Airwars assessment
Late on Friday, June 7th 2024, an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the home of the Muhanna family located near First Street in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood of Gaza City north of Gaza Strip, killing at least seven members of the same family, including a woman and three children, and injuring several other civilians. One militant was also likely killed in the incident, with the accompanying civilian deaths his family members.
Safa News was the first to report the incident at 23:38, writing about “martyrs and injured” resulting from it. An hour later the news agency reported that four people had been killed in the incident, with Shehab Agency later reporting to X/Twitter that the bombing had killed five civilians.
In a post to Facebook, Mohamed Awad reported that the Muhanna family home on the first street in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood was hit by an Israeli airstrike. The post also reported that an ambulance crew had already recovered a number of injured people and that a search was underway for those missing under the rubble.
The account Khabar2Agency posted an image of a house which had been badly damaged by an airstrike to Facebook, claiming this was the Muhanna family home in Sheikh Radwan. In another post to Facebook, Mohanna Aymann shared a video of a rescue team carrying out an injured person from the same house as shared in Khabar2Agency’s post to an ambulance. Within the post’s caption, Mohanna announced the death of his uncle Youssef Ibrahim Muhanna, Youssef’s wife Linda Khalil Muhammed Muhanna (Al-Madhoun) as well as their sons Ibrahim Youssef Muhanna and Abdul Karim Youssef Muhanna. Apparently, Abdul Karim died on June 11 of his injuries according to the post by his uncle Samah Almadhoun who wrote: “My nephew, Abdul Karim Youssef Muhanna, was martyred as a result of his previous injury, so he could join his mother, father, and brother.” Samah also added an image of the late Abdul Karim – a smiling young boy making a heart shape with his fingers.
Facebook user Mohamed Awad mentioned that Youssef Ibrahim Muhanna was a Brigadier General. Though this information was not corroborated by other sources, Airwars has categorised Youssef Muhanna as a militant rather than a civilian given this reference.
Shehab Agency and Abu Maisara also mentioned that a baby daughter of Youssef and Linda was among the victims of the deadly strike. As the exact ages are not known, Airwars as estimated a conservative death toll among children of three fatalities – though this could be as high as six.
The post from Mohanna Aymann also included the names of their cousins, the siblings Ibrahim Ihab Muhanna, Jory Ihab Muhanna, and Jana Ihab Muhanna who were also killed in the airstrike.
Saed Hatoum shared a video on Facebook of the destruction and efforts of recovery at the same house by previous sources.
Where sources identified the belligerent, all sources attributed the strikes to Israeli forces.
The incident occured at approximately 11:38 pm local time.
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