Geolocation
Airwars assessment
Shortly before 18:47 on Saturday, November 4, 2023, three workers on a poultry farm in the vicinity of the Al-Najjar Hospital in Al-Geneina neighbourhood east of the city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip were killed and one was injured by an alleged Israeli airstrike on the farm facility.
The workers killed were named by multiple sources to be 32-year-old Tariq Ahmed Hamid Sheikh Al Eid and two brothers, 23-year-old Anas Hussein Awda Al Shawi and 18-year-old Abdul Karim Hussein Awda Al Shawi, all male; the name of the injured worker wasn’t found among local sources.
A Palestinian news agency Safa was the first to report the incident at 18:47. While some sources initially reported only two killed and one injured in this strike, most sources later reported three civilians killed and one injured, such as WAFA News Agency and Press Abeer Al Banna, who immediately were able to name the Al Shawi brothers as two of the killed civilians.
A Facebook post from Majed Alshawi memorialized the Al Shawi brothers without indicating his relationship to them, along with separate images of the brothers. One of the brothers was pictured standing in a checkered shirt and jeans and holding a cat. Additionally, multiple other Facebook posts memorialized Tariq Ahmed Hamid Sheikh Al Eid (Abu Hadi); a particular post was by the Facebook page of Al-Zamili Sheikh Al Eid clan which Tariq likely belonged to. This post also contained an image of the late Tariq – he was pictured dressed in a grey sweater and jeans.
Where sources identified who was responsible, all sources attributed the strike to the Israeli military. Additionally, most of the sources referred to the attack as an airstrike.
Where possible, names have been matched with the Palestinian Ministry of Health (MoH) lists, which include national ID numbers. Since October 26, 2023, the MoH has released six lists, along with an additional list of medical professionals, which was released on September 17, 2024. Airwars is matching individuals to the first list where their name appeared. In regard to this incident, names for Al Shawi brothers, Anas (M, 23) and Abdul Karim (M, 18) were matched on the second through sixth list, with a mismatch with the father’s name (Hussein vs Hassiri); Tariq Ahmed Hamid Sheikh Al Eid (M, 32) appeared on those same lists.
The incident occured in the evening.
The victims were named as:
Family members (2)
The victims were named as:
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the vicinity of the Al-Najjar Hospital (مستشفى النجار) within the Al-Geneina neighbourhood (حي الجنينة) to the east of Rafah (رفح), for which the generic coordinates are: 31.273056, 34.272778. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
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Source: Majed Alshawi -
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Source: Tajamu’a Ashiera “ Shiekh Eid” Al Zamli -
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Source: Sharief Al Sofi