Tel al-Hawa was a neighborhood in the southern part of the Palestinian city of Gaza. Incorporated by the Palestinian National Authority in the late 1990s, Tel al-Hawa is one of the more affluent areas of the city. It contained the Islamic University in Gaza and the Interior Ministry of the Palestinian National Authority.

Tel al-Hawa was the site of Israeli attacks during the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip during the Gaza war. On November 4, 2023, Al-Qassam Brigades claimed to have destroyed an Israeli tank that had entered Tel al-Hawa. A video that was found by us confirms the claim.

On February 10, 2024, the body of Hind Rajab, a six-year-old who was trapped in a car with all her relatives killed and who had called the Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance to find her, was found dead in Tel al-Hawa along with the two drivers of the ambulance that were dispatched to find her. We documented the entire case.

On July 8, 2024, there were reports of a large-scale Israeli invasion into Tel al-Hawa, beginning with a large wave of airstrikes followed by a ground offensive. After the Israeli belligerent withdrew, rescuers in Gaza found 60 dead bodies scattered across the neighborhood. They reported "there are bodies of entire families, there are also bodies inside a home of an entire family that was completely burned." Rescuers said that the Israeli belligerent had set homes on fire before withdrawing, and firefighters had to reach these buildings on foot.

In July 2024, despite being initially impeded by the Israeli belligerent, civil defense forces uncovered more than 40 bodies trapped beneath collapsed buildings in the neighborhood after an Israeli retreat from the area; the military did not comment on the matter.

Abubaker Abed, reporting from Tel al-Hawa during the Gaza war ceasefire period, showed video of demolished residential apartment buildings, numerous destroyed fire engines, water tankers, and obliterated rescue equipment of the Gaza City Civil Defense Forces. He described the destruction he recorded there as "an attempt was made to annihilate the social fabric of life" in Tel al-Hawa.