At least 15 people, including six children, were killed and at least three other children were injured by an alleged Israeli airstrike which hit the Abu Jabara residence in the Bureij camp at dawn on October 13th, 2023.

The Abu Jabara Facebook page initially reported that nine members of the Abu Jabara family were killed while another post reported “Martyrs and injuries”. A post from Sadiq Abu Jabara put the number killed at 12, and provided the names: 41 year old Ali Jihad Ali Abu Jabara, 33 year old Khaled Jihad Ali Abu Jabara, his three sons 5 year old Safaa Khaled Abu Jabara,1 year old Sarah Khaled Abu Jabara, and Osama Khaled Abu Jabara. Reem Raafat Abu Jabara, Jihad Ahmed Abu Jabara, Zaid Ahmed Abu Jabara, 20 year old Jihad Basil Jihad Abu Jabara, 18 year old Alaa Basil Jihad Abu Jabara, 14 year old Lina Basil Jihad Abu Jabara, 31 year old Waseem Abu Jabbara were also listed amongst those killed. A post from Khamis Hussein added the name Yazan Ahmed Abu Jubara and identified Ahmed Abu Jabara’s wife as among those killed. Firas Abu Jubara also added that his aunt, Ohood Abu Jabara (Umm Ahmed), wife of the late Kamal Abu Jabara, was among those killed, adding that she would be buried in the Sahab Cemetery after noon prayers October 14th at the Sahab Cemetery Mosque.

Walid Moamer reported that Ahmed Abu Jabara’s father and two brothers were killed in the 2008 war, and he has been living in Poland since 2009. Ahmed Abu Jabara posted on Facebook that “All my family are martyrs, my brothers, their spouses, their children, and my wife and my children are martyrs…” Based on the names, it seems likely that Ahmed’s children who were killed are 5 year old Jihad Ahmed Abu Jabara and 3 year old Zaid Ahmed Abu Jabara, while Ahmed’s wife’s name was not found among the sources.

A Facebook post from Abu Ihab Jabara referred to Waseem Abu Jabara as “The knight, my cousin and the apple of my eye”.

Images posted by Al Khalil show three children being treated for their injuries in a hospital.

A post from Ibrahim Al-Hajj identified the location of the strike as around the Martyrs’ Roundabout, adding that there was an appeal for first aid to arrive to help the victims.

Safa PS reported that no warning was given prior to the strike. Where sources identified a belligerent, all sources attributed the strike to Israeli forces.

Where possible, names have been matched with the Palestinian Ministry of Health list of fatalities in Gaza released on October 26th, 2023.