Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

ISPT0174

Incident date

October 13, 2023

Location

غزة, Gaza city, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

Geolocation

31.516667, 34.450000 Note: The accuracy of this location is to City level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

On the evening of Friday, October 13th 2023, the comedian, blogger, artist, journalist and activist Ali Nisman, aged 35, was killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike on Gaza City.

News sources including LBC news, Safa news, Roya news and Wattan news as well as Facebook and Twitter/X accounts reported the killing of Ali Nisman in an Israeli airstrike.

His family, friends and fans mourned his death in social media posts. Ali Nisman was an actor in the Badge of Victory series “Gilboa” and the series “Al-Fidai”. Roya News described Ali as “a satirical comedian who participated in several television dramas and participated in many Palestinian dramatic artistic works and series and monologue songs, before he stopped this activity due to the intensification of the siege.” Ali Nisman toured and filmed in the Gaza Strip despite the frequent bombings. He was known for documenting actions of Israeli forces in Gaza via his phone, and was active in talking about the concerns of citizens through his pages on social networking sites. He was buried in Beit Lahia next to his brother.

His young son honoured his memory in a post saying “My beloved father, may God have mercy on you and forgive you and dwell in his spacious gardens. Martyr of the homeland and the Palestinian cause 💔I love you so much and I will be as you want 😔”.

Dr-Fady Salah Kassab described Ali as “cheerful, promising, ambitious… and loved life”.

Ali Nisman was listed among the Palestinian Ministry of Health list of fatalities in Gaza released on October 26th, 2023; his ID has been included below.

Where sources identified the belligerent, all sources attributed the strikes to Israeli forces.

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 in the evening.

The victims were named as:

Ali Nasman, killed علي نسمان
38 years old male killed Matched to MoH ID 800510679

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 man1 journalist)
  • 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 attacker
    Israeli Military

Sources (41) [ collapse]

Media
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    Source: @ShehabAgency
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    Source: Esraa Sror
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    Source: Douaa Abu Hatab
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    Source: Mohammad Nisman
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    Source: Dr-Fady Salah Kassab
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    Source: Mohamed Fareed
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    Source: Yaser Abu Alkass
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    Source: Murad Ta
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    Source: Ayoub Amghari
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    Source: Ayoub Amghari
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    Source: Raed Yousef
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    Source: Nidal Hajile New Account
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    Source: Nidal Hajile New Account
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    Source: Arwa Alnajar
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    Source: Fadi Arouri
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    Source: Sarah Khader
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    Source: Qutaiba Yaseen
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    Source: @majed_zebda
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    Source: @adl_hrys
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    Source: @KORNET_2
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    Source: @KaraliMajd82223
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    Source: @MoIs75340345
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    Source: @rimachlone2
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    Source: @iimrm25
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    Source: @yemen2085
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    Source: @SardarYassine20
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    Source: Brain Assasination
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    Source: Somaya Dababsh
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    Source: Mohammad Safea
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    Source: Khaloud Nisman
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    Source: Abdallah Ali Nisman

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention Gaza (غزة) city, for which the generic coordinates are: 31.516667, 34.450000. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Israeli Military Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 man1 journalist)
  • 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 attacker
    Israeli Military

Sources (41) [ collapse]