Shortly before 6:28 AM on Friday, October 27th, 2023 two civilian men, one of them elderly, were killed and a number of civilians were injured when an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the Al-Alami family home on Al-Mashrou’ Road, west of Khan Younis.

Two victims have been identified and a number of others were reported injured. The victims were identified as 31-year-old man Salim Nizam Khaled Hussein and 62-year-old man Adnan Hadar Salim Al-Alami.

At 6.28 am Shehab Agency reported that two victims were killed and several others injured in the incident. Almanar News and Sputnik News later reported that Israeli warplanes allegedly hit the Al-Alami family home on Al-Mashrou’ Road. An image shared by Almanar News depicted two obliterated, burnt and smoking buildings after having been hit by an airstrike.

Friends and family on social media mourned the death of their loved ones. Family member Khaled al Hadad shared a photo of Salim Nizam Hussein wearing a black puffer jacket with a fur hood and black jeans taking a selfie in a clothing store. The comment read ‘We bring you the news of the martyrdom of my cousin Salim Nizam Hussein, what a heartache’.

Another facebook user Mhamad ibrahim shared a photo of Salim Nizam Hussein, depicted as a young man with a short beard. He was captured smiling toward the camera in a black cap and a white sweater, with green, red and black patterns.

The names of the two victims have been reconciled with published Palestinian Ministry of Health lists. With thanks to journalist Alexandre Horn from CheckNews for identifying relevant sources, and Data Tech for Palestine for centralising the datasets.

Where sources identified the belligerent, all sources attributed the strike to the Israeli military.