Around midnight on October 30th, 2023, at least nine civilians, including children, were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike that destroyed the Nofal family house in the Jabalia refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip. Among the injured were photographers Riyad Nofal and his son, Ibrahim Nofal. An ambulance was damaged as a consequence of the alleged attack.

The majority of sources reporting on the incident only reported “injuries” without providing a toll. Some of these sources explicitly stated that no fatalities occurred.

The incident was reported via X/Twitter by numerous accounts, including @ShehabAgency and @PalinfoAr. Although details about the number of injured civilians were not publicly available, several pictures showing the damage of the alleged strike were shared on various social media accounts.

@ShehabAgency posted a series of images showing two infants and a man being carried into the hospital, along with a baby, receiving treatment on a stretcher.

A different set of pictures was widely shared on Facebook. In these images, Ibrahim Nofal can be seen bleeding, followed by him holding his father’s arm with a bandage on his head. Another photo shows an infant lying on a stretcher, embraced by a man. They were both identified in a Facebook post by Hamza.khalil.587 as Riyad (a child) and his father Omar Nofal. Omar Nofal and his son Riyad were also captured in a video posted on Facebook by Al Jazeera Palestine. In the video, an emotional Riyad Nofal can be seen first embracing Omar, and then the younger Riyad, visibly shaken over the stretch. Additionally, photos of at least two other wounded infants were shared as well.

The destruction of the Nofal family house was documented in images posted by @PalinfoAr and other sources. Multiple sources, including Al Jazeera Palestine, shared a video depicting firefighters attempting to contain the fire caused by the alleged airstrike on the last structure of the house standing amid the rubble. A noticeably damaged ambulance can be seen in the same video as well.

The X/Twitter user @Yasser_Gaza mentioned that Ibrahim Nofal is “a wedding and beauty photographer in Gaza and Istanbul, who during his last days turned into a photographer of [Israeli] crimes in Gaza”. User @Sundus_Alnajjr described Ibrahim as “passionate about capturing moments of beauty and happiness”.

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