Geolocation
Airwars assessment
On October 19th 2023, an infant and a 14-year old boy were reportedly killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike on an apartment in the al-Namnam building located on Faraj Allah Street in the Nuseirat refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip. According to some sources, other civilians were injured in the strike. The names of the victims are currently unknown.
On the morning of October 19th Sky News Arabia reported that “Israeli aircraft [had] bombed a residential apartment in the Al-Namnam building.” Nablus TV reported the same, specifying that the strike had hit “an apartment inside the Al-Namnam Building on Faraj Allah Street.”
A Facebook account named “Gaza Strip now live” explicitly reported that the strike did not affect the entire building but did impact at least one residential apartment.
Another Facebook user, Nophal Al Ahras, reported in a post that the incident took place at Nuseirat Market on Faraj Allah Street and that the Al-Namnam building was impacted on the fifth floor.
Haithem ِِAbo Moaz reported that the incident took place on his street, which he referred to as Ard Matar, and that two victims had been killed as a result.
According to Anadolu Agency, “an infant was killed and others were injured…according to eyewitnesses.”
On social media, Shehab news agency reported the “arrival of a child martyr to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital” following the alleged Israeli strike. Numerous sources listed the child as being a 14-year old. According to Facebook user Abu Naseem Hammad, the residential apartment hit in the bombing belonged to the Abu Rukba family, and “two burn injuries were reported as a result of the explosion.”
Where sources identified the belligerent, all sources attributed the strike to Israeli forces.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the town of Nuseirat camp (مخيم النصيرات), for which the generic coordinates are: 31.450065, 34.392934. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.