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Airwars assessment
Around 11:30 in the morning of Thursday, October 12th, 2023, an alleged Israeli strike hit commercial stores located on the main street in the Nuseirat camp in the Gaza Strip, killing four men and wounding others.
As a result of the strike several shops caught on fire, while a car belonging to the old Al-Banna bakery was damaged. Palestine News wrote about “great devastation in the area”, sharing an image of the destroyed buildings and rubble.
33-year old Tamer Nizar Khalid Al-Afash who was killed in the attack was described as “a wise martyr” in a post by a user called Muhammed, and a “study companion” in a Twitter post by user @MustafAbuZir. He was also remembered in a Facebook tribute by Nusaairat alongside an image of a young man. A Facebook user Ahmed mentioned that the late Tamer was his sister’s husband. Tamer’s cousin Muamen posted a video from the funeral of the young man.
29-year old Muhammad Khaled Zaidan Mishmish was remembered by his “brother and a friend” Aniis, who wrote that “You hurt us and made our hearts bloody. Your separation and quick departure pained us” and shared the images of the young and smiling Muhammad. His death was also mourned by Abd Elrahman and Emad in their Facebook testimonies.
Among the victims of the attack was also a 30-year old Muhammad Sami Abdel Fattah Fadel whose death was mourned in a Facebook testimony by Muhamed. Muhamed noted that Muhammad Fadel was killed in the attack on the Nuseirat market and attached an image of a smiling young bearded man.
A fourth victim, a young man named Salama Abu Mallouh, was remembered in the tributes by Facebook users Nusaairat and Yahya who also shared his images.
The exact number of those wounded in the incident was not specified by sources, and has therefore been accounted for by Airwars as at least two civilians in line with our methodology.
Where sources identified the belligerent, the strike was attributed to the Israeli military. 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
Due to the scale and urgency of Airwars’ assessment process, all images have been automatically uploaded to each assessment with the graphic filter applied to protect users. We have also included all images identified from the sources, which may also include any imagery of combatants.
The incident occured at approximately 11:30 am local time.
The victims were named as:
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Source: Yasser -
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Source: Emad -
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Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the main street of Nuseirat (النصيرات الشارع الرئيسي) to the west of Deir al Balah, for which the generic coordinates are: 31.452826, 34.385844. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.