Airwars assessment
On October 9th, 2023, the Israeli military allegedly conducted an airstrike on the house belonging to the Al-Astal family on Al-Arnab street in the center of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip. 19 people were reported injured as a result of the strike and at least four civilians were killed, including two children and a woman.
The Alastal family Facebook page posted the names of the family members killed: Ahmed Khaled Ibrahim – Othman Al-Astal, 17 years old; Abdullah Musa Muhammad – Othman Al-Astal, 48 years old; Hayat Abdullah Musa – Othman Al-Astal, daughter of Abdullah, six years old; Umama Abdel Nasser Suleiman – Tal Al-Baraka Al-Astal, 34 years old, wife of Muhammad Musa Muhammad – Othman Al-Astal.
@ShehabAgency and other local news sources initially posted that three civilians were killed and 19 others were injured, while Abdulrahman (@abd_rahman197) posted on Twitter/X that five people were killed and “others” were injured.
Where possible, names have been matched with the Palestinian Ministry of Health list of fatalities in Gaza released on October 26th, 2023. The name of alleged militant Hussein Ahmed Al-Astal was also found in the MoH list, but is not included below given his likely combatant status.
Where sources identified the belligerent, all sources attributed the strikes to Israeli forces. Abdulrahman (@abd_rahman197) specified that the strike occurred “without warning”.
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The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
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