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Incident Date

21 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0443

Location

home of Osama Al-Muzaini, Gaza Strip, Gaza Strip, Palestinian territories
عضو المكتب السياسي للحركة في غزة أسامة المزيني
On the evening of Monday, October 16th 2023, the head of the Hamas Shura Council, Osama al-Muzaini (Abu Hammam), and his two sons, the eldest 27-year-old son Hammam (Hummam) Osama Atiya al-Muzaini and 23-year-old Muhammad Osama Atiya al-Muzaini, were killed in a declared Israeli airstrike on his home in the Gaza Strip. 57-year-old Osama al-Muzaini was a senior…

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21 October 2023
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Incident Date

21 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0448a

Location

Tal Al Sultan, Western Rafah, Rafah, Palestinian territories
تل السلطان غرب رفح
On Saturday, October 21st, 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the Abu Shamala family home located in the Tal Al Sultan neighborhood, western Rafah, the Gaza Strip, reportedly killing fifteen civilians spanning two generations, and wounding others, according to multiple sources. Among those killed were 28-year old Naderen Bashir Abu Shamala, who was pregnant at…

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Published
21 October 2023
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Incident Date

21 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0448b

Location

Vicinity of Al Derawi Mosque, Deir Al Balah, Palestinian territories
قريب من مسجد الديراوي
On October 21, 2023, a 49 year-old man named Basil Hassan Kamel Abu Shamala, also known as Abu Hassan, was killed by an alleged Israeli bombing near Al Derawi Mosque in Deir Al Balah, Gaza Strip. That day, his daughter, Bushra, confirmed his death on Facebook. Many of Abu Shamala’s relatives mourned his death in…

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Published
21 October 2023
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Incident Date

21 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0431

Location

Rio Café on Jalal Street, Khan Yunis, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
مقهى ريو, شارع جلال, خان يونس
An alleged Israeli airstrike shortly before 10:55 PM on Saturday October 21st 2023, killed at least 13 civilians and injured 17 others sheltering in a café in Khan Younis. Shehab Agency was the first to report the incident at 10:55 PM, sharing images of the injured men being transported on stretchers. At 11:32 PM Safa…

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Published
21 October 2023
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Incident Date

21 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0433

Location

Nuseirat camp, Deir Al Balah, Palestinian territories
مخيم النصيرات
On October 21, 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike killed 34-year-old Islam Omar Al Ashqar, a Dutch citizen and wife of Palestinian journalist Khaled Al Ashqar, and injured Haya Al Ashqar and Sham Al Ashqar, Islam and Khaled’s daughters, and Umm Hadi Al Ashqar, Islam’s mother, in the Nuseirat refugee camp in Deir al Balah, Gaza.…

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Published
21 October 2023
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Incident Date

21 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0440

Location

Nuseirat, Deir Al Balah, Palestinian territories
النصيرات
During the morning of Saturday October 21st 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike killed at least four civilians and wounded numerous others, after the bombardment hit the Abu Marahil residence on al-Eshreen Street, in the Nuseirat camp, central-west of the Gaza Strip. The deceased were members of the Abu Marahil family: 64-year old Issa Suleiman Abu…

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Published
21 October 2023
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Incident Date

20 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0415c

Location

The Gaza Strip, The Gaza Strip, Palestinian territories
On Friday, October 20th, 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike killed at least one civilian in the Gaza Strip; it is unknown whether others were killed or injured. The victim was identified as 22-year-old Louay al-Zuhairi. Louay was the first in his family to attend university, and was close to graduating at the time of his…

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Published
20 October 2023
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Incident Date

19–20 October, 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0394

Location

Vicinity of Saint Porphyrius church, Al Zaytoun neighbourhood, Gaza, Palestinian territories
كنيسة القديس برفيريوس, الزيتون
On either late October 19th or the early hours of October 20th, between 14 and 28 people were killed and others were injured when the house of the Eliwa family, in the Al Zaytoun neighbourhood, south of Gaza City was bombed in an alleged Israeli airstrike. Palinfo reported that people were killed and injured and…

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Published
20 October 2023
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Incident Date

19 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0366

Location

Shujaiya neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, Palestinian territories
On October 19th 2023, an unknown number of people were killed and injured by an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Hassouna family home in the Shujaiya neighbourhood. The Palestinian Ministry of Interior reported on "Martyrs and wounded" resulting from an Israeli airstrike on "a house for the “Hassouna” family in the "Shujaiya neighbourhood".  Other sources…

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Published
19 October 2023
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Incident Date

18 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0359a

Location

Deir al Balah, Deir Al Balah, Palestinian territories
دير البلح
At approximately 7:30pm on Wednesday, October 18th 2023, a home sheltering the Musa family on Abu Arif Street in Deir al-Balah collapsed due to alleged Israeli airstrikes, killing between eight and more than 30 people. 65-year old Hiam Musa was, at the time of writing, the only person to be named as having been killed…

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Published
18 October 2023
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Incident Date

18 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0348

Location

Beit Lahia, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
بيت لاهيا
Shortly 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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Published
18 October 2023
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Incident Date

18 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0349

Location

Bani Suhaila, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
ِبني سهيلا
Shortly 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…

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Published
18 October 2023
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Incident Date

7 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT00013

Location

Nasser medical complex, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
مجمع ناصر الطبي
On October 7, 2023, one journalist and a number of civilians - including paramedics and media crew - were reportedly injured by an alleged Israeli strike on a Ministry of Health ambulance close to the Nasser Medical Complex, Khan Younis, Gaza. The vehicle was reportedly severely damaged by the blast. The journalist was identified by…

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Published
18 October 2023
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Incident Date

17 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0332e

Location

Jourat al-Lout area, Khan Yunis, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
جورة اللوت, خان يونس
At 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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Published
17 October 2023
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Incident Date

17 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0278

Location

al Ahli Arab Hospital, Gaza, Palestinian territories
المستشفى الاهلي العربي
In 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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Published
17 October 2023
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Incident Date

11 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0134f

Location

Yabna camp, Rafah, Palestinian territories
مخيم يابنا
On October 11th, 2023, an airstrike in Yabna Refugee Camp, Rafah killed Muhammad Fayez Yousef Abu Mattar, a 28 year old photojournalist. Multiple sources, including Iyad Abu Zubaida, reported that there were “no casualties” in the Abu Shamala family home in Yabna Camp. However, journalist Adel Zourob posted on Facebook that “without warning, [Israeli] aircraft…

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Published
11 October 2023
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Incident Date

10 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0102q

Location

Al Shouka neighbourhood, Rafah, Rafah, Palestinian territories
حي الشوكة، رفح
During the afternoon of Tuesday, October 10th, 2023, a home of the Abu Mathkour family located in the Al Shouka neighbourhood, east of Rafah in the Gaza Strip, was hit by an alleged Israeli airstrike, killing at least five identified men, three of whom's civilian status is contested and one of whom was a militant.…

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Published
10 October 2023
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Incident Date

10 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0101

Location

Al Sahaba Street, Gaza, Palestinian territories
شارع الصحابة
At 5:15 pm on Tuesday, October 10th 2023, 16 civilians, including at least nine members of the Hijazi family, were killed, and at least three children were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the residential homes belonging to the Hijazi, al-Safadi, Atallah, and al-Sik families located in Al Sahaba street in the Al Daraj…

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Published
10 October 2023
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Incident Date

10 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0098

Location

Al Shujaiya neighborhood, Gaza City, Gaza, Palestinian territories
الشجاعي، مدينة غزة
During the afternoon of October 10th 2023, six civilians, most of whom were children, were killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Aslim family home, located in the Al Shujaiya neighborhood in the Gaza Strip. Alaa Ahmed Zaino (30) and her children, Yahya Muhannad Sami Aslim (12), Hala Muhannad Sami Aslim (10), Majda Muhannad Sami Aslim (5), and…

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Published
10 October 2023
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Incident Date

12–13 October, 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0169

Location

Nuseirat camp, Deir Al Balah, Palestinian territories
مخيّم النصيرات
A professor, Dr. Tayseer Kamel Ibrahim (50 years old), was killed by alleged Israeli bombing on either October 12th or 13th, 2023, in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip. Shehab Agency stated that Dr. Ibrahim was a lecturer at the Islamic University, and local source Mohammed Muhareb specified that Dr. Ibrahim was the…

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Published
8 October 2023
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Incident Date

13 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0187

Location

Vicinity of Kuwait roundabout, Gaza, Palestinian territories
قرب دوار الكويت
On October 13th 2023, a male paramedic was injured by alleged Israeli airstrikes while rescuing other injured civilians near the Kuwait roundabout located in the Gaza Strip. Local sources reported that he died of his wounds either on October 14 or October 15. He was identified by his relatives on social media as volunteer paramedic…

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Published
8 October 2023
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Incident Date

14 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0197

Location

Tal Al Hawa, Gaza, Palestinian territories
تل الهوى
On October 14th 2023 at around 1 am, Israeli forces allegedly conducted an airstrike in Tal Al-Hawa, located in the south of Gaza City. The strike reportedly killed Palestinian surgeon Dr. Medhat Mahmoud Saidam and his extended family at his home. Among the dead were between 24 to 31 civilians, including at least 12 children*,…

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Published
8 October 2023
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Incident Date

16 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0268

Location

Civil defence center, Al Tuffah, Gaza, Palestinian territories
مركز الدفاع المدني في حي التفاح
On 16th October, 2023, at least six men working in the Palestinian civil defense were killed, and another seven employees were injured (two in a critical condition) as a result of an alleged Israeli airstrike on the civil defense center in Al Tufah neighborhood, east of Gaza City. All victims were reportedly providing humanitarian services…

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Published
8 October 2023
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Incident Date

7 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0001

Location

Rafah, Rafah, Palestinian territories
رفح
On 7th October, 2023, a Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) paramedic Nazmi Abu Hadayed and PRCS volunteer Odeh Al-Kurdi from the Rafah Governorate EMS Center were injured by shrapnel as a result of an attack on an ambulance in Rafah. An ambulance driver, 35-year-old Mahmoud Hussein Othman, initially reported missing by some sources, was also…

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Published
8 October 2023
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Incident Date

7 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0005

Location

Indonesian Hospital, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
مستشفى الاندونيسي
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 reported that his son 39-year-old Yousra Hosni Salha was also killed. An unknown number…

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Published
8 October 2023
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Incident Date

15 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0235

Location

Al Geneina, Rafah, Palestinian territories
الجنينة
A civilian home was reportedly hit by an Israeli airstrike in Al-Geneina, Rafah, in the Gaza Strip, at dawn on 15 October 2023, killing between seven to eight civilians from the same family and injuring others. Sources said the home belonged to Dr. Salah al-Din Zanoun. Rum Online News cited official Palestinian news agency WAFA…

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Published
8 October 2023
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Incident Date

15 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0231

Location

Tal Al Hawa , Gaza, Palestinian territories
تل الهوى
On 15th October, 2023, Dr. Omar Saleh Farwana (Farwaneh), his wife Umm Saleh Farwana, his children and grandchildren were all reported killed as a result of an alleged Israeli airstrike. They were in their home in Tal al-Hawa neighborhood, southwest of Gaza City. The attack happened in early morning hours when members of the large…

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Published
8 October 2023
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Incident Date

7 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT00012

Location

Nasser medical complex, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
مجمع ناصر الطبي
On October 7, 2023, a paramedic was reportedly killed and a number of civilians and paramedics injured by an alleged Israeli strike on an ambulance near Nasser Medical Complex, East of Khan Yunis. Paramedic Marwan Abu Raida (54 years old), reportedly killed in the strike, was described by a social media source as a Khuza'a…

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Published
8 October 2023
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Incident Date

9 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0075a

Location

Abasan Al Kabira, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
عبسان الكبيرة
On October 9th, five Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) paramedics sustained minor injuries after an alleged Israeli strike hit close to PRCS ambulances in Abasan, Khan Younis. PRCS reported that the paramedics were harmed by Israeli bombing while they were working to treat injured civilians following former strikes on two civilian homes, after PRCS received…

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Published
8 October 2023
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Incident Date

8 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0029

Location

Beit Hanoun, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
On October 8, 2023, two paramedics were injured by alleged Israeli strikes in Beit Hanoun area, North of Gaza. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) identified the two wounded paramedics as Mahmoud Yusri Al-Masry and Nour El-Din Hassan Mansour, both PRCS members. The same source reported the strike at 15:40 exactly, in North Gaza, adding…

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8 October 2023
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