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Shortly before 2:40 p.m. on Wednesday, January 15, 2025, two members of aid security units, 45-year-old Mohammad Jihad al-Nijar (Abu Saqr) and 35-year-old Mohammad Rasheed al-Labban, were killed in alleged Israeli military strikes in al-Shati camp, with a up to three other civilians also reported killed.
Safa news first reported at 14:40 that there was at least one person killed among others who were injured in an airstrike on a group of aid workers in the al-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City. They later updated that three civilians were killed in the attack.
Several other independent sources, such as Masdr Al Ikhbaria on Facebook, confirmed a third death, though their identity remains unknown. However, Mohmmad Abu Malek wrote on Facebook that five civilians were killed in the “targeting members of the aid security units in Al-Shati refugee camp.”
Where possible, the names of the victims have been matched with the Palestinian Ministry of Health (MoH) lists, which include national ID numbers. Since October 26, 2023, the MoH has released a number of lists, along with an additional list of medical professionals, which was released on September 17, 2024. Airwars is matching individuals to the first list where their name appeared. In regard to this incident, names are matched to the eighth “Palestinian Ministry of Health List of Fatalities in Gaza”, which was released on March 24, 2025.
Aboali Alhabil posted photos of the deceased Muhammad Jihad al-Nijar. The photos showed his dead body of a middle-aged man with a grey beard, with his eyes and mouth open. He was wearing a black sweater as he lay on the ground.
A photo shared by Adham Matar showed Muhammad Jihad al-Nijar, alive, and wearing the same shirt he is pictured in as a deceased person. The long-sleeve black shirt has a yellow print on the front, reading ‘original’ with the text ‘street wear’ underneath. In the photo, he is shown with a shorter, greying beard and a black cap.
Where sources identified the belligerent, all sources attributed the bombing to the Israeli military.
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Reports of the incident mention the area of Al-Shati Camp (مخيم الشاطئ) to the west of Gaza city (مدينة غزة). Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further. The generic coordinates for al Shati are: 31.533701, 34.448318.