Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

ISPT0366

Incident date

October 19, 2023

Location

الشجاعي، مدينة غزة, Shujaiya neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

Geolocation

31.494122, 34.475567 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Neighbourhood/area level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

On October 19th 2023, an unknown number of people were killed and injured by an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Hassouna family home in the Shujaiya neighbourhood.

The Palestinian Ministry of Interior reported on “Martyrs and wounded” resulting from an Israeli airstrike on “a house for the “Hassouna” family in the “Shujaiya neighbourhood”.  Other sources quoted the Ministry of Interior without providing additional details. Airwars has graded the civilian harm status as weak due to the repetition of details and circular nature of the reporting, but will update should further information come to light.

According to Al Jazeera, Israeli “aircraft launched a series of raids on citizens’ homes in the Shujaiya neighbourhood, east of Gaza City”.

Alghad news agency stated that Israel launched “a series of violent raids on the Al-Shujaiya neighbourhood, east of Gaza City.”

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

Due to the scale and urgency of Airwars’ assessment process, all images have been automatically uploaded to each assessment with the graphic filter applied to protect users. We have also included all images identified from the sources, which may also include any imagery of combatants.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the neighbourhood of Shujaiya (الشجاعي) in Gaza City (مدينة غزة), for which the generic coordinates are: 31.494122, 34.475567. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

{"type":"FeatureCollection","features":[{"type":"Feature","properties":{"stroke":"#ff0000","stroke-width":1,"stroke-opacity":1,"fill-opacity":0},"geometry":{"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[34.4675874,31.4761279],[34.453597,31.4874368],[34.4614505,31.4939873],[34.4693469,31.4995128],[34.4752263,31.5055868],[34.486041,31.5088797],[34.494109,31.4998421],[34.4862555,31.4880223],[34.4826936,31.4860461],[34.4784449,31.4852044],[34.4726514,31.4814714],[34.4675874,31.4761279]]]}}]}

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Infrastructure
    Residential
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • 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 (30) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (1) [ collapse]

  • This media contains graphic content. Click to unblur.

Israeli Military Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Infrastructure
    Residential
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • 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 (30) [ collapse]