Conflict

Israel and Gaza (from 2023)

Incident Code

ISPT0822

Location

Vicinity of Al Quds Hospital, Gaza City, Gaza, Palestinian territories
بالقرب من الهلال الأحمر ومستشفى القدس، مدينة غزة

Geolocation

31.505833, 34.430556
Accuracy: Nearby landmark

Airwars Assessment

Last Updated: May 30, 2025

Two displaced people were wounded in the chest and abdomen when Israeli forces allegedly fired bullets in front of the Al Quds Hospital in the Tal Al Hawa neighbourhood, located west of Gaza City.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported that the two people injured by the gunshots were a child and a young man. It said the shots resulted in “critical injury” to the child and man in “the chest and abdomen.” No further identifying characteristics of those injured were made publicly available.

On Facebook, the Red Crescent Society also stated that several bullets were shot from a distance of around 1 kilometre by an Israeli military vehicle. These shots allegedly also impacted the sixth floor of the hospital, severely damaging one of the water tanks and the central air conditioning unit of the hospital. A photograph shared by Twitter/X user @nezar_same26503 purported to show the hole one of the bullets left in a wall. Another similar photograph, showing bullet damage to a wall, was shared by the Red Crescent Society on their Facebook page.

The alleged operation caused widespread anxiety throughout the civilian population, many of whom were displaced at the hospital, so “the ambulance team decided to conduct entertainment activities and simple games, to alleviate the children’s fear and panic.”

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

Key Information

Geolocation Notes

Reports of the incident mention the vicinity of the Al Quds Hospital (الهلال الاحمر و مستشفى القدس) to the west of Gaza City (مدينة غزة), for which the generic coordinates are: 31.505833, 34.430556. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Military Statements

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

Sources (13)

ShehabAgency
2 Nov 2023

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Source ID

339443

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2 Nov 2023

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The Red Crescent: The occupation forces directly targeted Al-Quds Hospital in Tel Al-Hawa, west of Gaza City, with live ammunition, injuring two displaced people in the chest and abdomen.

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الهلال الأحمر: قوات الاحتلال تستهدف بشكل مباشر مستشفى القدس في تل الهوى غربي مدينة غزة بأعيرة نارية وإصابة نازحين اثنين في الصدر والبطن.
hejerwanna
2 Nov 2023

Arabic

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339446

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2 Nov 2023

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hejerwanna

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Local sources: "Israeli occupation forces directly targeted Al-Quds Hospital in Tel al-Hawa, west of Gaza City, with live fire, injuring two displaced people in the chest and abdomen." #StopTheGenocideOnGaza

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مصادر محلية: "قوات الاحتلال تستهدف بشكل مباشر مستشفى القدس في تل الهوى غربي مدينة غزة بأعيرة نارية وإصابة نازحين اثنين في الصدر والبطن" #اوقفوا_حرب_الإبادة_على_غزة
nezar_same26503
2 Nov 2023

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The Palestinian Red Crescent: The occupation forces directly targeted Al-Quds Hospital in Tel Al-Hawa, west of Gaza City, with live ammunition, injuring two displaced people in the chest and abdomen.

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الهلال الأحمر الفلسطيني : قوات الإحتلال تستهدف بشكل مباشر مستشفى القدس في تل الهوى غربي مدينة غزة بأعيرة نارية وإصابة نازحين إثنين في الصدر والبطن.

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nezar_same26503
2 Nov 2023

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339452

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2 Nov 2023

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The Palestinian Red Crescent: The occupation forces directly targeted Al-Quds Hospital in Tel Al-Hawa, west of Gaza City, with live ammunition, injuring two displaced people in the chest and abdomen.

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الهلال الأحمر الفلسطيني : قوات الإحتلال تستهدف بشكل مباشر مستشفى القدس في تل الهوى غربي مدينة غزة بأعيرة نارية وإصابة نازحين إثنين في الصدر والبطن.

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PalinfoAr
2 Nov 2023

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Source ID

339455

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2 Nov 2023

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Local sources: "The occupation forces directly targeted Al-Quds Hospital in Tel Al-Hawa, west of Gaza City, with live ammunition, injuring two displaced people in the chest and abdomen."

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مصادر محلية: "قوات الاحتلال تستهدف بشكل مباشر مستشفى القدس في تل الهوى غربي مدينة غزة بأعيرة نارية وإصابة نازحين اثنين في الصدر والبطن"
Snd_pal
2 Nov 2023

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339458

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2 Nov 2023

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Urgent | Red Crescent: The occupation forces directly targeted Al-Quds Hospital in Tel Al-Hawa, west of Gaza City, with live ammunition, injuring two displaced people in the chest and abdomen.

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عاجل| الهلال الأحمر: قوات الاحتلال تستهدف بشكل مباشر مستشفى القدس في تل الهوى غربي مدينة #غزة بأعيرة نارية وإصابة نازحين اثنين في الصدر والبطن.
Palestine Red Crescent Society
2 Nov 2023

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339461

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2 Nov 2023

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Palestine Red Crescent society الهلال الاحمر الفلسطيني

Source Author Translated

Palestine Red Crescent Society

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Arabic

Translated Content

Al-Quds Hospital in the Tel al-Hawa neighborhood of western Gaza City was indirectly targeted, resulting in a child and a young man being critically wounded by live fire in the chest and abdomen while standing in front of the hospital. Several bullets fired indiscriminately by Israeli military vehicles, approximately 1 km south of the hospital, penetrated the walls of the sixth floor, which is sheltering a large number of displaced children and women. The attack also damaged the hospital's central air conditioning units and one of its water tanks. For the past three days, the area surrounding Al-Quds Hospital has witnessed intensified Israeli airstrikes, endangering the lives of the medical staff working there and more than 14,000 civilians. Several bullets, fired indiscriminately by Israeli military vehicles approximately 1 kilometer south of the hospital, penetrated the sixth-floor walls of the hospital, which serves as a shelter for a significant number of displaced children and women. This attack also caused significant damage to the central air conditioning units and one of the water tanks within the hospital. For the past three days, the vicinity of Al-Quds Hospital has been witnessing a relentless escalation of Israeli airstrikes, endangering the lives of the dedicated medical personnel working there and over 14,000 innocent civilians.

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تعرض مستشفى القدس في حي تل الهوى غرب مدينة #غزة الى استهداف غير مباشر، ادى الى اصابة طفل وشاب بالرصاص الحي في الصدر والبطن خلال تواجدهما امام المستشفى، حيث اخترقت عدد من الأعيرة النارية التي تطلقها الآليات الإسرائيلية بشكل عشوائي على بعد حوالي 1 كم جنوب المستشفى جدران الطابق السادس من المستشفى الذي يأوي عدد كبير جدا من النازحين من الأطفال والنساء، كما أدى الاستهداف الى تضرر وحدات التكييف المركزي وأحد خزانات المياه في المستشفى. ويشهد محيط مستشفى القدس منذ ثلاثة ايام تكثيف للغارات الإسرائيلية في محيطه، الأمر الذي يعرض حياة الطواقم الطبية العاملة فيه وأكثر من 14 ألف مواطن للخطر. Al-Quds Hospital in Tel al-Hawa neighborhood of western Gaza City was targeted by IOF, resulting in the critical injury of a child and a young man in the chest and abdomen while they were standing in front of the hospital. Several bullets, fired indiscriminately by Israeli military vehicles approximately 1 kilometer south of the hospital, penetrated the sixth-floor walls of the hospital, which serves as a shelter for a significant number of displaced children and women. This attack also caused significant damage to the central air conditioning units and one of the water tanks within the hospital. For the past three days, the vicinity of Al-Quds Hospital has been witnessing a relentless escalation of Israeli airstrikes, endangering the lives of the dedicated medical personnel working there and over 14,000 innocent civilians.

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Monitoring News
2 Nov 2023

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339464

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2 Nov 2023

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أخبار رصد

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Press coverage | The effects of gunfire by the occupation forces on Al-Quds Hospital in Gaza City resulted in the injury of two Palestinians inside the hospital.

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تغطية صحفية| آثار أعيرة نارية أطلقتها قوات الاحتـ لال على مستشفى القدس بمدينة غزة، أسفرت عن إصابة اثنين من الفلسطينيين داخل المستشفى

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Monitoring News
2 Nov 2023

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339466

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2 Nov 2023

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Press coverage | Occupation forces target Al-Quds Hospital in Gaza City, with gunfire that wounded two people in the chest and abdomen

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تغطية صحفية| قوات الاحتـ لال تستهدف مستشفى القدس في مدينة غزة، بأعيرة نارية أصابت اثنين في الصدر والبطن

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Bethlehem Event +
2 Nov 2023

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339468

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2 Nov 2023

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بيت لحم الحدث +

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Translated Content

The Red Crescent: "The occupation forces opened fire on Al-Quds Hospital in Tel Al-Hawa, west of Gaza, injuring two displaced people with bullets in the chest and abdomen."

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الهلال الأحمر: "قوات الاحتلال تطلق النار على مستشفى القدس في تل الهوا غرب غزة، وإصابة نازحين اثنين بالرصاص في الصدر والبطن".

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New Life - alhaya.ps
2 Nov 2023

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339470

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2 Nov 2023

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الحياة الجديدة - alhaya.ps

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New Life - alhaya.ps

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From inside Al-Quds Hospital in Gaza, which the occupation threatens to bomb... Last night was the most violent, as the occupation targeted the hospital's surroundings with a barrage of missiles, causing fear among the displaced children, many of whom lost their mothers and fathers, or even their entire families. The ambulance team decided to conduct recreational activities and simple games to alleviate the children's fear and panic.

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من داخل مستشفى القدس في غزة الذي يهدد الاحتلال بقصفه.. الليلة الماضية كانت الأعنف، حيث استهدف الاحتلال محيط المستشفى بوابل من الصواريخ، ما تسبب بحالة خوف لدى الأطفال النازحين الذين فقد الكثير منهم أمهاتهم و آبائهم، أو حتى عائلاتهم بأكملها، فقرر فريق الإسعاف عمل أنشطة ترفيهية وألعاب بسيطة، للتخفيف من خوف الأطفال وذعرهم.

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