Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

ISPT0535

Incident date

October 23, 2023

Location

مدينة حمد السكنية, Hamad Residential Town, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

Geolocation

31.373705, 34.315991 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Exact location (via Airwars) level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

At the dawn of Monday, 23 October 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the lawyer Mohamed Sammour’s home located at the entrance to His Highness Sheikh Hamad City from the eastern side, opposite the O towers northwest of Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, causing minor injuries to a number of civilians living in a neighboUring house.

According to local sources, the building had no residents, and no one appeared to be in the building at the time of the incident. The only casualties Airwars identified as caused by this strike were “minor injuries” to people in a nearby building.

According to Hamad City media Facebook account, the building hosted many shops, including Al-Mashni Fresh and Frozen Shops and Zait and Za’atar Supermarket. They appear to have been destroyed. Windows and doors of the O2 and O3 towers were also broken, in addition to the muliple burnt cars on the street.

Hamadcity media also shared images of the severely damaged building neighboring building as well as the collapse Sammour family home. The street was littered with rubble and burnt cars.

Those images were reposted by many social media users. Hamad Media posted a video also showing the widespread destruction in the aftermath of the strike.

Where sources identified a belligerent, they attributed the strike to Israeli forces.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Geolocation notes (3) [ collapse]

Reports of the incident mention a residential building being struck in the Hamad Residential Town (مدينة حمد السكنية) of Khan Younis (خان يونس). Analysing audio-visual material from sources we have narrowed down the location to these exact coordinates: 31.373705, 34.315991.

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  • Imagery:
    Journalist adel zourob

  • Imagery:
    Journalist adel zourob

  • Imagery:
    Journalist adel zourob

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian infrastructure
    IDP or refugee camp, Residential building
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • 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.
  • Impact
    Food
    Impact on services or infrastructure relating to education, health or food supply. See methodology note for details.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Israeli Military

Sources (22) [ collapse]

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    Source: Journalist adel zourob

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    Source: Hamadcity media

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    Source: Hamadcity official

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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
    IDP or refugee camp, Residential building
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • 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.
  • Impact
    Food
    Impact on services or infrastructure relating to education, health or food supply. See methodology note for details.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Israeli Military

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