Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

ISPT0831

Incident date

November 2, 2023

Location

خان يونس, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

Geolocation

31.346149, 34.303899 Note: The accuracy of this location is to City level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

On the morning of Thursday, the 2nd November 2023, four farmers were reportedly killed and a number of civilians were injured when an alleged Israeli strike hit the Sufa and/or Al-Amour area east of Khan Younis in the south of the Gaza Strip.

At 11:03 am the Palestinian press agency Safa reported injuries after a bombing hit a group of farmers in the Al-Amour area, east of Khan Younis. Later that day Safa reported that the four farmers recovered from the incident had been killed. The victims have not yet been identified. This assessment will be updated if more specific information becomes available.

However, some sources, including the journalist Adel Zourub and Msdr News, reported a different area where the bodies were found, namely the Sufa area.

Msdr News reported that the civilians were transferred to the European Hospital shortly after the attack but did not survive the incident. This was then corroborated by several other news outlets and social media users.

While only one source, journalist Adel Zaarab (and repeated by other local sources), attributed the attack to the Israeli forces, multiple sources refer to “bombing”, indicating that Israel was responsible. Therefore, this incident has been graded as a “likely strike”.

The incident occured in the morning.

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the city of Khan Younis (خان يونس), for which the generic coordinates are: 31.346149, 34.303899. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    4
  • 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.
  • Impact
    Food
    Impact on services or infrastructure relating to education, health or food supply. See methodology note for details.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Israeli Military

Sources (19) [ collapse]

Israeli Military Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    4
  • 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.
  • Impact
    Food
    Impact on services or infrastructure relating to education, health or food supply. See methodology note for details.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Israeli Military

Sources (19) [ collapse]