Geolocation
Airwars assessment
On Wednesday, October 18th 2023, at least four civilians, including three women, were reported killed, and dozens of civilians were reported injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Ashour family home near the al-Saada Hall, south of Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip.
Initial reports from local and social media including Safa News, Ma’a News Agency, al-Ray News, Mawtani Radio, and al-Aqsa Voice stated that four were killed, including three women, and that there were “dozens of injuries” in the bombing. A source on social media, Tayseer Ashour, posted that a “number of members” of the Ashour family were killed, attributing the strikes to Israeli forces. Wafa News reported that medical teams and civilian rescue efforts had recovered the bodies of “a number of martyrs and wounded from two homes belonging to the Mahfouz and Ashour families in the city of Khan Yunis” – it is unclear if the casualties from the Mahfouz family were as a result of this alleged strike.
Only one source attributed the strike to Israeli forces, therefore Airwars had graded the Strike Status as a “Single Source Claim”.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the vicinity of the Al Saada Hall (صالة السعادة) south of the city of Khan Younis (خان يونس), for which the generic coordinates are: 31.327397, 34.289671. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.