Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

ISPT110124b

Incident date

January 11, 2024

Location

بالقرب من مجمع ناصر الطبي، خانيونس, Vicinity of Nasser Medical Complex, Khan Yunis, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

Geolocation

31.347746, 34.290433 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Exact location (via Airwars) level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Shortly before 12:34 PM on Thursday, January 11th, 2024, up to two Palestinian Civil Defense crew members were reportedly injured in an alleged ‘double tap’ Israeli airstrike on the civil defense crews and paramedics while they were trying to rescue injured people who were trapped under the rubble of a house in the vicinity of the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.

Shehab Agency was the first to report an injury of a member of the Civil Defense at 12:34 PM. General Directorate of Civil Defense later confirmed the injury of one of its rescue team members in an alleged “double tap” strike which hit crew members who were carrying out their humanitarian duty. Later the Directorate reported that two Civil Defense members were injured.

A video filmed by Al Jazeera and reposted in its shorter version by many Twitter/X users and media outlets showed Palestinian Civil Defense crew members rushing towards a house damaged by the earlier strike, being shown how to get inside by children, then entering it to search for survivors and being hit by a powerful explosion while they were inside. The video also showed how two male Civil Defense members who had been injured were assisted by their colleagues to get into an ambulance.

Twitter/X user @MawtiniLevent shared a similar video alleging that the incident happened in the vicinity of the Nasser Medical Complex and adding that civil defense teams were attempting to extinguish a fire that broke out as a result of the bombardment that affected the place earlier.

Where sources identified the belligerent, all sources attributed the strike to the Israeli military.

The incident occured at approximately 12:34 pm local time.

Geolocation notes (2) [ collapse]

Reports of the incident mention a building being struck in the vicinity of the Nasser Medical Complex (مجمع ناصر الطبي) in Khan Younis (خان يونس). Analysing audio-visual material from sources, we have narrowed the location down to the following exact coordinates: 31.347746, 34.290433.

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  • Imagery:
    aljazeera.net news

  • Imagery:
    aljazeera.net news

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian infrastructure
    Residential building
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    1–2
  • 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
    Healthcare
    Impact on services or infrastructure relating to education, health or food supply. See methodology note for details.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Israeli Military

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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
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    1–2
  • 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
    Healthcare
    Impact on services or infrastructure relating to education, health or food supply. See methodology note for details.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Israeli Military

Sources (75) [ collapse]