Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

ISPT0782

Incident date

October 31, 2023

Location

منزل لعائلة جحا في شارع البرهام جوار مسجد الامام الشافعي بحي الزيتون, A house of the Juha family on Al-Burham Street, next to the Imam Al-Shafi’i Mosque in the Al-Zaytoun neighbourhood, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

Airwars assessment

A house of the Juha family located on Al-Barham Street in the Al-Zaytoun neighbourhood of Gaza City was allegedly hit by an Israeli airstrike shortly before 11 AM on Tuesday, 31st of October, 2023, reportedly resulting in the death of at least seven civilians, including and six children, and injuring of a number of civilians.

According to Al Mayadeen Live, the home belonged to the Juha family and was located next to the Imam Al-Shafi’i Mosque in the Al-Zeitoun neighbourhood in Gaza. Alkofiya TV posted that the six casualties were children who were later recovered from under the rubble of the house, but no additional information on their identities was found.

Only one victim was named publicly. 29-year-old Mustafa Ahmed Fares Juha was reportedly killed in the incident and he was mourned in social media posts by his relatives – his cousins Umm Youssef Mohammed, Abdullah Aba Islam, and Mustafa Nasser Mahmoud. Abdullah Islam shared an image of Mustafa from before the incident – a bearded man in a white shirt.

Airwars has matched the name of Mustafa Ahmed Fares Juha with the Palestinian Ministry of Health list of nearly 7000 victims’ names and ID numbers released on October 26th, 2023.

A number of people were reported to have been wounded by the alleged airstrike by different sources.

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

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Mustafa Ahmed Fares Juha مصطفى أحمد فارس جحا
29 years old male killed Matched to MoH ID 400824934

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian infrastructure
    Residential building
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    7
  • (1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Israeli Military

Sources (24) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (1) [ collapse]

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    Source: Abdullah Aba Islam

Israeli Military Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian infrastructure
    Residential building
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    7
  • (1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Israeli Military

Sources (24) [ collapse]