Airwars assessment
On 17th October, 2023, an alleged Israeli strike reportedly hit the Abdel-Al family home on George Street in the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, killing 28 year old Nour El-Din Mahmoud Abdel-Al and injuring others.
A Facebook post by journalist Adel Zourob reported that a deceased person had arrived at the hospital “after the bombing of the Abdel-Al family’s house on George Street.” The deceased is presumed to be Nour El-Din Mahmoud Abdel-Al. Multiple sources mentioned “injuries” occurring from the strike but did not provide an injury toll.
Several relatives of Nour El-Din Mahmoud Abdel-Al posted condolence messages on Facebook after his death, including cousins Salem Abdallah, Ibrahim Azab and Ayat Mohammed, and an uncle, Om Ibrahim. The posts included a prayer acknowledging Nour as “being provided for” with the Lord. The prayer also included hopes for his family’s patience and comfort.
Another Facebook post by Ansam Yasser, the brother-in-law of Nour El-Din Abdel-Al, included a picture of Nour, and read, “May God have mercy on you, Nour, and give patience to your heart, my sister, my sister’s husband, Nour Abdel-Al, is a martyr”.
Airwars has matched the name of the civilian killed with the Palestinian Ministry of Health list of fatalities in Gaza released on October 26th, 2023, which explicitly mentions that names on the list are “victims of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip”. Therefore this incident has been graded as a single source claim.
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The local time of the incident is unknown.
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Source: Ansam Yasser