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Airwars assessment
On October 12th, 2023, eight civilians were killed, and others injured, in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Yassin family home near to the Al-Furqan school, south of the Al-Zaytoun neighbourhood in the north of the Gaza Strip. Several different news sources additionally stated that civilians had been wounded as a result of the strike, however an exact number was not specified.
Multiple local sources provided the names of eight of the civilians killed from the Yassin family: Ayman Hassan Yassin (47 years old), Umm Ahmed Yassin, Ahmed Ayman Yassin (22 years old), Mahmoud Ayman Yassin, Moamen Ayman Yassin (17 years old), Imad Ayman Yassin (16 years old), Hassan Ayman Yassin, Baraa Ayman Yassin (nine years old). Hay Zaytoun also identified Mahmoud Yassin “Abu Omar” as among those killed – it is unclear if this is the same Mahmoud as mentioned above.
On the 12th of October, several media outlets reported the airstrike. Shebab Agency posted a statement on X/Twitter that “a house belonging to the Yassin family was targeted near Al-Furqan School, south of Al- Zeytoun neighbourhood and there were martyrs and wounded”.
The Palestinian Information Center released an almost identical statement online, as did the Quds Feed Network, and Wattan News on the outlet’s website. However, Alkofiya News more specifically reported that “aircraft” had struck the Yassin family home, whilst a correspondent for Al-Ghad TV stated that “a number of children” had been killed as a result of the bombing.
Initially, the number of civilians killed in the airstrike was unclear with ‘Palestine Civil Defence’ stating via Facebook, at midday on the 12th October, that “rescue crews went to a house for the Yassin family that had been subjected to Israeli bombing”. Two hours later, the Al-Zaytoun neighbourhood also posted a statement on its community Facebook page that “at least four” of those killed “were recovered in the targeting of a house for the Yassin family”.
During the early evening of the 12th of October, two relatives of the Yassin family, Abu Hassan Yassin and Mohamad Yassin, posted lists containing the eight names of their family members who were reported to have been killed in the strike on Facebook. Mohamad Yassin, in addition to the names of eight members of the Yassin family, posted family photos of those killed.
One Facebook user, Omar Effendi, on the 12th of October, posted a short video showing a body being carried from the rubble of the building which had been destroyed as a result of the strike.
Where sources identified the belligerent, all sources attributed the strike to Israeli forces.
Where possible, Airwars has matched names with the Palestinian Ministry of Health list of nearly 7000 victims’ names and ID numbers, released on October 26th.
This incident may be a duplicated incident with case ISPT0016, which is currently under review.
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The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
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Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the vicinity of Al Furqan School (مدرسة الفرقان) to the west of Gaza city (غزة), for which the generic coordinates are: 31.488985, 34.445444. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.