Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

ISPT0359c

Incident date

October 18, 2023

Location

قِطَاعُ غَزَّةَ, Gaza Strip, the Gaza Strip

Airwars assessment

On Tuesday, October 17, 2023,  a 37-year old woman named Abeer Bashir Sabhi Al-Suwayrki (Suwaidan) was killed alongside her children, 15-year old Basmala Waseem Suwaidan and 11-year old Abdullah Waseem Suwaidan in the Gaza Strip.

Twitter/X user @yara.mushtaha.54 posted on Facebook that Abeer was her uncle’s wife. Twitter/X user @Yossef.swedan shared this quote: “And do not think that those who were killed in the cause of God are dead; rather, they are alive with their Lord, being provided for.”

They were buried the following day, October 18, 2023, as reported by Twitter/X user @Basher.mohammad.35.

Although local sources did not identify the belligerent, Airwars has matched the name of all three civilians 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.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Family members (3)

Abeer Bashir Sobhi Al-Sowerki (Suwaidan) عبير بشير صبحي السويركي سويدان
37 years old female killed Matched to MoH ID 801487257
Basmala Waseem Suwaidan بسملة وسيم سويدان
15 years old female killed Matched to MoH ID 425907391
Abdullah Waseem Suwaidan عبدالله وسيم سويدان
11 years old male killed Matched to MoH ID 433364395

Summary

  • Strike status
    Single source claim
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    3
  • (2 children1 woman)
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Israeli Military

Sources (4) [ collapse]

Media
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    Source: Yara.mushtaha.54
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    Source: Yossef.swedan
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    Source: Basher.mohammad.35

Israeli Military Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Strike status
    Single source claim
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    3
  • (2 children1 woman)
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Israeli Military

Sources (4) [ collapse]