Geolocation
Airwars assessment
An alleged Israeli airstrike that hit the civilian home of the Younis family in Nuseirat refugee camp at 4:30pm on the 8th of October 2023 killed six members of the family and injured a child.
While reports immediately after the strike reported a lower death toll, later reports were agreed that six civilians had been killed. SND Palestine published images of the funerals. Reports also mention one child who was pulled from the rubble alive.
The victims were identified in local reporting as: Ayman Younis (50 years old), his wife Areej, and their children Abdul Aziz (son, 14 years old), Alaa (daughter, 20 years old), Hala (daughter, 18 years old), and Lina (daughter, 16 years old). The child who was injured has not been identified by name. A condolence message was posted for the family by the aunt or uncle of Areej and the Board of Directors of the Ashkelon People’s Association.
Al Mezan reported that the strike occurred at 4:30pm on October 8th at Al-Nusairat refugee camp and resulted in the complete destruction of the four-storey house of the Al-Assar family and three neighbouring houses.
Where possible, names have been matched with the list of nearly 7000 names published by the Palestinian Ministry of Health on October 26th, 2023.
Where sources identified the belligerent, all sources attributed the strikes to Israeli forces. A tweet from @SafaPs specified that the bombing occurred without warning.
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The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Family members (6)
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Geolocation notes (1) [ collapse]
Reports of the incident mention the vicinity of the Nuseirat camp (مخيم النصيرات). Analysing audio-visual material from sources, we have narrowed the location down to the following exact coordinates: 31.458824, 34.389414.