On October 20th 2023, up to 15 civilians were killed and between eight and 15 other people were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the al-Ajrami house in Tal al-Zaatar in Jabalia Camp in the northern Gaza Strip. According to posts on social media, the names of those who were killed are: Shehba Jabr al-Ajrami (aged between 38 and 40), his mother Hajer Muhammad al-Ajrami (aged between 72 and 75), his wife Mona al-Bahnasawy “al-Ajrami” (aged 37), their daughter Maram Shehba al-Ajrami (aged 10), and their sons Suhaib Shehba al-Ajrami (aged 15), Mustafa Shehba al-Ajrami (aged between 12 and 13), and Muhammad Shehba al-Ajrami (aged 6). The names of the other victims remain unknown at the time.

A tweet from @Almeqdad initially placed the toll at five killed and eight injured, while @MahmZozo reported “six martyrs and 15 injuries so far”. A post from Ihab Al-Ajrami included the names of the seven members of the al-Ajrami family who were killed, and added that “8 elderly people, children, women and youth from the neighbors” were also killed.

According to YouthGoGlobal, civil defense crews and medical staff treated injured civilians and recovered the bodies of those that died. The body of Shehba al-Ajrami was recovered from under the rubble of his house. Photos circulated social media showing medical staff carrying distressed children to hospitals and treating the injuries of several very young children and a baby. Also photos of the house of the ruined al-Ajrami family were posted.

A particularly shocking image shows the burnt body of a young child. Marwa posted on Facebook “the burned body of a child from the rise of the family of cousin Shehba Jabr al-Ajrami”.

Where possible, Airwars has matched names with the Palestinian Ministry of Health list of nearly 7000 victims’ names and ID numbers released on October 26th.

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