On October 8th 2023, Israeli aircraft reportedly bombed a residential building in Al-Zaytoun, Gaza City, resulting in an unspecified number of civilians killed and wounded.

While posts shared by Shehab News Agency and other social media users claim that people were inside the building at the time of the strike, no details are currently available about the exact number of people wounded or killed. In a post on X/Twitter shared on October 8, Shehab News Agency described this incident stating, “[Israeli] aircraft bombed a house for the Shaldan family on the heads of its residents in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City.” A tweet from @lameesabueyada00 referred to “martyrs” under the rubble while a Facebook post by Atef Najar reported “martyrs and wounded”.

@lameesabueyada00 identified the location as “north of the Ali bin Abi Talib Mosque in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood.”

Where sources identified the belligerent, all sources attributed the strikes to Israeli forces. A tweet from @PalinfoAr added that the strike occurred “without warning”.