On October 9, 2023, at approximately 4:30 a.m., three civilians, including two women and a young girl, were killed and a dozen civilians were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on Ahmed Yassin mosque and Al-Gharbi mosque located in the Al-Shati refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. Ahmed Yassin mosque is situated opposite the Al-Shati Elementary School.
A Facebook post from Sahar al-Jamal identified 14-year-old Amal Ramez, 15-year-old Retaj Youssef Al-Mashal, and 36-year-old Intifada Othman Al-Madhoun as among the dead. Simultaneously, the source identified a list of civilians injured in the strike who were transferred to the ‘Al-Shifa Medical Complex’: Mahmoud Ishaq Al-Hassi, 29 years old, injured; Atta Abu Klopp, 5 years old, injured; Razan Yousef Nisman, 27 years old, injured; Jamil Nesman, 32 years old, injured; Abdul Karim Al-Kalani, 47 years old, injured; Shadi Fakhr Al-Masry, 38 years old, injured; Muhammad Khaled Al-Nahhal, 37 years old, injured; Othman Mustafa Al-Hindi, 12 years old, injured; Aseel Mustafa Al-Hindi, 3 years old, injured; Abdul Karim Ahmed Htaht, 84 years old, injured; Ahmed Al-Nahal, 15 years old, injured; Ismail Muhammad Abu Nahl, 4 years old, injured. Condolences were posted by family members and friends of the three civilians killed.
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights reported that the strike resulted in the death of two women and a young girl.
According to a report from Al Mezan Human Rights and images used by a CNN news report, the incident destroyed the four-storey Ahmed Yassin mosque. A post on Twitter/X from Salem Rbeh pointed out that the strike occurred while worshipers were there for dawn prayer. Alghad News reported five ambulances arriving at the scene at 6:58 a.m..
These casualties reflect all known incidents on three mosques (Ahmed Yassin mosque, the Western Mosque and Yarmouk Mosque), all located in the same area that day, as distinguishing the casualties from each mosque is not yet possible.
Where sources identified the belligerent, all sources attributed the strikes to Israeli forces.