Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

ISLB230924zzh

Incident date

September 23, 2024

Location

حولا, Southern Lebanon, Lebanon

Airwars assessment

Two civilians were killed on Monday, September 23rd, 2024 by an alleged Israeli airstrike on southern Lebanon.

Musa Muhammad Mazraani and Ahmad Muhammad Atwi were named online, with testimonies posted on social media about their deaths.

Ziad Ghanwi published photos on Facebook of both Musa Muhammad Mazraani and Ahmad Muhammad Atwi, referring to them as “two good workers.”

Musa Muhammad Mazraani was recognized as a “son of the town of Houla” by the social media account for Bintjbeil News, which also posted an image of Musa, a middle-aged man in a grey button-down shirt standing in front of mountains. Similarly, Ahmed Mohammed Atwi was identified by Bintjbeil News and ‘Ahmad Ibrahim’ as also hailing from the town of Houla.

Musa Muhammad Mazraani was also referred to as uncle and brother-in-law by social media accounts; Jalal Shraim, and Hatem Mazraani respectively.

Social Media account “Majid I Would Like” posted a condolence message on Facebook for Musa Muhammad Mazraani, mentioning that Musa’s sister and nephew had also been killed. The post expressed condolences to likely surviving relative “comrade” Hussein Mazraani, referred to as Abu Hassan, and the rest of the family. The post included a photograph of Musa Muhammad Mazraani. This reference has not been understood by Airwars’ researchers given the wider context and context of the post to be sufficient evidence to link these individuals to any militant organisation.

Where sources identified belligerents, all sources attributed the airstrike to the Israeli military. Only one source, Rola Hussein, referred to the attack as a “raid,” therefore this incident has been listed as an “airstrike.”

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Musa Mohammed Mazraani موسى محمد مزرعاني
Adult male killed
Ahmed Mohammed Atwi أحمد محمد عطوي
Adult male killed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2
  • (2 men)
  • 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 (9) [ collapse]

Media
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    Source: Bintjbeil
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    Source: Ziad Ghanwi
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    Source: Ziad Ghanwi
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    Source: bintjbeil.org
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    Source: Majid I would like
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    Source: bintjbeil.org
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    Source: Ahmad Ibrahim

Israeli Military Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2
  • (2 men)
  • 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 (9) [ collapse]