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Airwars Assessment
Shortly after 8 a.m. on the morning of Tuesday, 18th March 2025, a number of civilians were reportedly killed and others injured when an alleged Israeli strike hit the vicinity of al-Siyamat Stadium, north of Rafah in the Gaza Strip.
Information about the incident first appeared at 8.15 a.m. Several local news sources reported on the incident, including Media News and Al-Hadath Filastini newspaper.
The victims have not yet been identified. The incident occurred in the morning.
Given the repetitive nature of the information shared by the sources and the lack of information on civilian harm, Airwars has graded the strike status of the incident as “single source claim” and the civilian harm status as “weak” until further information comes to light.
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Reports of the incident mention the city of Rafah (رفح), for which the generic coordinates are: 31.296854, 34.243508. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.