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Airwars assessment
On Monday, October 23rd, 2023, an alleged Israeli shelling hit the house of the Al-Sharif family in Bir al-Na’ja in Jabalia camp in the northern Gaza strip, killing at least two people and injuring four.
Youssef Fayez Fares al-Sharif was killed, as was his nephew Abdullah Muhammed Fayez Al-Sharif. Youssef, an employee at Aziz Phone, was remembered by his colleagues following the alleged strike, with one referring to him as their “distinguished colleague.”
Friends and relatives shared photographs of Youssef: many from his workplace, and other smiling, informal shots. Twitter/X user Omar Abdrabou remembered Youssef as “a beautiful person from Gaza, loved by everyone who knew him.” Unfailingly polite, Youssef always strove to improve himself to achieve his dreams by “excelling in his knowledge, rejecting partisanship and extremism.” Omar, who spoke to Youssef the day of his death, remembered that Youssef had said “he was fine and that the bombing was affecting all of Gaza and that there was no safe place.” Omar, who may have been Youssef’s boss, stated that due to Youssef’s commitment and honesty, he “became my right hand man in a short time.” Aziz Phone shared a photograph of both Omar and Youssef behind the counter of the store.
Facebook user Israa Al Shareef shared a photograph of Abdullah, a young teenager, and shared that “today Abdullah joined his uncle Youssef Al-Sharif as a martyr after being hit by a shell on their house yesterday,” implying that Abdullah may have initially been injured and succumbed to his wounds.
In an earlier post, Israa, commenting on Youssef’s death, wrote that “4 members of the family were injured.” It is possible Abdullah was one of these first injuries. The identification of the other injured, and their state, was not made available.
With the assistance of the Shireen List, Airwars has matched these two victims with the Palestinian Ministry of Health list of nearly 7000 victims’ names and ID numbers released on October 26th.
Where sources identified a belligerent, all sources attributed the strike to Israeli forces.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Family members (2)
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the neighborhood of Bir Al-Na’ja (بئر النعجة) to the west of the Jabalia Refugee Camp (مخيم جباليا). Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to find boundaries for the neighborhood and to verify the location further. The generic coordinates for Bir Al-Na’ja are: 31.541901, 34.488035.
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Source: Israa elshareef