nour, and Assad. They are all just children, what did they ever do to anyone?”

34-year-old Safaa Gamal Saad Ahmed Al-Din (Mushtaha) (Umm Majid) was killed along with her two sons, 12-year-old Majed Assad Majed Asaad Mushtaha and 11-year-old Hamza Asaad Majed Asaad Mushtaha, and her two daughters, six-year-old Lana Asaad Majed Asaad Mushtaha and seven-year-old Sarah Asaad Majed Asaad Mushtaha.

Sources also stated that the 24-year-old sister of Safaa, Hala Gamal Ahmed Saad El-Din was killed in the incident alongside her husband, 34-year-old Khaled Saleh Hassouna, and their daughter Nevin Khaled Hassouna (age unknown).

Names of all but one identified victims have been matched with the Palestinian Ministry of Health list of fatalities in Gaza released on October 26th, 2023

When sources identified a belligerent, all sources attributed the strike to the Israeli military.

The incident occured at approximately 2:00 pm local time.