Incident Code
ISPT0412
Incident Date
20 October 2023
Location
Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
محافظة خانيونس
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.
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.
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Khan Younis city comprehensive
20 Oct 2023
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مدينة خان يونس شاملSource Author Translated
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The bombing of the Shaheen family home in the Battalion area of central Khan Younis a short while ago.
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القصف لمنزل لعائلة شاهين في منطقة الكتيبة وسط خانيونس قبل قليل The bombing of the house of Shaheen family in the battalion area of the central Khanyounis a little while ago.
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Israeli warplanes launched intensive airstrikes in the past few hours, targeting civilian homes and resulting in the deaths of several people and injuries to others.
The Indonesian Hospital received 17 bodies of Palestinians killed in an Israeli airstrike that targeted the Al-Matouq family home in Jabalia, northern Gaza.
Israeli warplanes also targeted the Al-Saada 6 building in western Gaza City, while a number of Palestinians remain trapped inside the building's basement.
Israeli warplanes bombed the Al-Madhoun family home near the Othman Bin Affan School, killing its residents, and also targeted another house in the Al-Safatawi area, north of Gaza City.
Israeli warplanes also bombed the Al-Hawajri family home in Deir al-Balah, killing several Palestinians and injuring others.
Another Israeli airstrike targeted the Al-Kurd family home in the Al-Junayna neighborhood of Rafah, injuring several residents, some of whom remain trapped under the rubble.
Israeli warplanes targeted two homes belonging to the Al-Farra and Shaheen families in the Al-Katiba area of Khan Younis, resulting in several deaths and injuries.
Early Saturday morning, Israeli forces targeted the three-story Khader family home in the Al-Junayna area, killing six people and injuring 13, including five children.
Israeli forces also targeted the three-story Al-Sha'er family home in the Al-Salam neighborhood, killing two people and leaving seven missing.
In addition, Israeli forces targeted the two-story Za'arab family home in the Za'arab roundabout area, killing 10 people, including three children, and injuring several others.
Israeli forces also targeted the two-story Abu Sha'ar family home in the Al-Siyamat area, injuring one person. The Al-Kurd family home in the Al-Junayna neighborhood was also targeted, resulting in four deaths and several injuries.
The occupation forces targeted an apartment belonging to the Al-Sawalhi family in the Al-Junayna neighborhood, resulting in the martyrdom of four people and injuring others.
Gaza Faces Genocide
The occupation forces continue their brutal massacres, amounting to genocide, against the unarmed Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.
Israel insists on continuing its aggression and prolonging the war, refusing to agree to a humanitarian truce to allow the entry of aid to the residents of the Strip, despite ongoing Arab and international diplomatic efforts to try to de-escalate the situation and contain the crisis in Gaza.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that the number of martyrs has risen to 4,137, with more than 13,162 wounded so far as a result of the Israeli aggression on Gaza.
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شنت الطائرات الحربية التابعة لجيش الاحتلال غارات مكثفة، خلال الساعات القليلة الماضية، استهدفت منازل المدنيين، مما أدى إلى استشهاد عدد منهم، وإصابة آخرين.
واستقبل مستشفى الإندونيسى 17 شهيدا، ارتقوا في قصف لطيران الاحتلال استهدف منزل عائلة المطوق، في مدينة جباليا، شمالي قطاع غزة.
واستهدف طيران الاحتلال عمارة السعادة 6، غربي مدينة غزة، بينما لا يزال عدد من الفلسطينيين محاصرين داخل بدروم العمارة.
وقصفت طائرات الاحتلال منزل لعائلة المدهون على رؤوس ساكنيه، قرب مدرسة عثمان بن عفان، كما استهدفت منزلا آخر في منطقة الصفطاوي شمالي غزة.
كما قصف طيران الاحتلال منزلا لعائلة الحواجري في ديرالبلح، مما أدى إلى استشهاد عدد من الفلسطينيين وإصابة آخرين.
وشن الاحتلال غارة أخرى استهدفت منزلا لعائلة الكرد على رؤوس ساكنيه في حي الجنينة برفح، مما أدى إلى إصابة عدد من ساكنيه بينما لا يزال بعضهم قابعا تحت الأنقاض.
واستهدف طيران الاحتلال منزلين لعائلة الفرا وعائلة شاهين في منطقة الكتيبة بخانيونس، مما أدى إلى وقوع عدد من الشهداء والمصابين.
وخلال الساعات الأولى من صباح اليوم السبت، استهدف الاحتلال منزل عائلة خضر المكون من 3 طوابق بمنطقة الجنينة، مما أدى إلى استشهاد 6، وإصابة 13، بينهم 5 اطفال.
واستهدف الاحتلال منزل عائلة الشاعر، المكون من 3 طوابق بمنطقة حي السلام، مما أدى إلى ارتقاء شهيدين، بينما هناك 7 مفقودين يجري البحث عنهم.
كما استهدف الاحتلال منزلا لعائلة زعرب، مكون من طابقين، بمنطقة دوار زعرب، مما أدى إلى استشهاد 10، بينهم ٣ أطفال، فضلا عن وقوع عدد من الجرحى.
واستهدف الاحتلال منزل لعائلة أبو شعر، من طابقين، بمنطقة الصيامات مما أدى إلى وقوع إصابة واحدة، أما منزل عائلة الكرد بمنطقة حي الجنينة، فقد شهد ارتقاء 4 شهداء وإصابة آخرين بعد استهدافه.
واستهدف الاحتلال شقة لعائلة الصوالحي بمنطقة حي الجنينة، مما أدى إلى استشهاد 4، فضلا عن إصابة آخرين.
غزة تواجه الإبادة
وتواصل قوات الاحتلال مجازرها الوحشية، التي تصل إلى الإبادة الجماعية، ضد الشعب الفلسطيني الأعزل في قطاع غزة.
وتصر إسرائيل على مواصلة العدوان وإطالة أمد الحرب، وترفض إقرار هدنة إنسانية لإدخال المساعدات الإغاثية لسكان القطاع، بالرغم من تواصل الجهود الدبلوماسية العربية والدولية لمحاولة التهدئة، واحتواء الموقف المتأزم في قطاع غزة.
وأعلنت وزارة الصحة الفلسطينية في غزة ارتفاع عدد الشهداء إلى 4137 شهيدا وأكثر من 13162 جريحا حتى الآن نتيجة العدوان الإسرائيلي على غزة.
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Khan Younis Echo
21 Oct 2023
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Urgent | Injuries in the shelling of the Shaheen family home in the Al-Katiba area of Khan Yunis.
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عاجل| إصابات في ق$ف منزل لعائلة شاهين في منطقة الكتيبة بخان يونس.
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Amr Tabash
21 Oct 2023
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Watch || The moment of the martyrdom of the child Shaheen Shaheen, who was killed in an Israeli bombing of his home in the Al-Katiba area of Khan Younis.
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شاهد|| لحظة استشهاد الطفل شاهين شاهين، الذي ارتقى في قصف اسرائيلي على منزلهم في منطقة الكتيبة بخانيونس.
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Esmaeel Omer
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A child was killed in the bombing of the Shaheen family home in the Katiba area, and a number of injuries were reported. The search is ongoing for missing persons under the rubble of the targeted house.
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ارتقاء طفل في قصف منزل لعائلة شاهين في منطقة الكتيبة ، وعدد من الاصابات ، والبحث جاري عن مفقودين أسفل ركام المنزل المستهدف
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The child Shaheen Shaheen was killed in the latest bombing of their home in the Al-Katiba area in central Khan Younis.
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ارتقاء الطفل شاهين شاهين في القصف الأخير لمنزلهم بمنطقة الكتيبة وسط خان يونس
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Photos || Child Shaheen Shaheen martyred in an Israeli bombing of his home in the Al-Katiba area of Khan Younis.
Photography by Amr Tabash
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صور||استشهاد الطفل شاهين شاهين في قصف اسرائيلي على منزلهم في منطقة الكتيبة بخانيونس.
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● || Three children were injured in the bombing of the Shaheen family home in the al-Katiba area of central Khan Younis.
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● || 3 إصابات من الأطفال في قصف منزل لعائلة شاهين في منطقة الكتيبة وسط خانيونس.
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● || A child was killed in the bombing of the Shaheen family home in the Katiba area. Several others were injured, and the search continues for missing persons under the rubble of the targeted house.
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● || ارتقاء طفل في قصف منزل لعائلة شاهين في منطقة الكتيبة،
وأصيب عدد آخر ويجري البجث عن مفقودين أسفل ركام المنزل المستهدف"
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Alone in a strange world
21 Oct 2023
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وحيد في دنيا غريبةSource Author Translated
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He carries his beloved child in his arms, not to amusement parks or gardens, but to the grave... A child from the Shaheen family was killed after the occupation's air force bombed the Al-Katiba area in Gaza.
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يحمل فلذة كبده بيديه، ليس إلى الملاهي ولا إلى الحدائق، إنما إلى القبر..
ارتقاء طفل من عائلة شاهين بعد قصف طيران الاحتلال لمنطقة الكتيبة في غزة.
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PalpostN
20 Oct 2023
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A child martyr and several injuries arrived at Nasser Hospital as a result of the occupation targeting the home of the Shaheen family in the Al-Katiba area in central Khan Yunis.
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وصول شهيد طفل وعدد من الاصابات إلى مشفى ناصر جراء استهداف الاحتلال منزل لعائلة شاهين في منطقة الكتيبة وسط خانيونس
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20 Oct 2023
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Three injuries, including two girls and a woman, in the bombing of Shaheen’s house in the Al-Katiba area in central Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.
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3 إصابات لطفلتين وسيدة في قصف منزل شاهين في منطقة الكتيبة وسط خانيونس جنوب القطاع.