Geolocation
Airwars assessment
At least one civilian was killed and at least two others were injured in an alleged artillery attack near the Al Weam charitable association building behind Sheikh Zayed City on October 29th 2023. A “number of artillery attacks in the Sheikh Zayed area” were reported by the Shehab Agency at 1.53pm local time. The names of the casualties are currently unknown.
Donia Al-Watan reported on Facebook that “one martyred and two injured were recovered from the strike in the vicinity of the Al Weam Association behind Sheikh Zayed City.” Several outlets and independent journalists referenced a ‘number’ of martyrs and injuries.
Photos posted by the Shehab Agency in the aftermath of the attack showed at least four injured civilians being tended to by Palestinian Red Crescent Society workers. One woman was covered in blood and had severe injuries to her face. A young boy was being carried into a PRCS ambulance, with bandages on his left arm and right hand, and evident injuries to his face. Two young boys were pictured lying next to each other on a stretcher, covered in ash. However, as the caption says that the injuries occurred “in the Sheikh Zayed area and the Qalibu area,” it is unclear if all of those injuries occurred in this strike or in another.
Though no sources explicitly referenced Israeli forces, references to ‘artillery’ and ‘strikes’ leads Airwars to attribute the incident to likely Israeli actions given the descriptions of these IDF-linked munitions.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the vicinity of the Al Weam Association (جمعية الوئام) in Sheikh Zayed City (مدينة الشيخ زايد), for which the generic coordinates are: 31.540263, 34.515277. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
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