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At least one man, 43-year-old Hisham Abu Khattab, was killed when Al-Taqwa mosque, in the Gaza Strip, was reportedly bombed by Israeli aircraft on Saturday, October 14th 2023.
Hisham lived in Nuseirat Camp, in the center of the Gaza strip. His death was reported by over ten sources. A post by Samaae on Facebook showed destruction to a residential area. No other information was available.
Hisham’s name was found among the Palestinian Ministry of Health list of fatalities in Gaza released on October 26th, 2023.
Where sources identified the belligerent, all sources attributed the strikes to Israeli forces.
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The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
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Source: Samaae
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the Al Taqwa Mosque (مسجد التقوى) to the west of Bureij (البريج), for which the generic coordinates are: 31.442436, 34.400289. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.