Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

ISPT0380

Incident date

October 19, 2023

Location

مخيم جباليا, Jabalia Refugee Camp, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

Geolocation

31.529167, 34.494722 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Neighbourhood/area level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Shortly before 5:09 PM on Thursday, October 19th, 2023, two 10-year-old girls were killed and a number of civilians were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the residential house of the Al-Houm family, located in Jabalia camp, Block 2, in the northern Gaza Strip.

According to the Palestinian news agency, Safa, several people were injured and killed in the incident. Despite the unknown number of injuries, Ali Alhoom’s Facebook post has helped to identify the names of the two 10-year-old girls who were killed in the strike: Reema Mounir Ali Al-Houm (al-Hawwam) and Liyan Abdul Jawad Ali Al-Houm (al-Hawwam).

In a Facebook post, Eman Mohamed expressed her condolences after learning of her cousin’s daughter’s death: “May God give patience to her mother’s heart and strengthen her heart.” Eman and a number of other sources reported than Liyan’s father had been killed in 2014 and that she had now “joined her father in heaven”.

Similarly, Abeer Aldaur has shared a photograph of Layan Abdel Jawad al-Houm smiling into a camera with her hands raised in the shape of a heart.

Mahmoud Abu Salama posted a video on his Facebook page documenting the rescue effort from the second floor of the building. The video follows a group of people rushing outside the bombed house carrying two unresponsive bodies.

Both of the named of the victims have been matched with the Palestinian Ministry of Health list of fatalities in Gaza released on October 26th, 2023.

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

The incident occured at approximately 5:00 pm local time.

The victims were named as:

Family members (2)

Liyan Abdul Jawad Ali Al-Houm (al-Hawwam) ليان عبد الجواد الحوم
10 years old female killed Matched to MoH ID 434390498
Reema Mounir Ali Ali Al-Houm (al-Hawwam) ريما منير علي الحوم
10 years old female killed Matched to MoH ID 434379962

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the neighbourhood of the Jabalia Refugee Camp (مخيم جباليا), for which the generic coordinates are: 31.529167, 31.529167. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

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Summary

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

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    Source: Abeer Aldaur

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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
  • (2 children)
  • 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 (7) [ collapse]