Incident Code
ISPT0412
Incident Date
20 October 2023
Location
محافظة خانيونس, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
Geolocation
31.336273,
34.319926
Accuracy: Province/governorate
Geolocation
31.336273,
34.319926
Accuracy: Province/governorate
Airwars Assessment
Last Updated: December 15, 2024
On October 20th 2023, a child was reportedly killed and at least three others were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Shaheen family home in Khan Yunis, located in the Gaza Strip.
Reporting of the incident identified Shaheen Shaheen as the child who was killed. A series of Facebook posts by Amr Tabash and Omar Arfat capture a man visibly upset, carrying the body of the child, as well as the body of the child in the morgue.
A tweet by user @sadeel_owida identified further injuries to two girls and a woman from the strike, with all transported to Nasser Hospital, while Mahmoud Fouly reported that three children were injured. This is collaborated by images of the children in the hospital which circulated on social media. Simultaneously, sources indicate that the search for missing persons was underway in the aftermath of the incident.
The Ministry of the Interior of Gaza reported on the incident, identifying the strike on the “Shaheen” family in Khan Yunis.
Airwars has matched Shaheen Shaheen’s name to the Palestinian Ministry of Health list of names released on October 26th 2023.
Where sources identified the belligerent, all sources attributed the strikes to Israeli forces.
Key Information
Country
Military Actor
Strike Type
Airstrike
Strike Status
Likely strike
Civilian Harm Reported
Yes
Civilian Harm Status
Fair
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Civilians reported killed
1
1 Child
Civilians reported injured
3
2–3 Children, 1 Woman
Geolocation Notes
Reports of the incident mention the Khan Younis governorate (محافظة خانيونس), for which the generic coordinates are: 31.336273, 34.319926. 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":"MultiPolygon","coordinates":[[[[34.30723677900005,31.39063151600004],[34.31157963100003,31.389841673000035],[34.31807551000003,31.39061978700005],[34.32651614100007,31.391723804000037],[34.33042753800004,31.390777266000043],[34.33476615200004,31.38829759500004],[34.33750679100007,31.386296707000042],[34.341631920000054,31.391009822000058],[34.345405509000045,31.38939561400008],[34.35109608400006,31.387384239000028],[34.35384916700008,31.38523586000008],[34.354749199000025,31.383953489000078],[34.35715514000003,31.382388347000074],[34.35899716800003,31.381233020000025],[34.36044198800005,31.380326823000075],[34.36069294300006,31.38016942300004],[34.36200755300007,31.378362684000024],[34.365111212000045,31.375162234000072],[34.36716210000003,31.374875020000047],[34.372935228000074,31.374066353000046],[34.37378683800006,31.373947041000065],[34.37380751400008,31.373944144000063],[34.37346514200004,31.373520469000027],[34.37294798800008,31.373100176000037],[34.37264077200007,31.372802911000065],[34.372001709000074,31.372274262000076],[34.37208471400004,31.37206603100003],[34.37247490000004,31.371262295000065],[34.37255255800005,31.370760656000073],[34.37241194600006,31.370294193000063],[34.372269361000065,31.369981606000067],[34.37204457200005,31.369720442000073],[34.37157554400005,31.369468659000063],[34.371020283000064,31.369255976000034],[34.37055842600006,31.369069480000064],[34.370145284000046,31.369034533000047],[34.370128073000046,31.36903769500003],[34.36980028800008,31.36909790900006],[34.36930052200006,31.36936882200007],[34.368869492000044,31.369592414000067],[34.36884881000003,31.369595004000075],[34.36846294400004,31.36964332200006],[34.368087209000066,31.36956013400004],[34.36774357400003,31.369369402000075],[34.36738306500007,31.36888347000007],[34.36708490400002,31.368420601000025],[34.36692104100007,31.36789920700005],[34.366755487000034,31.367312183000024],[34.366657806000035,31.366740055000037],[34.36659204100005,31.366322369000045],[34.366454942000075,31.365804852000053],[34.36611655000007,31.365213099000073],[34.365854830000046,31.36401379700004],[34.36565974900003,31.36280580300007],[34.36559756300005,31.362067790000026],[34.36553415100008,31.361572740000042],[34.365644477000046,31.360640567000075],[34.365968483000074,31.35907697700003],[34.366189861000066,31.35745227500007],[34.36651526900005,31.355740410000067],[34.36677345900006,31.35390539100007],[34.36693057600007,31.35184526300003],[34.36704827500006,31.35022322100008],[34.36767193500003,31.345971930000076],[34.36790251300005,31.343285668000078],[34.368190766000055,31.34178448800003],[34.368696475000036,31.339228821000063],[34.36891540900007,31.337870002000045],[34.369241568000064,31.336040962000027],[34.36981931300005,31.333059761000072],[34.370435626000074,31.329634317000057],[34.37105399100005,31.325864762000037],[34.37120530400006,31.324357038000073],[34.37153800700003,31.321734074000062],[34.37218186800004,31.31904872900003],[34.372478697000076,31.316683761000036],[34.372769281000046,31.315000346000033],[34.37310210600003,31.31191129900003],[34.37339220000007,31.31023055000003],[34.37386678400003,31.307273725000073],[34.373949475000074,31.305808470000045],[34.373644142000046,31.304787248000025],[34.37330607500007,31.30377238500006],[34.37279750400006,31.302822538000044],[34.372428359000025,31.301787070000046],[34.37211742100004,31.301153972000066],[34.37195073100003,31.300440108000032],[34.37123659800005,31.299250763000032],[34.370837798000025,31.29795701000006],[34.37033397000005,31.29635298000005],[34.368945146000044,31.293260377000024],[34.36727470200003,31.290608391000035],[34.36674607300006,31.28999365800007],[34.364905528000065,31.28908336300003],[34.36233504200004,31.288092241000072],[34.360458107000056,31.28701988800003],[34.359424886000056,31.286430567000025],[34.35832512200005,31.28588991500004],[34.35609562500008,31.284780837000028],[34.35451852600005,31.284061105000035],[34.348214185000074,31.280887052000026],[34.34526450800007,31.279388235000056],[34.343069151000066,31.278412736000064],[34.342766081000036,31.27770826300008],[34.342393435000076,31.27683433900006],[34.34185256200004,31.275627902000053],[34.34147291200003,31.27500036300006],[34.34076185200007,31.274050507000027],[34.340054621000036,31.27299578700007],[34.33922198100004,31.271721597000067],[34.338056503000075,31.269827667000072],[34.33730722100006,31.268625792000023],[34.33671960400005,31.267633690000025],[34.335960887000056,31.266861428000027],[34.33508314900007,31.265803189000053],[34.334078727000076,31.264780779000034],[34.33307647400005,31.263540920000025],[34.33227900600008,31.262698517000047],[34.331355287000065,31.26170918500003],[34.33069885100008,31.26117736200007],[34.330692046000024,31.261194997000075],[34.330522200000075,31.261635151000064],[34.329504464000024,31.264272489000064],[34.328055609000046,31.267255547000047],[34.323862613000074,31.273545227000056],[34.320699508000075,31.280174464000027],[34.31668098700004,31.288656251000077],[34.31380441400006,31.294965096000055],[34.30902877400007,31.294135432000076],[34.303401836000035,31.292748377000066],[34.29690361100006,31.292885975000047],[34.29363291900006,31.294160332000047],[34.29313208600007,31.294355471000074],[34.29289033900005,31.294449663000023],[34.292724272000044,31.294547393000073],[34.29241739100007,31.29472799000007],[34.29210767400008,31.294910256000037],[34.29095789100006,31.29558689600003],[34.28836645300004,31.297111941000026],[34.28469543600005,31.300147682000045],[34.28172914100003,31.30410707900006],[34.28212421600006,31.306836291000025],[34.27334360300006,31.313815431000023],[34.27201185200005,31.316134067000064],[34.26957624100004,31.32002185400006],[34.26616110200007,31.325957978000076],[34.26347909400005,31.330460498000036],[34.26032360100004,31.334342768000056],[34.25473679100003,31.33970015400007],[34.248890231000075,31.345018307000032],[34.24621915600005,31.346397189000072],[34.24646906600003,31.34661287700004],[34.247134189000064,31.347193513000036],[34.247587158000044,31.347641724000027],[34.24807169300004,31.347985510000058],[34.249313947000076,31.348805953000067],[34.250471729000026,31.349852025000075],[34.25213493700005,31.351277389000074],[34.254161562000036,31.352967102000036],[34.256245302000025,31.355049680000036],[34.25848350200005,31.35695021400005],[34.260208488000046,31.358323606000056],[34.26132581400003,31.359456987000044],[34.26301907000004,31.360960934000047],[34.26419746600004,31.362094736000074],[34.26468213600003,31.362438463000046],[34.26519679900008,31.362834742000075],[34.26568200100007,31.363126135000073],[34.26625819700007,31.363470533000054],[34.266894369000056,31.363920027000063],[34.26772182700006,31.364587994000033],[34.26823520000005,31.36511507000006],[34.268779866000045,31.36556388100007],[34.269777705000024,31.36646082900006],[34.270230867000066,31.366908959000057],[34.270776598000054,31.36725311200007],[34.27189649800005,31.368150934000028],[34.27274392800007,31.368837433000067],[34.27334836000006,31.369417491000036],[34.27395279800004,31.369997547000025],[34.275043280000034,31.370790465000027],[34.27643524900003,31.371951890000048],[34.27694948200008,31.37240044600003],[34.27780438800005,31.373580229000027],[34.279192548000026,31.37513406800008],[34.280189291000056,31.37616175200003],[34.281216563000044,31.37718964800007],[34.282425888000034,31.37832351700007],[34.28441722200006,31.380614294000054],[34.28526357900006,31.38143152500004],[34.28577636800003,31.38203702900006],[34.286349417000054,31.382721459000038],[34.28680350600007,31.38309104700005],[34.28744093200004,31.383435787000053],[34.28819810500005,31.384016873000064],[34.28907707900004,31.384625002000064],[34.28975597900006,31.38511621600003],[34.29060395800008,31.38577643800005],[34.29087473900006,31.38617085800007],[34.29129784300005,31.38659253800006],[34.29202480200007,31.387147221000077],[34.29290178900004,31.387964630000056],[34.29383880300003,31.388887117000024],[34.29435347700007,31.389309439000044],[34.294624799000076,31.389651529000048],[34.29495689400005,31.39002021500005],[34.29580520400003,31.390654238000025],[34.296440682000025,31.39120824300005],[34.29704615400004,31.39170970400005],[34.29740852900005,31.392104764000067],[34.29780243700003,31.392395390000047],[34.29819584000006,31.39273833900006],[34.29855823100007,31.393133394000074],[34.29864502400005,31.393232744000045],[34.303355845000056,31.392299990000026],[34.303487277000045,31.392243488000076],[34.30723677900005,31.39063151600004]]]]}}]}
Military Statements
Israeli Military Assessment
Suspected belligerent
Israeli Military
Israeli Military position on incident
Not yet assessed