Satellite imagery, screenshot from Google Earth, October 2023
On Wednesday, October 11th 2023, an elderly civilian male, Haji Muslim Mahmoud Ahmad Qadeeh (Abu Ayesh) (78) was injured in his home in Khuza’a, Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip, and later died from his injuries on October 13th. Sources did not specify how Muslim Qudayh Abu Ayesh received his injuries. Many family members and
During the afternoon of Tuesday, 17th of October, 2023, at least ten civilians were killed and dozens were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on an UNRWA school located in the al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip where 4,000 people were taking refuge. However, the death toll may be significantly higher as Twitter/X
On October 20th 2023, a child was reportedly killed and at least three others were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Shaheen family home in Khan Yunis, located in the Gaza Strip. Reporting of the incident identified Shaheen Shaheen as the child who was killed. A series of Facebook posts by Amr Tabash
On 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
On October 20th 2023, up to 15 civilians were killed and between eight and 15 other people were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the al-Ajrami house in Tal al-Zaatar in Jabalia Camp in the northern Gaza Strip. According to posts on social media, the names of those who were killed are: Shehba Jabr
On Wednesday, October 18th 2023, a young man was reportedly killed during an alleged Israeli bombing in the Barbakh neighborhood in Khan Yunis, in the central Gaza Strip. It was reported that Mahmoud Jamal Abu Zarifa, also known as Abu Jamal, was killed as a result of the strike. Journalist Mouthanna Al-Najjae posted that he
On the morning of Saturday, October 7th, 2023, a renowned Palestinian poet, novelist, journalist, and community activist, 36-year-old Omar (Umar) Fares Abu Shawish (Shaweesh) was killed in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the Gaza Strip by alleged Israeli shelling. According to the tribute by the Twitter/X account @GazaMartyrs, Omar was injured and bled to death
Shortly before 6:20 PM on Saturday, October 21, 2023, an alleged Israeli strike on the “Al-Hasanat” family home in the town of Deir Al Balah in the central Gaza Strip killed at least one civilian and injured at least one other. The number of casualties may be higher. Interior Ministry in Gaza and Arab TV
On October 25th 2023, at least 15 members of the Abu Oreiban family were killed and 53 others were reported injured, including children, after an alleged Israeli airstrike hit a residential home near Al-Ahram Hall, in Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. Lawyer Mona Abo Ereban’s Facebook post has helped identify 15 of
On Monday, 23 October 2023, at least two civilian members of the Arooq family were killed and a number of civilians were injured by an alleged Israeli airstrike that struck the Arooq family home near the Nasser junction in the Jabalia Refugee Camp in the northern governorate of the Gaza Strip. Shehab Agency’s initial reportage
A civilian was reported to have been killed and dozens of civilians were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Abu Rukba family home in the Shaboura Camp in Rafah, Gaza Strip, shortly before 6:26 AM on Tuesday, October 24th, 2023. Initially, Al-Aqsa Voice Radio reported that an unexploded Israeli missile had caused minor
Safa News reported that one civilian died and seven others were injured after a bombardment on the Abu Amer family home on the 25th of October 2023. No further details were given about the condition of those who were injured, and no identifying factors–including names–have been released. Although other sources also mention the incident, all
At dawn on Monday, 23 October 2023, at least 15 identified members of the Sukkar family, including two women and eight children, were killed and others injured in an alleged Israeli bombing on the home of the Al-Ustad family in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood of Gaza City. The patriarch of the family, 72-year-old Riyad Sukkar
Shortly before 6:28 AM on Friday, October 27th, 2023 two civilian men, one of them elderly, were killed and a number of civilians were injured when an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the Al-Alami family home on Al-Mashrou’ Road, west of Khan Younis. Two victims have been identified and a number of others were reported injured.
On Tuesday, December 12th 2023, seven members of the Abu Libdeh family were reported missing. According to messages posted on social media, the family had been besieged in their home since December 4th, when the IDF entered the area of Bani Suhaila, east of Khan Younis. Three bodies – believed to be those of Duwaila
On Tuesday, October 31, 2023, between one and three civilians were killed and a number of others were injured when an alleged Israeli artillery shell hit a group of displaced persons in the Al Tawam area in the northern Gaza Strip. On the day of the alleged strike, various sources on Twitter/X, including @ShehabAgency, @Yasser_Gaza,
On the morning of Friday, May 12th 2024, at least eight civilians were killed, including women and children, and one child was wounded after an alleged Israeli airstrike on the two residential apartments belonging to the Mushtaha and Abu Al-Atta families behind the Latin Monastery School in the centre of Gaza City. Amongst those killed
In the early hours of Friday June 7th, 2024, an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the home of Professor Hassan Al Rafati, located behind the government clinic, north of Al Maghazi refugee camp in Deir al Balah. The strike killed six members of the Al Maghari family, including two young children. Six civilians were also reportedly
At least 26 civilians were killed and many others were wounded by a declared Israeli airstrike on two UN-run schools, the Hassan Salama School and Al-Nasr school on August 4th 2024. The two schools appear to have been targeted at the same time, and geographically are very close to each other. The Palestinian Chronicle, quoting
On August 1, 2024, two young men from the Nofal family, 25-year-old Ali Hassan Nofal and 22-year-old Ismail Ayman Nofal, were killed and at least three civilians were injured in an alleged bombing by the Israeli military on their house located on Al-Mahkama Street in the east of the Nuseirat camp in the Gaza Strip. Ismail Ayman
On October 7th, 2023 an alleged Israeli strike reportedly hit the courtyard of the Indonesian Hospital in Jabalia, in Beit Lahia at 2:30 pm. Multiple sources reported that 67 year old Hosni Salha was killed when shrapnel hit him and Radio al-Zaitounia also alleged that his son Yousra Salha was also killed. An unknown number
On October 8th, 2023 at around 9:50pm, an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the Abu Zuhri apartment building in the Al-Shaboura refugee camp, Rafah City, in the Gaza strip, and killed between four and five civilians, among them Jasser Marjouna, Jasser Marjouna’s wife, Abdulnaser Shabanah, and an infant and woman whose names are not published within the
On Monday, October 9th 2023, between 13 and 15 members of the al-Qatnani family, including up to six children and four women, were killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike on their home in front of the Um al-Fahem school, in the town of Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip. The Palestine Center for Human Rights (PCHR)
Late in the evening on October 10th or the early October 11th 2023, alleged Israeli airstrikes hit the Ashour family home in the Al-Zaytoun neighbourhood, next to Shafut, of Gaza City and killed four civilians: brothers Said Ashour and Abdulrahman Nasser Ashour, and father and son Robin Ashour (also Rubin) and Ahmed Ashour. Hosam Azzam, a resident
Around 21:00 on 12th October, 2023, various news media reported the same information that a car was bombed by an alleged Israeli aircraft near the new slaughterhouse in the Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City, with two people sustaining injuries. The victims have not been identified. As there were few sources with unique information, this incident
Between 15:30 and 17:20 on Friday October 13th 2023, at least 12 civilians, including three women and three children, were killed in alleged Israeli airstrikes and/or artillery strikes. The strikes hit a convoy of citizens fleeing northern Gaza after instructions from the Israeli military to evacuate. Some reports said the number of civilians killed might
On Saturday, October 14th 2023, at least 27 members of the Malika family including 11 women, two of whom were pregnant, were killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike on a house belonging to the Malika family in the Al Zeitoun neighborhood southeast of Gaza. Malek Malika, a relative of the family, mourned the death of
On Monday, 16th October 2023, an alleged Israeli bombardment hit the al-Naami family home behind Abu Sarar hall in the al-Nuseirat camp in the Gaza Strip, causing injuries. Airwars has not been able to find details on victims or corroboration of their status and will continue to monitor reports on this incident. Airwars has graded
On 18th October 2023, four members of the Abu Shamala family, two women and two children, were killed and others were wounded by an alleged Israeli bombardment in the Al-Alami area of Jabalia camp. Facebook posts from relatives have identified 20-year-old Saba Muhammad Daher as killed in the strike, with one relative describing Saba as
At dawn on Saturday, October 21st 2023, the home of Hani Al-Madhoun, a Palestinian journalist who worked for Al-Aqsa TV, was allegedly hit by an Israeli airstrike, killing Hani Al-Madhoun alongside 11 members of his immediate family. Sources on social media posted the names of the relatives of 59-year old Hani Al-Madhoun, also known as