Geolocation
Airwars assessment
On October 20th 2023, the Al-Bashiti family’s house in the Batn al-Sameen area in Khan Yunis was hit by alleged Israeli aircraft bombing, resulting in an unknown number of deaths and injuries. The names of the family members who were affected were not mentioned by the sources.
Journalist Ahmad Qudeih reported that the bombing of the Al-Bashiti home resulted in “injuries” while Khan Yunis City mentioned “martyrs and injuries”. However, neither source mentioned a casualty toll.
Where sources identified the belligerent, all sources attributed the strikes to Israeli forces.
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The local time of the incident is unknown.
Summary
Sources (5) [ collapse]
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the neighbourhood of Batn al Sameen (بطن السمين) to the south of Khan Younis (خان يونس). Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to find boundaries for the neighbourhood and to verify the location further. The generic coordinates for Batn al Sameen are: 31.339794, 34.298670.