Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

ISPT0789

Incident date

October 31, 2023

Location

منزل مراسل قناة الأقصى بشمال القطاع الزميل الصحفي محمد عرب, Home of Al-Aqsa Channel correspondent in the northern Gaza Strip, journalist Muhammad Arab, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

Airwars assessment

On October 31st, 2023, one civilian was killed and several wounded civilians were reported as a result of an alleged Israeli airstrike on the home of Al-Aqsa Channel correspondent Muhammad Arab, who was not among those killed/injured, in the northern Gaza Strip.

Shehab News Agency posted on Twitter/X about the attack, reporting one death and injuries. A second source, Nabd News, also tweeted about the attack, attributing the strike to an Israeli aircraft bomb and informing that wounded civilians were taken to the Indonesian Hospital.

The Palestinian Information Center (@PalinfoAr), Palestine Network for Dialogue شبكة فلسطين للحوار (@paldf), and Palestine Press Agency وكالة صفا (@SafaPs) also tweeted about the airstrike but provided no further details on the victims or the infrastructure damage. There was no further follow-up on the victims taken to the hospital.

Additionally, eight private Facebook users posted similar information on their accounts about the alleged strike.

The strike status has been graded as “single source claim” by Airwars due to the repetition of sources who mention Israel as being responsible for the strike, with the Civilian Harm Status as “fair” due to multiple different sources mentioning the civilian harm.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Single source claim
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian infrastructure
    Residential building
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • 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 (17) [ collapse]

Israeli Military Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Strike status
    Single source claim
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian infrastructure
    Residential building
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • 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 (17) [ collapse]