Conflict

Israel and Gaza (from 2023)

Incident Code

ISPT0022

Location

Yarmouk Mosque, Gaza, Palestinian territories
مسجد اليرموك

Geolocation

31.522629, 34.462894
Accuracy: Exact location (via Airwars)

Airwars Assessment

Last Updated: November 11, 2025

On the evening of October 8th 2023, 12 people were reported injured, including a baby, when an alleged Israeli strike hit Yarmouk Mosque in the Gaza Strip. The mosque was reported to be completely destroyed.

A tweet from @ShehabAgency stated that 12 injured people arrived at the Al-Shifa Medical complex, while other sources mentioned that there were casualties without noting an exact toll. Images posted by various sources show a baby and an elderly woman injured near the mosque.

Felesteen News spoke to a witness named Bilal Salama (38 years old) who described what happened: “The bombing was sudden, without warning, we felt that the house was exploding, and after the smoke and dust cleared, the vision began to become clearer. I found my daughter bleeding from the impact of glass flying on her head. We all went down to check on my father and mother, who live on the ground floor and whose door opens directly onto the mosque. As you can see, we could not enter from here, so we went from the back and made holes in the walls, and we began removing the rubble until we reached my father and mother and some of the children, grandchildren, who were stuck under the stones that fell on them from the mosque.” Bilal Salama’s father and mother were taken to the hospital for treatment of their injuries.

Felesteen News spoke to another witness named Hajj Jihad Jarour whose bulldozer, which is how he made his livelihood, was destroyed by the bombing: “We were sitting in the basement of the house, and suddenly we heard the bombing and the house shook and smoke filled the place. As you can see, everything is gone, the house and the tools. May God compensate us.”

The Palestinian Civil Defense reported on their teams dealing with the evacuation of citizens and the transfer of casualties from the surrounding area. Another local source specified that Ansar Central Ambulance Station evacuated the injured from the bombing.

The mosque was located near Ramzoun al-Ghafri on Al-Jalaa Street.

According to Felesteen News, the minaret at Yarmouk Mosque was silenced for the first time since the mosque was established in 1974. Felesteen News stated that “the bombing affected the area’s water lines and infrastructure” and “many of the houses surrounding the mosque are no longer fit for living”.

Where sources identified the belligerent, all sources attributed the strikes to Israeli forces.

On October 9th, 2024 the Airwars Investigations Unit, along with Sky News, published an investigation geolocating and matching airstrike footage released by the Israeli military with incidents in the Airwars archive. In total, Airwars’ team identified 17 strikes leading to civilian harm from the first month of the war, of which the Israeli military itself had published footage. This strike was among the 17. As such this incident has been reclassified as a declared Israeli strike, rather than a likely one.

Assessment Updates

10 November 2025
Geolocation evidence added.

Victims

Family members (3)

Daughter of Bilal Salama
female injured
Father of Bilal Salama
male injured
Mother of Bilal Salama
female injured

Key Information

Geolocation Notes

Reports of the incident mention the Yarmouk mosque (مسجد اليرموك) in Gaza city (غزة). Analysing audio-visual material from sources, we have narrowed the location down to the following coordinates: 31.522629, 34.462894. The Airwars team matched these exact coordinates to a screenshot taken at 0:00 of the strike video shared by the IDF to Twitter/X.

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Imagery: Pharmacist Walaa Elmahallawi

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Military Statements

Israeli Military Assessment
Known belligerent
Israeli Military
Israeli Military position on incident
Not yet assessed
Israeli Military Strike Report
We continue to protect Israel's residents and are prepared for any scenario, as required.

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Sources (13)

The Last Call News
8 Oct 2023

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النداء الأخير الإخبارية

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Breaking News | Gaza | Warplanes completely destroy Yarmouk Mosque in Gaza. Warships fire shells at the northern coast of the Gaza Strip. #Gaza

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أخبار النداء الأخير | غزة | الطيران الحربي يدمر مسجد اليرموك بغزة بالكامل. الزوارق الحربية تُطلق قذائف على الشاطئ الشمالي للقطاع غزة . #غزة

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Mahmoud Harbi Moshtaha
8 Oct 2023

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Targeting the Yarmouk Mosque in the center of Gaza City

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إستهداف مسجد اليرموك وسط مدينة غزة
Abdul Salam Qamoum
8 Oct 2023

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عبد السلام قموم

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Abdul Salam Qamoum

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The Yarmouk Mosque in Gaza was completely destroyed.

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تدمير مسجد اليرموك بغزة بالكامل.
Pharmacist Walaa Elmahallahi
9 Oct 2023

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Pharmacist Walaa Elmahallawi

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Pharmacist Walaa Elmahallahi

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Even the mosques weren't spared. The Zionists have gone mad; the army no longer knows what to do... They're floundering here and there... Our hearts are heavy with grief for what's happening... but our only solace is what our heroes have offered and continue to offer... O God, grant them strength, victory, and support... Farewell, Yarmouk Mosque

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حتى المساجد لم تسلم جن جنون الصهاينة لم يعد الجيش يعرف ما يفعل... يتخبطون هنا وهناك... قلوبنا حزينة لما يجري ... لكن عزاؤنا الوحيد ما قدمه أبطالنا وما زالوا يقدمون.... اللهم قوة ونصراً وعوناً... وداعاً مسجد اليرموك

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Palestinian Civil Defense
8 Oct 2023

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الدفاع المدني الفلسطيني

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Palestinian Civil Defense

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Photos.. Civil defense teams in Gaza Governorate during their work to evacuate citizens as a result of the targeting of the Yarmouk Mosque and to transfer the injured from the surrounding area.

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صور .. طواقم دفاع مدني محافظة غزة اثناء تعاملها مع اخلاء المواطنين جراء استهداف مسجد اليرموك ونقل الاصابات من المنطقة المحيطة به.

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Mohmmed Elsaleh
9 Oct 2023

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God's will be done. Our house is damaged from the bombing of Yarmouk Mosque. Thank God for the safety of my family and brothers.

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قد الله وما شاء فعل ..بيتنا من اثار قصف مسجد اليرموك الحمد لله علي سلامة اهلي واخواني

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Bougara Demain - بوقرة غداً
9 Oct 2023

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Bougara Demain - بوقرة غدا

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Bougara Demain - بوقرة غداً

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The Yarmouk Mosque, which was targeted by the occupation army at dawn today in Gaza

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مسجد اليرموك الذي استهدفه جيش الاحتلال فجر اليوم في غزة

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Abu Ahmad
9 Oct 2023

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God's will be done. Our house is damaged from the bombing of Yarmouk Mosque. Thank God we are all safe.

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قد الله وما شاء فعل ..بيتنا من اثار قصف مسجد اليرموك الحمد لله على سلامتنا جميعا

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Medical Services - Gaza Strip
8 Oct 2023

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الخدمات الطبية - قطاع غزة

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Medical Services - Gaza Strip

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#Photos: The first line of defense knights of the General Directorate of Military Medical Services “Ansar Central Ambulance Station” during the performance of their national and humanitarian duty and the targeting of the Yarmouk Mosque in the center of Gaza City by the occupation.

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#صور: فرسان خط الدفاع الاول بالمديرية العامة للخدمات الطبية العسكرية "محطة إسعاف أنصار المركزية" خلال تادية واجبهم الوطني و الإنساني و استهداف الإحتلال مسجد اليرموك وسط مدينة غزة.

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Momen Hassouna
9 Oct 2023

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مؤمن حسونة

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Momen Hassouna

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Thank God for our safety. The Yarmouk Mosque, near which I live, was not spared from the Zionist occupation's bombing last night, amidst an ongoing aggression that continues to this moment.

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حمد لله على سلامتنا جميعا مسجد اليرموك الذي اسكن بجواره لم يسلم من قصف الاحتلال الصهيوني بالليلة الماضية في ظل عدوان مستمر لحتي لحظه

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felesteen.news
10 Oct 2023

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Gaza/Yahya al-Yaqubi: The call to prayer echoed from the minarets, but the Yarmouk Mosque remained silent for the first time since 1974. Nothing remained but scattered stones piled atop one another after Israeli warplanes leveled it to the ground last Sunday evening. Its minaret survived, standing as a silent witness to the desecration of places of worship and the destruction of mosques. Israeli missiles destroyed the three-story mosque and altered the landscape of the area near Ramzoun al-Ghafri on al-Jalaa Street. The facades of all the surrounding houses were transformed; walls were shattered, windows were broken, doors were blown off their hinges, leaving homes open, and cars were destroyed. This was the scene when we arrived. Bilal Salama (38 years old) and his three brothers were still retrieving some essential belongings from their home, located opposite the mosque, less than ten meters away. It was one of the most damaged houses in the vicinity of the mosque. A Sudden Bombing While Salama was watching the news and following developments, a series of missile strikes erupted nearby after a flash of light in the area. Stones rained down, and smoke filled the air. For minutes, visibility was obscured, and the screams of his three children filled the air. Fear gripped the three-story house, home to about thirty people. With his face and clothes covered in dust, Salama stood in front of his house, the image of the bombing vividly before his eyes. He recounted the incident to the newspaper "Palestine," saying, "The bombing was sudden. Without any warning, we felt the house exploding. After the smoke and dust cleared, visibility began to return. I found my daughter bleeding from flying glass that had struck her head. We all rushed downstairs to check on my parents, who live on the ground floor, which opens directly onto the mosque." He moved a little and stopped at the door of his father's house, which was completely covered in rubble and stones. He continued, "As you can see, we couldn't enter from here, so we went around the back and made openings in the walls. We started removing the rubble until we reached my father, mother, and some of my grandchildren. They were trapped under stones that had been thrown at them from the mosque." His voice continued with the rest of the details: "I expected to find my father dead, since he was on dialysis and suffered from heart disease, diabetes, and high blood pressure. But we found him alive and breathing, by the grace of God. They were all fine, and we took them to the hospital. Then we went back to get some essential clothes." Their house, and many of the houses surrounding the mosque, are no longer habitable. In addition to the holes the bombing made in the walls and windows, the area's water lines and infrastructure were also damaged, and water leaked from the pipes. Salama was born in 1986, while the mosque was built in 1974. He grew up next to it, within its walls, and was raised to the sound of its call to prayer. At that time, it was the only mosque in the area, and it produced many generations of students, including memorizers of the Holy Quran and leaders, among them the former Minister of the Interior and prominent leader in the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, Sheikh Saeed Siam. Salama witnessed many events that took place in the mosque when it was besieged by the Israeli occupation during the First Palestinian Intifada, also known as the "Stone Intifada." Gas canisters were constantly raining down on the courtyard of their home, which had an asbestos roof at the time. Eventually, the family decided to leave, but their longing for the mosque and its surroundings overwhelmed them. After twenty years of living away, they returned to witness a crime even greater than the one they experienced during the Intifada. A Social Hub The Yarmouk Mosque was distinguished by its role in connecting people socially. It hosted Quran memorization circles, social activities, and nurtured generations. After its demolition, Salama doesn't know where he will pray, as the nearest mosque is about a kilometer away. He wrings his hands, his voice filled with sorrow as he laments his fate, his eyes brimming with grief and his face pale and dusty: "Before you lies a scene of devastation and destruction. The mosque is gone, and so is the house. The most painful thing is that we will never hear the call to prayer again." On the other side of the mosque, Haj Jihad Jaarour sits, his eyes filled with despair as he watches his bulldozer, destroyed by the bombing, and his house and construction tools, all now gray. He wrings his hands and laments: "As you can see, everything is gone—the house, the tools. May God compensate us." Jaarour bought his bulldozer in 1995, and it had been the family's source of income ever since. He can't believe what has happened. He recounts the moment of the bombing: "We were sitting in the basement of the house when suddenly we heard the bombing. The house shook, and smoke filled the air." The Yarmouk Mosque is one of several mosques that the occupation forces bombed and destroyed as part of their ongoing aggression against places of worship, crossing all red lines. Among the mosques targeted by the occupation warplanes were the Western Mosque in the Al-Shati area, the Tayba Mosque in Beit Lahia, the Al-Da’wa Mosque north of the Nuseirat camp, the Al-Yassin and Al-Sousi Mosques in the Al-Shati camp, the Al-Ansar Mosque north of the Gaza Strip, and the Al-Habib Muhammad Mosque west of Khan Yunis.

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غزة/ يحيى اليعقوبي: صدحت أصوات المآذن بالأذان إلا مسجد "اليرموك" ظل صامتا لأول مرة منذ عام 1974، فلم يبقَ منه سوى حجارة متناثرة تراكمت فوق بعضها البعض بعدما سوته طائرات الاحتلال الحربية مساء الأحد الماضي بالأرض، ونجت مئذنته لتبقى شاهدة على جريمة التعدي على حرمات الله، وهدم المساجد. دمرت الصواريخ الإسرائيلية المسجد المكون من ثلاثة طوابق، وغيرت معالم المنطقة الواقعة قرب رمزون الغفري بشارع الجلاء، وكل واجهات البيوت المحيطة به تغيرت ملامحها، جدران تهشمت، وزجاج تكسر، وأبواب تطايرت من أماكنها وتركت البيوت مفتوحة، وسيارات تدمرت، هكذا بدى المشهد لحظة وصولنا هناك. كان بلال سلامة (38 عاما) وإخوته الثلاثة، يواصلون إخراج بعض الأغراض اللازمة والضرورية من منزلهم الواقع قبالة المسجد ولا تزيد المسافة الفاصلة بين بابه والمسجد عن عشرة أمتار، وكان أكثر البيوت المتضررة بمحيط المسجد. قصف مفاجئ أثناء متابعة سلامة نشرة الأخبار وتطورات الأوضاع، دوت أصوات صواريخ متتالية قريبة بعد وميض توهج بالمنطقة، ثم تناثرت الحجارة وافترش الدخان المكان، لدقائق انحجبت الرؤية وتعالت صرخات أطفاله الثلاثة، وضج الخوف في المنزل المكون من ثلاث طبقات ويسكنه نحو ثلاثين فردًا. بوجه وملابس مغبرة، يقف سلامة أمام منزله، يقفز مشهد القصف أمامه ليروي لصحيفة "فلسطين" قائلا: "كان القصف مفاجئا، بدون سابق إنذار شعرنا أن البيت يتفجر، وبعد انقشاع الدخان والغبار بدأت الرؤية تتضح، وجدت ابنتي تنزف من أثر زجاج تطاير على رأسها، ونزلنا جميعا لتفقد أبي وأمي اللذين يسكنان في الطابق الأرضي ويفتح بابه مباشرة على المسجد". تحرك قليلا وتوقف عند باب منزل والده المغطى بالردم والحجارة بالكامل، يكمل: "كما ترى لم نستطع الدخول من هنا، فاتجهنا من الخلف وأحدثنا فتحات بالجدران، وبدأنا بإزالة الردم حتى وصلنا لأبي وأمي وبعض الأطفال الأحفاد كانوا عالقين تحت الحجارة التي تطايرت عليهم من المسجد". يحرك صوته بقية التفاصيل: "توقعت أن ننقل أبي شهيدا، كونه يغسل كلى، ومريض قلب وسكر وضغط دم، لكننا وجدناه على قيد الحياة يتنفس بعناية الرحمن، وكانوا كلهم بخير، ونقلناهم إلى المشفى، ثم عدنا لأخذ بعض الملابس الضرورية التي تلزمنا". لم يعد منزلهم والكثير من المنازل المحيطة بالمسجد صالحة للعيش، فإضافة للفتحات التي أحدثها القصف بالجدران والنوافذ، طال القصف خطوط المياه بالمنطقة والبنية التحتية، وتسربت المياه من الخطوط الناقلة. ولد سلامة عام 1986 بينما أنشئ المسجد عام 1974، فترعرع بجواره وكبر فيه وعلى صوت أذانه، وكان في تلك الفترة المسجد الوحيد بالمنطقة، خرج أجيالا كثيرة وحفظة للقرآن الكريم، وقادة من بينهم وزير الداخلية الأسبق والقيادي البارز في حركة المقاومة الإسلامية حماس الشيخ سعيد صيام. شهد سلامة أحداثا كثيرة دارت في المسجد عندما كان يحاصره الاحتلال في الانتفاضة الفلسطينية الأولى "انتفاضة الحجارة" ودائمًا كانت قنابل الغاز تنهال على ساحة بيتهم الذي كان مسقوفا بـ"الأسبست" آنذاك، حتى قررت العائلة مغادرة المكان، ثم غلبها الحنين للمكان والمسجد، وعادت بعد عشرين عاما من العيش بعيدا عنه، لتشهد جريمة أكبر من التي عايشتها في الانتفاضة. ملتقى اجتماعي وتميز مسجد "اليرموك" بأنه يربط الناس اجتماعيا، وتقام بداخله حلقات تحفيظ القرآن الكريم، وتعقد الأنشطة الاجتماعية، وتتربى فيه الأجيال، وبعد هدمه لا يعرف سلامة أين سيصلي، فأقرب مسجد إليه يبعد عنه مسافة كيلومتر تقريبا. يقلب كفيه بصوت ممزوج بالحسرة يرثي حاله وهو ينظر للأمام بعيون ممتلئة بالحزن ووجه شاحب مغبر: "أمامك مشهد خراب ودمار، المسجد ذهب والبيت، أكثر شيء مؤلم أننا لن نسمع صوت الأذان هنا". على الجهة الأخرى من المسجد، يجلس الحاج جهاد جعرور يراقب بعيون حسيرة جرافته المدمرة بفعل القصف وبيته وأدواته المستخدمة في قطاع البناء التي أصبحت كلها بلون رمادي، يقلب كفيه ويرثي حاله: "كما ترى كل شيء راح، البيت والأدوات، ربنا يعوضنا". اشترى جعرور جرافته عام 1995 وباتت مصدر دخل العائلة منذ تلك الفترة، لا يصدق ما حل به، يقول عن لحظة القصف: "كنا نجلس في بدرم المنزل، وفجأة سمعنا القصف واهتز البيت وافترش الدخان المكان". ومسجد اليرموك واحدا من عدة مساجد قصفها الاحتلال ودمرها في إطار عدوانه المتواصل على دور العبادة، متجاوزا كل الخطوط الحمراء. ومن المساجد التي استهدفتها مقاتلات الاحتلال الحربية المسجد الغربي بمنطقة الشاطئ، ومسجد طيبة في بيت لاهيا، ومسجد الدعوة شمال مخيم النصيرات، ومسجدا الياسين والسوسي بمخيم الشاطئ، ومسجد الأنصار شمال القطاع، ومسجد الحبيب محمد غرب خان يونس.
ShehabAgency
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#Urgent Shehab correspondent: 12 injuries arrived at Al-Shifa Medical Complex as a result of the occupation's bombing of Yarmouk Mosque in Gaza

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#عاجل مراسل شهاب: 12 إصابة وصلت مجمع الشفاء الطبي جراء قصف الاحتلال لمسجد اليرموك بغزة
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We continue to protect the residents of Israel and are prepared for any scenario, as necessary.

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ממשיכים להגן על תושבי ישראל וערוכים לכל תרחיש, ככל שיידרש.

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