Geolocation
Airwars assessment
Around 22:30 on Monday, October 16th, 2023, at least four people were reportedly killed, including a pregnant woman and her child, and at least one other injured as a result of an alleged Israeli airstrike on the house belonging to the Siam family near the Darabiyah roundabout in the Al-Nasr neighborhood, west of Gaza City.
Many local sources including @ShehabAgency and a Facebook post by Donia Alwatan Facebook reported that a number of civilians were killed and injured as a result of the bombing, but none provided a specific figure. Twitter/X users @abunabil96 and @paltoday_tv reported about calls for an ambulance to go to the house in the vicinity of Darabiyah roundabout.
A Facebook post from Salloum Huwaiti wished condolences to their nephew Karam Darwish on the death of his pregnant wife (from the Siam family) and their daughter, and her family relatives who were killed. References to ‘relatives’ in the plural means Airwars has estimated a death toll of at least two additional civilians killed alongside Karam Darwish’s wife and child.
The Siam family-Al-Zaytoun neighborhood Facebook account wrote that Ahmed Jamil Siam was injured after being hit by shrapnel from a missile. The post also included an image of Ahmed with his head wrapped in a bandage and stated that he is now safe.
Where sources identified a belligerent, they attributed the strike to Israeli forces.
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The incident occured at approximately 10:30 pm local time.
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Source: Siam family - Al-Zaytoun neighborhood
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the vicinity of the Darabiyah roundabout (دوار درابيه) in the west of Gaza city (غزة), for which the generic coordinates are: 31.536337, 34.455786. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.