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Israeli strike on Gaza hospital 'premeditated', UN told, as Sky News uncovers new details about attack

In the days following an alleged ‘double tap’ attack on Nasser hospital, in which five journalists and 22 others were killed, Sky News released an investigation revealing new details about the incident, and framed the incident as part of a broader pattern.

Airwars has published at least 24 incidents that resemble double tap attacks – i.e. incidents of harm resulting from a follow-up strike or series of strikes following an initial attack, and appear to target rescue efforts.

In an interview with Sky News, Airwars’ Executive Director compared documentation around double tap attacks in Gaza with other conflicts Airwars has documented, noting that due to the intensity of Israel’s bombardment on Gaza, being able to identify and differentiate so-called double tap attacks from other waves of strikes has been a consistent challenge.

Nevertheless, Airwars was able to share a number of these incidents with Sky, which were featured in the reporting and listed below.

 

References 23 incidents

Incident Date

13 July 2024

Incident Code

ISPT130724e

Location

Vicinity of al-Nas junction, al-Mawasi Refugee Camp, Khan Younis, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
منطقة النص القريبة، المواصي، خان يونس
Around 10:30 AM on Saturday, July 13th, 2024, at least 55 identified civilians and up to 150 civilians were killed, and up to 300 civilians were injured in a series of declared Israeli airstrikes at a compound near the al-Nas Junction in the al-Mawasi area west of Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip. Israel declared…

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Published
29 August 2024
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Incident Date

3 August 2024

Incident Code

ISPT030824e

Location

Hamama school, Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, Palestinian territories
مدرسة حمامة بحي الشيخ رضوا، مدينة غزة
On Saturday, August 3rd 2024, at least 16 civilians, including three women and at least four children, were killed and at least 60 others injured in a declared Israeli airstrike on the Hamama School located in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood of Gaza City, Gaza Strip. Israeli forces confirmed the strike, claiming they were targeting a…

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Published
28 September 2024
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Incident Date

27 July 2024

Incident Code

ISPT270724n

Location

Khadija School, Deir Al Balah, Gaza strip, Palestinian territories
مدرسة خديجة غرب دير البلح
Around midday on the 27th of July 2024, between 30 and 53 civilians, including at least 15 children and eight women, were killed and at least 100 others were injured by a declared Israeli airstrike on the Khadija school, Deir Al Balah, Gaza Strip. Sources detailed that the school was housing a large number of…

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Published
27 November 2024
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Incident Date

7 November 2024

Incident Code

ISPT071124t

Location

Al-Shati Elementary Boys School, Al Shati refugee camp, Gaza, Palestinian territories
مدرسة ذكور الشاطئ الإبتدائية (ج)
At least 17 civilians and at least one Hamas militant were killed after a declared Israeli airstrike on the Al-Shati Boys Elementary School (Shuhaybar School) in the Al-Shati Refugee Camp west of Gaza City on 7 November, 2024. The school was reportedly housing thousands of displaced people at the time of the strike. The Israel…

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Published
6 February 2025
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Incident Date

26 December 2024

Incident Code

ISPT261224na

Location

Vicinity of Kamal Adwan Hospital, Beit Lahia, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
بالقرب من مستشفى كمال عدوان، مخيم جباليا
In the early hours of Thursday, 26th December 2024, a medic was killed in what appears to be a 'double tap' strike in front of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia, Gaza Strip. Maintenance technician, 21-year-old Fares Khalil Ibrahim al-Hawdali, was responding to a first strike that had harmed civilians outside of the hospital when…

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Published
13 July 2025
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Incident Date

21 August 2024

Incident Code

ISPT210824c

Location

Salah al-Din School, Al Rimal neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, Palestinian territories
مدرسة صلاح الدين، حي الرمال، مدينة غزة
Shortly before 3:50 AM on Wednesday, August 21st 2024, at least four civilians were killed including two children, and at least 13 others, including ten children, were injured after a declared Israeli airstrike hit the UNRWA-affiliated Salah Al Din School which housed displaced people in the Al Rimal neighbourhood, west of Gaza City. Israeli forces…

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Published
11 October 2024
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Incident Date

11 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0126

Location

Vicinity of Al Karama Towers, Gaza, Palestinian territories
قرب أبراج الكرامة
On October 11, 2023, two civilians were reportedly killed and two paramedics injured when an ambulance evacuating injured people near to Al Karama Towers was struck by alleged Israeli strikes. Sources did not provide the names or identities of the victims. A report published by Al Mezan Center for Human Rights claimed that a number…

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Published
8 October 2023
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Incident Date

8 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0029

Location

Beit Hanoun, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
On October 8, 2023, two paramedics were injured by alleged Israeli strikes in Beit Hanoun area, North of Gaza. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) identified the two wounded paramedics as Mahmoud Yusri Al-Masry and Nour El-Din Hassan Mansour, both PRCS members. The same source reported the strike at 15:40 exactly, in North Gaza, adding…

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Published
8 October 2023
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Incident Date

13 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0187

Location

Vicinity of Kuwait roundabout, Gaza, Palestinian territories
قرب دوار الكويت
On October 13th 2023, a male paramedic was injured by alleged Israeli airstrikes while rescuing other injured civilians near the Kuwait roundabout located in the Gaza Strip. Local sources reported that he died of his wounds either on October 14 or October 15. He was identified by his relatives on social media as volunteer paramedic…

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Published
8 October 2023
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Incident Date

9 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0075a

Location

Abasan Al Kabira, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
عبسان الكبيرة
On October 9th, five Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) paramedics sustained minor injuries after an alleged Israeli strike hit close to PRCS ambulances in Abasan, Khan Younis. PRCS reported that the paramedics were harmed by Israeli bombing while they were working to treat injured civilians following former strikes on two civilian homes, after PRCS received…

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Published
8 October 2023
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Incident Date

13 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0175

Location

Salah Al Din and Al Rashid streets, between the State Roundabout and the Kuwait Roundabout, Gaza, Palestinian territories
شارع صلاح الدين والرشيد، بين دوار الدولة ودوار الكويت
Between 15:30 and 17:20 on Friday October 13th 2023, at least 12 civilians, including three women and three children, were killed in alleged Israeli airstrikes and/or artillery strikes. The strikes hit a convoy of cars as citizens fled northern Gaza after instructions from the Israeli military to evacuate. Some reports said the number of civilians…

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Published
1 January 2024
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Incident Date

18 October 2023–19 October 2024

Incident Code

ISPT0329

Location

Sheikh Ajleen, Gaza, Palestinian territories
الشيخ عجلين
Between 30 and 42 people, from a three month old to a 77 year old, were killed and a large number were injured when the home of the Saqa Allah family was reportedly bombed in what was reported to be a "double tap" Israeli airstrike during the night of Wednesday, October 18th 2023. The home…

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Published
1 February 2024
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Incident Date

14 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0241d

Location

Beit Lahia, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
بيت لاهيا
On October 14, 2023, 16 people, including nine children, were killed by an alleged Israeli airstrike on their home in Beit Lahia, located in the northern Gaza Strip. At least three medics and civil defense members were reportedly wounded in a double tap strike while rescuing the wounded. Munawar Hassan Ahmed Laban (identified as either…

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Published
1 May 2024
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Incident Date

23 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0500

Location

al Shati camp, Gaza, Palestinian territories
مخيم الشاطئ
On October 23rd, 2023, Civil Defense crews were allegedly struck by Israeli forces during rescue operations in Al-Shati camp. According to Shehab News Agency, a member of the Civil Defense was injured while attempting to clear rubble from homes destroyed by Israeli aircraft. Further information regarding identification or the state of injuries has not been…

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Published
1 April 2024
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Incident Date

29 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0698

Location

Al Saftawi area, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
منطقة الصفطاوي
On October 29th 2023, at least 33 civilian members of the Juma’a family were killed, including at least seven children and five women, and more than 27 others were injured by an alleged Israeli airstrike on their home near the Al Saftawi roundabout in the northern Gaza Strip. A 34th member of the family was…

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Published
1 June 2024
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Incident Date

29 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0699

Location

Al-Saftawi, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
الصفطاوي
On October 29th 2023, at least one civil defense personnel was injured in an alleged “double-tap” Israeli airstrike during a rescue operation at the site of another alleged Israeli airstrike that had taken place earlier that day - the Juma’a family home near the Al-Saftawi roundabout in the northern Gaza Strip (assessed in ISPT0698). At…

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Published
1 June 2024
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Incident Date

4 April 2024

Incident Code

ISPT040424b

Location

Beit Hanoun, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
ابيت حانون
Shortly before 2:46 PM on Thursday, April 4th, 2024, 33-year-old paramedic Hussein Fayez Matar Al-Muqeed (Abu Muhammad) was killed, and up to three of his colleagues were injured in an alleged Israeli “double tap” strike on an ambulance in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, near a school sheltering displaced civilians. One of the injured paramedics,…

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Published
2 September 2024
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Incident Date

11 January 2024

Incident Code

ISPT110124b

Location

Vicinity of Nasser Medical Complex, Khan Yunis, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
بالقرب من مجمع ناصر الطبي، خانيونس
Shortly before 12:34 PM on Thursday, January 11th, 2024, up to two Palestinian Civil Defense crew members were reportedly injured in an alleged 'double tap' Israeli airstrike on the civil defense crews and paramedics while they were trying to rescue injured people who were trapped under the rubble of a house in the vicinity of…

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Published
1 May 2024
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Incident Date

29 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0746

Location

Vicinity of Netzarim area, Gaza, Palestinian territories
منطقة نتساريم القريبة
On Sunday, October 29, 2023, four civil defense workers from the “Al-Zahraa Center” were injured in an alleged “double-tap” strike perpetrated by Israeli forces while they were responding to an earlier strike on the al-Hilu family home located west of the former Netzarim settlement in the central governorate of the Gaza Strip. According to the…

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Published
20 October 2024
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Incident Date

1 November 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0804

Location

Al-Nasr Street, Gaza City, Gaza, Palestinian territories
شارع النصر، مدينة غزة
On 1 November 2023 dozens of civilians, including at least one identified civilian woman, were reportedly killed and dozens of others, including Civil Defence members, were injured in alleged Israeli airstrikes on the gathering of civilians near al-Sharq Bakery located on al-Nasr Street in Gaza City, and on the ambulances that arrived to evacuate the…

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Published
31 October 2023
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Incident Date

3 August 2024

Incident Code

ISPT030824f

Location

Hamama school, Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, Palestinian territories
مدرسة حمامة بحي الشيخ رضوا، مدينة غزة
During the evening of August 3, 2024, the Hamama School in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood of Gaza City was allegedly hit for a second time by Israeli planes while rescue efforts were underway after at least 16 civilians were killed in an initial bombardment on what Israeli forces claimed was a Hamas 'command and control…

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Published
28 September 2024
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Incident Date

1 October 2024

Incident Code

ISPT011024e

Location

Khan Younis, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
خان يونس
On October 1st, 2024, at least 14 civilians were reported killed and 26 others were injured by alleged Israeli strikes on tents housing displaced people in Khan Younis and a group of people trying to help the survivors of the initial strike. Two men whose civilian or militant status was contested were also killed Out…

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Published
4 July 2025
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Incident Date

7 December 2024

Incident Code

ISPT071224c

Location

Entrance to Kamal Adwan Hospital, Beit Lahia, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
مدخل مستشفى الشهيد كمال عدوان شمالي قطاع غزة
On 7 December 2024, 50-year-old Raed Yousef Salem Abu Baid, a member of the Palestine Civil Defense, was reportedly killed by gunfire from an alleged Israeli drone while attempting to rescue an injured man from the entrance of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza. Footage shared by multiple sources shows multiple civilians attempting…

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Published
9 August 2025
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