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On the 22nd of October 2023, an alleged Israeli projectile hit the house of the al-Saidi family in the Saudi district, west of Rafah, reportedly killing one civilian man and causing injuries to others.
Moataz Abu Talekh was reported as the young man killed in several posts. Multiple Facebook posts include photos alongside tributes to him, including Abu Khaled Al-Turbani who posted a condolence message for his “brother and beloved” Moataz. He was taken to al-Kuwaiti hospital but did not survive, according to Voice of the Nation Radio.
Multiple posts also report injuries, but do not name or number individuals injured. No further details were available regarding the current condition of these civilians.
Airwars was not able to match Moataz Abu Talekh’s name with the Palestinian Ministry of Health list of nearly 7000 victims’ names and ID numbers released on October 26th.
All sources that identify a belligerent report that the belligerent was the Israeli military. One of these sources, Ma’an News Agency, alleges that the incident was an airstrike.
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Reports of the incident mention the Saudi neighbourhood (حيّ الصعيدي) of the city of Rafah (رفح), for which the generic coordinates are: 31.315564, 34.238917. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.