Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

ISPT0254

Incident date

October 16, 2023

Location

بجوار مخبز عجور, Vicinity of Ajour Bakery, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

Geolocation

31.537214, 34.468096 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Exact location (via Airwars) level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

On Monday, October 16th 2023, at least 10 civilians were killed and more than 20 were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike at the al-Ghazali Junction near the Ajjour Bakery in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood in Gaza City. According to some sources, the strike hit a three-storey residential building while others reported that it hit a queue of unarmed people who were waiting at the door of the Ajjour Bakery. There were relatively few details on the identities of the victims.

A Twitter/X user Muath Humaid-Gaza (@MuathHumaid) reported “destruction and devastation in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood” adding that alongside Ajjour bakery dozens of residential units were destroyed. He also added images of severely damaged buildings and rubble. The Palestinian Economic and Nabd News shared images of the heavily damaged 3- storey residential building near the Ajjour Bakery. A Twitter/X user 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐍𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐧(@MNashwan90) shared a video showing a devastating aftermath of the strike.

Safa news reported quoting the Ministry of the Interior that there were “injuries in an Israeli bombing at al-Ghazali Junction”.  Abdul Razzaq Al Khatib wrote that “at least 20 citizens have so far suffered from this bombing.” Voice of Palestine Radio stated that “there were more than 10 martyrs”, and a Facebook user Salahaddin updated the death toll to “more than 20.” Other sources added that there were a large number of injuries, with some saying “dozens” were injured, and Rami al-Ghazali alleging that “at least 20 citizens have so far been injured in the bombing.”

A Twitter/X user Waheidi Saad noted that queues of unarmed people were awaiting some of the last remaining stocks of bread and flour in the region when they were attacked. A Facebook user Ahmed not posted an image of a large queue of people in front of the bakery.

Raed Abdul Rahman posted a request for prayers for his friend Ahmed al-Sharif “and his brothers after they were injured” reportedly by the bombing. No further information was available regarding the identity of the victims.

Where sources identified the belligerents, all sources attributed the strikes to Israeli sources.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Family members (3)

Ahmed al-Sharif أحمد الشريف
male killed
Ahmed al-Sharif's brother أخ أحمد الشريف
male killed
Ahmed al-Sharif's brother أخ أحمد الشريف
male killed

Geolocation notes (2) [ collapse]

Reports of the incident mention the vicinity of Ajour Bakery (مخبز عجور) in the neighbourhood of Sheikh Radwan (الشيخ رضوان). Analysing audio-visual material from sources, we have narrowed the location down to the following exact coordinates: 31.537214, 34.468096.

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  • Imagery:
    @MuathHumaid

  • Imagery:
    @MNashwan90

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Infrastructure
    Apartment Building
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    10 – 21
  • Civilians reported injured
    20–24
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Impact
    Food
    Impact on services or infrastructure relating to education, health or food supply. See methodology note for details.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Israeli Military

Sources (18) [ collapse]

Media
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    Source: Ahmed Fadl Al-Masry

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    Source: Ahmed Fadl Al-Masry

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    Source: Ahmed Fadl Al-Masry

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    Source: Ahmed Fadl Al-Masry

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    Source: Palestinian Economic

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    Source: Palestinian Economic

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    Source: Palestinian Economic

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    Source: Palestinian Economic

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    Source: Ahmed not

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    Source: Ahmed not

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    Source: @MuathHumaid

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    Source: @MuathHumaid

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    Source: @MuathHumaid

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    Source: @MuathHumaid

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    Source: Nabd.com news

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    Source: Nabd.com news

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    Source: Nabd.com news

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    Source: Nabd.com news

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Israeli Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Israeli Military
  • Israeli Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Infrastructure
    Apartment Building
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    10 – 21
  • Civilians reported injured
    20–24
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Impact
    Food
    Impact on services or infrastructure relating to education, health or food supply. See methodology note for details.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Israeli Military

Sources (18) [ collapse]