Incident Code

ISPT0187C

Location

Bani Suheila, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
بني سهيلا

Geolocation

31.342130, 34.325343
Accuracy: Town

Airwars Assessment

Last Updated: 11 August 2026

On October 13th 2023, 16 year old Amani Musab Youssef Muhammad al-Raqab, 33 year old Nizam Saad Abdul Qadir al-Qara, and his one month old nephew Ibrahim Ammar Saad al-Qara were killed and eight others were injured by an alleged Israeli airstrike that hit the Qara family home in Bani Suhaila, east of Khan Yunis.

According to testimony from Mohammed Alqara Abu Saad, the brother of Nizam Saad Al-Qara and the uncle of Ibrahim Ammar Al-Qara, the family home was “bombed and completely destroyed.” The house was identified as belonging to Sheikh Saad Al-Qara.

The Rakab family Facebook page provided images of the funeral for “the young daughter of the family” Amani Musab Youssef Muhammad al-Raqab.

Yousef M Alqara posted a memorial for his cousin Nizam Saad Al-Qara who he described as “my heart. You were the best of men and the most peaceful and dignified”. The incident followed the death of another Qara family member, Nizam’s brother Abdul Qadir Saad Al-Qara, who passed away in an earlier incident a few days before.

A Safa correspondent reported that there were also up to eight injured in the incident.

Airwars has matched the names of the civilians killed with the Palestinian Ministry of Health list of fatalities in Gaza released on October 26th, 2023, which explicitly mentions that names on the list are “victims of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip”. Therefore this incident has been graded as a single source claim as no other sources attributed the strike to Israel.

Named Casualties

Family members (2)

Nizam Saad Abdul Qadir Al-Qara نظام سعد عبدالقادر القرا
33 years old, Male, Killed, Matched to MoH ID 802739623
Ibrahim Ammar Saad Al-Qara ابراهيم عمار سعد القرا
Under 1, Male, Killed, Matched to MoH ID 444655393

Individuals

Amani Musab Youssef Muhammad Al-Raqab اماني مصعب يوسف محمود الرقاب
16 years old, Female, Killed, Matched to MoH ID 425802030

Key Information

Incident Status
Assessed
Military Actor
Strike Type
Airstrike
Strike Status
Single source claim
Civilian Harm Reported
Yes
Civilian Harm Status
Fair
Cause Of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Civilians reported killed
3
2 Children, 1 Man
Civilians reported injured
8

Geolocation

Reports of the incident mention the town of Bani Suheila (بني سهيلا), for which the generic coordinates are: 31.342130, 34.325343. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Military Statements

Israeli Military Assessment
Suspected belligerent
Israeli Military

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Safa.ps News

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Husam Alqara facebook

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Youself M Alqara facebook

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Mohammed Alqara Abu Saad facebook

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Palestinian Ministry of Health list of names, October 26th 2023

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