Geolocation
Airwars assessment
Around 8:49 PM on Wednesday, October 18th 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike on the home of the Abu Amira family located on al-Alami street “next to the pump” in the Jabalia camp in the northern Gaza Strip reportedly killed and injured a number of civilians, including women and children.
Shehab Agency and Quds News reported on the bombing, stating that “there were injuries at the place.” A source on social media, Ahmad Assaf, said there were “reports of martyrs and wounded at the scene,” while Twitter/X user @Ibrihim tweeted that “there were casualties in the place among the ranks of children and women.” Sources did not specify the exact number of casualties or the details of those injured or killed. The number of injured and killed has been quantified as 2 per Airwars methodology until further information comes to light.
Airwars has graded this incident as “single source claim” as the sources are repeating the same information.
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The incident occured at approximately 8:49 pm local time.
Summary
Sources (6) [ collapse]
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention a strike on a residential building in Jabalia (جباليا). Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further. The generic coordinates for Jabalia are: 31.538711, 34.495107.