Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

ISPT0363

Incident date

October 19, 2023

Location

جوار مدرسة تونس, Vicinity of Tunis School, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

Geolocation

31.484175, 34.461249 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Nearby landmark level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

On Thursday, 19 October, 2023, a number of civilians were reportedly injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on a civilian house near the Tunis School and a house near the Al-Aidoun Mosque, in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood south to the Gaza City. The strike was initially reported at 10:34am.

The Shehab Agency, numerous Facebook posts and tweets reported that “there were injuries,” although the number and names of injured were unknown. Similarly, Alaqsa voice said there were “injuries” without specifying their number.

The Shehab Agency noted the strike came from “warplanes” and, therefore, the attack can be considered an airstrike. Further information about the strike is limited.

Only one source, Alaqsa voice, explicitly attributed the strike to the Israeli military. Therefore, Airwars graded this incident’s strike status as single source claim.

The incident occured in the morning.

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the vicinity of Tunis School (مدرسة تونس) to the south of Gaza city (غزة), for which the generic coordinates are: 31.484175, 34.461249. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Single source claim
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian infrastructure
    Residential
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Israeli Military

Sources (8) [ collapse]

Israeli Military Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Strike status
    Single source claim
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian infrastructure
    Residential
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Israeli Military

Sources (8) [ collapse]