Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

ISPT0669

Incident date

October 27, 2023

Location

منطقة الدوار الغربي في بيت لاهيا شمال القطاع, Western Circle neighbourhood, Beit Lahia, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

Airwars assessment

On the afternoon of October 27, 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike/drone strike killed two people on a motorcycle in the Western Circle neighbourhood of Beit Lahia in North Gaza.

Twitter user @PSLK1154 reported that the bodies of the two people were transferred to the Indonesian Hospital in Beit Lahia, and a Facebook post by Ahmad Assaf claimed that both people died at the scene. According to posts by the Quds Network and al-Sharq news, the Gaza Ministry of the Interior reported that both people died from the strike.

According to posts from Twitter user @PSLK1154 and Facebook users Faraj Abdulakreem al-Raq, Mohammed Youssef, and others wrote that the airstrike was carried out by an Israeli reconnaissance plane. The names, ages, and further biographical information on the persons killed are not included in sources available to Airwars. This assessment will be updated if more information emerges.

Sources, including the news agencies Safa, Shehab, al-Araby, and the Quds Network, report that the strike killed two civilians. There are no mentions of any further injuries related to the strike.

When sources identified a belligerent, all sources attributed the strike to Israeli forces.

The incident occured in the afternoon.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike, Drone Strike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    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.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Israeli Military

Sources (39) [ collapse]

Israeli Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Israeli Military
  • Israeli Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike, Drone Strike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    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.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Israeli Military

Sources (39) [ collapse]