Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

ISPT010824d

Incident date

August 1, 2024

Location

منزل مخيم النصيرات, Al Nuseirat camp, Gaza Strip, Deir al Balah, the Gaza Strip

Airwars assessment

On August 1, 2024, two young men from the Nofal family, 25-year-old Ali Hassan Nofal and 22-year-old Ismail Ayman Nofal, were killed and at least three civilians were injured in an alleged bombing by the Israeli military on their house located on Al-Mahkama Street in the east of the Nuseirat camp in the Gaza Strip.

Ismail Ayman Nofal was the son of the deceased commander of the Central Brigade (Al-Wusta Brigade) of the Qassam Brigades, Ayman Nofal – killed by an Israeli strike in October 2023. There is no indication among local sources that either of the men killed were themselves militants.

@Hamzaalnalma1 on X/Twitter posted that two people from the Nofal family were killed, confirmed by other independent posts on social media, such as Saint Petersburg News on Facebook, who established both the location of the family’s home which was destroyed, on Al-Mahkama Street in the east of Nuseirat, as well as the death of the two men. Other posts, such as Alqudsnews.net, ShehabAgency on X/Twitter, and Freeing Gaza on Facebook described the injury of at least three civilians in the reported bombing.

Yasser Youssef shared a picture of the victims on Facebook. In the picture, the late Ismail, a young clean-shaven man in his early 20s dressed in a brown shirt, embraces Ali Hassan, a young man in his 20s with dark hair and a dark beard dressed in a dark blue T-shirt.

Other sources, such as Khetam Nofal’s Facebook account, posted an image of Ismail with his father.

Friends and family members also took to social media to grieve the death of the two men. Twitter/X user @AkhbarOrdon shared an image where a severely destroyed residential building can be seen.

Both names have been matched with the Palestinian Ministry of Health list of fatalities in Gaza released September 15, 2024.

Where sources identified the belligerent, all sources attributed the strike to the Israeli military.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Family members (2)

Ismail Ayman Nofal اسماعيل أيمن نوفل
22 years old male killed Matched to MoH ID 408362986
Ali Hassan Nofal علي حسن نوفل
25 years old male killed Matched to MoH ID ISPT010824d

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian infrastructure
    Residential building
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2
  • (2 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    3
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Israeli Military

Sources (76) [ collapse]

Media
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    Source: Tayseer abu yousef
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    Source: Tayseer abu yousef
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    Source: Abu sameh abu mashayekh
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    Source: Boubeker mehdi
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    Source: Salwah abu libdeh
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    Source: Bahaa al-deen
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    Source: @MlhmWdah60971
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    Source: @AkhbarOrdon
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    Source: @ShehabAgency
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    Source: Yaser youssef
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    Source: Freeing gaza
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    Source: Khetam nofel
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    Source: Khetam nofel
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    Source: Yousef al krunz
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    Source: Yousef al krunz
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    Source: Dr-iyad nofal
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    Source: Ameen ameen
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    Source: Yamen nofal
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    Source: Hassan abo ali
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    Source: Mahmuod adel
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    Source: Saint petersburg news
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    Source: Little river
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    Source: Ehsan ayman
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    Source: Alarabiya palestine
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    Source: Osama shaafi
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    Source: Lina mahmoud chaafi
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    Source: Abboud al-shaafi
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    Source: Yaser hasan weshah
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    Source: Yaser hasan weshah
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    Source: Reham azayan
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    Source: @Rasheed0_0
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    Source: @RamAbdu
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    Source: @PalinfoAr
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    Source: @paldf
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    Source: @YasmeenElsay3
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Israeli Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Israeli Military
  • Israeli Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian infrastructure
    Residential building
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2
  • (2 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    3
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Israeli Military

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