Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

ISLB011024a

Incident date

October 1, 2024

Location

بلدة مشغرة بالبقاع اللبناني, town of Mashaghara, in West Beqaa, Beqaa, Lebanon

Airwars assessment

On October 1, 2024, an alleged Israeli airstrike hit an emergency ambulance centre in the town of Mashaghara, in West Beqaa, Lebanon, reportedly killing eight people.

Though the incident was reported by multiple news sources and social media users, Mashghara Moons News posted to Facebook that there was “no truth” to the information about the raid, but provided no clarifications as to what information was incorrect. Therefore, the civilian death toll has been recorded as 0-8 to account for the uncertainty.

The names of the people who were killed are not known at the moment of assessing the incident.

Where sources identified the belligerent, only one source, Khabar24 news, attributed the strike to the Israeli military. Therefore, Airwars graded the strike status as a “single source claim”. The sources which reported on the civilian harm repeated information, therefore the civilian harm status was graded as “weak.”

The incident occured during the night.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Single source claim
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian infrastructure
    Healthcare facility
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    0 – 8
  • (0–8 healthcare_personnel)
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Impact
    Healthcare
    Impact on services or infrastructure relating to education, health or food supply. See methodology note for details.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Israeli Military

Sources (28) [ collapse]

Israeli Military Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Strike status
    Single source claim
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian infrastructure
    Healthcare facility
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    0 – 8
  • (0–8 healthcare_personnel)
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Impact
    Healthcare
    Impact on services or infrastructure relating to education, health or food supply. See methodology note for details.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Israeli Military

Sources (28) [ collapse]