A girl bids farewell to her father who was killed in the massacre at the mosque sheltering displaced people near Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah

Around 2:20 am an Israeli airstrike bombed Al-Aqsa Martyrs Mosque, part of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital compound in Deir al-Balah. A large number of people were taking shelter inside.

Footage showed dozens of bodies killed and wounded piled up inside the mosque whereas the mosque itself was extensively destroyed, reflecting the destructive power of the bomb used by the IDF. The tail section of JDAM kit was found amid the rubble.

The location is supposed to be a "safe zone" as per Israeli official public communication.

Preliminary death toll amounts to 15 people killed. By 6am the death toll had risen to 21.

Casualties: The Ministry of Health udpated figured on October 7, 2024 reporting 26 people killed across this massacre and another at Ibn Rushd school. Footage from the morgue shows at 18-20 bodies brought there after this mosque massacre.

Names of the martyrs (identified):

1. Ayman Ahmed Hosni Al-Jamal
2. Muhammad Shafiq Mithqal Abu Diya
3. Hassan Fadl Ibrahim Al-Sinwar
4. Ahmed Fakhry Ahmed Al-Naffar
5. Jihad Fakhri Ahmed Al-Naffar
6. Abdussalam Atallah
7. Murad Mustafa Abu Ghoula
8. Waseem Hassan Khamis Khadra
9. Jamal Hafez Shaaban Badawi
10. Mohammed Raed Al-Attar
11. Mohammed Raed Mohammed Abd-Rabbo
12. Imad Jamal Abdussalam Al-Hajj AliYoung Qur'an Hafiz and Ilsamic scholar
13. Khalil Ibrahim Al-Najjar
14. Alaa Ayman Saeed Hamouda
15. Muhammad Hassan Qazaat

PHOTOS:

• Corpses laid in hospital courtyard
• Corpses piled up inside mosque
• Extensive destruction of the mosque
• Debris inside
• Funerals
• Al-Mezan NGO documentation