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Airwars Assessment
On Friday, October 20th, 2023 one person was reportedly killed and at least one person was injured when a residential apartment opposite Aman Mosque in Gaza City was allegedly bombed by an Israeli military aircraft. All sources reported that the bombing resulted in one death, and many sources including @ShehabAgency, @ArabsEvent and @Alsharawmo tweeted that there was also one injury. Safa News, @AwdehTV and local source Basema Alfarra stated that there were several injuries, but did not state a specific figure. No other identifying characteristics, including names, have been made public.
When sources identified a belligerent, all sources attributed the strike to Israeli forces.
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Reports of the incident mention the vicinity of Aman mosque (مسجد امان) to the west of Gaza city (غزة), for which the generic coordinates are: 31.527416, 34.466823. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.