Civilian Casualties

US-led Coalition, Syrian Democratic Forces

1 named

مخيم جباليا, Jabalia Refugee Camp, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On November 2nd 2023, two members of the Civil Defense working as rescuers were injured after an alleged Israeli drone strike hit their excavator vehicle while they were attempting to rescue casualties from under a house in Jabalia refugee camp. The Shehab Agency reported that they were injured by a “reconnaissance plane” bombing their excavator.

Summary

Unknown

Impact

عندان, Anadan, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between six and eight civilians were killed including two to four children, one to two women and two members of the Red Crescent – and dozens more injured – in alleged Russian airstrikes on Anadan, according to local sources. Shaam News Network reported that Russian forces launched “about 50 airstrikes” which including cluster munitions, targeting

Summary

(2–4 children1–2 women3 men)

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

A civilian male was killed following alleged Coalition airstrikes struck his home in Raqqa, local sources reported. Three sources reported the victim’s death. However, the reports were apparent carbon copies of each other.

Summary

الأبزمو, Al Abzimo, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

On the evening of Saturday, May 5th, 2024, artillery shelling allegedly conducted by Syrian regime forces and/or Russian forces and/or Iranian forces hit a residential neighborhood in the town of Abzimo, in the western countryside of Aleppo, killing a child and injuring his mother. Twelve-year-old Qais Haj Shaban and his mother were transported to a

Summary

(1 child)

Russian Military, Iranian Military, Syrian Regime

2 named, 1 familiy identified

كفر داعل, Kafr Da'el, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Three civilians including two children were killed and several other children injured in an alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrike which hit an elementary school in Kafr Da’el in the countryside west of Aleppo. According to the Shaam News Network which blamed Russia, local activists said those killed were a teacher (or possibly school superintendent)

Summary

(2 children)

1 named

معدان, Ma'adan, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Three people were reportedly wounded following airstrikes in Ma’dan on the eastern border of Raqqa governorate. However it was contested as to who was responsible. One source, Shaam News Network, claimed that the airstrikes caused a “massacre” and that 12 civilians were killed. However it was at odds with nine other sources which reported the

Summary

0 – 12

US-led Coalition, Russian Military

مدرسة حمامة بحي الشيخ رضوا، مدينة غزة, Hamama school, Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Saturday, August 3rd 2024, at least 16 civilians, including three women and at least four children, were killed and at least 60 others injured in a declared Israeli airstrike on the Hamama School located in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood of Gaza City, Gaza Strip. Israeli forces confirmed the strike, claiming they were targeting a

Summary

(4–5 children3 women6–7 men)

16 – 17

60–63

19 named, 3 families identified

Exact location (via Airwars)

LOCATION

حلب, Aleppo, Syria

The Islamic State-linked agency Al A’maq reported that 100 civilian trucks were destroyed in Russian airstrikes on the northern countryside – but did not give any details of casualties. With no additional reports of such an attack for this date, this may instead relate to the December 24th event at Ihress.

Summary

Unknown

Russian Military

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

One male civilian died in an alleged Coalition airstrike Raqqa, according to local sources. Other reports (apparently drawn from the same source) said as many as 30 prisoners died. All reports blamed the Coalition and said that the victim – who was being detained by IS – died when an IS prison was struck.

Summary

1 – 30

خان يونس, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On the morning of Thursday, the 2nd November 2023, four farmers were reportedly killed and a number of civilians were injured when an alleged Israeli strike hit the Sufa and/or Al-Amour area east of Khan Younis in the south of the Gaza Strip. At 11:03 am the Palestinian press agency Safa reported injuries after a

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Impact

تلبيسة, Talbisah, Homs, Syria

LOCATION

One male child, Yahya Mohammad Qaddour, aged three, was killed in an airstrike on Talbiseh according to local sources. The Violations Documentation Center – which blamed Russian shelling for the death – linked to an extremely graphic video posted by Talbissa, which shows the dead body of the child. However, according to the Syrian Network

Summary

(1 child)

2 named

ميادين, Mayadin, Al Masaken, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian died and several others were wounded in airstrikes on Al Mayadin, according to local media – though it is unclear whether the US-led Coalition or Russia were to blame. According to Euphrates Post, “The International Alliance launched several air raids around 7am targeting the Al Masaken area near the mosque of Othman bin

Summary

US-led Coalition, Russian Military

1 named

حي الفالوجا, Al Faluga, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Shortly before 6:22 AM on Thursday, November 2, 2023, the homes of the Hamid, Al-Sharafi, and Labad families located in the Al Faluja area in Jabalia Refugee Camp in the north of the Gaza Strip were allegedly bombed by Israeli forces, killing at least 24 identified civilians belonging to three different families and spanning over

Summary

IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential

(7–9 children13–15 women3 men)

24 – 46

Israeli Military

29 named, 3 families identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Neighbourhood/area

زملكا, Zamalka, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

Up to 12 civilians including three to four children and two women were killed and dozens more injured in alleged airstrikes and an artillery bombardment on Zamalka, according to multiple sources – though reports are conflicted as to whether Russian or Assad regime forces were responsible for the deaths. Shaam News initially reported that four

Summary

(3–4 children1–2 women9 men)

12 – 13

12 named, 2 families identified

مدرسة سيف الدولة, Ar Raqqah: Near Saif Al Dawla school, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Ten civilians died including different generations of the same family in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa. All sources pointed towards the Coalition carrying out an air or artillery strike. Airwars understands that only the Coalition has access to artillery in Raqqa. The date has been changed due to further Amnesty field research confirming the

Summary

(2 children1 woman7 men)

10 named, 2 families identified

مدرسة عمرو بن العاص في حي الشيخ رضوان, Amr Ibn Al Aas School, Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At around 3:30 PM on Saturday, September 7th 2024, an Israeli aircraft bombed the Amr Ibn Al Aas School in Gaza City, causing the death of at least four people and injuring at least 20 people, including several children. The school, which is located in the Sheikh Radwan district north of the city, was being

Summary

(1–4 men)

20–21

Exact location (via Airwars)

الهلك, Huluk (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Shaam News Network reported “Russian enemy planes carried out raids on the neighbourhoods of Al Halak, Al Salheen and al Kalassa and Ain Al Tall which led to the fall of martyrs – 16 in Salheen, 2 in Halak and wounded in Al Kalassa and many other wounded.” According to LCCSY a woman and a

Summary

(1 child1 woman)

Russian Military

المستشفى الوطني, National hospital, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Reports claimed that ‘artillery shelling’ took place on At Watani hospital, Raqqa. The citizen journalist group Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently attributed the event to International Coalition Forces and the SDF, as did multiple other sources. According to a Facebook post from Al Hassaka Rasd the ambulance section of the hospital was “subjected to heavy

Summary

قيزان النَجّار, Qizan al Najjar, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On the evening of Saturday, July 24th, 2024, at least three members of the Youssef family, including an engineer and innovator, were reportedly killed and up to two civilians were injured in an alleged Israeli drone strike in the Qizan al Najjar area, south of Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip. Most sources reported that

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

(3 men)

Israeli Military

3 named, 1 familiy identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Village

الشيخ علي, Sheikh Ali, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Three civilians were killed when “warplanes believed to be Russian” bombed areas in Sheikh Ali village in the western countryside of Aleppo, according to local sources. The Syrian Observatory said there was “initial information about more casualties“, but did not specify. Al Burraq placed the death toll at three, with several injured.

Summary

Russian Military

Wahda, Nahda and Bedu areas, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Between 14 and 17 people were killed, and 30 to 74 injured in alleged Coalition airstrikes on Raqqa, local media said. According to reports, the neighbourhoods of “Wahda and Nahdha and the Bedu” were targeted. Raqqa24 tweeted that the civilian deaths were a result of “bombing by Coalition aircraft” and SANA, the Syrian Arab News

Summary

14 – 17

(5 children2 women)

30–74

2 named, 1 familiy identified

بلدة الخرايب, Al-Kharayeb, Sidon district, Southern Governorate, Lebanon

LOCATION

Fourteen civilians, including multiple women and at least one child, were killed and a number of civilians were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Al-Kharayeb neighbourhood in the Sidon district in the Southern Governorate of Lebanon on Monday, 23rd of September 2024. Husband and wife Hassan Muhammad Hamada and Zainab Muhammad Hamada and

Summary

(1–3 children5–7 women6 men)

Israeli Military

14 named, 4 families identified

Village

الحيدرية, Haydariya (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Up to 11 civilians died, among them two young girls, and dozens of other civilians were injured in airstrikes on the Haydariya neighborhood of Aleppo according to local sources. While one report alleged that this was the work of Russia, others blamed the regime. A local activist told Ara News that “the city of Aleppo saw

Summary

2 – 11

(2 children)

5–12

Tawassouiya, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian, named as Mr. Abdulrahman Al-Sumair, was killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa, according to multiple local sources. There are no other details at this time. In February 2019, the Coalition assessed this event to be non-credible. Their reported noted: “After review of all available strike records it was determined that more

Summary

مدرسة الشافعي بالقرب من مسجد السوسي، مدينة غزة, Al Shaf’i School near Al Sousi Mosque, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

During the night of October 6, 2024, an Israeli aircraft allegedly bombed the Al Shafi’i School located near Al Sousi Mosque and in the vicinity of the Firas Market area in the al-Samar area, in the center of Gaza City. The school was serving as a shelter for displaced people, and the attack resulted in

Summary

1 – 2

Impact

Exact location (via Airwars)

صلاح القرية‬, Salah al Qariya, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Five to six civilians including two children and two to three women died in airstrikes on Salah al Qariya area, in Albu Umar according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. LCCSY reported the death of four civilians in what they

Summary

5 – 6

(1 child2 women)

5 named

LOCATION

Al Qaim, Al Anbar, Iraq

Local media reported on the death of civilians following alleged US-Coalition airstrikes on Al Qaiem District. According to Yagein, the aircraft launched two raids targeting residential neighbourhoods and the school of the Eastern Renaissance. The sources added that the bombing caused the destruction of a number of houses which led to deaths and injuries of

Summary

كفر ملكي, Kafr Melki, Southern Lebanon, Lebanon

LOCATION

On September 24, 2024, an alleged Israeli airstrike hit five residential buildings in Kfar Melki, Southern Lebanon, reportedly causing injuries and destruction to residential infrastructure. No fatalities were reported, and the number of injuries remains unclear. The status of those injured could also not be determined based on the available sources. Lubnane Hor reported that

Summary

Apartment Building, Residential

Unknown