Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

ISPT0700

Incident date

October 29, 2023

Location

شارع النزهة، جباليا, Al Nuzha Street, Jabalia, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

Geolocation

31.526954, 34.488264 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Street level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Shortly before 6:28 PM on Sunday, 29 October 2023, at least 20 identified civilians, including four women and at least 11 children, were reportedly killed and at least up to four civilians were injured as a result of an alleged Israeli airstrike on the home of the Al-Khatib family on Al Nuzha Street in Jabalia, northern Gaza. Multiple posts on Twitter/X from various accounts suggested that the Al-Khatib family home was full of people at the time of the bombing.

Shehab News Agency reported a number of casualties as a result of the incident, with photos showing at least four injured people at the hospital, including a toddler, an elderly man, and two youths. The Gazan Ministry of Interior reported that multiple people had been killed and injured and that people remained under the rubble of the home as a result of the alleged Israeli strike.

The city of Jabalia Al-Thawra’s Facebook account posted the list of the names of victims killed in the attack on al-Khatib and Jumaa houses.

52-year-old Mustafa Hassan Mustafa al-Khatib was killed alongside his 23-year-old son Waseem Mustafa Hasan al-Khatib and his 24-year-old daughter Shorouk Mustafa Hassan al-Jamal (al-Khatib). The son of Shorouk, one-year-old Moatasem Kanaan Farid al-Jamal, was also reportedly killed in the attack.

Mustafa’s brother, 37-year-old Saed Hassan Mustafa Al-Khatib died alongside his wife and their two children, six-year-old son Ibrahim Saed Hassan al-Khatib and two-year-old daughter Celine Saed Hassan al-Khatib.

Two women, 38-year-old Islam Ibrahim Saeed al-Najar (al-Khatib) and 23-year-old Maysoon Muhammad Hassan Obaid (al-Khatib) were also reportedly killed in the alleged Israeli attack on the family home.

Three siblings from the Obaid family (possibly the children of Maysoon Mohammad) were reportedly killed in the attack: a four-year-old boy Nahed Abdul Rahman Nahed Obaid, seven-year-old girl Ibtisam Abdel Rahman Nahed Obaid and a boy (age unknown) Siwar Abdul Rahman Obaid.

Similarly,  three young siblings from the Asalia family also lost their lives in the attack, namely, a 14-year-old girl Halima Zaki Musa Asalia, her sister Retal Zaki Musa Asalia (age unknown) and brother, three-year-old Muhannad Zaki Musa Asalia.

The sources also named among the victims killed the 24-year-old man Bassam Youssef Bassam Qaddoura, 51-year-old man Rizk Abdullah Muhammad Nofal, 12-year-old boy Rafiq Ali Rafiq Abu Ghali, and 17-year-old girl Taghreed Rafiq Abu Ghali.

A Shehab News Agency correspondent reported that funeral preparations were being made for the 29 people who had been killed across attacks in Jabalia on the night of 29 October 2023. This included those from the alleged attack on the Al-Khatib family home, as well as alleged attacks on the Jumaa and Nofal family homes.

Where possible, names have been matched with the Palestinian Ministry of Health list of fatalities in Gaza released on October 26th, 2023.

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

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Family members (8)

Mustafa Hassan Mustafa al-Khatib مصطفى حسن الخطيب
52 years old male killed Matched to MoH ID 927393413
Waseem Mustafa Hasan al-Khatib وسيم مصطفى الخطيب
23 years old male killed Matched to MoH ID 407662030
Shorouk Mustafa Hassan al-Jamal (al-Khatib) شروق مصطفى الخطيب
24 years old female killed Matched to MoH ID 405889759
Moatasem Kanaan Farid al-Jamal معتصم كنعان الجمال
1 years old male killed Matched to MoH ID 444628283
Saed Hassan Mustafa al-Khatib سائد حسن الخطيب
37 years old male killed Matched to MoH ID 801493958
Wife of Saeed Hassan (Unnamed) زوجة سائد حسن الخطيب
Adult female killed
Ibrahim Saed Hasan al-Khatib ابراهيم سائد الخطيب
6 years old male killed Matched to MoH ID 440409969
Celine Saed Hasan al-Khatib سيلين سائد الخطيب
2 years old female killed Matched to MoH ID 445462112

Family members (3)

Nahed Abdul Rahman Nahed Obaid ناهد عبد الرحمن عبيد
4 years old male killed Matched to MoH ID 443263652
Siwar Abdul Rahman Obaid سوار عبد الرحمن عبيد
Child male killed
Ibtisam Abdel Rahman Nahed Obaid إبتسام عبد الرحمن ناهض عبيد
7 years old female Familial match to Nahed and Siwar killed Matched to MoH ID 438515942

Family members (3)

Halima Zaki Musa Asalia حليمة زكي عسلية
14 years old female killed Matched to MoH ID 429125909
Retal Zaki Asalia ريتال زكي عسلية
Age unknown female killed
Muhannad Zaki Musa Asalia مهند زكي عسلية
3 years old male killed Matched to MoH ID 445421738

Family members (2)

Rafiq Ali Rafiq Abu Ghali رفيق علي رفيق ابو غالي
12 years old male killed Matched to MoH ID 433242252
Taghreed Rafiq Abu Ghali تغريد رفيق علي ابو غالي
17 years old female killed Matched to MoH ID 421698903

The victims were named as:

Bassam Youssef Bassam Qaddoura بسام قدورة
24 years old male killed Matched to MoH ID 438945388
Islam Ibrahim Saeed Al-Najar اسلام ابراهيم سعيد النجار
38 years old killed Matched to MoH ID 801526781
Maysoon Muhammad Hassan Obaid (Al-Khatib) ميسون محمد الخطيب
23 years old female killed Matched to MoH ID 407663251
Rizk Abdullah Muhammad Nofal رزق عبدالله محمد نوفل
51 years old male killed Matched to MoH ID 929556769

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention Al Nuzha Street (شارع النزهة) in Jabalia (جباليا), for which the generic coordinates are: 31.526954, 34.488264. 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
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Infrastructure
    Residential
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    20
  • (11 children4 women5 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2–4
  • 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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Israeli Military Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Infrastructure
    Residential
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    20
  • (11 children4 women5 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2–4
  • 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 (15) [ collapse]