On Wednesday, October 18 2023, between six and 12 civilians were reportedly killed, including at least one child, and between 35 and 45 others were injured, including at least one child, in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Fasifis family home and Abu Ishaq family home in Bani Suhaila, east of Khan Yunis, the Gaza Strip.

Initial reportage from Safa news stated that “a martyr and 35 (were) injured” as a result of the alleged bombing, with later figures published as six killed and 45 injured. Twitter/X user @PSLK1154 updated the death toll to seven killed, and shared an image of the bodies of those killed in white shrouds – one of whom appears to be a young child. Al Hadath attributed the alleged bombing to Israeli forces and reported that the number of those killed had risen to 12, sharing images of the injured and killed being taken into Nasser hospital. Alhagega Aldawalia shared an image of a building in ruins, purportedly one of the homes hit by the alleged strike. In a video shared to Facebook by Abo Yaazan Abd Alla, emergency workers can be seen rushing an injured child into Nasser hospital. Another video shared on Twitter/X by @passantelsadany showed a giant plume of smoke rising a building in the distance, with a caption that “Israeli airstrikes” had struck the Fasifis and Abu Ishaq homes, and that there were “martyrs and wounded” at the scene.

Sources did not provide names or further details of the victims of this alleged strike.

Where sources identified the belligerent, all sources attributed the strike to Israeli forces.