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Airwars assessment
Around 8:00 in the morning of Monday, October 16th 2023, a group of civilians were reportedly injured and killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike near Abdullah Azzam Mosque as they were returning to the city of Beit Hanoun.
Shehab News Agency, Al-Ayyam and other local sources reported that ambulances were called to the scene. Although the exact number of the injured civilians was not reported, the photos posted on social media by Shehab Agency and Palestine Now showed at least four injured men being escorted out of ambulances. Only one source, Al-Ayyam News, also reported about killed civilians, but the exact number of the victims is unknown.
According to @ShehabAgency, the strike occurred after Hebrew language press announced that a truce had begun in the morning and people were returning to their homes.
Where sources identified the belligerent, all sources attributed the strikes to Israeli forces.
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The incident occured at approximately 8:00 am local time.
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Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the vicinity of Abdullah Azzam Mosque (مسجد عبدالله عزام) to the west of Beit Hanoun (بيت حانون), for which the generic coordinates are: 31.545593, 34.525436. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.