Airwars assessment
On October 24th 2023, between 22 and 25 civilians, including at least 11 children, were reportedly killed and 50 others were injured by an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Aslim family home on Trans Street in the Al-Amal neighbourhood of Khan Younis.
The Aslim family lost at least five family members in the attack. Imad Abdel Majeed Hashem Aslim (36) was killed, along with his children, son Suhaib Imad Aslim (13), Rima Imad Aslim (5), Osama Imad Aslim (2), and another relative named Noha Abdul Majeed Aslim (32).
At least eight members of the Abu Odeh family reportedly died in the attack, including: Osama Hussein Abu Odeh, Khaled Fouad Abu Odeh (40), Aisha Fouad Abu Odeh, Nabaa Fajr Ziad Abu Odeh, Ibadah Muhammad Abu Odeh (14), Nevin Muhammad Abu Odeh, Lamy Muhammad Abu Odeh (16) and Abdul Rahman Osama Abu Odeh. Khaled Fouad Abu Odeh was also referred to as a Professor in posts mourning his death.
At least two members of the Al-Haj Ahmed family were killed, Mohamed Ghassan al-Haj Ahmed (5) and Salah Ghassan al-Haj Ahmed.
A number of other children died in the attack. Muhammad Hassan Deeb al-Nawajaha (6), Sidra Abdullah al-Tabsh (5) and her brother Khaled Abdullah al-Tabsh (3), with Fahwaz Bahter alleging that an additional three unnamed children had been killed in the attack.
Mahmoud Khaled Abu Shamala (23), Jabr Ahmed Hussein Amer (56), Mohamed Salah Khalil Dalloul (28) and Nabaa Mahmoud Omar al-Dous (17) were also reportedly killed as a result of the alleged Israeli attack.
Initial reports from Shehab News agency and Palestine Now news suggested that between 17 and 18 people had died in the attack, but as more people were recovered from under the rubble this number rose to 21. Al Ray Alaam reported that “16 citizens and a number of missing persons” had been killed in the bombing, while the Palestinian Information Center and sources on Facebook posts reported a range of civilians killed from 21 to 22. Twenty-two names have been posted by sources, which is likely due to the death toll rising as more people were recovered from under the rubble.
It is unclear exactly how many people were injured in this attack, one source reported a large number of people were injured while Fawwaz Bahter reported that the attack had caused 50 injuries, in a post on Facebook.
Imad Aslim was, according to Facebook posts from friends and family, a professor and deputy director general of the Emaar Association, a nonprofit civil association focusing on the development and rehabilitation of marginalised areas and groups of people in the Gaza Strip. One Facebook post also suggested that Imad Aslim was the founder of Fikra, a nursing home. A Facebook post from Yousef Khelfa wrote that they’d worked closely with Imad Aslim on projects to help children with hearing loss via cochlear implants. Yousef wrote that they had never met someone so dedicated to helping children, and said “He was a bundle of activity, humility, love, and benevolence to everyone who knew him and worked with him, sincere in his work for the children of Gaza.” Jamal Saleem posted “Yesterday, we bid farewell to a gentleman, one of the best men in the family, the best in morals, understanding, and sound mind, a first-class man whom everyone who knew loved him, with a pure heart and a sincere tongue.” Multiple Facebook posts from friends mourning the loss of Imad reported that his entire family were killed in the attack. Images of Imad shared by sources showed a smiling, middle-aged man, seen often with his children, and in one image celebrating their birthdays.
Videos shared by Palestine Now and Saleh Amro showed the aftermath of the strike and rescue efforts, one seemingly soon after the alleged bombing with fires burning among the destroyed structure in darkness, the other during the daylight among the rubble.
Where sources identified the belligerent, all sources attributed the strike to Israeli Forces.
Where possible, names have been matched with the Palestinian Ministry of Health list of fatalities in Gaza released on October 26th, 2023.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
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