Satellite imagery, screenshot from Google Earth, October 2023
On Wednesday, October 18th 2023, a young man was reportedly killed during an alleged Israeli bombing in the Barbakh neighborhood in Khan Yunis, in the central Gaza Strip. It was reported that Mahmoud Jamal Abu Zarifa, also known as Abu Jamal, was killed as a result of the strike. Journalist Mouthanna Al-Najjae posted that he
An infant was killed by alleged Israeli bombing on the Al-Zahar family home in Nuseirat Camp in Deir Al-Balah on December 1, 2023. The Palestinian Refugee Portal reported that a 5-month-old infant named Muhammad Hani Al-Zahar was killed by an Israeli bombing of his family’s house, and included names of the family members seen holding Muhammad’s
On Wednesday, October 18th 2023, between five and 13 civilians were killed, including at least two children, and between 12 and 20 were wounded, including one infant and at least one woman, in an alleged Israeli airstrike on several residential buildings on Al-Houja Street in Jabalia Camp, north of the Gaza Strip. Hoda Muhammad al-Bas
On October 21, 2023, at least two people were killed by an alleged Israeli airstrike as they were riding a motorcycle in Khuza’a, east of Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip. The victims were named as Nidal Atwa Qudeih and Nael Raja Qudeih, both of whom were adult males. Some sources reported that a third person
On 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
On October 31st 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike on the multistorey Al-Muhandeseen Tower (the ‘Engineers Tower’) located east of Nuseirat Camp, Central Gaza, killed between 133 and 164 civilians, including a likely estimate of 67 children. Airwars was able to identify 133 civilians belonging to 14 different families, including 131 individuals where gender and ages
Shortly before 6am on Wednesday, October 18th 2023, the Al Mahatta Mosque, on Jaffa Street, in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood in the east of Gaza City was reportedly bombed by an Israeli Military drone strike. The Palestinian press agency Safa reported at 6:20 am local time that there were casualties as a result of the alleged
On 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
Four members of the Al-Sawaf family were killed by alleged Israeli airstrikes on the Al-Sawaf family home in Shawa Square in the Al-Tiffah neighborhood east of Gaza City on December 1, 2023. On January 14, 2024, Airwars’ researchers spoke with Shimaa Musfafa Al-Sawaf, daughter of the owner of the house, who provided the names and
On Sunday, October 15th 2023, at least five civilian members of the Abu Mustafa family, including three children and a young man, were killed, and at least four others were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on a family home in the al-Amal neighbourhood in Khan Yunis, Gaza strip. Initial reporting from Shehab Agency stated
On 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
During the night or early morning of Tuesday, October 22nd 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the al-Naouq family home located in the center of the town of Deir Al-Balah, Gaza Strip, killing 21 identified members of the al-Naouq family, including 14 children and three women, and up to 30 civilians, and wounding at least
During the morning of Tuesday, October 24th 2023, seven civilians were killed and 10 others were seriously injured, including a father and two of his children, as a result of an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Abu Artema family home in Tal al-Sultan, west of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. Ahmed Abu Artema, a
Four people, including a woman and a child, were killed and at least eight others were injured after an alleged Israeli airstrike on the al-Durra residence in the Burejj camp at dawn on October 13th, 2023. 11-year-old Aryam al-Durra was killed with her father, Iyad al-Durra. Iyad’s brother Nael al-Durra was also killed, along with
On Tuesday, October 17th 2023, at least 10 civilians were reported killed, including children, and another 35 were reported injured, including at least three children, in an alleged Israeli airstrike on a house in the Japanese Quarter, west of Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip. Shehab Agency reported that “more than 10 civilians” were killed in the
Shortly before 7:43 AM on Monday, December 11th 2023, a series of alleged Israeli airstrikes hit six homes belonging to the extended Salem family in Sheikh Radwan, killing at least 102 civilians. Airwars was able to identify 104 named victims (102 fatalities, and two others injured), though some local reports put the death toll at
At dawn on Wednesday, October 18th, 2023, at least two people were reportedly killed and between seven and 13 people were injured, with four of them likely to have ended up in a coma, when a residential apartment in Hamad City in western Khan Yunis, in the south of the Gaza Strip, was reportedly bombed
On Thursday morning, December 28th 2023, between 10 and 20 civilians, including at least three children, were killed, and at least 12 others, including at least five children, were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike/and or artillery strikes on a residential area near the al-Amal Hospital in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip. At
At dawn on Saturday October 14th at least 15 members of the extended Al-Tahrawi family were killed, including three mothers from three families and their six children. An alleged Israeli airstrike hit their family home in Rafah, south of the Gaza strip, flattening the house and killing all the occupants except a young child that
One woman and three young children were reportedly killed and at least two people were injured on Sunday, October 15th, 2023, when an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the home of the Ramlawi family in the vicinity of al-Ghafri junction on al-Jalaa street in Gaza City, in the northern Gaza Strip. Multiple sources describe the house
At least one person was reported killed and a number of others injured after an alleged Israeli airstrike on an apartment in the Hamad Town residential complex in Khan Yunis on October 17th, 2023. Neither identification for the deceased, not the exact number of injuries sustained was publicly reported. Only one source attributed the airstrike
On Tuesday, October 17th, 2023, six civilians, including a baby, were reportedly injured and two were killed as a result of an alleged Israeli airstrike on a residential apartment in Al-Nada Building in Al-Maghazi Camp, in the central Gaza strip. Local sources, including Palestine News, reported that there were a number of people killed and
Around 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
Three people were reported to have been killed by an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Abdel Salam residence in the Al Mughraqa area of the central Gaza Strip on October 18th, 2023. While several sources reporting that the home of the Abdel Salem family had been struck, identification details have not been publicly released, and
At 4:30 am on Tuesday, October 17, 2023, between 15 and 40 civilians were killed and dozens more were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike that hit the al-Lamdani family house in the Khan Yunis refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. Facebook posts by family members reported the names of the civilians that were killed:
On October 15th 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the Al-Daour family home near the University College in southern Gaza. The home was identified as belonging to the journalist Muhammad Al-Daour, killing at least one member of his family, a child, and injuring others. In a photo shared by users on social media, Muhammad Al-Daour
On October 17th 2023, 12 civilians from the same family, including five women and three children, were reportedly killed and an unknown number of others were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Al-Khawaja family home located in Al-Shaboura refugee camp in central Rafah near Burqa Stadium. Safa News reported that “more than 10
On October 14th, 2023, Counselor Muhammad Fahmi Al-Najjar, along with 15 family members, including three women and ten children, were killed by an alleged Israeli airstrike on his residential home in the Al-Hawa neighborhood in the southwest of Gaza City. Most sources agree that the home of the deceased was “directly” bombed by the Israeli
On Tuesday, 17th October, 2023, an alleged Israeli bombing hit the Al-Qahwaji family house located east of the Lailat Al-Omar hall in the Abu Shahla neighborhood area in Bani Suhaila, east of the town of Khan Yunis, reportedly injuring four civilians. The attack completely destroyed the house belonging to Mahmoud Kamel Al-Qahwaji. A number of
Nineteen members of the Dawas family were killed and an unknown number of others were injured when their two-story family home on Al-Shaima Street, west of Abbas Kilani roundabout in Beit Lahia, in the north of the Gaza Strip, was reportedly bombed by an Israeli aircraft on Saturday, October 14, 2023. The Ministry of the