Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

ISPT0360

Incident date

October 19, 2023

Location

منزل عائلة الهندي في شارع القوس قرب مسجد فاطمة الزهراء قرب مفترق الشعبية بغزة, al-Hindi family home on Al-Qaws Street, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

Geolocation

31.426959, 34.349396 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Exact location (via Airwars) level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

On Tuesday, October 24th, 2023, the al-Hindi family home was allegedly struck, leading to reports of “people under the rubble.” No identifying details of potential victims have been released, and neither did any source specify a belligerent.

The Palestinian Information Center, posting on Twitter/X, located the residence on Al-Qaws street, near both the Fatima al-Zahraa mosque and al-Shabiyaa junction, in Gaza City.

This claim was repeated across several social media platforms, echoing the reports of individuals trapped under the rubble, indicating casualties may have occurred, though specific numbers of killed or injured were not provided at the time of these posts.

Due to the repetition of sources, Airwars has currently graded this incident as a “single source claim” and will await further clarifying information.

The incident occured in the evening.

The victims were named as:

Family members (5)

Aed Ismail al-Najjar (Abu Yahya) عائد إسماعيل النجار
Adult male killed
Rania al-Najjar رانيا
Adult female killed
Yahya al-Najjar يحيى
Child male killed
Maria al-Najjar ماريا
Child female killed
Jouri al-Najjar جودي
1 years old female killed Matched to MoH ID 444365969

Geolocation notes (3) [ collapse]

Reports of the incident mention the neighbourhood of Al Bassa (الباسة) in the city of Deir al Balah (دير البلح). Analysing audio-visual material from sources, we have narrowed the location down to the following exact coordinates: 31.426959, 34.349396.

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Summary

  • Strike status
    Single source claim
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian infrastructure
    Residential building
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • (7 children1 woman1 man)
  • 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 (23) [ collapse]

Media
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    Source: Mahmoud Gaber

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    Source: Mahmoud Fouly

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    Source: Haneen Najjar

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    Source: Ahed Abo Hatab

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    Source: Ahmad Abu Yaser

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    Source: Ahmad Abu Yaser

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    Source: Bilal Alnajjar

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    Source: Palestinian Refugees Gates

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    Source: Bilal Alnajjar

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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 infrastructure
    Residential building
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • (7 children1 woman1 man)
  • 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 (23) [ collapse]