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A number of casualties resulted after an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Muhammad Al Fateh Mosque in the town of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip early afternoon on Sunday, October 29th 2023. According to multiple sources, the mosque was completely destroyed.
The names and number of casualties are currently unavailable. It is further unclear whether deaths occurred, or whether the casualties were limited to injuries.
On the day of the alleged strike, various sources, including Palestine Post, ‘um bara’a, Sherine Hatem, Urgent now Palestine, and Official journalist Adel Zourub,@Info3Lebanon, and @assabeeldotnet quoted the Gaza Ministry of Interior’s statement announcing that “[Israeli] aircraft bombed the Muhammad Al Fateh Mosque in the Beit Lahia project in the northern Gaza Strip, completely destroying it, and a number of casualties were transported from the place.”
According to Alghad.tv, “Today, Sunday, the [Israeli] raids renewed on various areas of the Gaza Strip. The media office of the Ministry of Interior and National Security in Gaza announced that ‘[Israeli] aircraft bombed the Muhammad Al Fateh Mosque in.. Beit Lahia… north of the Strip, and completely destroyed it.'” The statement added that “several injuries were transferred from the scene.”
A photo posted to Facebook by Shereen Hatem showed a cloud of smoke rising from a densely built area, presumably showing the site of the alleged strike on the Muhammad al-Fateh Mosque.
Where sources identified the belligerent, the strike was attributed to Israeli forces.
The incident occured at approximately 2:00 pm local time.
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the vicinity of the Muhammad Al Fateh Mosque (مسجد محمد الفاتح) in Beit Lahia (بيت لاهيا), for which the generic coordinates are: 31.538073, 34.504509. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
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Source: Sherine Hatem