Geolocation
Airwars assessment
At least one civilian was killed and three others, including a child, were injured in alleged Israeli strikes on Al-Sha’af Street in the east of the Al-Tuffah neighborhood on May 12, 2021. Al Qassam Brigades identified that a combatant was also killed in the strike, a “Mujahid Qassami”.
A tweet from @Reemjihad1 identified that “a civilian car was targeted in Al-Sha`f neighborhood, east of #Gaza leading to 1 martyr.” However, El Watan News increased the number to “an elderly man and another citizen were martyred”.
@qudsn named “Izz Al-Din Helles was killed and his father and brother were seriously injured after his car was bombed” and @OmarElQattaa added that “a number of injuries arrived at Al-Shifa Medical Complex”. @palsawa put the number of injured at three.
Al Qassam Brigades confirmed that Izz Al-Din Helles was a member of the militant group in their report which stated “On the path of jihad, life becomes sweeter – Izz Al-Din Muhammad Abdullah Helles.”
According to @A7med_Bulbul, Izz Al-Din was 35 years old and his injured brother is Ashraf. Pal times 2015 posted about “the injury of a 47-year-old man, a resident of Shejaiya, and his 17-year-old son, to the Al-Shifa compound,” which seems to refer to Ashraf and his son. A Facebook post by Welliam.shahwan added that the car struck belonged to Dr. Ashraf Helles and his son was injured along with him and Ezzedine’s father.
Al Mezan gave specific details that “at 2:15pm on 12 May 2021, Israeli air forces fired two missiles onto a car driving down Al-Sha’af Street in the east of the Al-Tuffah neighborhood”.
All of the sources that attributed the strikes to a responsible party identified Israel as carrying out the strikes. The IDF confirmed they carried out this attack, reporting that “15:28 – An IDF aircraft attacked a vehicle carrying a squadron of Hamas terrorist launchers from the Sajaiya Battalion.”
The incident occured at 14:15:00 local time.
The victims were named as:
Family members (3)
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Damage caused by the alleged Israeli strikes on the Sha`af neighborhood on May 12, 2021. (Image posted by @OmarElQattaa)
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Damage caused by the alleged Israeli strikes on the Sha`af neighborhood on May 12, 2021. (Image posted by @OmarElQattaa)
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Damage caused by the alleged Israeli strikes on the Sha`af neighborhood on May 12, 2021. (Image posted by @qudsn)
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Image of a Palestinian militant, Ezzedine Helles, identified as a member of Al Qassam, killed in strikes on the Sha`af neighborhood on May 12, 2021. (Image posted by Abo Zaher Hales via Facebook)
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Image of Ezzedine Helles, killed in strikes on the Sha`af neighborhood on May 12, 2021. (Image posted by Ibn Al Balad via Facebook)
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Izza Al-Din Muhammad Abudullah Helles, allegedly killed by an Israeli forces' restaurant
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Reports of the incident mention a vehicle being struck on Al Shafa (الشعف) Street, within the neighborhood of Al Tuffah (التفاح ). Analyzing audio-visual material from sources we have narrowed down the location of this strike to these exact coordinates: 31.5044578, 34.474228.
Israeli Military Assessment:
Original strike reports
15:28 - An IDF aircraft attacked a vehicle carrying a squadron of Hamas terrorist launchers from the Sajaiya Battalion.