Conflict

Israel and Gaza (from 2023)

Incident Code

ISPT0746a

Location

Abu Saada family home, Gaza Strip, Palestinian territories
منزل عائلة أبو سعدة، قطاع غزة

Airwars Assessment

Last Updated: December 15, 2024

On Sunday, October 29, 2023, six members of the Abu Saada family, including at least one woman and two children, were killed and at least two civilians, a mother and her child, were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on their home in the Gaza Strip. The exact location of the strike is unknown.

52-year-old Raeda Abdel Hamid Abu Saada was killed along with two of her sons, 35-year-old Saud Akram Abu Saada and 35-year-old Haitham Akram Abu Saada. Haitham’s son, 12-year-old Akram Haitham Akram Abu Saada, and daughter Tala Haitham Akram Abu Saada were also killed, as was 10-year-old Ahmed Saud Saeed Abu Saada. Saud’s wife, Noor Fuad, and their three-year old son managed to escape from the rubble with minor injuries.

In a December 22, 2023 interview with @GazaMartyrs, Noor Fuad, the surviving wife of Saud Akram Abu Saada, described how on October 29 “their home in Gaza was bombed by Israeli warplanes, and as the rubble fell upon them…[she] carried their son under the debris, desperately calling out for Saud, but there was no response.”

Noor also said the couple was living happily with their three-year-old son. @GazaMartyrs also shared an image of the happy Abu Saada family that it used to be.

Immediately after the alleged strike, loved ones expressed their grief over the deaths online. On October 29, Facebook users Ibrahim Abu Sada and Muhammad Abu Saada posted announced the death of their relatives. The latter also shared photos of some of the men who were killed.

On November 3, Nofa Abusada grieved “My strong, patient, chaste, pious, compassionate, martyr mother (Raida Abdel Hamid Abu Saada), my eldest brother, the martyr (Haitham Akram Abu Saada), my beloved brother, the martyr (Saud Akram Abu Saada), my nephew, the martyr (Akram Haitham Akram Abu Saada), my neice, the martyr (Tala Haitham Akram Abu Saada), my nephew, the martyr (Ahmed Saud Saeed Abu Saada).”

Where possible, names have been reconciled with published Palestinian Ministry of Health lists. With thanks to journalist Alexandre Horn from CheckNews for identifying relevant sources, and Data Tech for Palestine for centralising the datasets.

One source, Twitter/X account “Martyrs of Gaza” identified the belligerent as Israeli military. Furthermore, most of the names of the victims have been matched to the Palestinian Ministry of health lists, which is described as a list of “victims of Israeli aggression on the Gaza strip.” Therefore, Airwars has graded the strike status as “likely strike”.

Victims

Family members (3)

Raeda Abdul Hamid Youssef Abu Saada رائدة عبد الحميد يوسف ابوسعدة
52 years old female killed Matched to MoH ID 923997902
Saud Akram Saud Abu Saada سعود اكرم سعود ابوسعدة
35 years old male killed Matched to MoH ID 802383174
Ahmed Saud Saeed Abu Saada أحمد سعود سعيد ابوسعدة
10 years old male killed Matched to MoH ID 434021374

Family members (3)

Haitham Akram Saud Abu Saada هيثم اكرم سعود ابوسعدة
35 years old male killed Matched to MoH ID 800713653
Akram Haitham Akram Abu Saada أكرم هيثم اكرم ابوسعدة
12 years old male killed Matched to MoH ID 429996689
Tala Haitham Akram Abu Saada تالا هيثم أكرم أبو سعدة
Child female killed

Key Information

Military Statements

Israeli Military Assessment
Suspected belligerent
Israeli Military
Israeli Military position on incident
Not yet assessed

Sources (8)

Ibrahim Abu Sada
29 Oct 2023

Arabic

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330076

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29 Oct 2023

Source Author

Ibrahem Abu Sada

Source Author Translated

Ibrahim Abu Sada

Languages

Arabic

Translated Content

God Almighty said: "And give good tidings to those who patiently persevere, those who, when afflicted with calamity, say, 'Indeed, we belong to God, and indeed, to Him we will return.'" With hearts believing in God's decree and destiny, we announce the martyrdom of: Um Haitham Abu Sa'da Haitham Akram Abu Sa'da Saud Akram Abu Sa'da Ahmed Saud Saeed Abu Sa'da There is no power nor strength except with God.

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قـال تعالى :- " وَبَشِّرِ الصَّابِرِينَ الَّذِينَ إِذَا أَصَابَتْهُم مُّصِيبَةٌ قَالُوإِنَّا لِلّهِ وَإِنَّـا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونْ." بقلوب مؤمنة بقضاء الله وقدره نزف لكم نبأ استشهاد إم هيثم أبو سعدة هيثم أكرم أبو سعدة سعود أكرم أبو سعدة أحمد سعود سعيد أبو سعدة لا حول ولا قوة الا بالله
Mohammed Abu Saada
29 Oct 2023

Arabic

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330079

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29 Oct 2023

Source Author

‎محمد ابو سعدة‎

Source Author Translated

Mohammed Abu Saada

Languages

Arabic

Translated Content

Allah Almighty says: "And give good tidings to those who patiently persevere, those who, when afflicted with calamity, say, 'Indeed, we belong to Allah, and indeed, to Him we will return.'" With hearts believing in Allah's decree and destiny, we announce the martyrdom of: Um Haitham Abu Sa'da Haitham Akram Abu Sa'da Saud Akram Abu Sa'da Ahmed Saud Saeed Abu Sa'da There is no power nor strength except with Allah. May Allah have mercy on you and on all the martyrs. Saud Abu Sa'da Saud Abu Sa'da Abu Saud Abu Sa'da Khalid Alkhaldi Basel Abu Sa'da Ramez Abu Sada Alaa Mkhimar AbuSada Abu Mu'in Abu Mu'in

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قـال تعالى :- " وَبَشِّرِ الصَّابِرِينَ الَّذِينَ إِذَا أَصَابَتْهُم مُّصِيبَةٌ قَالُوإِنَّا لِلّهِ وَإِنَّـا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونْ." بقلوب مؤمنة بقضاء الله وقدره نزف لكم نبأ استشهاد إم هيثم أبو سعدة هيثم أكرم أبو سعدة سعود أكرم أبو سعدة أحمد سعود سعيد أبو سعدة لا حول ولا قوة الا بالله الله يرحمكوو ويرحم جميع الشهداء سعود ابو سعدة سعود أبوسعدة أبو سعود ابو سعدة Khalid Alkhaldi باسل أبو سعدة Ramez Abu Sada Alaa Mkhimar AbuSada ابو معين ابو معين

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Abu Mahmoud Jaber
29 Oct 2023

Arabic

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Source ID

330084

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29 Oct 2023

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أبومحمود جابر

Source Author Translated

Abu Mahmoud Jaber

Languages

Arabic

Translated Content

May God have mercy on you, Saud. Saud, a martyr. Saud Abu Saada

Content

الله يرحمك يا سعود سعود #شهيد سعود ابو سعدة

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Naim's dream
29 Oct 2023

Arabic

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Source ID

330088

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Date

29 Oct 2023

Source Author

Hammoda Naim

Source Author Translated

Naim's dream

Languages

Arabic

Translated Content

May God have mercy on you, Saud. Saud is a martyr.

Content

الله يرحمك يا سعود سعود #شهيد

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Muhammad Zahir
30 Oct 2023

Arabic

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Source ID

330092

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30 Oct 2023

Source Author

‎محمد ظاهر‎

Source Author Translated

Muhammad Zahir

Languages

Arabic

Translated Content

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. "O tranquil soul, return to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing [to Him], and enter among My [righteous] servants and enter My Paradise." (Quran 89:27-30) Our friend Saud Abu Sa'da, his brother Haitham Akram Abu Sa'da, and their mother have passed away. To God we belong, and to Him we shall return. O God, forgive them, have mercy on them, grant them health and pardon them, honor their place of rest, expand their grave, and cleanse them with water, snow, and hail. Purify them from sins and transgressions as a white garment is cleansed of dirt.

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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم (( يَا أَيَّتُهَا النَّفْسُ الْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ ارْجِعِي إِلَى رَبِّكِ راضية مَرْضِيَّةً فَادْخُلِي فِي عِبَادِي وَادْخُلِي جنتي )) صدق الله العلي العظيم انتقلوا إلى رحمة الله تعالى صديقنا سعود ابو سعدة وأخاه هيثم أكرم أبو سعدة ووالدتهم انا لله وانا اليه راجعون اللهم اغفر لهم وارحمهم وعافهم واعف عنهم واكرم نزلهم ووسع مدخلهم واغسلهم بالماء والثلج والبرد ونقهم من الذنوب والخطايا كما ينقى الثوب الأبيض من الدنس .

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Nofa Abusada
3 Nov 2023

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330095

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3 Nov 2023

Source Author

Nofa Abusada

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Translated Content

God Almighty said: “O tranquil soul, return to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing [to Him], and enter among My [righteous] servants and enter My Paradise.” My strong, patient, chaste, pious, compassionate, and martyred mother (Raida Abdul Hamid Abu Saada) My eldest brother, the martyr (Haitham Akram Abu Saada) My beloved brother, the martyr (Saud Akram Abu Saada) My nephew, the martyr (Akram Haitham Akram Abu Saada) My niece, the martyr (Tala Haitham Akram Abu Saada) My nephew, the martyr (Ahmed Saud Saeed Abu Saada) To Paradise, as wide as the heavens and the earth

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قال تعالى :" يَا أَيَّتُهَا النَّفْسُ الْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ ارْجِعِي إِلَى رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّة فَادْخُلِي فِي عِبَادِي وَادْخُلِي جَنَّتِي " أمي القوية الصابرة العفيفة التقيّة الحنونة الشهيدة ( رائدة عبد الحميد أبو سعدة) أخي البكر الشهيد (هيثم أكرم أبو سعدة ) أخي حبيبي الشهيد (سعود أكرم أبو سعدة) ابن أخي الشهيد ( أكرم هيثم أكرم أبو سعدة) ابنه أخي الشهيدة (تالا هيثم أكرم أبو سعدة) ابن أختي الشهيد (أحمد سعود سعيد أبو سعدة) إلى جنّات عرضها السماوات والأرض
GazaMartyrs
16 Dec 2023

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16 Dec 2023

Source Author

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Martyr Saud Akram Abu Saada, 34 years old. The martyr's wife, Noor Fuad, says that they were living in complete happiness with their 3-year-old son. The last six years were filled with joy and happiness for them. Saud was an essential and supportive figure for his family and relatives, considered a strong pillar of the household. Their home in Gaza was bombed by Israeli warplanes, and as the rubble fell upon them, his wife carried their son under the debris, desperately calling out for Saud, but there was no response. After strenuous efforts, she managed to get out with her son with minor injuries. However, things were more complicated for her husband Saud, who was martyred in this bombing on 29/10/2023.

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techforpalestine.org

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Source ID

330103

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Latest data available is until July 31st, 2025 (see updates detailed below). There are 60,199 in this list of names of those known to have been killed in Gaza since October 7, 2023. Of these, 1,137 were senior ladies, 1,791 were senior men, 10,271 were women, 28,543 were men, 7,801 were girls and 10,656 were boys. Names list web viewer → Usage​ The dataset is available as a CSV and JSON array. For programmatic use cases, we recommend sequentially requesting segments of the list using the paged JSON option, but a full minified JSON list is also provided below. You can replace the v3 path in these links with v2 for our older format. For JSON we recommend v3 as it's a faster download. See versions. Paging​ Given the size of this list, request times for the full list may be long. You can fetch the list incrementally in pages of 100 JSON objects using the following format. Pages are numbered from 1 to 602, and the total number of pages will grow as the list grows in size. Please keep in mind that these pages will not have consistent ordering over time. You can dynamically fetch the current page size and number of pages using our Summary JSON. We recommend fetching this resource before & after a sequential fetch to confirm that the page count was stable (makes sure the list wasn't updated while you were requesting all the pages). https://data.techforpalestine.org/api/v2/killed-in-gaza/page-1.json Fields​ Each record will have the following fields: KeyValueVersionnameoriginal arabic name from the source listv2,v3en_nameenglish name translationv2,v3idunique string (do not depend on format, it may change), and it may not be providedv2,v3dobdate of birth: string in YYYY-MM-DD format, or empty string if not availablev2,v3sexstring of one of m for male or f for femalev2,v3ageage as a numberv2,v3sourcestring indicating the source of the record (either h for "Ministry of Health", c for "Public Submission", j for "judicial or house committee", u for "unknown")v2updatenumber corresponding to the list update noted below under sourcesv3 Versions​ We maintain two formats of this dataset: a v2 and v3 version. Both receive updates as we receive list updates from the ministry. These versions represent data format changes and not unique list updates. For unique list update numbering refer to the update field noted above (only available for the v3 format). v2 has the paged format noted above alongside CSV and JSON. v3 provides CSV & JSON in a condensed format. The v3 format does not include the "source" field that's in v2. We removed the source field after the ministry stopped using it in the sixth list update. To keep the v3 JSON format small, we've switched the format from an array of JSON objects to an array of arrays, similar to a CSV. The first array specifies the fields and their order for the rest of the records in the main array. Source​ The dataset is updated when a new list is released by Gaza's Ministry of Health. Typically, this has been done in PDF format via their Telegram channel. Refer to the list of updates below for an idea of frequency. In their initial January 2024 update, the Ministry indicated the following about the list: The missing persons and the bodies of those trapped under the rubble were not counted. The unidentified people who arrived at hospitals were not counted. The unidentified persons whose bodies were handed over by the occupation were not counted. Those who were buried by their families without passing through hospitals were not counted. The victims in Gaza and North Gaza were not counted after the date of stopping the information system in November. Where the ministry's format has changed since the first update, we've tried to document this in our update posts linked below. The above bullets are presented to give you insight into their initial methodology and constraints, which have mostly held true (with the exception of #5 as the list was updated over time). The above caveats should make it clear that this list will be an undercount. You can read more about other factors you should consider. The aggregate numbers in the Daily Casualties - Gaza dataset will necessarily diverge from this list due to the number of unidentified people. Updates​ This list incorporates the following releases from the Ministry of Health: The first was as of January 5th, 2024 for hospitals reporting in the South and November 2nd 2023 for the North. Additionally, 21 records were included from an earlier release as noted in our Feburary update. (CSV / JSON) The second was as of March 29th, 2024 and it included submissions from the public to the Ministry (ie: families of those killed). We detailed the changes in our April 29th update. (CSV / JSON) The third was as of April 30th, 2024 and released on May 5th from the Ministry. We detailed the changes in our June 26th update. (CSV / JSON) The fourth was as of June 30th, 2024 and released on July 24th from the Ministry. We detailed the changes in our September 7th update. (CSV / JSON) The fifth was as of August 31st, 2024 and released around September 15th by the Ministry. We detailed the changes in our September 21st update. (CSV / JSON) The sixth was as of March 23rd, 2025, and released on the same day by the Ministry via Iraq Body Count. We detailed the changes in our May 11th update. (CSV / JSON) The seventh was as of June 15th, 2025, and released on June 23rd from the Ministry via Iraq Body Count. We detailed the changes in our July 6th update. (CSV / JSON) The eighth was as of July 15th, 2025, and released on July 16th from the Ministry via Iraq Body Count. We detailed the changes in our July 20th update. (CSV / JSON) The ninth was as of July 31st, 2025, and released on August 4th from the Ministry via Iraq Body Count. We detailed the changes in our August 17th update. (CSV / JSON) Child Name Counts​ For counts of the top 10 translated first names by age group (man, woman, boy, and girl), you can reference this JSON API: https://data.techforpalestine.org/api/v2/killed-in-gaza/name-freq-en.json This dataset is used to derive estimates of children killed for our home page name cards as documented on our Summary dataset page.

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Latest data available is until July 31st, 2025 (see updates detailed below). There are 60,199 in this list of names of those known to have been killed in Gaza since October 7, 2023. Of these, 1,137 were senior ladies, 1,791 were senior men, 10,271 were women, 28,543 were men, 7,801 were girls and 10,656 were boys. Names list web viewer → Usage​ The dataset is available as a CSV and JSON array. For programmatic use cases, we recommend sequentially requesting segments of the list using the paged JSON option, but a full minified JSON list is also provided below. You can replace the v3 path in these links with v2 for our older format. For JSON we recommend v3 as it's a faster download. See versions. Paging​ Given the size of this list, request times for the full list may be long. You can fetch the list incrementally in pages of 100 JSON objects using the following format. Pages are numbered from 1 to 602, and the total number of pages will grow as the list grows in size. Please keep in mind that these pages will not have consistent ordering over time. You can dynamically fetch the current page size and number of pages using our Summary JSON. We recommend fetching this resource before & after a sequential fetch to confirm that the page count was stable (makes sure the list wasn't updated while you were requesting all the pages). https://data.techforpalestine.org/api/v2/killed-in-gaza/page-1.json Fields​ Each record will have the following fields: KeyValueVersionnameoriginal arabic name from the source listv2,v3en_nameenglish name translationv2,v3idunique string (do not depend on format, it may change), and it may not be providedv2,v3dobdate of birth: string in YYYY-MM-DD format, or empty string if not availablev2,v3sexstring of one of m for male or f for femalev2,v3ageage as a numberv2,v3sourcestring indicating the source of the record (either h for "Ministry of Health", c for "Public Submission", j for "judicial or house committee", u for "unknown")v2updatenumber corresponding to the list update noted below under sourcesv3 Versions​ We maintain two formats of this dataset: a v2 and v3 version. Both receive updates as we receive list updates from the ministry. These versions represent data format changes and not unique list updates. For unique list update numbering refer to the update field noted above (only available for the v3 format). v2 has the paged format noted above alongside CSV and JSON. v3 provides CSV & JSON in a condensed format. The v3 format does not include the "source" field that's in v2. We removed the source field after the ministry stopped using it in the sixth list update. To keep the v3 JSON format small, we've switched the format from an array of JSON objects to an array of arrays, similar to a CSV. The first array specifies the fields and their order for the rest of the records in the main array. Source​ The dataset is updated when a new list is released by Gaza's Ministry of Health. Typically, this has been done in PDF format via their Telegram channel. Refer to the list of updates below for an idea of frequency. In their initial January 2024 update, the Ministry indicated the following about the list: The missing persons and the bodies of those trapped under the rubble were not counted. The unidentified people who arrived at hospitals were not counted. The unidentified persons whose bodies were handed over by the occupation were not counted. Those who were buried by their families without passing through hospitals were not counted. The victims in Gaza and North Gaza were not counted after the date of stopping the information system in November. Where the ministry's format has changed since the first update, we've tried to document this in our update posts linked below. The above bullets are presented to give you insight into their initial methodology and constraints, which have mostly held true (with the exception of #5 as the list was updated over time). The above caveats should make it clear that this list will be an undercount. You can read more about other factors you should consider. The aggregate numbers in the Daily Casualties - Gaza dataset will necessarily diverge from this list due to the number of unidentified people. Updates​ This list incorporates the following releases from the Ministry of Health: The first was as of January 5th, 2024 for hospitals reporting in the South and November 2nd 2023 for the North. Additionally, 21 records were included from an earlier release as noted in our Feburary update. (CSV / JSON) The second was as of March 29th, 2024 and it included submissions from the public to the Ministry (ie: families of those killed). We detailed the changes in our April 29th update. (CSV / JSON) The third was as of April 30th, 2024 and released on May 5th from the Ministry. We detailed the changes in our June 26th update. (CSV / JSON) The fourth was as of June 30th, 2024 and released on July 24th from the Ministry. We detailed the changes in our September 7th update. (CSV / JSON) The fifth was as of August 31st, 2024 and released around September 15th by the Ministry. We detailed the changes in our September 21st update. (CSV / JSON) The sixth was as of March 23rd, 2025, and released on the same day by the Ministry via Iraq Body Count. We detailed the changes in our May 11th update. (CSV / JSON) The seventh was as of June 15th, 2025, and released on June 23rd from the Ministry via Iraq Body Count. We detailed the changes in our July 6th update. (CSV / JSON) The eighth was as of July 15th, 2025, and released on July 16th from the Ministry via Iraq Body Count. We detailed the changes in our July 20th update. (CSV / JSON) The ninth was as of July 31st, 2025, and released on August 4th from the Ministry via Iraq Body Count. We detailed the changes in our August 17th update. (CSV / JSON) Child Name Counts​ For counts of the top 10 translated first names by age group (man, woman, boy, and girl), you can reference this JSON API: https://data.techforpalestine.org/api/v2/killed-in-gaza/name-freq-en.json This dataset is used to derive estimates of children killed for our home page name cards as documented on our Summary dataset page.

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