On Monday, August 4, 2025, at least four civilians, including a child, were reported killed and seven others injured by alleged Israeli airstrikes on Al-Tawam Roundabout in North Gaza.

Safa Press and the Shehab Agency reported that five civilians were killed and seven others injured, some seriously, by an Israeli airstrike on security personnel at Al-Tawam Roundabout. Based on a review of the named individuals, outlined below, Airwars has recorded the killing of four civilians. Another individual whose civilian status is contested also appears to have been killed in the strike. Airwars understands that security personnel in this incident as reported here, and in the wider context of reporting on the identities of those killed, means individuals who were guarding the distribution of aid in a semi-formal capacity. At this time these individuals and this security function is not understood to mean participation in hostilities or connection to a militant or armed group.

The Palestinian News Agency (WAFA) reported that the attack resulted in immediate fatalities, while the injured were transferred to hospitals in critical condition for treatment.

Multiple condolence messages, tributes and pictures honouring the victims were shared by relatives and acquaintances. Testimonies from family and friends on social media helped Airwars identify the names of five individuals who were killed. The names of the injured people remain unknown.

Enas K. Zaqout also wrote a tribute to his brother Ahmed Kamal Zaqout: “Oh, the greatest wound of the family; Oh, a break that cannot be mended, oh, a loss that cannot be compensated; Oh, God, have mercy on him, for he was the best brother to me, and honor his soul with eternal bliss.”

Jamal K. Alraji expressed deep sorrow over the passing of Ahmed Kamal Zaqout, his sister’s husband, praying for God’s mercy upon him and for their reunion in Paradise. “Your body has departed, but your spirit remains within us and will never leave us. We mourn you with tears of loss, and we are proud of you”, wrote Magdy Maged Mohamed Abed in his Facebook post honouring the life of his lifelong friend Ahmed Kamal Zaqout.

“The heart is one and the pain is great,” wrote Umm Muhammad and Ghazal on Facebook as they grieved the death of their nephew, Ahmed Kamal Zaqout, and sent their condolences to Ahmed’s mother.

Hamza al-Kahlut, in their Facebook post, announced the death of their cousin and aid guard Muhammad Yusuf Zaydan al-Kahlout (Abu al-Baraa): “May God forgive him and grant patience to his family and children”, wrote Hamza in the post.

@Qadeyah1 published images of Ahmed and Muhammad – Ahmed was pictured in a striped collared shirt, smiling at the camera, and Muhammad was pictured in glasses and a grey hoodie, standing in front of flowers.

Fadi Mohsen wrote a Facebook post that bid farewell to his cousin, Abdullah Imad Mohsen.

Abu al-Amir Ismail Juma wrote on their Facebook page about the loss of her nephew, Issa Ghassan Juma, who was also killed at the Al-Tawam roundabout in the northwest of the Gaza Strip.

The news of 25-year-old Issa Ghassan Juma’s death, alongside photographs, was also shared online by his friends Abdul Nabil, Mahmoud Mohsen, Mahmoud Nabeel, and Mohammed al-Toum, who mourned the death of their beloved friend.

The Nasr Family Page – Al-Nazla, on their Facebook page, shared a photograph of Mustafa Maysara Nasr, who appeared to be a child, smiling into the camera and announced his death: “We ask God to have mercy on him and to grant him the highest level of Paradise.”

The video shared by Social Distancing News shows Maysara Mustafa Nasr, father of Mustafa, in a room being consoled by friends and relatives: “Oh God, I’m pouring out my sorrow. Someone tell me this is just a dream, tell me it’s all a lie. Lie to me and say it’s only a joke, please.”

Airwars was able to identify one other named individual killed in this incident – 29-year-old aid guard Ahmed Kamal Zaqout (Abu Kamal). Facebook account ‘The Beach Today’ was among the accounts that announced Ahmed’s death, writing that he was “martyred while making a living in the occupied Zikim area”, seemingly referring to Ahmed’s involvement in the aid distribution efforts.

Also posting to Facebook, Mahmoud K. Zaqout paid tribute to his brother Ahmed, remembering Ahmed as “Defending his land and his people, patient, content, and steadfast in the truth.” Mahmoud’s reference to “defending…land” led Airwars to pursue an additional level of research in an attempt to ascertain if Ahmed may have been associated with a militant group or involved in militant activities. In a post shared to Facebook on August 9, Ahmed’s wife Safaa remembered her husband as “a martyr, a mujahed, a hero” (شهيدا مجاهدا بطلا). Here, the terms ‘mujahed’ and ‘hero’ are at times invoked to refer to someone who was involved in militant activities. In another post, Safaa referred to her son Kamal as the son of a ‘hero’ (بطل) – again – a term sometimes used to refer to someone who was involved in militant activities. However, these terms do not definitively denote militant activity.

Notably, a friend of Ahmed’s, Ibrahim Al-Zamri Abu Omar, shared a video from Ahmed’s funeral procession to Facebook. In the video, Ahmed’s shrouded body is carried on a stretcher through a street. Upwards of thirty men walk through the street with him, and the video shows different points where a friend reaches to touch Ahmed’s head or kiss his check. Funerals for individuals involved in militant activity frequently include shrouds, headbands, or flags that denote a particular militant affiliation. No such material appeared to be present at Ahmed’s funeral.

In regard to Airwars’ understanding of Ahmed’s civilian status, posts that could possibly invoke militant association were only in rhetoric, and Airwars was unable to find sources explicitly stating that Ahmed was involved in militant activities. As such, Ahmed’s civilian status has been recorded as ‘contested’. In terms of how Airwars quantifies the civilian harm reported in this incident, Ahmed’s death is recorded in the upper but not lower count of civilians killed.

Where possible, the ages of victims have been found by cross-checking names against lists of fatalities shared online by Genocide in Gaza, which has a list of “martyrs” of Israeli forces.

Where sources identified a belligerent, all sources attributed the strike to the Israeli military.