Israel and Gaza 2023

Satellite imagery, screenshot from Google Earth, October 2023

Belligerent
Israeli Military
Country
the Gaza Strip
start date
end date
Civilian Harm Status
Belligerent Assessment
Declassified Documents
Infrastructure

Incident date

October 11, 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0134b

LOCATION

الحكر, دير البلح, Al Hakar area, Deir Al Balah, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

On the morning of Wednesday, October 11th 2023, at least 14 civilian members of the Al-Kurd family, including five women and six children, were killed and at least 16 family members were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Al-Kurd family house located in the Al Hakar area in the city of Deir al-Balah

Summary

First published
June 1, 2024
Last updated
December 15, 2024
Strike status
Likely strike
Strike type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
14
(6 children5 women3 men)
Civilians reported injured
16
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
Named victims
31 named, 1 familiy identified
Names matched with MoH IDs
8
Geolocation
Exact location (via Airwars)
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Incident date

November 10, 2023

Incident Code

ISPT1011

LOCATION

جوار مسجد التوبة, Vicinity of Al Tawbeh mosque, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

At least six people were reportedly killed and a number of others were wounded, on Friday November 10, 2023, when the Mari family home, near the Al Tawbeh mosque and the al-Yemen al-Saeed hospital in the west of the Jabalia camp, in the northern Gaza strip, was allegedly hit by an Israeli military airstrike. A

Summary

First published
April 1, 2024
Last updated
December 15, 2024
Strike status
Likely strike
Strike type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
6
(1–3 children2–4 women1–2 men)
Civilians reported injured
2
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
Named victims
6 named, 1 familiy identified
Geolocation
Exact location (via Airwars)
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Incident date

October 25, 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0621

LOCATION

شارع الثلاثيني, al Thalatheni Street, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

On October 25th 2023, the Al-Balaawi family home was bombed by an alleged Israeli aircraft in an airstrike, killing at least four people and wounding a number of others. All of the sources provided identical information on the strike and the resulting casualties. The strike reportedly occurred next to the Litro station on Al-Thalatheini Street

Summary

First published
July 30, 2024
Last updated
December 15, 2024
Strike status
Single source claim
Strike type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
2
Cause of injury / death
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Airwars civilian harm grading
Weak
Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
Suspected belligerent
Israeli Military
Geolocation
Street
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Incident date

October 30, 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0753

LOCATION

بالقرب من مستشفى الصداقة التركي في مدينة غزة, Vicinity of Turkish Friendship Hospital, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

On October 30th, 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital just south of Gaza City. It is unclear whether injuries occurred directly from the strike. While Shehab Agency said civilians were wounded, MSF reported “no patients were harmed.” The strike nevertheless put great strain on the hospital and patients’ well-being, ultimately reportedly

Summary

First published
August 5, 2024
Last updated
February 7, 2025
Strike status
Likely strike
Strike type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
0–2
Causes of injury / death
Denial of access to/destruction of objects indispensable to survival, 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.
Impact
Healthcare
Impact on services or infrastructure relating to education, health or food supply. See methodology note for details.
Suspected belligerent
Israeli Military
Geolocation
Nearby landmark
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Incident date

October 30, 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0763

LOCATION

بالقرب من ميدان أنور عزيزم، مخيم جباليا, Vicinity of Anwar Aziz Square, Jabalia Refugee Camp, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

During the day on Monday, 30 October 2023, “injuries” were reported after an alleged Israeli airstrike in the Anwar Aziz area in the center of Jabalia refugee camp in the north of the Gaza Strip. Photographs were released and reshared by a number of media outlets and social media users showing two young men carried

Summary

First published
September 24, 2024
Last updated
December 15, 2024
Strike status
Likely strike
Strike type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
Unknown
Civilians reported injured
2
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
Geolocation
Nearby landmark
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Incident date

October 29, 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0738

LOCATION

شركة توزيع كهرباء غزة، مدينة غزة, Gaza Electricity Distribution Company, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

On October 29th 2023, up to nine civilians were killed, including at least four children, by an alleged Israeli airstrike which took place on the Al-Naffar family home in the Al Thalathini/Sabra Neighbourhood in Rafah, the Gaza strip. Ayman Kuhail posted that they had lost their cousin Hajj Noha Omar Kahil Al-Naffar (Umm Hisham, 62)

Summary

First published
August 5, 2024
Last updated
December 15, 2024
Strike status
Likely strike
Strike type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
8 – 9
(4–5 children1 woman3 men)
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
Named victims
8 named, 1 familiy identified
Names matched with MoH IDs
7
Geolocation
Nearby landmark
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Incident date

October 10, 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0107b

LOCATION

القصاصيب, جباليا, Al Qasaib area, Jabalia, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

On the morning of Tuesday, October 10th, 2023 at least six members of the Sha’laq family were killed in an alleged Israeli bombing of their family home in a residential tower, in the Al Qasaib area of Jabalia refugee camp, North Gaza. In a Facebook post written by Shaher Shalaq, a family member of the

Summary

First published
August 5, 2024
Last updated
December 15, 2024
Strike status
Likely strike
Strike type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Apartment Building
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
6 – 7
(4–5 children1 woman1 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.
Impact
Education
Impact on services or infrastructure relating to education, health or food supply. See methodology note for details.
Suspected belligerent
Israeli Military
Named victims
6 named, 1 familiy identified
Names matched with MoH IDs
6
Geolocation
Neighbourhood/area
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Incident date

November 1, 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0816a

LOCATION

مخيّم النصيرات, Al Nuseirat Camp, Deir al Balah, the Gaza Strip

On Wednesday, November 1st 2023, twenty-nine-year-old journalist Majd Fadl Muhammad Arandas, a member of the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate and a reporter for the Al-Jamahir News website, was killed when an area near his house in the Nuseirat Refugee Camp was bombed in an alleged Israeli airstrike. According to a post by the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate

Summary

First published
September 28, 2024
Last updated
December 15, 2024
Strike status
Likely strike
Strike type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
IDP or Refugee Camp
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
Named victims
1 named
Names matched with MoH IDs
1
Geolocation
Town
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Incident date

November 1, 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0804

LOCATION

شارع النصر، مدينة غزة, Al-Nasr Street, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

On 1 November 2023 dozens of civilians, including at least one identified civilian woman, were reportedly killed and dozens of others, including Civil Defence members, were injured in alleged Israeli airstrikes on the gathering of civilians near al-Sharq Bakery located on al-Nasr Street in Gaza City, and on the ambulances that arrived to evacuate the

Summary

First published
October 31, 2023
Last updated
April 14, 2025
Strike status
Likely strike
Strike type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Commerce, Market, Residential
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
12 – 24
(1 woman)
Civilians reported injured
12–24
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.
Impact
Food
Impact on services or infrastructure relating to education, health or food supply. See methodology note for details.
Suspected belligerent
Israeli Military
Named victims
2 named
Names matched with MoH IDs
1
Geolocation
Street
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Incident date

October 28, 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0687

LOCATION

خان يونس, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

On October 28, 2023 a 33-year-old man named Hozyfa (Hudhayfah) Tayseer Ayesh Al-Najjar was killed and two others were injured by an alleged Israeli airstrike against the Al-Farra family home in Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip. According to one Facebook post by Ahmed Shbair, the airstrike was carried out by Israeli forces. Mohammed Gamal

Summary

First published
October 24, 2024
Last updated
December 15, 2024
Strike status
Likely strike
Strike type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
1
(1 man)
Civilians reported injured
2
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
Named victims
1 named
Names matched with MoH IDs
1
Geolocation
City
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Incident date

July 24, 2024

Incident Code

ISPT240724d

LOCATION

دوار أبو حميد، خان يونس, Abu Hamid roundabout, Khan Younis, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

On July 24 2024, an alleged Israeli military shooting injured a number of people. The incident occurred at the centre of Khan Younis, close to the Abu Hamid roundabout in the city centre, and was reported by eight sources. Among these sources were the Safa News Agency and the social media agency, Echo of the

Summary

First published
November 19, 2024
Last updated
April 16, 2025
Strike status
Likely strike
Strike type
Ground operation
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
Unknown
Civilians reported injured
2
Cause of injury / death
Small arms and light weapons
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
Geolocation
Nearby landmark
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Incident date

November 6, 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0928

LOCATION

مدرسة بنات بيت لاهيا, Khalifa Bin Zayed School, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

At 9:52 am on Monday morning November 6th, 2023, an artillery shell allegedly launched by the Israeli forces robbed Mahmoud Adel al-Masry of his life and injured nine others who were sheltering in the Khalifa bin Zayed School in the Northern Gaza Beit Lahia project area. Despite being advised against doing so by his family, Mahmoud

Summary

First published
September 28, 2024
Last updated
April 15, 2025
Strike status
Likely strike
Strike type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Education
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
1
(1 man)
Civilians reported injured
9
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.
Impact
Education
Impact on services or infrastructure relating to education, health or food supply. See methodology note for details.
Suspected belligerent
Israeli Military
Named victims
2 named, 1 familiy identified
Names matched with MoH IDs
1
Geolocation
Nearby landmark
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Incident date

November 3, 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0848

LOCATION

بالقرب من الهلال الأحمر ومستشفى القدس، مدينة غزة, Vicinity of al-Quds Hospital, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

In the early hours of November 3, 2023, an alleged Israeli bombardment hit the fifth floor of the Al-Quds Hospital in the Tal Al-Hawa area of Gaza. The incident resulted in the death of one doctor, and the injury of at least twenty-one civilians displaced inside the hospital. Significant infrastructural damage occurred. The incident was

Summary

First published
November 19, 2024
Last updated
January 30, 2025
Strike status
Likely strike
Strike type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
1
(1 woman)
Civilians reported injured
21
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.
Impact
Healthcare
Impact on services or infrastructure relating to education, health or food supply. See methodology note for details.
Suspected belligerent
Israeli Military
Named victims
2 named
Geolocation
Nearby landmark
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Incident date

October 14, 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0241e

LOCATION

بالقرب من مسجد السقا، خان يونس, Vicinity of Al-Saqa Mosque, Khan Younis, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

During the morning of Saturday, 14th October 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike hit a house belonging to the Agha family located opposite Al-Saqa Mosque in the city of Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip killing at least 12 identified members of the extended Agha family, including three women and at least six children, and injuring

Summary

First published
January 21, 2025
Last updated
January 28, 2025
Strike status
Likely strike
Strike type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
12 – 13
(6–7 children3 women3 men)
Civilians reported injured
11–24
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
Named victims
13 named, 3 families identified
Names matched with MoH IDs
1
Geolocation
Exact location (via Airwars)
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Incident date

October 6, 2024

Incident Code

ISPT061024a

LOCATION

مدرسة الشافعي بالقرب من مسجد السوسي، مدينة غزة, Al Shaf’i School near Al Sousi Mosque, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

During the night of October 6, 2024, an Israeli aircraft allegedly bombed the Al Shafi’i School located near Al Sousi Mosque and in the vicinity of the Firas Market area in the al-Samar area, in the center of Gaza City. The school was serving as a shelter for displaced people, and the attack resulted in

Summary

First published
December 15, 2024
Strike status
Likely strike
Strike type
Airstrike
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
1 – 2
Civilians reported injured
5
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.
Impact
Education
Impact on services or infrastructure relating to education, health or food supply. See methodology note for details.
Suspected belligerent
Israeli Military
Named victims
1 named
Geolocation
Exact location (via Airwars)
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Incident date

October 27, 2024

Incident Code

ISPT271024a

LOCATION

مدرسة صلاح الدين محيط ملعب فلسطين, Salah Al Din school in vicinity of Palestine Stadium, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

code: ISPT271024a
incident_date: 2024-10-27
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair

Summary

First published
June 8, 2025
Strike status
Likely strike
Strike type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Education, Secondary School
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
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.
Impact
Education
Impact on services or infrastructure relating to education, health or food supply. See methodology note for details.
Suspected belligerent
Israeli Military
Geolocation
Nearby landmark
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Incident date

December 2, 2024

Incident Code

ISPT021224e

LOCATION

مدرسة حليمة السعدية في جباليا النزلة, Halima al-Sadia School school in Jabalia Al Nazla, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

On December 2, 2024, a girl was killed and another person was injured by tank fire allegedly from the Israeli military which hit Halima al-Sadia School, in Jabalia Al-Nazla in the north of the Gaza strip. Multiple local sources, including @qudsn, reported that a girl was killed when Israeli tanks fired on Halima al-Sadia School.

Summary

First published
March 5, 2025
Strike status
Likely strike
Strike type
Airstrike, Drone Strike, Ground operation
Infrastructure
Education
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
1
(1 child)
Civilians reported injured
1
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
Geolocation
Nearby landmark
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Incident date

November 4, 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0888a

LOCATION

الزهراء, Al-Zahraa, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

code: ISPT0888a
incident_date: 2023-11-04
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair

Summary

First published
June 8, 2025
Strike status
Likely strike
Strike type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
5
(3 children1 woman1 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
Named victims
5 named, 1 familiy identified
Names matched with MoH IDs
5
Geolocation
Village
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