Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

ISPT0006

Incident date

October 7, 2023

Location

مستشفى الاندونيسي, Indonesian Hospital, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

Geolocation

31.535187, 34.509384 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Nearby landmark level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

On the evening of October 7th 2023, an ambulance was allegedly damaged by an Israeli airstrike, killing two paramedics and injuring two others at the Indonesian hospital located in Jabalia, Gaza Strip.

Both paramedics were identified as 39-year-old Tariq Muhammad Ashour and 33-year-old Mahmoud Samih Abu Mashaykh. It has been reported that two other paramedics were injured in the strike.

A report from Palestinian Center for Human Rights Gaza provided similar information alongside Facebook posts from friends of the paramedics paying tribute to the victims.

The Indonesian hospital was also attacked earlier the same day, allegedly by Israeli forces.

Where sources identified the belligerent, all sources attributed the strikes to Israeli forces. Both names were matched with the Ministry of Health list of names released on October 26th.

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The incident occured at 21:41:00 local time.

The victims were named as:

Tariq Muhammad Ashour طارق محمد عاشور
39 years old male killed Matched to MoH ID 412619249
Mahmoud Samih Abu Mashaykh محمود سميح أبو مشايخ
33 years old male killed Matched to MoH ID 802636217

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the Indonesian Hospital (مستشفى الاندونيسي), within Jabalia (جباليا), for which the generic coordinates are: 31.535187, 34.509384. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian infrastructure
    Healthcare facility
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2
  • (2 men2 healthcare_personnel)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Impact
    Healthcare
    Impact on services or infrastructure relating to education, health or food supply. See methodology note for details.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Israeli Military

Sources (10) [ collapse]

Media
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    Source: Mahmoud Adel
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    Source: Mohammed Housam
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    Source: Mohammed Qasem
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    Source: Gazza 24
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    Source: Baraa Mohammed

Israeli Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Israeli Military
  • Israeli Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian infrastructure
    Healthcare facility
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2
  • (2 men2 healthcare_personnel)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Impact
    Healthcare
    Impact on services or infrastructure relating to education, health or food supply. See methodology note for details.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Israeli Military

Sources (10) [ collapse]