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Airwars Assessment
At least ten civilians were reportedly killed and many others injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike which hit the home of Abu Raed Yassin located opposite a ghee factory in the Al Zaytoun neighbourhood southeast of Gaza City, early on the morning of Friday 27th October 2023.
Multiple sources, including the Ramallah-based Palestinian news agency Wattan, reported that “many” had been killed and injured in the strike. Meanwhile, Al Jazeera placed the death toll at “at least 10”.
Al Jazeera also reported that the strike had hit a four-storey building whilst other sources, including Wattan news, indicated that “more than one house was demolished” by the strike. Few additional details on the victims were publicly available – if they become so this assessment will be updated.
Where sources identified the belligerent, all sources attributed the strike to Israeli forces.
The incident was first reported at 06:24 AM local time.
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Geolocation Notes
Reports of the incident mention the vicinity of a ghee factory (بالقرب من مصنع السمن) in the Al Zaytoun neighbourhood (الزيتون) in Gaza City (مدينة غزة), for which the generic coordinates are: 31.493056, 34.455833. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.