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Airwars assessment
On the morning of June 7th 2024, five civilians were reportedly injured in an alleged Israeli drone strike on the town of Khuza’a to the east of Khan Yunis, southern Gaza.
The five injured in the attack were identified on social media as a young man named Muhammad Qudaih, a woman Ihsan Muslim Abourjila, a man referred to as Al-Silawi Abourjila or Abu Ahmed, a woman named Saher Wasim Abourjila and a man named Musab Wasfi Abourjila.
A Facebook account under the name of Oday reported that Muhammad Qudaih underwent a five hour operation due to injuries on his foot, sharing a photo of a young man in a hospital bed with a contraption holding what looks to be multiple metal pins together in his leg. The post named the four other injured people and sent them well wishes for a full recovery.
Safa News reported the incident as did QudsPress via Twitter/X and the Palestine Information Center. Multiple reports stated that five people were injured in the attack and taken to the Gaza European Hospital following the alleged Israeli attack.
All sources attributed the incident to an Israeli airstrike, with a post from @QudsPress on Twitter/X specifically reporting that the attack was an Israeli drone strike.
The incident occured in the morning.
The victims were named as:
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the town of Khuza’a (خزاعة), for which the generic coordinates are: 31.307314, 34.360372. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
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