On October 8th, 2023 at around 9:50pm, an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the Abu Zuhri apartment building in the Al-Shaboura refugee camp, Rafah City, in the Gaza strip, and killed between four and five civilians, among them 36-year-old Jasser (Salman Mohammad) Marjouna, Jasser Marjouna’s wife, 25-year-old Abdulnaser (Mohammad Mahmoud) Shabanah, and an infant and woman whose names are not published within the sources; the strike also injured between 20-55 civilians, including Wissam Sabah.

Abdulnaser Shabanah was killed on his wedding day, as reported by Thaer Mohamed, a fellow resident of the building. Jasser Marjouna was a leader in the Democratic Engineering Rally and a member of the Board of Directors of the Engineering Syndicate, Rafah branch. @Shehab Agency and the Rafah City official Facebook page report that four civilians were killed, while the Al Mezan Center for Human Rights and Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) Gaza report that five civilians were killed in the attack. @ShehabAgency and Al-Watan Voice report that 20 civilians were injured. The Al Mezan Center for Human Rights and PCHR Gaza report 30 civilians were injured from the attack, and @Ehabhelou reports that 55 civilians were injured.

Al Shabab radio, the Palestinian Press Agency @SafaPs, PCHR Gaza, and other sources all allege that Israeli aircraft were responsible for bombing the building. Alam Sabbah, the nephew of Wissam Sabah and resident of the Abu Zuhri building, reports the strike occurred without warning and caused massive destruction and injuries, with many residents having to go to the Abu Youssef Al Najjar hospital after. Raed Sabbah, another resident of the building, reported that the bombing completely destroyed two floors of the building, including the roof. Members of the Palestinian Civil Defense arrived to evacuate civilians and transport the dead after the attack.

Where possible, Airwars has matched names with the first Palestinian Ministry of Health list of nearly 7000 victims’ names and ID numbers released on October 26th, 2023. The names within parenthesis/brackets were found from the MoH list rather than local sources.