Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

ISPT0621

Incident date

October 25, 2023

Location

شارع الثلاثيني, al Thalatheni Street, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

Geolocation

31.512923, 34.444469 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Street level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

On October 25th 2023, the Al-Balaawi family home was bombed by an alleged Israeli aircraft in an airstrike, killing at least four people and wounding a number of others.

All of the sources provided identical information on the strike and the resulting casualties. The strike reportedly occurred next to the Litro station on Al-Thalatheini Street in Gaza, and resulted in “at least 4 martyrs and a number of wounded and missing persons.” No other information was available as to the number of victims and their identities.

As there was only one unique source of information reporting on this incident, the strike status is “single source claim” and the civilian harm status is “weak” until further information comes out.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention al Thalatheni Street (شارع الثلاثيني) to the west of Gaza city (غزة), for which the generic coordinates are: 31.512923, 34.444469. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

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Summary

  • Strike status
    Single source claim
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Infrastructure
    Residential
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    4
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Israeli Military

Sources (11) [ collapse]

Israeli Military Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Strike status
    Single source claim
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Infrastructure
    Residential
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    4
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Israeli Military

Sources (11) [ collapse]