Civilian Casualties

11 – 26

(2–3 children2 women)

12–24

5 named, 1 familiy identified

LOCATION

إدلب, Idlib, Syria

During an airstrike on a vehicle in Idlib the Coalition killed one man and reportedly injured four more civilians. The Coalition later admitted responsibility for the one death. According to Step News, “One person was dead and 4 civilians wounded in a car explosion in the city of Idlib after it was targeted by an

Summary

حي الجزائر, Algeria region, Hilla, Babylon Province, Babil, Iraq

LOCATION

On the 25th of December, 2023, a declared U.S. airstrike was conducted against the headquarters of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) in Hilla, central Iraq, killing one civilian and injuring two female civilians: Shadhadan Karim Mirza, and Wasnah Maher Kahem. One member of the PMF was also killed and up to 19 other members of

Summary

Iraqi militias (PMUs)

2 named

Belligerents reported injured

18–19

القائم, Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

Local sources said that three civilians were killed when Coalition airstrikes targeted Al Qa’im district, in the west of Anbar province. A senior official unofficially told Airwars the strike was conducted by Belgium. On April 30th 2017 the Coalition accepted responsibility: “Feb. 27, 2017, near Al Qaim, Iraq, via self-report: During a strike on ISIS

Summary

1 – 3

الطيانة, Al Tayyana, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

At least one civilian male, but possibly as many as two, died in airstrikes on Al Tayyana, according to local media – though it was initially unclear whether the Coalition or Russia was responsible. The US-led alliance accepted responsibility in September 2017. Five sources reported that only one fatality was caused by the airstrikes, however

Summary

1 – 2

البرهوم, al Burham, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

In its July 26th, 2018 civilian casualty statement, the Coalition self-reported an incident of civilian harm on the banks of the Euphrates river, near the crossing between the villages of Al Burham ( البرهوم ) and Abu Hasan ( أبو حسن ). The report noted: “December 1, 2017, near al Burham, Syria, via self-report. During

Summary

Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

LOCATION

Anbar, Al Anbar, Iraq

In an incident previously not tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the death of one civilian and the injury of another near Anbar, Iraq. This was later confirmed to be a US action. As CJTFOIR’s June 2019 civilian casualty report noted: “Coalition forces engaged in a small arms fire event. Regrettably, one civilian was

Summary

Small arms and light weapons

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

In a casualty event previously unknown to Airwars, CENTCOM confirmed on April 22nd 2016 that one civilian was killed during a US airstrike against a high value target in Raqqah. According to the official release, “On Dec. 10, 2015, near Ar Raqqah, Syria, during strikes against Siful Sujan, an ISIL external operations planner, it was

Summary

جعار, Ja'ar, Al Bayda, Yemen

LOCATION

One civilian, named as the elderly man Saleh Ahmed Mohammed al-Qaisi, was killed by a US drone strike in the vicinity of Ja’ar, in the Al Qayseen subdistrict, Sama’a district of Bayda governorate, at 10am on January 21st 2019. In April 2021, CENTCOM confirmed to the Yemen human rights group Mwatana that it had killed

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Car, Vehicle

(1 man)

1 named

حي الزنجيلي, Mosul, Zanjili, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

In an incident related to CI613, a mass casualty incident across several neighbourhoods in Zanjili, the Coalition confirmed in June 2017 that a civilian had been killed at Zinjili. According to their monthly civilian casualty report, “During a strike on an ISIS firing position, it was assessed that one civilian was unintentionally killed when his

Summary

Mosul, al Haramat, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the death of a civilian in an event near Mosul. Their July 2017 civilian casualty report noted: “During a strike on ISIS construction equipment, after reviewing post-strike video, it was assessed that one civilian who was not observed during the engagement was unintentionally

Summary

هجين, near Hajin, Syria, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the injury of one civilian near Hajin. In its March 2018 report, the Coalition noted: “During a coalition strike which killed a known high-level ISIS member a civilian scooter inadvertently crossed into the strike area and it is assessed that one civilian was

Summary

الحويجة, Hawijah, Kirkuk, Iraq

LOCATION

In an event previously unknown to Airwars, an internal CENTCOM review of a Coalition strike on an ‘ISIL weapons assembly area’ at Hawijah identified a possible issue. According to the report, “ISR imagery showed that an unintentional potential ClVCAS may have occurred. Unidentified and unexpected personnel were seen IVO [in the vicinity of] the detonations.

Summary

0 – 2

0–2

حي الزيتون بغزة, Al Zaytoun neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On the night of Monday, October 30, 2023, at least 15 people were killed and a number of others injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Habib family home, a four-storey building, at the Habib Junction, in the Al Zaytoun neighbourhood of Gaza City, Gaza Strip. Many of the civilians killed were women and

Summary

منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

In an incident previously not tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the injuries of two civilians near Manbij, Syria. Their June 2019 civilian casualty report noted: “Coalition aircraft conducted an airstrike against Daesh terrorists. Regrettably, two civilians were unintentionally wounded due to their proximity to the strike.” The Coalition provided Airwars with the location

Summary

Unknown

عربيد, A'rbeed, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

A reported Coalition strike near the ISIL-occupied village of A’rbeed was said by the Syrian Network for Human Rights to have killed three civilians in a farmhouse – a 43 year old man and his two wives. Two other sites described Coalition strikes in the vicinity, though did not refer to civilian deaths. In February

Summary

(2 women1 man)

3 named, 1 familiy identified

الشعاب, Al Shi’ab (Al Shaab) village southeast of Al Suwayda city, Al Suwayda, Syria

LOCATION

Late at night on Monday, January 8th, 2024, a married couple belonging to the Al-Ramthan clan was killed in one of the two airstrikes reportedly perpetrated by Jordanian warplanes on Al Shi’ab (Al Shaab) village located in the south of Al Suwayda city area, Syria. According to the Facebook source called Tribes of Southern Syria,

Summary

(1 woman1 man)

Jordanian Military

2 named, 1 familiy identified

LOCATION

Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

The Amnesty and Airwars’s joint April 2019 report “War in Raqqa: Rhetoric versus Reality” reported on an incident previously unidentified by Airwars. An uncle and nephew were killed by an alleged Coalition airstrike which hit them whilst they were on a motorbike. The airstrike occurred between 3 and 4pm, and there were no reported injured

Summary

(2 men)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

بالقرب من مسجد صلاح الدين, Vicinity of the Salah Al Din Mosque, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On the night of October 30, 2023, at least 78, and up to 175, people from the same large extended family, including a journalist, 16 women, and 38 children, were killed and at least four others were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike, reportedly using a “one tonne” munition, on the Kashko family home located

Summary

(44–48 children16–18 women18–19 men)

78 – 175

4–5

Israeli Military

78 named, 1 familiy identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Exact location (other)

النجاد العذلان, Al Nijad Al Adhlan, Ma'rib, Yemen

LOCATION

Up to five civilians, including a fifteen-year-old boy and man over the age of 70, were reportedly killed in a US special forces ground operation in Al Khthala village, in the Al Jubah area of Marib governorate, beginning at around 1am on May 23rd 2017, though official US accounts of the raid claimed that there

Summary

Airstrike, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground), Drone Strike

Residential

2 – 12

(1 child4–11 men)

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

2–10

Causes of injury / death

11 named, 1 familiy identified

Belligerents reported injured

4–9

2–10

مسجد قتيبة بن مسلم، نزلة, Qutaiba Ben Muslim Mosque, Jabalia Al Nazla, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At least four members of the al-Adham family were reportedly killed, and others injured when an alleged Israeli airstrike hit a vehicle on 2 November 2023 in Jabalia Al Nazla, northern Gaza. Mahmoud Eid Muhammad al-Adham, Mahmoud Ammar Muhammad al-Adham, Youssef Ammar Muhammad al-Adham and Hamza Hatem Muhammad al-Adham were all reportedly killed in the alleged

Summary

4 – 10

(1 child3 men)

Israeli Military

4 named, 1 familiy identified

Nearby landmark

Outskirts of Tortoroow, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

The US military carried out an airstrike targeting an al Shabaab fighter in Tortoroow, according to a press release issued two days later by US Africa Command. It was locally alleged that a named civilian public transport driver died in the attack. However AFRICOM later insisted thast the victim was “a high-level, al-Shabaab financier” and

Summary

0 – 1

(1 man)

الحويجة, Hawijah, Kirkuk, Iraq

LOCATION

Local sources said that two civilians were killed and seven wounded after international aircraft struck civilians in Rubeidh Al-Asriya village, in Hawijah district. In the first of their March 2020 civilian casualty reports, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible for civilian harm in this strike as “non-credible”, stating that no Coalition actions

Summary

مدرسة التابعين حي الدرج، مدينة غزة, Al Tabi’een school, Al Daraj neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Shortly after 5am on August 10th 2024, during dawn prayers, a series of Israeli airstrikes struck the Al Tabi’een school in the Al Sahaba area of the Al Daraj neighbourhood in Gaza City. The school was a temporary home to “around 2,400” displaced people; at least 77 civilians were found to have been killed, with

Summary

(7–11 children3–6 women35–60 men)

77 – 125

87 named, 10 families identified

Exact location (via Airwars)

0–31

الروضة, Al Rawda, Ma'rib, Yemen

LOCATION

At least three alleged AQAP militants were reportedly killed, and another injured, by a US drone strike against a house in Al Rawda, Marib governorate, on the evening of July 22nd 2018. A few social media sources at the time suggested that the strike had instead killed civilians. A later US Central Command statement indicated

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Residential

Suspected target

Belligerents reported injured

3–10

حي الشجاعية، مدينة غزة, Al-Shujaiya neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

The morning of Monday July 15th 2024, at least three civilians were killed and a number of others were injured by alleged Israeli bombings in the Al-Shujaiya neighborhood in Gaza. The names of the three confirmed killed are Fadi Iyad Abu Sharbi, Muhammad Aoun Al-Akshiya, and Muhammad Ashraf Al-Arqan. At 11:00, a Safa correspondent reported

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

(3 men)

زور شمر, Zor Shamer, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian was killed in an airstrike in Zor Shamer, Raqqa, according to local media sources – though it was not clear who was responsible. Most sources attributed responsibility to Russian forces, though one reported that Coalition aircraft conducted the strike. DeirEzzor24, reported that “Coalition aircraft targeted the area south of Hsaywa, Zor Shamer”. Syrian

Summary

(1 man)

US-led Coalition, Russian Military

Suspected belligerents

1 named

الزوايدة, Al-Zawaida, Deir al-Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

During the morning of Monday 30th October 2023, an alleged Israeli missile attack killed at least 30 civilians, including at least 13 children and six women, and injured eight people, including at least four children. The strike hit the Fatayer family home in Al-Zawaida in the Deir al-Balah governorate. Those killed were from the Sarsak

Summary

(13–16 children6–8 women9–10 men)

30 – 31

Israeli Military

38 named, 1 familiy identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Town

القوز, Al Qawz junction, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

A US drone strike killed at least two alleged AQAP militants on a motorcycle at Al Qawz junction, Mudiyah district of Abyan governorate, on the night of September 14th 2017. However it was also reported that a passing vehicle was damaged, causing civilian injuries. More than three years later, in response to Airwars publishing its

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Motorcycle, Vehicle

Unknown

2–3

حي الكرامة, Mosul, Karama, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

A number of sources reported that at least seven civilian forced labourers were killed in an alleged Coalition on a Daesh pickup truck. The incident took place in the main street area of Karama, a neighbourhood to the east of Mosul. NRN News said that the civilians were being used by Daesh as forced labourers to demolish graves

Summary

7 – 10