Airwars assessment
On the morning of Monday, October 23, 2023, at least seven people were killed and dozens of others were wounded in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the al-Dairi family home located adjacent to the al-Iman Mosque in the al-Sabra neighbourhood of Gaza City in the Gaza Strip.
Family members Mahmoud Saleh al-Dairi, Muhammad Saleh al-Dairi (less than one year old), Alaa Ibrahim al-Dairi, Muhammad Youssef al-Dairi, Mahmoud Hamada al-Dairi (15 years old), Muhammad Mahmoud al-Dairi, and Siham al-Dairi (38 years old) were reported killed in the alleged strike on their home.
According to a Facebook post by Nadal Nayef on October 23, “seven cousins from the al-Dairi family were martyred today in the targeting of Al-Iman Mosque in Al-Sabra neighborhood.” The same day, Ghabraa Ghabraa posted that “Today, my family has mourned for a number of its people. We ask God to have mercy on them, the martyr[s] Mahmoud Saleh al-Dairi, Muhammad Saleh al-Dairi, Mahmoud Muhammad al-Dairi, Alaa Ibrahim al-Dairi, [and] Siham al-Deiri, and a number of the wounded.” A video posted by Tareq Abu Mohammad shows mourners carrying at least three shrouded bodies to a burial plot. The next day, Ghabraa Ghabraa provided an update that Mahmoud Hamada al-Dairi and Muhammad Mahmoud al-Dairi also died. “Our hearts were torn and your departure hurts us.” This post was accompanied by a photo collage showing various members of the al-Dairi family who have allegedly been killed by the Israeli military since the beginning of the offensive.
At 11:02 am on October 23, the Palestinian Press Agency (Safa.ps) reported “martyrs and wounded in an Israeli bombing of a house for the al-Diri family in the al-Sabra neighborhood, south of Gaza.” According to @Paltodaytv, the casualties were the “result of [Israeli] aircraft targeting the al-Iman Mosque and a home for the al-Diri family.” On Twitter/X, @wa1tii shared a video with the caption “[the Israeli military] committed a massacre against our neighbors by targeting the al-Imam Mosque. This targeting led to dozens of injuries and martyrs.” The clip, geotagged in the al-Sabra neighborhood, shows a plume of smoke and dust rising above a residential area. A video posted on Facebook by the account ‘Aldurar for Hijabis’ with the text “the Israeli [military] commits a massacre after bombing the Al-Iman Mosque in Sabra” shows hospital workers frantically treating injured patients, most of whom are children and infants. Pools of blood cover the floor. Photos shared on Facebook by Marwan Zulum also show casualties from the alleged strike on the al-Dairi home as relatives and medics desperately tend to the wounded, including numerous children. A Facebook account for the ‘al-Diri clan / Palestine and the diaspora’ shared some of the same photos from the hospital. Though an exact account of injuries has not been made explicit, at least 10 people appear visibly wounded in videos attached to sources, including three children and one man.
Where sources identified the belligerent, the strike was attributed to Israeli forces.
Where possible, names have been matched with the Palestinian Ministry of Health list of fatalities in Gaza released on October 26th, 2023.
The incident occured in the morning.
The victims were named as:
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