Shortly after 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 24, 2024, at least 150 people were reported killed and dozens of others were injured following an alleged Israeli airstrike on a residential area on Al-Houja (Al-Hawja) Street in Jabalia Refugee Camp, in the northern Gaza Strip. According to reports from Civil Defense cited by Safa News, the strike destroyed approximately 13 houses in Block 7 belonging to multiple families, including the Al-Najjar, Abu Al-Awf, Salman, Hijazi, Abu Al-Qumsan, Aqel, Abu Rashid, Abu Al-Tarabish, Zaqoul, and Shaalan families.

The attack was widely described as a massacre, with many civilians killed or wounded while remaining inside their homes. Emergency response was severely hindered due to the absence of available medical services at the scene. Local reports indicated that many residents had refused to evacuate their homes despite escalating military operations in Jabalia and surrounding areas in the preceding weeks.

BBC Arabic further reported distress calls from the area, with dozens of wounded and missing persons believed to be trapped beneath the rubble, particularly from the homes of the Abu Rashid and Aql families. Medical teams were reportedly unable to reach them due to the disruption of emergency services amid continued bombardment in northern Gaza.

According to the Civil Defense, at least 150 people were killed, while there were “dozens” of wounded.

Personal tributes shared in the aftermath of the attack helped Airwars identify the names of 50 of the civilians killed, including thirteen women, one of them pregnant, and at least 17 children, and three injured, including a child.

Abu Omar wrote on Facebook: “With hearts filled with faith and souls content with God’s decree and destiny, we extend our deepest condolences to every honorable person and to the Abu Rashid family,” listing 32 people, including women and children, who were killed in the bombing.

The Abu Rashid Family

The message provided a detailed list of those reported killed in the “Al-Hawja Street massacre” in Jabalia, including Hajja Umm Fathi Abu Rashid who was killed alonside her son, Fathi Ahmed Salman Abu Rashid (66), Fathi’s wife, Umm Ramzi, her daughter, Alia Ahmed Salman Abu Rashid (63) and her son, Fouad Ahmed Salman Abu Rashid (47).

38-year-old son of Fathi and grandson of Umm Fathi, Ramzi Fathi Ahmed Abu Rashid, was killed alongside his wife and seven children: five daughters – Sally Ramzi Abu Rashid (11); Maria Ramzi Abu Rashid (7); Sham Ramzi Abu Rashid (10); Maryam Ramzi Abu Rashid (4); and Misk Ramzi Abu Rashid (2); and two sons – Qusay Ramzi Abu Rashid (5) and Mustafa Ramzi Abu Rashid (infant).

34-year-old son of Fathi and grandson of Umm Fathi, Mahmoud Fathi Abu Rashid (34) was killed alongside his wife and four children: Firas Mahmoud Abu Rashid (10), Muhammad Mahmoud Abu Rashid (8), Fathi Mahmoud Abu Rashid (3), and Habiba Mahmoud Abu Rashid (1).

32-year-old daughter of Fathi, Sahar Fathi Abu Rashid, was also killed.

Fouad Ahmed Salman Abu Rashid was killed alongside his two sons, Musab Fouad Abu Rashid (16) and Bilal Fouad Abu Rashid (17) and a daughter, Rahaf Fouad Abu Rashid (11).

Daughter-in-law of Umm Fathi, Amal Shehadeh Abu Rashid, was killed along with her four children: daughters Aya Salman Abu Rashid (20), Islam Salman Abu Rashid (16) and Sama Salman Abu Rashid; and a son, Youssef Salman Abu Rashid. 

According to Abu Omar, 36-year-old Nuha Fathi Abu Rashid, who died in an incident along with her husband, 42-year-old Basel Talal al-Najjar, and their children, a daughter, Sila Basel Talal al-Najjar and 10-year-old son, Qais Basel Talal al-Najjar, had been displaced and were sheltering with the family at the time; their daughter, Saba Basel Talal al-Najjar, was reported seriously injured.

Among the victims were also 37-year-old woman,Sarah Anwar Abdullah Abu Rashid, 62-year-old woman, Najah Muhammad Ahmed Abu Rashid,  28-year-old Anwar Mardi Salman Abu Rashid, 57-year-old Muhammad Salman Eid Abu Rashid, 37-year-old Anwar Fayez Abdel Ghani Abu Rashid, and Jihan Fayez Abu Rashid. 

@Mahmoud Alsamana mourned his “dear brother and friend” Ramzi Abu Rashid, including a photograph of Ramzi in a leather jacket.

Abu Omar wrote a Facebook message that concluded with prayers of mercy upon for deceased and patience for their relatives, reflecting the profound grief felt in the aftermath of the attack. Multiple media accounts shared images of Basel Talal al-Najjar, in which he is seen wearing a blue shirt and glasses, looking directly at the camera, as well as images of his young children, including his daughter Saba and his son Qais.

Facebook user “Rami the Professor” remembered his “beloved brother, Professor Basel al-Najjar,” and his family, writing that “Our tender hearts can no longer bear all this loss.” Mixat Palestinian also mourned his “kind-hearted” friend Basel.

The al-Qumsan family

Further testimony from a resident of Jabalia, Hamouda Abu Al-Qumsan, described the widespread destruction affecting multiple families and neighbors in the area, stating that the camp had been devastated and homes demolished with residents inside. The account mourned the loss of members of the Aqel, Abu Rashid, and Abu Al-Qumsan families, stating that “our neighbors and families are martyrs.” The testimony identified several individuals of Abu Al-Qumsan family killed in the attack: Abdul Aziz Mahmoud Hijazi Abu al-Qumsan, Atef Hijazi Abu al-Qumsan, Mu’adh Atef Abu al-Qumsan, 33-year-old Suhaib Jamal Abu al-Qumsan, and 19-year-old Ahmed Raed Abu al-Qumsan.

Amer Abu Al-Qumsan also mourned the loss of his cousins, Suhaib Jamal Abu al-Qumsan and Ahmed Raed Abu al-Qumsan, describing Ahmed as “my backbone” and “one of the pillars of the Flood of Mercy volunteer initiative.” He shared multiple images of them standing together and smiling at the camera. A photo of Ahmed shared by Umm Muhammad Abu al-Qumsan shows him in a striped shirt.

Moneeb El Bess paid tribute to her beloved friend and cousin Suhaib Jamal Abu al-Qumsan, writing: “May we meet in Paradise, God willing, my beloved. Pray for his acceptance and mercy. Farewell, farewell, my love. I will miss you.”

Facebook user khaledyousry22 included a video of an elderly man, Abu Amer Abu al-Qumsan, who had been injured but survived the strike, detailing his account of events: he had been injured by shrapnel to his head, while his wife was also wounded and received 18 stitches for an injury to her head. The couple slept at the hospital, before it was “stormed” and soldiers separated the men and women. The men were taken outside of the hospital and interrogated. Nearly 200 men were detained. According to the testimony by Abu Amer, the incident happened at 8 p.m. He also said that around 70 members of the Abu Rashid family and around 30 members of the Aqel family were killed.

The Aqel family

In a separate post, Mariam Muhammed identified three other individuals killed in the attack, emphasising that “they are not just numbers,” and naming Abdullah Mahmoud Mustafa Aqel (“Al-Shouli”), his 30-year-old brother, Ibrahim (Mahmoud Mustafa) Aqel and Abdullah Abu al-Awf among the victims. In a photo collage shared by Mariam, Abdullah al-Awf is seen in the upper left corner, smiling in a white shirt. Suhaib al-Qusman is to the right, in a Hugo Boss-branded shirt and black cap. Beneath Suhaib, in the bottom right, is Abdullah Aqel in a red and blue zip-up jacket. Ibrahim is in the bottom left, in a blue shirt.

Judging from the photo, they all were young men. The age of Ibrahim was additionally ascertained with the help of the website Genocide in Gaza, which has the list of the victims in the Gaza Strip from October 2023 onwards. According to this website, 58-year-old man, Mahmoud Mustafa Mahmoud Aqel, was also killed in the strike on October 24. Based on the middle names of Ibrahim and Abdullah and the ages, Mahmoud was likely their father.

Saad Zaki Abdel Nabi on their Facebook page mourned the death of Abdullah Abu al-Awf and described him as a young man who was killed alongside his wife and unborn child, emphasising that he “never saw his son,” who was still in his mother’s womb at the time of the strike.

Saher Abu Daghim admitted feeling such “pain in our hearts for our loved ones” after their deaths, writing especially in remembrance of Ibrahim Aqel, who he asked that God “have mercy” on. With his passing, Mohannad Qomsan wrote, Ibrahim had “broke[n] my heart.”

While Ibrahim’s profession has not been made publically available, he was working – either professionally or in a volunteer capacity – with a charity. Rehab Khaled Abo Elmaaty referred to him as “our team’s cook” and included a photograph of Ibrahim stirring grain in an industrial-sized vat.

In a Facebook tribute published on Octrober 28, Ahmad Aql Abu al-Walid explained the death of his brother’s wife, Hajja Umm Talaat Aqel, who succumbed to injuries three days after the bombing of the residential area in Al-Hawja camp in Jabalia. He noted that she had been wounded in the initial strike and later died from her injuries, joining other relatives who were killed, while many additional family members remained injured and in need of medical care. In a separate tribute, Ali al-Najjar confirmed her death, stating that she had suffered a severe head injury. He described her as a woman known for patience and piety, noting her role in caring for others and expressing condolences to both the Aqel and Al-Najjar families. His statement further reflects that victims of the attack included individuals who initially survived but later died due to the severity of their wounds and the lack of adequate medical treatment.

The full number and identities of those killed and injured remain unknown.

Where possible, the names of the victims have been matched with the Palestinian Ministry of Health (MoH) lists, which include national ID numbers. Since October 26, 2023, the MoH has released a number of lists, along with an additional list of medical professionals, which was released on September 17, 2024. Airwars is matching individuals to the first list where their name appeared. In regard to this incident, the names of the victims were matched to the eighth “Palestinian Ministry of Health List of Fatalities in Gaza”, which was released on March 24, 2025, and to the twelfth Ministry of Health list released in February 2026.

The ages of some victims have been also found by cross-checking names against lists of fatalities shared online by Genocide in Gaza and Shireen Monitor, which has a list of “martyrs” of Israeli forces from October 2023 onwards.

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