Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

ISPT0717

Incident date

October 29, 2023

Location

بجوار أبو الأمين، أبو اسكندر، مدينة غزة, Vicinity of Abu al-Amin Junction, Abu Iskander Area, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

Geolocation

31.530844, 34.473116 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Nearby landmark level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

At least one civilian was reportedly killed or injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Abu Jiab family home near the Abu al-Amin Junction in the Abu Iskander area of Gaza City shortly before 10:00 on Sunday the 29th of October, 2023. No exact casualty figure has been reported.

Multiple sources, including the Palestinian Shehab News Agency, reported that the Abu Jiab family home had been hit by an airstrike. Others, including Marwan Zaloum, who posted on Facebook, emphasized the civilian efforts being made to search for survivors under the rubble. In a video shared by multiple sources, a group of volunteers can be seen searching the wreckage of the completely destroyed building and removing a person who appeared to either be dead or injured. No identifying factors have been publicly revealed.

A second video, also shared by Marwan Zaloum on Facebook, showed a rescuer repeatedly shouting down into the rubble asking if anybody was alive and listening for a response from potential trapped survivors.

No detail of civilian harm was provided by sources beyond that shown in the video – where it is unclear whether the individual being removed from the building is injured or killed – and the repeated references to survivors being trapped beneath the rubble. The casualty range for both injured and killed civilians has thus been recorded as 0-1. Furthermore, given the lack of information regarding civilian harm presently available, the civilian harm grading for this incident has been categorised as “weak”.

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

The incident occured at approximately 10:00 am local time.

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the vicinity of the Abu al-Amin Junction (ابو الامين) in the Abu Iskander Area (ابو اسكندر) in Gaza City (مدينة غزة), for which the generic coordinates are: 31.530844, 34.473116. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Infrastructure
    Residential
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    0 – 1
  • Civilians reported injured
    0–1
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Israeli Military

Sources (14) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (4) [ collapse]

  • This media contains graphic content. Click to unblur.

  • This media contains graphic content. Click to unblur.

  • This media contains graphic content. Click to unblur.

  • This media contains graphic content. Click to unblur.

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
    0 – 1
  • Civilians reported injured
    0–1
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Israeli Military

Sources (14) [ collapse]