Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

ISPT150724l

Incident date

July 15, 2024

Location

بالقرب من بيت لاهيا, Vicinity of Beit Lahia, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

Geolocation

31.551277, 34.509233 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Town level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

On July 15th, 2024, ambulance and emergency services reported to have recovered the bodies of two civilians in the Bedouin village northeast of Beit Lahia city in the northern Gaza Strip.

This information was tweeted by numerous Twitter/X users, including Safa and Quds news agencies around 1:23 PM, but it was not clear whether the civilians killed were the victims of a strike that occurred on the same day.

At the time of the report, the sources did not attribute the strike leading to the death of the two civilians to any specific belligerent. Therefore, Airwars graded both strike status and civilian harm status as contested until more information comes to light.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the vicinity of Beit Lahia (بالقرب من بيت لاهيا), for which the generic coordinates are: 31.551277, 34.509233. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Unknown
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected belligerents
    Palestinian Militants, Israeli Military

Sources (16) [ collapse]

Palestinian Militants Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Palestinian Militants
  • Palestinian Militants position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Israeli Military Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Unknown
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected belligerents
    Palestinian Militants, Israeli Military

Sources (16) [ collapse]