Conflict

Israel and Gaza (from 2023)

Incident Code

ISPT210924c

Location

Vicinity of University College of Applied Sciences, Al Mawasi, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
قريب كلية تطبيقية، المواصي

Geolocation

31.354167, 34.271111
Accuracy: Nearby landmark

Airwars Assessment

Last Updated: August 22, 2025

Between four and eight people, including up to three children, a woman, and an elderly man, were injured in an alleged Israeli attack that struck the guard room of the University College of Applied Sciences, which was sheltering displaced people in the Al Mawasi area, west of Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip on September 21, 2024.

The incident was reported by official media outlets, including the Palestinian Press Agency, and photographs of injured civilians arriving at the Kuwait Specialized Field Hospital were widely shared online by various Facebook users. A Facebook post from Hani Alshaer identified four injuries from the strike while another post from Talal Abu Hussein reported that eight injuries arrived at the Kuwait Specialized Field Hospital. A post from Mr. El Haji specified that children were among the injured.

A total of 12 images were circulated, including one showing a toddler covered in blood being carried into the hospital tents, and two more depicting the same toddler receiving medical attention inside. One image showed a young man with an injured leg being treated in the same tent, while another captured a middle-aged woman with blood in her mouth. Additional photos showed a young man being carried on a stretcher outside the temporary hospital tents, a child receiving medical attention for what appears to be a head injury, and another child in a hospital bed with bloodstains. Other photos also depicted an elderly man whose foot was treated by doctors, and blood-stained clothing.

The images showed how urgent the situation was, with the makeshift medical facilities making it clear just how limited the resources were to care for the wounded.

With at least 12 photographs shared by numerous users showing at least seven injured civilians, and multiple sources attributing the attack to Israeli forces, Airwars has assessed the strike as “likely.” The Civilian Harm Status has been classified as “fair” due to the photographic evidence from various sources documenting the civilian harm.

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

The sources differed regarding the nature of the attack. While the Safa news agency correspondent reported the drone attack, another Facebook user Faras ‘Abu Sharkh wrote that the incident was an artillery shelling.

Key Information

Geolocation Notes

Reports of the incident mention the vicinity of the University College of Applied Sciences (كلية تطبيقية) in Al Mawasi (المواصي), for which the generic coordinates are: 31.354167, 34.271111. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Geolocation Observation: Declared Humanitarian Zone

The coordinates provided by Airwars are inside the Humanitarian or Safe Zone established by the Israeli Military.

Military Statements

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

Sources (21)

Hani Alshaer
21 Sep 2024

Arabic

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331986

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21 Sep 2024

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Hani Alshaer

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Arabic

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#Urgent | Updated.. Four injuries in a bombing by an Israeli drone targeting the University College of Applied Sciences, which houses displaced people in the Al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Yunis city.

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#عاجل | محدث.. أربع إصابات في قصف من مسيرة إسرائيلية استهدف الكلية الجامعية للعلوم التطبيقية التي تؤوي نازحين في منطقة المواصي غربي مدينة خان يونس.
khalil.elattarvideos1633355253875664
7 Dec 2025

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331991

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7 Dec 2025

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Pal post
21 Sep 2024

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331993

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21 Sep 2024

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بال بوست pal post

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Pal post

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Injuries were reported at Kuwait Hospital following an attack on a guard room at the Applied College near Al-Aqsa University, southwest of Khan Yunis.

Content

وصول إصابات إلى مستشفى الكويت جراء استهداف غرفة حراسة في الكلية التطبيقية بالقرب من جامعة الاقصى جنوب غرب مدينة خانيونس
Palestine Post
21 Sep 2024

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331996

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21 Sep 2024

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فلسطين بوست

Source Author Translated

Palestine Post

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Arabic

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Injuries were reported at Kuwait Hospital following an attack on a guard room at the Applied College near Al-Aqsa University, southwest of Khan Yunis.

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وصول إصابات إلى مستشفى الكويت جراء استهداف غرفة حراسة في الكلية التطبيقية بالقرب من جامعة الاقصى جنوب غرب مدينة خانيونس
Iyad Abu Harbid
21 Sep 2024

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332002

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21 Sep 2024

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اياد ابوهربيد

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Iyad Abu Harbid

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Injuries were reported at Kuwait Hospital following an attack on a guard room at the Applied College near Al-Aqsa University, southwest of Khan Yunis.

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وصول إصابات إلى مستشفى الكويت جراء استهداف غرفة حراسة في الكلية التطبيقية بالقرب من جامعة الاقصى جنوب غرب مدينة خانيونس
No way, no way.
21 Sep 2024

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332008

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21 Sep 2024

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Walaa Walaa

Source Author Translated

No way, no way.

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Among the injuries that arrived at Kuwait Hospital were those resulting from the targeting of a guard room at the Applied College near Al-Aqsa University, southwest of Khan Yunis city.

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من الاصابات التي وصلت الى مستشفى الكويت جراء استهداف غرفة حراسة في الكلية التطبيقية بالقرب من جامعة الاقصى جنوب غرب مدينة خانيونس

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Gaza unites us
21 Sep 2024

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332018

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21 Sep 2024

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غزة تجمعنا

Source Author Translated

Gaza unites us

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Part of the injuries arriving at Kuwait Hospital as a result of targeting a guard room at the Applied College southwest of Khan Yunis city.

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جانب من وصول إصابات إلى مستشفى الكويت جراء استهداف غرفة حراسة في الكلية التطبيقية جنوب غرب مدينة خانيونس.

Media from Gaza unites us (3)

Voice of Palestine Radio
21 Sep 2024

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Source ID

332027

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21 Sep 2024

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اذاعة صوت فلسطين

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Voice of Palestine Radio

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Arabic

Translated Content

Injuries arrived at Kuwait Hospital as a result of an attack on a guard room at the Applied College near Al-Aqsa University, southwest of Khan Yunis city.

Content

وصول إصابات إلى مستشفى الكويت جراء استهداف غرفة حراسة في الكلية التطبيقية بالقرب من جامعة الاقصى جنوب غرب مدينة خانيونس.

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Firas Abu Sharikh
21 Sep 2024

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332035

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21 Sep 2024

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فراس أبو شرخ

Source Author Translated

Firas Abu Sharikh

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Translated Content

#Photos of several injuries arriving at the Kuwait Specialized Field Hospital following an Israeli artillery attack on the University College of Applied Sciences in the Al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Younis. Photography | Firas Abu Sharikh

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#صور وصول عدد من الاصابات الى مستشفى الكويت التخصصي الميداني جراء استهداف مدفعية الإحتلال داخل الكلية الجامعية للعلوم التطبيقية بمنطقة المواصي غرب خان يونس تصوير | فراس أبو شرخ

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Sheikh Nasser neighborhood brings us together
21 Sep 2024

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332044

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21 Sep 2024

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حارة الشيخ ناصر يجمعنا

Source Author Translated

Sheikh Nasser neighborhood brings us together

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Arabic

Translated Content

Urgent 4 injuries as a result of shelling on a guard room at the Applied College. They were transferred to the Kuwaiti field hospital in Mawasi Khan Yunis.

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عاجل 4 إصابات جراء قصف على غرفة للحراسات في الكلية التطبيقية تم نقلهم إلى المستشفى الميداني الكويتي بمواصي خانيونس.
Alyawmnews
21 Sep 2024

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332047

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21 Sep 2024

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Urgent | Four people were injured in a bombing of a guard room at the Applied College. They were transferred to the Kuwaiti field hospital west of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.

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عاجل | 4 إصابات جراء قصف على غرفة للحراسات في الكلية التطبيقية تم نقلهم إلى المستشفى الميداني الكويتي غربي محافظة خانيونس جنوب قطاع غزة
Raya FM
21 Sep 2024

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332050

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21 Sep 2024

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4 injuries as a result of shelling on a guard room at the Applied College west of Khan Yunis city, south of the Gaza Strip.

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4 إصابات جراء قصــ.ـف على غرفة للحراسات في الكلية التطبيقية غرب مدينة خانيونس جنوب القطاع.

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Said El Haji
21 Sep 2024

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332054

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21 Sep 2024

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Said El Haji

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Injuries, including children, arrived at the Kuwaiti Hospital as a result of the occupation's bombing of a site inside the University College west of Khan Yunis.

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إصابات بينهم أطفال وصلت المشفى الكويتي جراء قصف الاحتلال لموقع داخل الكلية الجامعية غرب خانيونس.

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swilkinsonbc
21 Sep 2024

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332064

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21 Sep 2024

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Multiple injuries are still being transported to hospital after the israelis targeted & bombed the University College of Khan Yunis, southwest Gaza

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Multiple injuries are still being transported to hospital after the israelis targeted & bombed the University College of Khan Yunis, southwest Gaza

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By IMEMC News
22 Sep 2024

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332068

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22 Sep 2024

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By IMEMC News

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On Saturday, for the 351st straight day, Israeli forces continued their onslaught against the entire civilian population of 2.2 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, dropping several bombs in various parts of Gaza in the pre-dawn hours of Saturday September 21st. Update 11:55 pm: At least twenty-one Palestinians were killed and 30 others were wounded on Saturday in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a school housing displaced Palestinians in Al-Zeitoun neighborhood, south of Gaza City. Local sources reported that 21 Palestinians were killed, including 13 children, 6 women and a fetus, and 30 others were injured in an Israeli occupation bombing that targeted the Al-Zeitoun school, which is sheltering displaced people. Others were injured as a result of targeting Al-Falah School in the same neighborhood, and were transferred to the Baptist Hospital. The video below (graphic) shows the aftermath of Saturday’s strike, with survivors and rescue workers finding bodies in the rubble: https://imemc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/20240921-al-zaytoun-school-bombing-gaza.mp4 Eight Palestinians were also injured as a result of the bombing of the university college west of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. This is at least the fifth targeting of a school housing displaced Palestinians in the past two weeks. Israeli forces appear to be deliberately targeting these schools, each housing hundreds of displaced families. This video shows the aftermath of the Israeli bombardment of a school housing displaced families on September 18th in northern Gaza: https://imemc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/20240918-school-bombing-northern-gaza.mp4 The speaker of the Palestinian National Council, Rawhi Fattouh, issued a statement condemning the Israeli occupation’s bombing of Al-Zeitoun School in Gaza City, which was sheltering displaced people who fled the ongoing aggression. In his statement, Fattouh considered this attack a crime of genocide and ethnic cleansing targeting defenseless civilians who sought refuge in the school seeking protection, escaping the hell of bombs and missiles. He pointed out that this brutal attack constitutes a flagrant violation of all international conventions and international humanitarian law, stressing that targeting schools and civilian facilities reflects the occupation’s intention to commit crimes against humanity against the Palestinian people, including children and women, within the framework of a hateful systematic policy of ethnic cleansing and genocide. Fattouh called on the international community and the United Nations to take urgent action to stop these crimes and hold the Israeli occupation leaders accountable for their actions, stressing that the world’s silence and the US administration’s protection and support for the apartheid government as they continue to commit these massacres are a green light to continue its aggression and crimes. In addition to the attack on the school, four Palestinians were killed and six wounded on Saturday when the Israeli occupation forces bombed a warehouse in the Musabbeh area in Rafah city, south of the Gaza Strip. The Israeli occupation forces have continued their aggression on the Gaza Strip by land, sea and air since October 7, 2023, resulting in the martyrdom of more than 41,000, the majority of whom are children and women, while the number of injuries reached 95,000, while thousands of victims are still under the rubble. Israeli occupation forces have continued their aggression, by land, sea and air, on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, which has resulted in the killing of at least 41,978 citizens, the majority of whom are women and children, and the injury of at least 95,000 others, in an incomplete toll, as thousands of victims are still under the rubble and on the roads, and ambulance and rescue crews cannot reach them. Among the slain Palestinians are at least 16,640 children, 11,410 women, 183 journalists and 23 emergency responders, 885 medical staff, 82 Civil Defense staff, and 211 UNRWA staff. The British Lancet Medical Journal and other experts estimate the death toll in Gaza is much higher – and could be above 200,000, when counting both direct and indirect deaths related to the Israeli war on Gaza. This most recent escalation of Israel’s ongoing military occupation of Palestine began October 7th 2023 when 1,143 Israelis were killed, including 767 civilians and 376 armed soldiers. Around 500 Israeli soldiers have been killed between October 7th and now – both in Gaza and on the Israeli border with Lebanon. 11:30 am report: In a number of bombings before dawn Saturday, Israeli missiles killed at least 8 Palestinian civilians in central and southern Gaza. Four Palestinians were killed at dawn on Saturday in Israeli shelling in central Gaza Strip. The children pictured in the photo above – Hani, Eileen, and Shaima, were killed last night with their mother and grandparents in an Israeli airstrike on their home near Gaza Municipality Park. A correspondent with the Palestinian Wafa news agency said that ambulance crews recovered 4 killed Palestinians and a number of wounded people after a missile attack targeted a group of citizens in front of the house of the Al-Najjar family in Camp 1 in Al-Nuseirat camp. Eleen, 5, Shaimaa, 7, and Hani, 10, were MURDERED by Israeli occupation while at home yesterday along with their mother and grandparents! pic.twitter.com/yo2loNkstj — Motasem A Dalloul (@AbujomaaGaza) September 21, 2024 ”My father, mother, and nine-year-old daughter were killed.” While the world’s eyes turn to #Lebanon, #Israel continues its brutal attack on #Gaza strip. It is bombing and shelling across the besieged Strip while people shelter in crowded and ever-shrinking “safe zones.” pic.twitter.com/0aX2LjMAoX — Palestine Info Center (@palinfoen) September 20, 2024 The Wafa reporter added that the Israeli occupation artillery bombed citizens’ homes in the Al-Janina neighborhood, east of Rafah city, in the south of the Gaza Strip. A young man was killed and others were injured, Saturday morning, when the Israeli occupation forces bombed a house in Khan Yiunis city, south of the Gaza Strip. Local sources reported that a Palestinian was killed and others were injured as a result of the Israeli occupation bombing of a house belonging to the “Mukhaimer” family in the city. Three other Palestinians were injured in a bombing that targeted a tent housing displaced people in the middle of Khan Yunis, while Israeli occupation aircraft bombed a site in the vicinity of Nasser Medical Complex to the west. Also Saturday before dawn, the Israeli occupation artillery fired its shells and bullets towards the western areas of the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip. 🚨Breaking: After over 72 hours under the rubble of their home in #Gaza, the bodies of two siblings 4 year old Majd and 2 year old Mona Zaqout were recovered, joining their mother and relatives, all KILLED by Israeli army. pic.twitter.com/XNmUojHuGs — Nour Naim| نُور (@NourNaim88) September 20, 2024 A video posted by Palestinian photojournalist Ashraf Amra shows Ahmed, a Palestinian man, grieving for his family, who were killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza. Amra noted that Ahmed is the only surviving member of his family. pic.twitter.com/OIaYplexqi — Middle East Eye (@MiddleEastEye) September 21, 2024 Today, I narrowly escaped death while walking along the beach in northern #Gaza as Israeli warplanes carried out an airstrike very close to me.#GazaGenocide pic.twitter.com/UqONvP6R9T — ‏الـشـبـ𓂆ـراوي ‌‎#غـزَّة⁩ (@M_shebrawy3) September 20, 2024 Israeli occupation forces have continued their aggression, by land, sea and air, on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, which has resulted in the killing of at least 41,957 since the start of the aggression on October 7, 2023, the majority of whom are children and women. The number of injuries has reached 95,000, while thousands of victims are still under the rubble and on the roads, and ambulance and rescue crews cannot reach them. Among the slain Palestinians are at least 16,640 children, 11,410 women, 183 journalists and 23 emergency responders, 885 medical staff, 82 Civil Defense staff, and 211 UNRWA staff. The British Lancet Medical Journal and other experts estimate the death toll in Gaza is much higher – and could be above 200,000 when counting both direct and indirect deaths related to the Israeli war on Gaza.  This most recent escalation of Israel’s ongoing military occupation of Palestine began October 7th, 2023 when 1,143 Israelis were killed, including 767 civilians and 376 armed soldiers. Around 500 Israeli soldiers have been killed between October 7th and now – both in Gaza and on the Israeli border with Lebanon. Post navigation

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