Civilian Casualties

قنديل, افشين, الزاب, Zakho district, Duhok, Iraq

LOCATION

Local Kurdish media said that four civilians were injured by alleged Turkish artillery shelling in Zakho at the Iraqi-Turkish border. Asda News reported that “the shelling led to the injury of four civilians, who were taken to the hospital for treatment, noting that the health of the four injured people is stable.” Rudaw added that

Summary

Turkish Military

حي الدرعية, Al Dar’iya, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

The Smart News Agency reported that a member of IS and his wife were killed and four other civilians wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on a building in the Al Dar’iya neighbourhood of Raqqa. No further details are currently available.

Summary

(1 woman)

قطاع غزة, Gaza Strip, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

A young man, Khalil Omar Muhammad (Alyan Al-Astal), was allegedly killed by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip on October 15th, 2023. Funeral arrangements for the deceased were posted by the Al Astal Family Website and were planned for 10am in Al Nimsawi. A family member named Reda Salem Alastal also posted a condolence message

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Airstrike and/or Artillery

(1 man)

1 named

Ar Raqqah - Deir ez-Zor road, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

A single source, the Euphrates Post, reported that “international coalition planes targeted a civilian car on al Shuweit -al Duweir road yesterday killing the driver instantly. He was displaced from the city of Deir Ezzor.” No further details are currently available.

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(2 women)

بني سهيلا, Bani Suheila, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On the 10th of October 2023, the wife of Musab Al Buraim – the media spokesman for the Islamic Jihad Movement – and three other civilians were reportedly killed and others were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Al-Buraim family home in Bani Suhaila, in the south of the Gaza Strip. Several different

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(1 woman)

بشرفة, Bisharfeh, Latakia, Syria

LOCATION

In a reported mass casualty incident, at least 15 and as many as 57 civilians were killed in a Russian airstrike on the town of Bisharfeh in the Jabal al-Akrad area. Many of the victims were reported to be women and children. Al Khaleej cited a local civil defence official: “The shelling came from a

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15 – 57

الحسو, Hiso, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

Eight members of one family were killed by Coalition strikes in Hasaka province, according to local sources. SRG, Aleppo Media Center and several other outlets reported the death of 8 people following what was described as a Coalition bombardment. Step News said the fatalities were all from the same family, and the pro-regime site Alkhabarts

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(3 children)

جوار مدرسة الفرقان, Vicinity of Al Furqan School, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 12th, 2023, eight civilians were killed, and others injured, in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Yassin family home near to the Al-Furqan school, south of the Al-Zaytoun neighbourhood in the north of the Gaza Strip. Several different news sources additionally stated that civilians had been wounded as a result of the strike,

Summary

(3–5 children1 woman2–5 men)

8 – 9

Impact

8 named, 1 familiy identified

Nearby landmark

هورة الجريات, Horat al Jariyat, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

According to Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently, two civilians died in an alleged Russian airstrike on Horat al Jariya. The Shaam News Network also blamed Russia, but did not provide casualty numbers. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights put the death toll at three but didn’t identify the warplanes responsible.

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2 – 3

Russian Military

مسبح الشراع, area behind al Shira' swimming pool, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Between 15 and 20 civilians died and dozens more were injured in alleged Coalition airstrikes on the area behind al Shira’ swimming pool in Raqqa, according to local media. Euphrates Post, Mohab Naser and Step News Agency said 15 non-combatants died in Coalition raids on residential homes. LCCSY – also blaming the Coalition – put

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15 – 20

أورم الكبرى, Urma al Kubra, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between three and eight non-combatants including two children, a woman and a member of the White Helmets died and dozens more were injured in raids on Orm al Kubra, according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Syrian regime. LCCSY reported that four civilians including

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3 – 8

(2 children1 woman1 man)

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

1 named, 1 familiy identified

ﺍﻟﺴﺒﺎﻫﻴﺔ, Al Sabahiya, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources reported that at least one civilian died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa’s al Sabahiya neighbourhood. Reports said that the al Sabahiya mosque was struck, with all sources blaming the US-led Coalition. According, to RFS, “The shelling focused on the neighbourhoods of al-Sabahia and al-Jazra, west of al-Raqqa and the al-Mashlab neighbourhood

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(1 man)

بنش, Binnish, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least one man was injured after alleged Syrian regime and/or Russian artillery shelling in the southern periphery of the town of Binnish, east of Idlib on October 5th, 2023. On Facebook, Bunch Now alleged that there were “light injuries” amongst the civilian population, but multiple injuries were not reported elsewhere. Syrian Civil Defense reported

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1–2

Impact

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

تدمر, Palmyra, Homs, Syria

LOCATION

At least three civilians died and dozens more were injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on Palmyra, according to local sources. Shaam News Network reported that Russian warplanes launched more than 150 raids targeting neighbourhoods in Palmyra, resulting in the dozens of civilians being killed and injured “as well as significant damage and the outbreak of

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3 – 12

(1 child1 woman1 man)

Russian Military, Syrian Regime, Unknown

1 named

حي المشلب, Al Mashlab, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

One child died in an alleged Coalition airstrike or artillery shelling, according to local media. The victim was named by multiple sources as Laith Omar al Haram. According to the Step News Agency, “international Coalition aircraft targeted the eastern and western neighbourhoods of the city with a large number of raids and targeted the outskirts

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(1 child)

جباليا, Jabalia, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Around 8:42 PM on Wednesday, October 18th 2023, between 13 and 16 members of the Abu Jasser family, including at least four children and five women, were killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike on their home located in the al-Qasaib neighborhood of Jabalia camp in the northern Gaza Strip. Shehab Agency and Voice of Palestine

Summary

(4–5 children6 women5–6 men)

13 – 16

16 named, 2 families identified

Town

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Between 15 and 20 civilians including up to eight children and five women died in airstrikes on Ar Raqqah, according to multiple local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime – with one source suggesting the warplanes responsible may have belonged to the

Summary

15 – 20

(3 children3 women4 men)

25–40

Unknown, Syrian Regime, US-led Coalition, US-led Coalition

10 named, 3 families identified

نزلة شحادة, Nazlat Shahada, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Three adult brothers died and at least one was injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike between the area of the two bridges in Raqqa, according to local media. Multiple sources named two brothers as killed in the Coalition raid while Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently named an additional third victim. A joint Amnesty and Airwars’s

Summary

(3 men)

3 named, 1 familiy identified

محيط مستشفى الأوروبي, Vicinity of the European Hospital, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Wednesday October 18th 2023, the Israeli military allegedly bombed the Al-Bakri family home leading to at least 10 people being killed, including seven young children, and at least one person being injured. The home was in the vicinity of the European Hospital and a customs office in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza strip.

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10 – 11

(7–8 children2 women)

10 named, 1 familiy identified

Nearby landmark

عندان, Anadan, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

A male child, named as nine month old Ahmad Hamze Layla, was killed in an airstrike on Anadan, according to both the Violations Documentation Centre and the Syrian Network for Human Rights. It is unclear whether regime or Russian forces were responsible for the alleged raid. The VDC said the victim was killed by Russian

Summary

(1 child)

Unknown, Syrian Regime

1 named

العلوه, Al Alwa, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

Five civilians, including three children, were reportedly killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes on al Awla village, also known as Jalal, 25km southeast of Ash Shaddadi. Hasakh News identified five victims; two men in their 50s, and three children of one of the men – two girls and one boy. All six sources who reported on the

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(3 children)

5 named, 1 familiy identified

الشيخ ناصر, Sheikh Nasser, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

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

Summary

(1 child1 woman)

أورم الجوز, Urum Al Joz, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

According to The Syrian Observatory, Russian warplanes allegedly bombed Orme al Joz killing up to four civilians. While the Observatory reported unspecified casualties, VDC named one adult male fatality. The Syrian News Desk cited local media activist Khaled Al Idilbi as saying “that Russian warplanes targeted with two raids residential sites within the town of

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(4 men)

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian male was reportedly killed following an alleged Coalition airstrike in Raqqa, local sources reported. Al Hasaka Arabea identified the victim and reported that he was from Al Ahwas al Shaher village. Only one of the two sources alleged that the Coalition was responsible, whereas the other source did not apportion blame.

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حي الجنينة، رفح, Al-Geneina neighbourhood, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Sunday, October 22nd, 2023, in the Rafah Governorate, south of the Gaza Strip, an alleged daytime Israeli airstrike resulted in the death of three members of the Al-Ghouti family – two women and a child – at their home at Al-Geneina neighborhood. A number of others were wounded, including the husband and children of

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3 – 4

(2 children1–2 women)

6 named, 2 families identified

Exact location (via Airwars)

الناجية, Najieh, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Up to four children were reported killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Najieh, according to the Violations Documentation Center. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said two children died. the Violations Documentation Center (VDC) named two children victims of the strike and another two as unidentified.

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2 – 4

(2–4 children)

نهر الفرات, Euphrates river, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Three civilian males were reportedly killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes near the Euphrates River in Raqqa. A number of local sources identified the victims. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently reported that the men were killed in an airstrike on their cars as they tried to retrieve water from the river. Raqqa had been suffering from

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قرية المشيرفة, village Al Mushairfa in the Ain Issa district, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

On the afternoon or evening of Wednesday, October 25th, 2023, alleged Turkish artillery shelling struck the village of Al Mushairfa located 8 km east of the town of Ain Issa, Syria, injuring one civilian and striking grain silos. The injured civilian has been named by most of the sources as a 26-year old Bashar Ahmed

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Impact