ISPT0682 – October 28, 2023

Airwars Assessment

Last Updated: February 5, 2025

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 neighbourhood 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.

Key Information

Incident Status

Assessed

Country

Palestinian territories

Military Actor

Israeli Military

Strike Type

Airstrike

Strike Status

Likely strike

Civilian Harm Reported

Yes

Civilian Harm Status

Fair

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Civilians reported killed

12–24

Civilians reported injured

12–24

1 Man

Geolocation Notes

Reports of the incident mention a residential building being struck in the Al-Nasr neighbourhood (النصر) to the west of Gaza City (مدينة غزة). Analysing audio-visual material from sources, we have narrowed the location down to the following exact coordinates: 31.531561, 34.451658.

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Imagery: Mohammad.m.abdullah

Imagery: Mohammad.m.abdullah

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Media from Mustafa Nassar (1)

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Media from Mohammed Abdullah (3)

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Media from Ahmad Assaf (4)

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Media from Al Jazeera - Palestine (1)

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