Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

ISPT0769

Incident date

October 30, 2023

Location

منزلا يعود لعائلة الهندي في مشروع بيت لاهيا شمالي قطاع غزة, The Hindi family home, in the Beit Lahia project in the northern Gaza Strip, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

Airwars assessment

A number of people were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Hindi family home on Al-Qassam Street in the Beit Lahia in northern Gaza on the 30th of October 2023.

A report from a Safa correspondent at 16:26 stated that the Hindi family house on Al-Qassam Street in the Beit Lahia project in the northern Gaza Strip was hit with an airstrike. Multiple posts, including a Facebook post by Sick Children of Palestine at Tel Hashomer Hospital, reported that “a number of casualties arrived at the Indonesian Hospital” as a result of the strike. However, no exact figures were given, and no additional information was provided regarding the victims injured in this attack.

The post also included a video showing groups surrounding the rubble left behind after the strike and a photo of dust rising amid the ensuing chaos. Another post by Sick Children of Palestine at Tel Hashomer Hospital shared a photo further depicting the dust rising over the remaining buildings, with people walking away while observing the wreckage following the attack.

Other posts on social media, such as a Facebook post by @nasEr.rhmh, also showed other videos closer to the rubble, displaying the wreckage and damage to not only the Hindi family home but also the surrounding homes.

Reports on social media by users such as @Bisan_Shrafi indicated that this attack was part of a series of strikes against several houses in the vicinity of the Al-Qassam Mosque.

Airwars has graded the civilian harm in this incident as weak, due to the repetition of the information from Safa News.

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

The incident occured in the afternoon.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Infrastructure
    Residential
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • 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

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    Source: Sick children of Palestine at Tel Hashomer Hospital
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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
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • 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 (16) [ collapse]