On the evening of Monday, October 23rd 2023, a home for the Radwan family in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood west of Gaza City was bombed in an alleged Israeli airstrike. Mohamed Emad (Imad) Labd (Labad), a Palestinian journalist who worked for Al Resalah News website, was killed in this incident along with his 83-year-old grandfather Ahmed Abdul Latif Labad (Abu Ahmed) and Hajj Khalil Radwan (Abu Sohail). Eyewitnesses and news correspondents also reported that several people were injured and taken to Al-Shifa Hospital west of the city after “military planes bombarded [the] inhabited house”.

The Ministry of Interior for Gaza noted that other houses, including that of the “Mohsen” family on Yarmouk Street, were hit during the bombing of the neighbourhood.

Family and friends shared their condolences online. Facebook user Nafez Ahmad Abo Yazan noted how Hajj Khalil Radwan was killed during a visit to his family in the Gaza Strip. In his post, he extended his “deep condolences and great sympathy to the Radwan family in Uppsala City and Sweden” upon hearing about the martyrdom of their family member. He also shared an image of the late Haji, an elderly man in a black shirt.

Facebook user Salhi Mohammed shared similar sentiments of grief when he shared condolences with his uncle Abu Abdullah for “the martyrdom of his father Hajj / Saeed Labd “Abu Ahmed” and his nephew / Mohamed Emad Labd.” He shared the images of the late Mohamed – a young bearded man in sunglasses – and of his grandfather, an elderly man in a keffiyeh.

According to @Al Jazeera – Egypt, Mohamed Emad Labd was the 20th journalist to have been killed in the conflict.

Where sources identified the belligerent, all sources attributed the strikes to Israeli forces.