Geolocation
Airwars assessment
During the evening of Thursday October 12th 2023, local news and social media reported that the Alyan family house in Beit Lahia, north of the Gaza Strip was bombed in an alleged attack of Israeli airplanes, resulting in a number of killed and injured civilians.
Facebook user Mohmd Aljmmal reported that according to the local sources there were more than 10 people in the house at the time of the strike. All other sources only alleged that civilians were killed and injured, providing no further information on the victims’ identities and their status. Airwars has used a conservative casualty estimate of at least two civilians killed and two injured and will update the record should more information come to light.
Where sources identified a belligerent, the strike was attributed to the Israeli military. According to a Facebook user Mohmd Aljmmal, the attack happened without a prior warning.
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The incident occured in the evening.
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Source: QudsNetAgency
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the town of Beit Lahia (بيت لاهيا), for which the generic coordinates are: 31.551277, 34.509233. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.