Incident date
October 21, 2023
LOCATION
مخيّم النصيرات, Nuseirat camp, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza StripOn 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.
Summary
Incident date
October 20, 2023
LOCATION
عائلة السلك, Alsalak family, Gaza Strip, the Gaza StripOn October 20, 2023, nine civilians from the al-Salak family, all women and children, were killed in the Gaza Strip allegedly by Israeli actions. Fariza Yusra al-Zayegh al-Salak (wife of Mazen al-Salak) and her four daughters, Dr Aya Mazen al-Salak (20), Dr Alaa Mazen al-Salak (18), Sama Mazen al-Salak, and Jana Mazen al-Salak (6) were named as
Summary
Incident date
October 20, 2023
LOCATION
الشيخ رضوان, Sheikh Radwan, Gaza, the Gaza StripAt least 18 people, mostly children and women, all from the Al-Khalot family, were killed and others were wounded on the morning of October 20th, 2023 when an alleged Israeli strike hit their home in the Abo Iskander area in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood. At Al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza, an Al-Ghad correspondent reported that
Summary
Incident date
October 20, 2023
LOCATION
محيط مسجد الأمان, Vicinity of Aman Mosque, Gaza, the Gaza StripOn Friday, October 20th, 2023 one person was reportedly killed and at least one person was injured when a residential apartment opposite Aman Mosque in Gaza City was allegedly bombed by an Israeli military aircraft. All sources reported that the bombing resulted in one death, and many sources including @ShehabAgency, @ArabsEvent and @Alsharawmo tweeted that
Summary
Incident date
October 20, 2023
LOCATION
محيط مسجد الرحمن, Vicinity of Al Rahman Mosque, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza StripOn October 20th, 2023, at least two civilians were killed – one woman and one girl, both from the al-Silak family – by an alleged Israeli airstrike near Al-Rahman Mosque in the Al-Maskar area in Deir Al-Balah. The victims were taken to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital. @ShehabAgency and @F24online reported three victims of the bombing, among
Summary
Incident date
October 20, 2023
LOCATION
الجنينة, Al Geneina, Rafah, the Gaza StripAround 3:46 PM on Friday, 20 October 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Al Arja family house located on George Khalaf Adnan Abu Za Street near the cemetery in Al Janina neighborhood in the town of Rafah, Gaza strip, reportedly killed five civilians and injured between three and seven civilians. The Palestinian Information Center
Summary
Incident date
October 20, 2023
LOCATION
خانيونس, Khan Younis, the Gaza StripOn October 20th 2023, between 18 and 22 civilians – including women and children – all members of the ‘Abu Al-Naja’ family were killed, and between 79 and 114 others were injured after an alleged Israeli airstrike on their residential home in the Abu-Shahla neighbourhood in east Khan Yunis, Gaza. It has been reported that
Summary
Incident date
October 20, 2023
LOCATION
عبسان الكبيرة, Abasan Al Kabira, Khan Younis, the Gaza StripAround 12:00 in the afternoon on Friday, October 20th 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike on a car carrying farmers in the Abasan Al-Kabira area in the town of Khan Yunis reportedly killed three civilians, all of them men. Shehab agency and other news agencies reported on the incident, and journalist Ahmad Qudeih provided the names
Summary
Incident date
October 20, 2023
LOCATION
بيت لاهيا, Beit Lahia, North Gaza, the Gaza StripOn Friday, 20th October 2023 at around 3.30am, a number of people were killed and others injured, when an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the Al-Kahlot family home in the Beit Lahia project area in the north of the Gaza Strip. Several news outlets and the Palestinian Ministry of Interior reported deaths and injuries that were
Summary
Incident date
October 20, 2023
LOCATION
الشيخ ناصر, Sheikh Nasser, Khan Younis, the Gaza StripIn the early hours of Friday, October 20th, 2023, alleged Israeli airstrikes hit the al-Farra and Hadayed’s family homes in the Sheikh Nasser neighbourhood of Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, reportedly killing 11 civilians spanning three generations. The victims of the attack included three children, five women, and three men. Among those killed
Summary
Incident date
October 20, 2023
LOCATION
حي الصبرة, Al Sabra neighbourhood, Gaza, the Gaza StripOn Friday, October 20th 2023, 15 civilians from three generations of the same family were killed and others were reportedly injured when an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the Abu Sharia family house in the Al Sabra neighbourhood of Gaza City. The incident also caused “massive destruction” to the area according to a report by Wattan
Summary
Incident date
October 20, 2023
LOCATION
الأمل, al Amal, Khan Younis, the Gaza StripAround 5 AM on Friday, October 20, 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike hit a home belonging to the journalist Rami Khreis located in the al-Amal neighborhood, west of the town of Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip, reportedly killing his seven-year old son Abdul Rahman Rami Mahmoud Khreis, and injuring 12 family members, including his
Summary
Incident date
October 20, 2023
LOCATION
معان, Ma’an, Khan Younis, the Gaza StripIn the early morning of Friday, October 20th, 2023, alleged Israeli airstrikes hit two civilian homes owned by the al-Ghalban family in the Ma’an area, east of Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, reportedly killing Hussein Muhammad al-Ghalban Abu Riyad’s grandson, and inflicting injuries of various degrees on the other 12 members of his
Summary
Incident date
October 20, 2023
LOCATION
محيط المستشفى الأوروبي, Vicinity of the European Hospital, Khan Younis, the Gaza StripAround 5pm on Friday October 20th 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Al-Aqad family house located near the European Hospital in the Al-Manara neighborhood south to the town of Khan Yunis killed a Palestinian poet and novelist Heba (Hiba) Kamal Saleh Abu Nada alongside her son and ten identified members of the Al-Aqad family,
Summary
Incident date
October 20, 2023
LOCATION
مخيم البريج, Bureij camp, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza StripOn Friday October 20th, 2023, three people were reportedly killed and others injured as a result of an alleged Israeli strike on Block 12 in Al Bureij camp, Gaza Strip. Many local sources reported that Atta Nazir Al-Nashash, his brother Nael Nazir Al-Nashash and his son Nazir Atta Nazir Al-Nashash were killed in a bombing
Summary
Incident date
October 20, 2023
LOCATION
جوار مسجد اليرموك, Vicinity of al Yarmouk Mosque, Gaza, the Gaza StripAn alleged Israeli airstrike on October 20th 2023 reportedly killed as many as 20 people, many of them members of the Jaarour family. Others were also injured when their family home near the Al-Yarmouk Mosque in the Al-Sabra neighbourhood of Gaza City was struck. An initial report from Shehab News Agency claimed there were at
Summary
Incident date
October 20, 2023
LOCATION
ديرالبلح, Deir al Balah, Gaza, the Gaza StripUp to six civilians were killed in an alleged Israeli bombardment on residential tower blocks in Deir al Balah during the afternoon of 20th October 2023. It appears most, if not all, of those killed were children. At least four other injured civilians were identified by looking at images of the incident. Both the deceased
Summary
Incident date
October 20, 2023
LOCATION
بطن السمين, Batn al Sameen, Khan Younis, the Gaza StripOn October 20th 2023, the Al-Bashiti family’s house in the Batn al-Sameen area in Khan Yunis was hit by alleged Israeli aircraft bombing, resulting in an unknown number of deaths and injuries. The names of the family members who were affected were not mentioned by the sources. Journalist Ahmad Qudeih reported that the bombing of
Summary
Incident date
October 20, 2023
LOCATION
The Gaza Strip, the Gaza StripOn 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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Incident date
October 20, 2023
LOCATION
محافظة خانيونس, Khan Younis, the Gaza StripOn 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
Summary
Incident date
October 20, 2023
LOCATION
دير البلح, Deir al Balah, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza StripOn October 20th 2023, 17 civilians – including five women and four children – of the ‘Abu Shuaib’ family were killed and several others were injured after an alleged Israeli airstrike on their residential home in the Deir Al Balah neighbourhood, Gaza. The Ministry of the Interior in Gaza identified the ‘Abu Shuaib’ residence as
Summary
Incident date
October 20, 2023
LOCATION
شارع اليرموك, Al Yarmouk street, Gaza, the Gaza StripOn Friday, October 20, 2023, 10 members of the Al-Suwerki family and nine members of the Atallah family were killed when their houses in Yarmouk street, near the Al Ghafri Junction, in Gaza City, were destroyed due to an alleged Israeli bombing. At least three people were also injured in the incident. Journalist Saed Al-Suwerki,
Summary
Incident date
October 20, 2023
LOCATION
الشيخ ناصر, Sheikh Nasser, Khan Younis, the Gaza StripOn Friday 20th of October 2023, at least two civilian members of the Hadayed family, an infant and a woman, were killed, and a number of others were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Hadayed family home in the Sheikh Nasser neighbourhood in Khan Yunis, South of the Gaza Strip. The Hadayed Family
Summary
Incident date
October 20, 2023
LOCATION
تل الزعتر, Tal al Zaatar, North Gaza, the Gaza StripOn 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
Summary
Incident date
October 20, 2023
LOCATION
منزل الأسطل وسط خان يونس,, Astal house in central Khan Yunis, Gaza strip, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza StripOn October 22 2023, up to 20 civilians – including women and children – were killed after an alleged Israeli airstrike on the ‘Al-Astal’ family home in central Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip. Numerous others were reported injured, though exact figures are unknown. The patriarch of the family, 61-year old Muhammad Sukeiman Turki al-Astal was killed
Summary
Incident date
October 20, 2023
LOCATION
مخيّم النصيرات, Nuseirat camp, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza StripOn Friday, October 20, 2023, eight civilians were killed and up to 100 injured – including women and children – after an alleged airstrike by the Israeli military on the ‘Nawfal’ family residence on the 20th Street of ‘Block C’ in Al Nuseirat refugee camp near the centre of Gaza Strip. The Palestinian news agency
Summary
Incident date
October 19, 2023
LOCATION
منزل عائلة ضهير برفح, Dhair family home in Rafah, Rafah, the Gaza StripAround dawn on Thursday, October 19th 2023, the home of the Dhair family in Musabah area, near the Khirbet Al-Adas junction, north of Rafah, the Gaza Strip, was allegedly bombed by Israeli military aircraft, resulting in at least 19 civilian fatalities, and injuring a number of others, including one victim who was seriously injured. 69-year-old
Summary
Incident date
October 19, 2023
LOCATION
Gaza Strip, the Gaza StripA 25-day-old girl was reportedly killed by an alleged Israeli military bombing in Gaza on Thursday, likely on or shortly after October 19th 2023. The baby was identified as 25-day-old Misk Mahmoud Ibrahim Hijazi. A tweet by @Shehabagency reported the incident alongside a video of a man holding the baby wrapped in blue gauze and
Summary
Incident date
October 19, 2023
LOCATION
منزل الصحفي حازم بن سعيد شرقي دير البلح, home of journalist Hazem bin Saeed, east of Deir al-Balah, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza StripIn the morning of Thursday, October 19th 2023, seven members of the family of the journalist Hazem bin Saeed, including two women and three children, were reportedly killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike on their home located in the Deir al-Balah area of the Gaza Strip. 70-year-old Hassan Ali Hassan bin Saeed was killed alongside his
Summary
Incident date
October 19, 2023
LOCATION
محيط مسجد الصالحين, Vicinity of al Salehin Mosque, Rafah, the Gaza StripAround 10:26 PM on Thursday, October 19th 2023, at least 35 identified civilians belonging to Al-Sharafi and Hassouna families were killed, among them at least 14 women and 14 children, including two elderly women, a mother with her three children, five siblings and a pregnant mother of two, and others were wounded in an alleged