Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

ISPT0571

Incident date

October 24, 2023

Location

المنارة, al Manara, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

Geolocation

31.315061, 34.309542 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Neighbourhood/area level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

A civilian woman was killed and three civilians were reportedly injured when the Al-Lahham family home in the Al-Manara neighborhood east of Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, was struck on Tuesday, 24th of October 2023 at 7:36 PM.

According to Safa News and Basema Alfarra’s Facebook post, the bombardment resulted in one civilian death and three injuries.

The woman who was killed in the attack was Mr. Mahrous Al-Lahham’s wife, according to the Facebook post by the Al-Lahham family, but she was not named. Sabreen Wadi, her cousin, wrote a condolence message on Facebook reading: “My cousin is a martyr, my dear cousin, may God have mercy on you and may your shelter be heaven, my love. God is sufficient for us, and He is the best disposer of affairs, O God. O Generous One. May God heal her husband, my cousin, and his children.”

No belligerents were directly identified by the sources. Therefore, Airwars graded both Strike Status and Civilian Harm Status as Contested.

The incident occured at 19:36:00 local time.

The victims were named as:

Mahrous Al-Lahham’s wife
Adult female killed

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the neighbourhood of al Manara (المنارة) to the east of Khan Younis (خان يونس). Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to find boundaries for the neighbourhood and to verify the location further. The generic coordinates for al Manara are: 31.315061, 34.309542.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian infrastructure
    Residential building
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 woman)
  • Civilians reported injured
    3
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected belligerents
    Palestinian Militants, Israeli Military

Sources (4) [ collapse]

Palestinian Militants Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Palestinian Militants
  • Palestinian Militants position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Israeli Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Israeli Military
  • Israeli Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian infrastructure
    Residential building
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 woman)
  • Civilians reported injured
    3
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected belligerents
    Palestinian Militants, Israeli Military

Sources (4) [ collapse]