Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

ISPT0624

Incident date

October 25, 2023

Location

نزل الطبيب نضال حجازي, House of Doctor Nidal Hijazi, Gaza Strip, the Gaza Strip

Airwars assessment

On Tuesday October 24th 2023, at least one civilian, the mother of a Dr. Nidal Hijazi, was injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip.

Her son, Dr. Nidal Abdullah Hijazi was also stuck under the rubble and emerged from it to treat his mother at the hospital in his role as a professor and doctor. Several videos showed him, a middle-aged man in glasses, treating his mother’s foot after emerging from the rubble while he was still covered in dust. Despite being trapped under rubble, Nidal did not appear to have sustained any physical injuries; as no source explicitly mentioned any wounds, Dr. Nidal has not been included in our range of civilians injured.

The exact location and local time of the strike are unknown.

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

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Mother of Nidal Hijazi (Unnamed)
Adult female injured

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian infrastructure
    Residential building
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    1
  • 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

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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
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    1
  • 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 (16) [ collapse]