On Wednesday, October 11th 2023, an elderly civilian male, Haji Muslim Mahmoud Ahmad Qadeeh (Abu Ayesh) (78) was injured in his home in Khuza’a, Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip, and later died from his injuries on October 13th. Sources did not specify how Muslim Qudayh Abu Ayesh received his injuries.

Many family members and friends mourned his death on social media and posted pictures of him.  Adham Shanino posted on Facebook “May God have mercy on your soul, my grandfather, Muslim Qadeeh Abu Ayesh. To Allah we belong and to Him we shall return. A martyr who refused to leave my village, Khuza’a, until he ascended to heaven”, sharing an image of the victim, an elderly smiling man in traditional clothing.

Majeb Diyab Qudaih wrote on Facebook that his funeral took place on the same day he died, and shared images with people praying over the elderly victim’s body wrapped in a shroud, with the caption “The funeral of the body of our martyr, Hajj Muslim Qadeeh Abu Ayesh, took place a short while ago/ He rose while he was at his home in our town, Khuza’a.” The grandson of Abu Ayesh wrote on Facebook that he was unwilling to leave his home village after Israeli forces allegedly “threatened to evacuate the town.”

Sourced did not identify the belligerent, but Airwars has matched the name of the civilian killed with the Palestinian Ministry of Health list of fatalities in Gaza released on October 26th, 2023, which explicitly mentions that names on the list are “victims of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip”. Therefore, the Strike Status for this incident has been graded as a Single Source Claim and the Civilian Harm Status was graded as Fair.