Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

ISLB260924p

Incident date

September 26, 2024

Location

محيط مخيم الجليل في بعلبك, near a building adjacent to the headquarters of the Secretary-General of the Baath Party in Lebanon and near Jalil Camp in Baalbek, Lebanon, Baalbek-Hermel, Lebanon

Airwars assessment

Omar Zakaria Mustafa, a Palestinian national living in Lebanon, was killed after an alleged Israeli airstrike in the surroundings of the Jalil Camp in Lebanon’s Baalbek region on Thursday, 26 September 2024.

According to the refugeesps.net portal, Mustafa was at his workplace near a building adjacent to the headquarters of the Secretary-General of the Baath Party in Lebanon when he was killed. The source did not specify the kind of work Omar was performing. The portal emphasized that Omar Zakaria Mustafa was the fourth Palestinian martyr to have been killed as a result of the escalated Israeli campaign on Lebanon, which scaled up on Monday, September 23.

Omar Mustafa, a resident of the camp, had been previously displaced from Syria, having lived in Yarmouk Camp, south of Damascus. A widely shared picture of Mustafa showed a young man looking into the camera with an Airpod in one ear. Another widely circulated picture showed his body wrapped in a Palestinian flag.

A video of his funeral procession posted to social media showed masses of men in the street, including ambulance workers, carrying Mustafa’s body wrapped in a Palestinian flag. According to a post from Facebook user Abdo Al-Mukhtar, “thousands of people from the camp and its surroundings” participated in the funeral ceremonies, which started at the camp’s Bilal bin Rabah Mosque and ended in the Baalbek cemetery.

This incident has been graded as a “Likely” strike with a civilian harm rating of “Fair,” given several sources reporting Mustafa’s death as well as footage shared from his funeral procession.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 man)
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Israeli Military

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Media
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    Source: Voice of Yarmouk Camp
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    Source: Voice of Yarmouk Camp
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    Source: Refugeesps News
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    Source: @refugeesps
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    Source: @actgroup_pal
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    Source: Voice of Yarmouk Camp
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    Source: Voice of Yarmouk Camp
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    Source: Nuras Abu Azzah
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    Source: Nuras Abu Azzah
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    Source: Abdo Al-Mukhtar
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    Source: Dalata my beloved village
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    Source: Mahmoud Al-Shahabi
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Israeli Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Israeli Military
  • Israeli Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 man)
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Israeli Military

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