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On October 17, 2025, at least one person was injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike or artillery shelling in the town Bani Suheila, Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip.
At 1:23 p.m., @PalinfoAr shared an urgent message on X/Twitter that one person was injured in a reported Israeli airstrike in a town east of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip.
Several independent online sources stated that the attack occurred on Al-Fajm street near Al-Hamamda Junction in Bani Suheila, reportedly aimed at a tuk tuk, and severely injured one person who was taken to the hospital. A Facebook post from Abasan al-Kabira made a request for people to go to Nasser Hospital to donate blood to help the “critically” injured person.
Where sources identified the belligerent, all sources attributed the shooting to the Israeli military.
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Reports of the incident mention the town of Bani Suhaila (بني سهيلا), for which the generic coordinates are: 31.342130, 34.325343. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.