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At least one civilian, a young man Muhammad Raed Abu Amsha “Abu Islam” (31 years old), was killed and others were wounded on October 8th, 2023 in the Abu Amsha family home in the Beit Hanoun neighborhood of the Gaza Strip, in a strike allegedly carried out by Israeli aircraft.
Condolences messages were posted by multiple family and friends in honor of Muhammad Raed Abu Amsha, including from cousins and a nephew. A post from Ibrahim Abuamsha referred to Muhammad as the “martyr leader” (القائد ) but it is unclear if this is referencing militant status or not, with no other mentions in sources. Given that this term is also often used to refer to family ‘leaders’, Airwars has assumed civilian status for Muhammad Amsha until further information comes to light.
Shehab Agency reported numerous other injuries, though information regarding other wounded was not available. Refugees PS, quoting the Interior Ministry, referred to other deaths, though this has not been corroborated.
Where possible, names have been matched with the Palestinian Ministry of Health list of fatalities in Gaza released on October 26th, 2023.
Where sources identified the belligerent, all sources attributed the strikes to Israeli forces.
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The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
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Source: Ibrahim Abuamsha
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the town of Beit Hanoun (بيت حانون), for which the generic coordinates are: 31.538477, 34.536837. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.