Geolocation
Airwars assessment
On Monday, October 16th 2023, an alleged airstrike by Israeli forces on the home of the Zaher (Dhaher) family located east of Jabalia camp in the Gaza Strip reportedly killed at least eight family members, including two women and five children, and injured a number of others.
Facebook testimonies by Fatima Jaber and Amir Tariq Daher helped to ascertain the identities of the victims. Abdulaziz Muhammad Zaher was killed alongside his wife Umm Muhammad Hassan Zaher (Mansour) and their six children: a 22-year old daughter Dr. Maysaa Abdulaziz Muhammad Zaher, a 13-year old daughter Malak Abdulaziz Muhammad Zaher, an 11-year old daughter Mennat Allah Abdulaziz Muhammad Zaher, a 4-year old son Mahmoud Abdulaziz Muhammad Zaher, a 10-year old son Hassan Abdulaziz Muhammad Zaher, and a 1-year old son Anas Abdulaziz Muhammad Zaher.
Shehab agency, Jalazone Media Center and local social media users posted photographs of the heavy destruction and rubble left from the Zaher family house. A family relative Mustafa Zahir shared images of a funeral prayer for the family where dead bodies wrapped in white cloth stained with blood can be seen. A post by Facebook user Amir Tariq Daher contained a graphic image of a dead infant.
A tweet from @EekadFacts reported that a number of wounded resulted from the strike without specifying how many.
Where possible, names have been matched with 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:
Family members (8)
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Source: Mustafa Zahir -
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Source: Oday Rafiq -
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Source: Jalazone Media Center -
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Source: Jalazone Media Center -
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Source: Jalazone Media Center -
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Source: Amir Tariq Daher -
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Source: Alshareef Dr-Naim Thaher -
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Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the town of Jabalia (جباليا), for which the generic coordinates are: 31.538711, 34.495107. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.