Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

ISPT060824l

Incident date

August 6, 2024

Location

مدرسة مسقط، مدينة غزة, Muscat school, Gaza City, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

Geolocation

31.517783, 34.469819 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Nearby landmark level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

During the evening of August 6th 2024, alleged Israeli artillery shelling injured at least three displaced civilians at the Muscat School near Al Ta’lem (Education) Roundabout in the north of the Gaza Strip.

According to the Palestinian Press Agency (SafaPs), three people were injured in the reported Israeli military shelling. This number is supported by various tweets, such as by @Mina_miname and @Dorktya who both posted the same video of one of the injured men being brought to the hospital with the caption by @Mina_miname reading, “3 displaced people injured after artillery shelling on Muscat School near the Education Roundabout north of Gaza City.”

Other news agencies, such as Qastal News on Facebook and @PalpostN on X/Twitter reported unspecified numbers of injuries but both confirmed the strike type and location of the alleged shelling.

No further information was given on the victims of the reported shelling. Where sources identified the belligerent, all sources attributed the strike to the Israeli Military.

The incident occured in the evening.

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the Muscat School (مدرسة مسقط) in Gaza City (مدينة غزة), for which the generic coordinates are: 31.517783, 34.469819. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.    

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Infrastructure
    Education
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    3
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Impact
    Education
    Impact on services or infrastructure relating to education, health or food supply. See methodology note for details.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Israeli Military

Sources (18) [ collapse]

Media
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Israeli Military Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Infrastructure
    Education
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    3
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Impact
    Education
    Impact on services or infrastructure relating to education, health or food supply. See methodology note for details.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Israeli Military

Sources (18) [ collapse]