On Wednesday October 11th 2023, seven people were killed, including at least three civilian members of the Naseer family, one of whom was a child, were killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike that destroyed the Naseer family house in the town of Beit Lahia in the North Gaza Governorate. Four people were reported injured in this airstrike that occurred without prior warning, causing two buildings to collapse, according to local sources. Two of those killed have been identified as militants, and twp other individuals have been recorded with a contested civilian status.
At least one victim was reported to be a militant, a leader in Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)’s armed wing, Musa Naseer.
Facebook user Ahmad Nasseir identified seven victims as: his uncle Hajj Mahdi Ali Naseer (Abu Muhammad), his uncle’s son Ibrahim Mahdi Ali Naseer (a militant, originally recorded as contested), his aunt’s husband Ahmed Eid Naseer Abu Haitham and his cousins Musa Ahmed Eid Naseer (a militant), Haitham Ahmed Eid Naseer (contested), Ahmed Haitham Naseer and Taher Arif Naseer (contested).
When Airwars first published this incident on December 1, 2023, sources referred to Ibrahim Mahdi Ali Naseer as a ‘mujahed’, but were not definitive in identifying him as a militant.. As such, Ibrahim Mahdi Ali Naseer was recorded with a contested civilian status, meaning that his death was included in the upper range of civilians reportedly killed in this incident.
On July 21, 2026, a Telegram account affiliated with PIJ’s armed wing, published a tribute to Ibrahim Mahdi Ali Naseer, identifying him as a fighter. As such, Airwars updated Ibrahim Mahdi Ali Naseer’s status from civilian to militant. However, as he had been recorded with a contested militant status, the minimum number of civilians reportedly killed in this incident did not change.
Another relative, Reem Tanboura, extended his ‘deepest condolences and consolation’ to the Naseer family in a Facebook post. He announced the death of four victims: ‘My uncle Ahmed Mohamed Naseer and my cousin martyr Moses Ahmed Naseer. And my cousin the martyr Haitham Ahmed Naseer, and his young son Ahmed Haitham Naseer”. Therefore from this testimony Airwars has quantified Ahmed Haitham Naseer as a child.
A Facebook user Ramez Salem also mourned the death of the Naseer Family, who he described as ‘a good family with established origins and branches in the highest paradise.’
Nabd News reported that Islamic Jihad leader Musa Naseer was killed in his house in Beit Lahia. A number of sources, including Al-Qastal News newspaper, Fox news, and Nabd News reported that Naseer was an Islamic Jihad leader.
The civilian status for three of the victims remains ambiguous. Haitham Ahmed Eid Naseer, Ibrahim Mahdi Ali Naseeir and Taher Arif Naseer were referred to by one source, Ahmed Nasseir, as either “mujahid” or “leader/commander”. As there was no other reporting on their status found by Airwars at the time of publication, these potential combatants have been excluded from the minimum civilian fatality range and included in the maximum combatant range.
The exact time of the strike and further details are unknown. Where sources identified the belligerent, all sources attributed the strikes to Israeli forces.