Geolocation
Airwars assessment
On the morning of Friday, June 7th 2024 two people were reportedly killed in an alleged Israeli shelling of the Abu Holi area, south of Deir al-Balah in the central region of Gaza.
The incident was initially reported by correspondents for the Palestinian press agency, Safa, and Al-Araby news agency. Multiple other news outlets repeated the Safa and Al-Araby reports of the alleged Israeli airstrike, as did posts across Twitter/X and Facebook.
At least two sources attributed the strike to Israeli forces.
Safa reported that the incident occurred around 8am local time.
No further information was given on the two people reportedly killed in the attack.
The incident occured at approximately 8:00 am local time.
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the area of Abu Holi (منطقة أبو هولي) to the south of the town of Deir al-Balah (دير البلح). Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to find boundaries for the neighbourhood and to verify the location further. The generic coordinates for Abu Holi are: 31.394291, 34.341610.