Civilian Casualties

0 – 2

0–2

Russian Military

شقة سكنية بالقرب من بركة ابو راشد، مخيم جباليا, Vicinity of Birkat Abu Rashid, Jabalia Refugee Camp, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On 1 November 2023, a number of people were reportedly killed and injured when an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the home of the Ghabayen family near Birkat Abu Rashid in the middle of the Jabalia refugee camp. Shehab News Agency reported that most of the casualties from the strike were displaced persons and that they

Summary

IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential

2–4

LOCATION

Talbisah, Homs, Syria

Three women died in an alleged Russian or Assad regime air or artillery strike Talbissa, according to sources on the ground. Homs Media Centre added that 16 civilians were wounded in the incident. There are no other details available at this time.

Summary

(3 women)

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

3 named

الباغوز, Al Bagouz Fawqani, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources reported the death of an adult civilian male, Hussein al-Humeidahin al Bagouz. There was however a discrepancy in the reports. While some local sources attributed the civilian’s death to (SDF) artillery shelling, one source claimed that he was killed by a sniper. Euphrates Post reported for example the “martyrdom of Hussein al-Humeidah after

Summary

(1–0 men)

محافظة دير البلح, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On November 2nd 2023, 48-year-old Iyad Tayeh Jamil Matar, a journalist for Al-Aqsa TV and his mother, were reportedly killed in an alleged Israeli bombing on their home in the centrally-located Deir Al Balah Governorate of the Gaza Strip. The alleged Israeli bombing of their home was reported by a number of news sources and

Summary

(1 woman1 man)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Province/governorate

LOCATION

Kafr Nabil, Idlib, Syria

Two civilian males died and at least two more were wounded – including members of the White Helmets – in an airstrike on Kafr Nabil, according to local media – though sources were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Syrian regime. @syriapost1 was among several sources pointing to Russia

Summary

(2 men)

2–3

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

2 named

كبيبة, Kabiba, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

In a major night time coalition air raid targeting oil facilities used by Islamic State, five civilians including a 7- or 10-year old boy were reported killed. The dead were later named by various sources. In a detailed report on the event, SN4HR later noted: “Those civilians are from Kabiba town and they work on

Summary

(1 child2–3 men)

محيط بلدة الشيخ يوسف, the “‘Al-Qaswa”’ IDP camp in the vicinity of Sheikh Yousef area, Idlib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

In the early morning and in the afternoon of Tuesday, 17th October 2023, ten airstrikes allegedly perpetrated by Russian forces on the “Al-Qaswa” IDP camp and civilian homes in the outskirts of the town of Sheikh Youssef in the western countryside of Idlib, Syria, injured four civilians, including two women and two girls. The Syrian

Summary

Causes of injury / death

Russian Military

حي باب النيرب, Bab al Nayrab (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Five named civilians from the same family, including three children, died as result of either Russian or Syrian regime airstrike in the Bab Nayrab neighbourhood of Aleppo, according to local media. CNN reported that civilian infrastructure was destroyed in the strike: “As a result of heavy shelling last night, Bab Nayrab station, which provides water

Summary

5 – 6

(3 children1 woman1 man)

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

5 named, 1 familiy identified

الرمادي, Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

In an event previously unreported by Airwars, Coalition reported an unspecified open source as publishing a picture of a dead child “without any identification of original location”. According to provisional analysis “There was one airstrike in Ramadi on 13 December (strike #1266) which was unlikely to have caused the death.” No further action was recorded

Summary

(1 child)

المخيم الجديد، مخيم النصيرات, New Camp, Nuseirat camp, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On June 21st 2024, civilians were killed and at least three civilians were injured, including two children – one of which was an infant, following an alleged Israeli artillery strike on a house in the New Camp, west of the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip. Al-Jazeera posted a video to their Facebook page

Summary

3–4

الجوسق, Mosul, Jawasaq, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

In an event previously unknown to Airwars, the Coalition said that no civilians were harmed on March 18th at Mosul, Jawasaq. The Coalition’s November 2017 casualty reported said: “After a review of available information it was assessed that no Coalition strikes were conducted in the geographical area that correspond to the report of civilian casualties.”

Summary

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

An internal CENTCOM review cited claims from a redacted Twitter user that “Coalition aircraft killed an entire family in an airstrike on Ar Raqqah ‘in response to the killing of Jordanian pilot Mu’adh al-Kasasibah.’ The allegation was accompanied by an attached photo showing the alleged victims wrapped in white cloth.“ An internal review found that

Summary

منطقة بئر النعجة، مدينة غزة, Al Shati camp, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Shortly before 15:27 on Friday, June 21, 2024, ten civilians belonging to the Salah and Abu Sultan families, including two women and two children, were reportedly killed and up to 20 others were wounded in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Gaza Strip. The attack hit a house belonging to the Salah family in the

Summary

(2 children2 women6 men)

17–20

10 named, 2 families identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Neighbourhood/area

Ar Raqqah: Museum square, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Investigations for the April 2019 joint Airwars and Amnesty report War in Raqqa: Rethoric versus Reality (www.raqqa.amnesty.org) reported that on July 22 nine members of the Al-Zanna family were killed in a coalition air strike while sheltering in a basement under a parade of empty shops in Museum Square. Hours later another Coalition air strike

Summary

(3 children1 woman5 men)

9 named, 1 familiy identified

متراس, Mitras, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

A shepherd was reported by the Syrian Network as having been killed in a Coalition airstrike near Mitras. Five other people were injured by shrapnel. The victim’s son later described retrieving his father’s body: “The rocket caused a great hole in the ground, almost two metres deep. I buried my father’s body in the town.“

Summary

(1 man)

الدرج، مدينة غزة, Al-Daraj neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On 2 November 2023 an alleged Israeli airstrike reportedly hit the home of the Mushtaha family in the al-Daraj neighbourhood of Gaza City, resulting in a number of deaths and injuries. The incident was reported by Al Jazeera and Safa News as well as via posts to social media. Posts on social media reported that

Summary

2km north of Baasra, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

US forces carried out a strike against al Shabaab at approximately 8pm local Somalia time killing “several” fighters, US Africa Command (AFRICOM) said. It was also alleged by local officials that three civilians had died. The strike hit the Lower Shabelle region. A Somali military official told Voice of America the strike, which they said

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Belligerents reported killed

10–13

Road between Suluk and Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Up to four civilians were reported killed by the coalition when the car they were traveling in was struck. According to SOHR, the vehicle was hit on the road between Ar Raqqah and Suluk. Sira Press reported: “Activists stressed that all those who were in the car were unarmed civilians and there were four of

Summary

2 – 4

بالقرب من الهلال الأحمر ومستشفى القدس، مدينة غزة, Vicinity of al-Quds Hospital, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

In the early hours of November 3, 2023, an alleged Israeli bombardment hit the fifth floor of the Al-Quds Hospital in the Tal Al-Hawa area of Gaza. The incident resulted in the death of one doctor, and the injury of at least twenty-one civilians displaced inside the hospital. Significant infrastructural damage occurred. The incident was

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Infrastructure

Healthcare

(1 woman)

Impact

Shora village near Qayyarah, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Following the New York Times Magazine’s Uncounted investigation, the Coalition later confirmed the injury of a civilian in an event in Shora, a village near Qayyarah, Iraq. According to reporters Azmat Khan and Anand Ghopal, “Mohammad Mansour Abdullah’s house was next to the home of an Army Officer who fled Shora when ISIS took over. An

Summary

الرقة‎, Al Sabahiah area of West Raqqa, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

An alleged coalition strike on an Islamic State checkpoint in a suburb of west Raqaa reportedly killed 22-year old Omar Huwaidi Al Mueissat when a missile hit the family house. His 17-year old brother Ali Huwaidi al Mueissat was also reported to have been severely injured in the incident, suffering a broken pelvis and wounds

Summary

(1 man)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

مدرسة خالد بن الوليد، مخيم النصيرات, Khalid bin al-Walid School, Al Nuseirat Camp, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Around 1 AM on the 23rd of September 2024, a declared Israeli strike hit a group of civilians sheltering in the Khaled bin al-Walid School, in the Al Nuseirat Refugee Camp, in Deir al-Balah, the Gaza strip. The strike injured civilians and killed a young married couple, their daughter, and one of their sons. Some

Summary

(2–4 children1 woman1 man)

4 – 6

6 named, 1 familiy identified

وادي الربيع, Wadi al Rabie, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

Three civilians were allegedly killed by indiscriminate shelling on the Wadi al Rabie neighbourhood of Tajoura. LCNA reported: “A random shell landed Tuesday night on the house of Mohammed Salim al-Mazouji in the Wadi Al Rabie area, killing two of his sons, in addition to his granddaughter while they were inside the house.” Other sources

Summary

(1 child2 men)

Government of National Accord, Libyan National Army

جبال البطم,, Jabal Al Batm in Batm Mountains, Southern Lebanon, Batm Mountains, Lebanon

LOCATION

On Monday, 23rd September 2024, 14 civilians, including six women and seven children across two families were killed when an alleged Israeli bombardment hit the town of Jabal al-Batm in the Al-Batm mountains in Southern Lebanon. The families were sheltering together in one house when they were killed. Twitter user @mhanna611 reported the incident in

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Infrastructure

Residential

(7 children6 women1 man)

14 named, 2 families identified

Vicinity of Kunyo Barrow, Somalia

LOCATION

In retaliatory actions against al Al Shabaab for a mass casualty bombing in Mogadishu a day earlier, the United States said that it had conducted three strikes against al Shbaab commanders, killing four people in total.This entry relates to one of two strikes in the vicinity of Kunyo Barrow in Lower Shabelle. Al Shabaab itself

Summary

0 – 2

(1 man)

Belligerents reported killed

حربل, Harbel, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilians, sharing the same surname, were reported killed, either by Coalition airstrikes or a car bomb either in Harbel or in Deir Hafer in Aleppo governorate. According to a Sultan Al-Musalmeh, two “young men” were killed by a car bomb when they were trying to “emigrate from Syria”. All sources identified the individuals as

Summary

(2 men)

US-led Coalition, Unknown

2 named, 1 familiy identified

عند جسر الليطاني بين حزين وحدث بعلبك, Litani Bridge in the vicinity of Hazin and Hadath Baalbek, Southern Lebanon, Lebanon

LOCATION

On Monday, September 24, 2024, an alleged Israeli drone reportedly fired on a Honda four-wheel-drive vehicle at the Litani Bridge between Hazin and Hadath Baalbek in Lebanon, killing one person. Several sources, including Al Mayadeen News and Alarabiya, reported on the incident and shared images of the destroyed vehicle. However, these images presented inconsistencies, showing

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Araboow, Middle Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

Between one or two civilians were allegedly injured in US or Kenyan airstrike on Araboow. Halgan Media reported: “A series of blasts rocked a rural town of Araboow overnight in Somalia’s Middle Jubba province. The blasts said to be a result of a barrage of missiles fired down on the Militant controlled town. Sources that

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

1–2

US Forces, Kenyan Military Forces

Suspected target

Al-Shabaab