Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

ISPT150724f

Incident date

July 15, 2024

Location

مدرسة صلاح الدين قرب شارع الجلاء,, Salah Al Din school near Al Jalaa street, Al Rimal neighborhood, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

Airwars assessment

Shortly before 3:49 PM, on Monday, July 15th 2024, a young man was reportedly killed and between four and six others were injured after an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the UNRWA Salah al-Din School in the Rimal neighborhood, on al-Jalaa Street, in central Gaza City.

According to Safa News, at 4:37 PM, the Palestinian Civil Defense released a report stating one civilian death and a number of injuries. @EmadOtol (Imad Al-Din) posted on Twitter/X explained that UNRWA’s Salah al-Din School was hit by a missile that did not explode but fell on a young man who was killed instantly – Imad was at the Salah al-Din School visiting a relative when the bombing occurred, adding that “If the missile had exploded, a massacre would have occurred that would have left a large number of martyrs”. The name of the young man is unknown.

Aljazeera’s correspondent reported a total of six individuals that were injured in the attack while Alkofiya TV put the number of injured at four.

Khalef Elkatea’s Facebook post announced that Salah al-Din School, an affiliate of UNRWA, at the time had sheltered displaced people.

On July 16th, 2024, the Anadolu Agency reported that Salah al-Din school was damaged in the attack. An accompanying video shows the damage caused to one of the classroom floors where the airstrike struck the building, causing a hole in the floor.

AJA.Palestine posted a video showing an ambulance arriving at the school and a paramedic rushing inside and searching under debris.

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

The incident occured at approximately 3:49 pm local time.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian infrastructure
    School, UN facility
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    4–6
  • 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

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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
    School, UN facility
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    4–6
  • 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 (13) [ collapse]