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October 18, 2023
LOCATION
بيت لاهيا, Beit Lahia, North Gaza, the Gaza StripShortly before 1:38pm on Wednesday October 18th 2023, seven identified members of the Abu Jalhoum family, including a mother with her five children, were killed and seven others were reportedly injured when an alleged Israeli airstrike hit their home in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip. At 1:38 PM the Palestinian News Agency Safa
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Incident date
October 18, 2023
LOCATION
الكفير, Al-Kafir, western countryside of Idlib, Idlib, SyriaDuring the evening of Wednesday, 18th October 2023, Russian warplanes allegedly launched an airstrike that hit an out-of-service tank and a hay warehouse in a nearby building on the outskirts of Ishtabrag in the western countryside of Idlib, Syria, according to the Syrian Civil Defense. This led to the injury of a woman in the
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Incident date
October 18, 2023
LOCATION
البنك الإسلامي – فرع جباليا, Vicinity of the Islamic Bank - Jabalia Branch, North Gaza, the Gaza StripOn October 18th 2023, it was reported that up to 27 people were killed when an airstrike hit the house of the Dardouna family, near the Islamic Bank in Jabalia al-Balad, north of the Gaza strip. Where sources identified the belligerent, all sources attributed the strikes to Israeli forces. Ahmed posted on Facebook that as
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Incident date
October 18, 2023
LOCATION
Fasifis family home and Abu Ishaq family home in Bani Suhaila, east of Khan Yunis, Gaza strip, Khan Younis, the Gaza StripOn Wednesday, October 18 2023, between six and 12 civilians were reportedly killed, including at least one child, and between 35 and 45 others were injured, including at least one child, in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Fasifis family home and Abu Ishaq family home in Bani Suhaila, east of Khan Yunis, the Gaza
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Incident date
October 18, 2023
LOCATION
ِبني سهيلا, Bani Suhaila, Khan Younis, the Gaza StripShortly before 1:15pm on Wednesday, October 18th, 2023, at least one woman was reportedly killed and two civilians were injured after an alleged Israeli airstrike on a house belonging to the Al-Raqab family in the Salah al-Din neighborhood in the town of Bani Suhaila, east of Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip. At 1:15pm Safa News reported
Summary
Incident date
October 17, 2023
LOCATION
دير البلح, Deir al Balah, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza StripOn the morning of Tuesday, October 17th 2023, an Israeli airstrike allegedly hit a residential building belonging to Abu issa family in Deir al-Balah, a town in the Central Gaza Strip around 14 kilometers south of Gaza City. Local media sources reported that a number of civilians were killed and injured, citing the Ministry of
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Incident date
October 17, 2023
LOCATION
جوار مستشفى الكويتي, Vicinity of al Kuwaiti Hospital, Rafah, the Gaza StripOn Tuesday morning, October 17 2023, between 12 and 28 civilians were reported killed, including at least 2 children, and others were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on a five-storey house behind the al-Kuwaiti hospital in the city of Rafah, southern Gaza. While one source on social media claimed that there were 12 killed
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Incident date
October 17, 2023
LOCATION
منزل لعائلة عبد العال في شارع جورج برفح, Abdel-Al family home, George Street, Rafah, Rafah, the Gaza StripOn 17th October, 2023, an alleged Israeli strike reportedly hit the Abdel-Al family home on George Street in the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, killing 28 year old Nour El-Din Mahmoud Abdel-Al and injuring others. A Facebook post by journalist Adel Zourob reported that a deceased person had arrived at the hospital
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Incident date
October 17, 2023
LOCATION
بيت لاهيا, Beit Lahia, North Gaza, the Gaza StripAt least one person was killed and at least five people injured, one critically, after an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Salem residence in the northern city of Beit Lahia around dawn on October 17th, 2023. Safa News Agency reported the state of injuries, stating that “several” people had been injured and one of these
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Incident date
October 17, 2023
LOCATION
مجزرة عائلة المقيد في دير البلح وسط قطاع غزة, the Al-Muqayd family in Deir Al-Balah, Gaza, the Gaza StripOn October 17th 2023, six members of the Al-Muqayd family, four children and two women, were killed when their house in Deir Al-Balah in the middle of the Gaza Strip was destroyed due to an alleged Israeli bombing. Journalist Ziad Al-Muqayd was working when he received the news of the death of his family members
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Incident date
October 17, 2023
LOCATION
منزل لعائلة حواس, Hawass family house, Gaza Strip, the Gaza StripOn 17th October 2023, an alleged airstrike hit the house of the Hawass family, in the Gaza Strip, resulting in an unknown number of injuries. All sources attributed the strike to Israeli forces. Numerous Twitter/X accounts posted images showing Civil Defense and medical services rescuing and attending to those injured in the strike on the Hawass
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Incident date
October 17, 2023
LOCATION
منزل عائلة الجزار برفح جنوب قطاع غزة, Al-Jazzar family’s home in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, Gaza Strip, the Gaza StripOn October 17th 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the al-Jazzar family house in the al-Tanour area, in east Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, killing up to 12 people, including 11 members of the al-Jazzar family, and injuring 12 others, including three children. 63 year old Zaki Mahmoud al-Jazzar was killed along with his
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Incident date
October 17, 2023
LOCATION
بالقرب من مجمع مدينة حمد السكني, Vicinity of Hamad Town Residential Complex, Khan Younis, the Gaza StripAt least one person was reported killed and a number of others injured after an alleged Israeli airstrike on an apartment in the Hamad Town residential complex in Khan Yunis on October 17th, 2023. Neither identification for the deceased, not the exact number of injuries sustained was publicly reported. Only one source attributed the airstrike
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Incident date
October 17, 2023
LOCATION
مخيم المغازي, Al Maghazi camp, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza StripOn Tuesday, October 17th, 2023, six civilians, including a baby, were reportedly injured and two were killed as a result of an alleged Israeli airstrike on a residential apartment in Al-Nada Building in Al-Maghazi Camp, in the central Gaza strip. Local sources, including Palestine News, reported that there were a number of people killed and
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Incident date
October 17, 2023
LOCATION
مخيم خان يونس, Khan Younis refugee camp, Khan Younis, the Gaza StripAt 4:30 am on Tuesday, October 17, 2023, between 15 and 40 civilians were killed and dozens more were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike that hit the al-Lamdani family house in the Khan Yunis refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. Facebook posts by family members reported the names of the civilians that were killed:
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Incident date
October 17, 2023
LOCATION
محيط ملعب برقة, Vicinity of Burqa Stadium, Rafah, the Gaza StripOn October 17th 2023, 12 civilians from the same family, including five women and three children, were reportedly killed and an unknown number of others were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Al-Khawaja family home located in Al-Shaboura refugee camp in central Rafah near Burqa Stadium. Safa News reported that “more than 10
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Incident date
October 17, 2023
LOCATION
جوار قاعة ليلة العمر, Vicinity of Lailat al Omar Hall, Khan Younis, the Gaza StripOn Tuesday, 17th October, 2023, an alleged Israeli bombing hit the Al-Qahwaji family house located east of the Lailat Al-Omar hall in the Abu Shahla neighborhood area in Bani Suhaila, east of the town of Khan Yunis, reportedly injuring four civilians. The attack completely destroyed the house belonging to Mahmoud Kamel Al-Qahwaji. A number of
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Incident date
October 17, 2023
LOCATION
محيط دوار الدرابية, Vicinity of Darabiyah Roundabout, Gaza, the Gaza StripIn the early morning of Tuesday, 17 October, 2023, several civilians were reportedly injured and killed as the result of an alleged Israeli bombardment that hit the Siam family home in the vicinity of the Darabiyah roundabout, west of Gaza City. Safa correspondent and other local sources, reporting very similar information, said that a number
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Incident date
October 17, 2023
LOCATION
مخيم البريج, Bureij camp, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza StripOn October 17th 2023, an unknown number of casualties were reported in a possible strike on the family home of Lal Al-Salhi in Block 2 of the Al-Bureij camp in Gaza. While numerous sources reported the strike on the Al-Salhi home, few details are available regarding the number of those injured or killed. No names
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Incident date
October 17, 2023
LOCATION
محيط المستشفى الكويتي, Vicinity of Kuwaiti Hospital, Rafah, the Gaza StripAt dawn on Tuesday, October 17th 2023, between 17 and 26 civilians were reported killed, including at least seven women and five children, one of whom was an infant. Dozens of others, including children, were also reported wounded in the alleged Israeli airstrike on the home of the Abu Lebda family near the Kuwaiti Hospital
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Incident date
October 17, 2023
LOCATION
بطن السمين, Batn al Sameen, Khan Younis, the Gaza StripAt dawn on Tuesday, October 17th, 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike hit a five-storey residential building, where at least nine families reportedly lived. At least seven members of the Zorob family along with at least 18 other civilians were killed, while at least four civilians were injured – including children. The house was said to
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Incident date
October 17, 2023
LOCATION
مخيم خانيونس, Khan Younis camp, Khan Younis, the Gaza StripDuring the night of Tuesday, October 17th 2023, at least 21 civilians were killed and a number of others were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the home of the al-Jabri family in the Emirat neighborhood, Khan Yunis camp. CNN News and Safa quoted the Ministry of Interior in Gaza, which said that the
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Incident date
October 17, 2023
LOCATION
حي الشعوط، غرب رفح، جنوب قطاع غزة, a residential house on Jame’ Ali Street north of Ali Mosque in the al-Shaout (Al-Shawut) neighborhood, western Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, Gaza, the Gaza StripAt the dawn of Tuesday, October 17th, 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike hit a residential building located on Jame’ Ali Street north of Ali Mosque in the al-Shaout (Al-Shawut) neighborhood in the western part of Rafah city, south of the Gaza Strip, reportedly killing a brother-in-law of the Palestinian journalist Hatem Omar, his wife and
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Incident date
October 17, 2023
LOCATION
الصفطاوي, Al Saftawi, North Gaza, the Gaza StripOn Tuesday, October 17, 2023, an Israeli airstrike reportedly hit the Baalousha family home in the Al-Saftawi neighborhood of Gaza City. According to available information, between 15 and 16 civilians from two families were killed, including Muhammad Baalousha, a journalist employed by Palestine Today. Media reports, including Anadolu Agency, cited an unspecified number of civilians
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Incident date
October 17, 2023
LOCATION
مستشفى الأهلي المعمداني, al Ahli Al Mamadani hospital, Gaza strip, Gaza, the Gaza StripIn perhaps the most well-known, and hotly debated, incident from the war in Gaza, civilians were killed while sheltering at the Al Ahli hospital on October 17th 2023. The incident was widely-reported, with a fierce dispute as to whether the civilian casualties were caused by a Palestinian militant rocket fired at Israel that fell short
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Incident date
October 17, 2023
LOCATION
مسجد صلاح الدين الأيوبي, Vicinity of Salah al Din al Ayyubi Mosque, Gaza, the Gaza StripA large number of people were killed and wounded when three houses collapsed, including the Arhim family home, north of the Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi Mosque in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, east of Gaza City, after reportedly being hit by a bomb from an Israeli military aircraft on Tuesday, October 17, 2023. Many of the victims who
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Incident date
October 17, 2023
LOCATION
الشيخ رضوان, Sheikh Radwan, Gaza, the Gaza StripOn Tuesday, October 17th, 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Haniyeh family house located in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza City resulted in the death of at least 14 members of the Haniyeh family, while a large number of family members sustained moderate injuries, according to Gaza Now Facebook post. Many of those
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Incident date
October 17, 2023
LOCATION
جورة اللوت, Sabah family home, Jouret al-Lout, Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, Khan Younis, the Gaza StripAt dawn on Tuesday, October 17th 2023, between 23 and 27 members of the Sabah family including at least seven women, 10 children, and an infant were killed, and many others, including displaced civilians and at least five children, were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Sabah family home in the Jourat al-Lout
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Incident date
October 17, 2023
LOCATION
طريق البريد, Al Barid Road, Khan Younis, the Gaza StripOn October 17, 2023, at least 10 people, members of the Barbakh family, were killed and at least five others were wounded during an alleged Israeli airstrike at the Barbakh family home on Al Barid road, central Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip. The attack, which struck the property located opposite the post office in central
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Incident date
October 17, 2023
LOCATION
قِطَاعُ غَزَّةَ, Gaza Strip, the Gaza StripOn Tuesday, October 17th 2023, at least one young male civilian was reportedly killed, but the precise details of the incident, including location and time, are not yet known. The victim was identified by friends and family on social media as a 22-year old man named Youssef Naji Fares al-Hayek. Family member Haya Bashar wrote