On Tuesday, October 10, 2023, a Palestinian man named Ahmed Ghassan Siam was killed during the bombing of the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood in Gaza City.

At the time of publishing, Airwars’ researchers identified two social media posts with information about the incident and shared an image of the killed man. As no explicit attribution to a belligerent was made, the civilian harm and the strike status were qualified as “contested” until more information comes to light. As a result of this coding, this incident was excluded from analysis.

When Airwars first published this incident on October 20, 2024, no open sources were found to suggest that Ahmed Ghassan Siam was a militant. As such, Ahmed Ghassan Siam was recorded as a civilian. This was in line with Airwars’ methodology which is employed across all conflicts we document, and informed by international standards regarding the ‘presumption of civilian status‘. Specifically, as outlined by the International Committee of the Red Cross, civilian status is assumed until evidence is identified to the contrary.

On April 21, 2026, a Telegram account affiliated with Hamas’ armed wing, Al-Qessam Brigades, published a tribute to Ahmed Ghassan Siam, identifying him as a commander. As such, Airwars updated Ahmed’s status from civilian to militant. As little information was available about the strike, it was originally recorded with contested civilian harm and strike statuses. These have since been updated to discounted.