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Incident: INC-20240827-5gjp6azv
Date
2024-08-27
Report Deaths
6
Analyzed: 5 / 6
Breakdown: 2 men • 0 women • 3 children
Strike Type
Airstrike
Target Type
House
City
Khan Younis
District
Unknown
Region
Central
Mapped Persons
5

Incident Media

Incident mediaIncident media

Quotes

#Urgent | 5 martyrs in the bombing of a Zarab family house in the vicinity of the Abu Al-Fatair Mosque in the Bat Al-Samayn area of Khan Younis. They are: 1. Girl/Maysaa Mahmoud Farid Zarab 2. Girl/Layan Arafat Abdullah Abu Zayed 3. Boy/Ahmed Arafat Abdullah Abu Zayed 4. Arafat Abdullah Mahmoud Abu Zayed 5. Jamal Nail Mahmoud Zarab - The number of missing people in the area is still unknown.
https://t.me/mahmud933/229615
Writer and political analyst Arafat Abu Zayed was killed in an Israeli attack targeting the Zaarab family home in Khan Yunis.
https://x.com/Qadeyah1/status/1828403860139831382
Ahmed, Abdullah and Lian Arafat Abu Zayed Ascended with their father in the same Israeli attack.
https://x.com/Qadeyah1/status/2001357098832277706

Combatant Main Images

Arafat Abdullah Mahmoud Abu Zaid
Arafat Abdullah Mahmoud Abu Zaid

Combatants / Political Leaders (1)

Arafat Abdullah Mahmoud Abu Zaid

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Arafat Abdullah Mahmoud Abu Zaid
National ID
800428633
Name (Arabic)
عرفات عبدالله محمود ابو زايد
Age
39
Sex
M
Annotation
Status Combatant Leader Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
Command Level
Central Unit(s)
Military Wing
Al-Quds Brigades (Palestinian Islamic Jihad)
Military Unit
Information Unit
Assessment
Telegram
"Martyr Commander/ Arafat Abdullah Abu Zayed (Deputy Commander to the Central Information Unit)"
Arafat Abdullah Mahmoud Abu Zaid media

Co-fatalities (4)

Relative (4)

Arabic nameTransliterationAgeSexMoH IDRelationship / status
أحمد عرفات عبدالله ابو زايد Ahmed Arafat Abdullah Abu Zaid 8 M 436049597 Relative
ميساء محمود فريد زعرب Maisaa Mahmoud Farid Zarab 6 F 440554384 Relative
ليان عرفات عبدالله ابو زايد Layan Arafat Abdullah Abu Zaid 13 F 430532689 Relative
جمال نائل محمود زعرب Jamal Nael Mahmoud Zarab 33 M 802882266 Relative

Sources

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Person Sources
Arafat Abdullah Mahmoud Abu Zaid
Incident Casualty List
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Saraya al-Quds Affiliation

Summary / Notes

One combatant (Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)) was killed in this incident, along with 4 relatives.

Assessment notes