Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

ISPT131024l

Incident date

October 13, 2024

Location

مدرسة شادية أبو غزالة، حي الفالوجا, Shadiya Abu Ghazala School, Fallujah neighbourhood, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

Geolocation

31.537873, 34.489297 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Nearby landmark level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

During the afternoon of Wednesday, 13th October 2024, civilians were injured by an alleged Israeli bombing of the Hafsa school in Fallujah, within the Jabalia Refugee Camp in North Gaza. The school had been sheltering internally displaced people, with the victims taken to the Kamal Adwan Hospital at 14:26, according to Safa News. Initial reports cited a number of injuries, but the exact number is not yet known and the victims’ identities have not yet been found among sources.

Visual documentation of the aftermath of the reported Israeli bombing depicted Civil Defence rescue workers hurriedly carrying a stretcher holding an injured civilian away from the site of the explosion.

Sources have not yet confirmed the precise cause of the incident and whether the strike was due to Israeli artillery shelling or airstrikes, with accounts such as Seif al Bahri via Facebook, referring to “[Israeli] bombing”.

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

The incident occured in the afternoon.

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident show the vicinity of the Shadiya Abu Ghazala School (مدرسة شادية أبو غزالة) in the Fallujah neighbourhood (حي الفالوجا), for which the generic coordinates are: 31.537873, 34.489297. 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
  • Infrastructure
    Education, IDP or Refugee Camp
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • 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
    Education
    Impact on services or infrastructure relating to education, health or food supply. See methodology note for details.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Israeli Military

Sources (10) [ collapse]

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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 and/or Artillery
  • Infrastructure
    Education, IDP or Refugee Camp
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • 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
    Education
    Impact on services or infrastructure relating to education, health or food supply. See methodology note for details.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Israeli Military

Sources (10) [ collapse]