Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

ISPT0682

Incident date

October 28, 2023

Location

منزل لعائلة نصار في حي النصر بغزة, Al-Nasr Neighborhood in Gaza, a house of the Nassar family, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

Airwars assessment

During the afternoon of October 28th 2023, dozens of people were killed and wounded by alleged Israeli airstrikes on the Nassar family home in the Al-Nasr neighborhood of Gaza City. The names and ages of the victims have not been found by Airwars among local sources, besides the family name.

A Facebook post from Ahmad Assaf reported on “Dozens killed and dozens injured in the bombing of the Nassar family home” while journalist @TareqFarra tweeted that 15 people had been killed in “three air raids carried out by Israeli… aircraft on homes, one of which belongs to the Nassar family” – it is unclear how many of the 15 people killed were killed in this incident. None of the sources found provided a number for how many people were killed or injured.

Images taken by Motasem Mortaja and other local sources show at least one injured man, another injured person (gender unclear), and a body covered in a blanket being carried from the site of the attack.

According to several sources including Sky News Arabia and Al-Jazeera Egypt, the multi-story residential building of the Nassar family in the Al-Nasr neighbourhood was completely destroyed by the airstrike, while a tweet from @M_Alzanin mentioned that “three residential homes” were struck. As depicted in videos and reported by sources like Sky News Arabia and The Palestinian Archive, neighbours carried out a rescue mission by pulling out civilians from under the rubble and carrying them to a nearby car because they were unable to call an ambulance or the civil defence crew, due to the [Israeli forces] cutting off communications.

Where sources identified a belligerent, all sources attributed the strikes to Israeli forces.

The incident occured in the afternoon.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian infrastructure
    Residential building
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    12 – 24
  • Civilians reported injured
    12–24
  • 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.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Israeli Military

Sources (23) [ collapse]

Media
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    Source: Yasser.barca
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    Source: Yasser.barca
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    Source: Mustafa Nassar
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    Source: Mohammad.m.abdullah
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    Source: Mohammad.m.abdullah
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    Source: Mohammad.m.abdullah
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    Source: Ahmad Assaf
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    Source: Ahmad Assaf
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    Source: Ahmad Assaf
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    Source: Ahmad Assaf
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    Source: Misk Alkhaem
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    Source: Palastine voice
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    Source: Pps
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    Source: @refugeesps
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    Source: @TareqFarra
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    Source: @M_Alzanin
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    Source: @M_Alzanin
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    Source: @M_Alzanin
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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
    Airstrike
  • Civilian infrastructure
    Residential building
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    12 – 24
  • Civilians reported injured
    12–24
  • 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.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Israeli Military

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