On October 10th, 2023, 22 members of the Ahmed family, including seven children, were reported killed by an alleged Israeli airstrike on their family home in Jabalia camp in the northern Gaza Strip.

Initial reporting by @Jales_tinian2 said five people were killed instantly and another eight were found under the rubble. While most sources estimated that 14 members of the Ahmed family were killed, later estimates from relatives Naser Ahmed and Mohammad Ahmed put the toll at 22. The full list of names was provided by family members online.

A Facebook post from a member of the Ahmed family, Mohammad Ahmed, identified his mother, Khadija Muhammad Ahmed, to be among the dead, describing her as ‘the apple of my eye’. Her children, Diaa Alaa El-Din Ahmed, Haifa Alaa El-Din Ahmed, Ghaida Alaa El-Din Ahmed and Raafat Alaa El-Din Ahmed, were also killed in the incident.

Raafat’s wife, Israa Zakaria Ahmed, and her two children, two-year-old Obaida Raafat Alaa El-Din Ahmed and Yamen Raafat Alaa Al-Din Ahmed were also all killed in the airstrike. Ghaida’s son Kenan Muhammad Ahmed’s body was also recovered by ambulances at the site of the incident.

Ahlam Zakaria Ahmed was also killed alongside his son and three daughters, including three-year-old Qusay, five-year-old Sidra, one-year-old Haydi and seven-year-old Linda. Bassem Sboui said on Facebook that Linda, his brother’s daughter, and “all her family” were killed in the attack.

Naser Ahmed posted online the list of 22 names, including the additional Ahmed family members to those mentioned above: Siraj Mahdi Ahmed, Aseel Mahdi Ahmed, Muhammad Arif Ahmed, Tamer Muhammad Ahmed, Kamila Saeed Ahmed, Mustafa Tamer Ahmed, Muhammad Tamer Ahmed, Aya Tamer Ahmed. 

In an interview with Al Jadeed TV, posted on Facebook, Mohammad Ahmed told reporters that 22 people had died in the strike.

Where sources identified the belligerent, all sources attributed the strikes to Israeli forces. Wattan, as well as several other sources all states that the attack was conducted “without warning.”

Where possible, names have been matched with the Palestinian Ministry of Health (MoH) lists, which include national ID numbers. Since October 26, 2023 the MoH has released 12 lists. Airwars is matching individuals to the first list where their name appeared. In regard to this incident, most names are matched to the first ‘Palestinian Ministry of Health List of Fatalities in Gaza’ list, which was released on October 26, 2023. In the case of Ghaida Alaa El-Din Ahmed, the name was matched to the fourth ‘Palestinian Ministry of Health List of Fatalities in Gaza’ list, which was released on April 30, 2024.