Civilian Casualties

US-led Coalition, Iraq Government Forces

Suspected belligerents

تل الهوا, Tal al Hawa, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 14th, 2023, Counselor Muhammad Fahmi Al-Najjar, along with 15 family members, including three women and ten children, were killed by an alleged Israeli airstrike on his residential home in the Al-Hawa neighborhood in the southwest of Gaza City. Most sources agree that the home of the deceased was “directly” bombed by the Israeli

Summary

(10 children3 women3 men)

16 named, 1 familiy identified

بحيره, Bahira, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

A 49 year old man was allegedly shot and injured by Turkish border guards in the village of Bahira on May 3, 2023. Hawar News reported that a civilian was wounded by live bullets fired by the Turkish army. A relative of the injured civilian told a Hawar reporter that live bullets fired between 14:00

Summary

Small arms and light weapons

شعيب الذكر, Sho'aib Al Zakir, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Up to 40 civilians including a woman and her six children died after their boat sank while it was crossing the Euphrates River near Sho’aib Al-Zikir. While most local sources blamed the UIS-led Coalition, one news organisation said the boat had instead capsized because there were too many people onboard. The Smart News Network reported:

Summary

7 – 40

(6 children1–7 women)

محيط المستشفى الكويتي, Vicinity of Kuwaiti Hospital, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At dawn on Tuesday, October 17th 2023, between 17 and 26 civilians were reported killed, including at least seven women and five children, one of whom was an infant. Dozens of others, including children, were also reported wounded in the alleged Israeli airstrike on the home of the Abu Lebda family near the Kuwaiti Hospital

Summary

17 – 26

(6 children7 women4 men)

12–24

17 named, 1 familiy identified

Exact location (via Airwars)

الدندنية, Al Dandaniyah, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

On 14 June 2023, two children were injured by an alleged Turkish artillery strike, followed by a drone strike, on a farm in Al-Dandaniyah village in Manbij, the western countryside east of Aleppo. One of the children who survived the strike, Muhammad Saeed, noted that the attack ‘directly bombed their whereabouts’ according to Hawar News.

Summary

Airstrike, Artillery, Drone Strike

Infrastructure

Agriculture

Belligerents reported killed

Belligerents reported injured

الثورة‎, Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Two men were killed when an alleged Coalition airstrike hit their motorcycle in Tabaqa, according to local sources. @Mohab_Naser reported that the incident occurred “on the main street south of the church roundabout”. The combatant status of the victims was not made clear in any of the reports.

Summary

0 – 2

(2 men)

Hamad Town, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At approximately midnight on October 16th, 2023, at least one civilian, a young man, was killed, and four others were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on a residential apartment in Hamad town, Khan Yunis, the Gaza strip. Initial reportage from Shehab Agency stated a ‘number of casualties’ as a result of the bombing, with

Summary

5 named, 1 familiy identified

LOCATION

near Mosul, Iraq

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on July 7th 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on claims of civilian harm “near Mosul, Iraq” by Human Rights Watch. According to the Coalition report, “83. April 18, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via media report: After a review of available information it was

Summary

قرية بوگریسکان, Bugriskan village, Sinjar district, Bashdar district , Sulaymaniyah, Iraq

LOCATION

A woman was killed and a man injured by two drone strikes, allegedly conducted by the Turkish military, on the village of Bugriskan, in the Sinjar district on September 27th, 2023. The strikes were also reported to have killed six Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants. Bas News reported that the casualties occurred in “two separate

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

(1 woman)

Impact

Belligerents reported killed

حمرة بلاسم, Hamra Blassem, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

A single source, the Smart News Agency, reported that “three civilians were killed and 11 others were wounded, including a pregnant woman, in suspected Coalition raids on the village of Hamra Balasem“. No further details are currently available.

Summary

جوار مسجد المتقين, Vicinity of al Muttaqin Mosque, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Saturday morning, 21st October 2023, an alleged Israeli strike hit the al-Jakhlab family home behind al-Muttaqin Mosque in central Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, resulting in several deaths and injuries. Initial reportage from Shehab Agency stated that there were “martyrs and wounded” as a result of the alleged strike. A number of

Summary

2–3

Exact location (via Airwars)

near Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on December 28th 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on social media claims of civilian harm “80. April 28, 2017 near Mosul, Iraq via social media report. The report contains insufficient information of the time, location and details to assess its credibility.” No additional

Summary

أبراج العودة, al Awda Towers, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Wednesday, October 18th 2023, at least two civilians, a 40 year-old writer and a 16 year-old child, were killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike and/or artillery strike on al-Awda Towers, a residential building north of Beit Lahia, Gaza strip. At 6:21 in the morning, Safa news reported “violent Israeli bombardment in al-Awda Towers, north

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Infrastructure

Apartment Building

(1 child1 man)

2 named

Nearby landmark

الإصلاح الزراعي, Mosul, Isilah Zeraei / Agrarian Reform, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local media sources said – based on a statement issued by the Al Amaq (ISIL) press agency – that Coalition and Iraqi Air Force airstrikes hit several neighbourhoods in West Mosul, killing 24 civilians and injuring 75 others. A local resident reported that Azzawi Haj Hamid was among the deadly victims in Agrarian Reform neighbourhood.

Summary

US-led Coalition, Iraq Government Forces

Suspected belligerents

1 named

الشيخ رضوان, Sheikh Radwan, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At 4.30 pm on Tuesday, 10th of October, 2023, at least forty civilians, including a mother alongside her five children and her husband, were killed when an alleged Israeli airstrike hit a six-storey building in Sheikh Radwan, a district of Gaza City. Amnesty International reported that the strike completely destroyed the building and killed at

Summary

(4–7 children2 women1 man)

12 named, 2 families identified

الصالحية, Al Salhiya, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Twelve civilians including up to eight women and four children died and dozens more were wounded in alleged Coalition airstrikes on Al Salhiya village, according to local sources. The Syrian Network for Human Rights put the death toll at ten victims including four children and four women – and blamed the Coalition, while Bassam Jaara

Summary

(4 children7–8 women4 men)

12 – 14

12–24

12 named, 1 familiy identified

Gaza Strip, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 17th, 2023, Muhammad Mahmoud Al-Balbisi (25) was killed by an alleged Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip. The Martyrs of Gaza Twitter/X account posted a tribute by Muhammad’s friend Hamoud Abbadi, quoting him as saying, “Who said that parting does not change the features? We were always together… in everything, laughing, going out,

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Infrastructure

Residential

1 named

قرية الغوز, Al Ghor, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

According to the ISIS-affiliated media outlet al Amaq, five civilians were killed byTurkish artillery shelling on Al Ghor, a village west of Al Bab. “Five people killed and ten injured following Turkish artillery bombing of the village of al Ghor west of al Bab in the Aleppo countryside,” the propaganda unit claimed. There are currently

Summary

Turkish Military

يعرب, Ya'arob, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Six to 17 civilians were reportedly killed and as many as hundreds more wounded in the villages of Ya’rob and al Sakhoura in the western Raqqa countryside. However sources were conflicted as to whether they died in a Coalition airstrike or artillery shelling by YPG forces. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the only source

Summary

6 – 17

2–200

7 named, 2 families identified

Remorse area in the vicinity of Caad, Mudug, Somalia

LOCATION

On the 24th of January, 2024, U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) conducted an airstrike against Al-Shabaab in a remote area near the town of Caad in the Mudug region of eastern Somalia. AFRICOM stated that six Al-Shabaab militants were killed in the strike and assessed that no civilians were injured or killed. AFRICOM released a statement

Summary

Belligerents reported killed

الباب, Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilians were reportedly killed in an alleged Turkish artillery shelling on Al Bab. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights wrote: “And two citizens, including a child, were killed in shelling by Turkish forces on areas in Al Bab city in the northeastern countryside of Aleppo.” The ISIS propaganda outlet Al Raed La Ykazeb Ahlahu

Summary

(1 child)

11–15

الشفاء, Mosul, Al-Shafaa, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Multiple local sources reported that dozens of civilians were killed or injured as a result of heavy airstrikes in Shifa neighborhood, in West Mosul. Yaqein said that the Coalition was responsible for the raids, and that they also led to the destruction of houses of civilians. Sawlf Ateka and Mosul Ista (two local Facebook groups)

Summary

12 – 24

12–24

الصفطاوي, al Saftawi, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Shortly before 4:50 AM on October 21, 2023, four civilians, including two children, were killed and a number of civilians were injured by an alleged Israeli airstrike on the al-Hanawi family home located in the Al-Saftawi area in the northern Gaza Strip. 61-year-old Hamdi Al-Hanawi, was killed along with his son, 35-year-old Hassan Al-Hanawi, and

Summary

(2 children2 men)

4 named, 1 familiy identified

حي خان العسل, Khan Al Assal (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Three civilians including one child died and five more were injured in an alleged Russian airstrike on Khan Assal, according to local sources. Orient News put the death toll at three and said that one of those killed was a child. It blamed Russia. Step News Agency also said that Russia was responsible, while SRG

Summary

(1 child)

Russian Military

حي الزنجيلي, Mosul, Zinjili, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

A single local source reported to Yaqein Agency that five children and their mother were killed after Coalition airstrikes hit their house in Zanjili neighborhood in West Mosul. The source had added that “heavy and continuous indiscriminate shelling makes the task of recovering the bodies and transporting the wounded very difficult, as well as [getting]

Summary

(5 children1 woman)

بيت لاهيا, Beit Lahia, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Shortly before 1:38pm on Wednesday October 18th 2023, seven identified members of the Abu Jalhoum family, including a mother with her five children, were killed and seven others were reportedly injured when an alleged Israeli airstrike hit their home in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip. At 1:38 PM the Palestinian News Agency Safa

Summary

(5 children1 woman1 man)

7 named, 1 familiy identified

Town

الهلك, Huluk (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Up to 15 civilians died in an incident in Huluk, according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Syrian regime. The Shaam News Network reported on alleged Russian raids with warplanes and helicopters across Aleppo and its surrounding countryside. It said that this

Summary

2 – 15

4–10

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Suspected belligerents

جعيدين, Jaidin, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Between one and three civilians were killed in Coalition strikes at Jaidin, according to local reports. The Syrian Network reported the deaths of 3 civilians including a child in Coalition raids on the village of Jaidin. Raqqa is Being Silently Slaughtered reported 1 victim, who it identified as Sultan Hammad Al-Obeid Al-Alous. Orient News also

Summary

1 – 3