Civilian Casualties

0 – 1

مجدليا, Majdalya, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least one civilian was injured after an alleged Syrian regime and/or Russian-affiliated missile strike on the town of Majdalya, in southern Idlib, on October 5th, 2023. Most sources reported that one civilian was injured. However, a Facebook post from Muhammad al-Adlabi claimed that a man “and his child” had been injured, but this has

Summary

Unknown

1–2

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

الجنينة, Al Jneina, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

One adult male civilian died in an explosion from the remains of a cluster bomb in Jneina, Deir Ezzor, allegedly dropped by a Russian warplane, according to multiple sources. Four sources named the civilian as 45-year-old Sawadi Salloum, all saying he was killed in a cluster bomb explosion following a raid that morning.

Summary

(1 man)

مخيم النصيرات, Nuseirat Camp, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At least five people, including a woman and a child, were killed and dozens injured after an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the Ismail family residence located in the new refugee camp in Nuseirat, Gaza Strip. Ayman Ismail Abu Bakr, a shopkeeper, was killed, along with his sons 22-year-old Ahmad Ayman Ismail and 25-year-old Mohammed Ayman

Summary

IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential

(1 child1 woman3 men)

12–24

Impact

5 named, 1 familiy identified

Town

محيميدة, Mahimideh, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

One child, Hozaifa Hasan al Enaizan, from the village of Tabya Shameih was killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Mahimideh, Deir ez-Zour, according to the Violations Documentation Center. Deir Ezzor is Being Slaughtered Silently reported that he died after the explosion of a cluster bomb left from a previous Russian bombing. Four other sources

Summary

(1 child)

البوكمال, Abu Kamal, Al Masriya roundabout, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

The Al Masriya Roundabout in Abu Kamal to the southeast of Deir Ezzor city was targeted by airstrikes causing injury to some civilians, and reportedly killing some members of ISIL. However, it was not immediately clear who was responsible. One source, Al Nateq, reported that the Coalition was responsible whereas the remaining sources did not

Summary

US-led Coalition, Syrian Regime, Russian Military

دير البلح, Deir al Balah, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

During the night or early morning of Tuesday, October 22nd 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the al-Naouq family home located in the center of the town of Deir Al-Balah, Gaza Strip, killing 21 identified members of the al-Naouq family, including 14 children and three women, and up to 30 civilians, and wounding at least

Summary

Infrastructure

Residential

(14 children3 women4 men)

21 – 30

2–3

Impact

23 named, 1 familiy identified

Town

تلول الحمر, Tulul Al Humur, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

The Violations Documentation Center listed one unidentified adult female as killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Tulul Al Humur. No further details are available at the present time.

Summary

(1 woman)

Unknown

الفردوس, Fardous, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Two children were killed and seven people were wounded following alleged Coalition airstrikes near the al Nawawi mosque in Raqqa. All four sources who reported the incident alleged that the Coalition was responsible. No further details are presently known. In June 2019 the Coalition announced that it had assessed this allegation of civilian harm as

Summary

(2 children)

محيط المخا, Vicinity of Al Mukha, Taiz, Yemen

LOCATION

At least two fishermen, including a 16-year old child, were killed and two others were injured by alleged US airstrikes or Houthi drone strikes off the coast of Al Mukha on February 29, 2024. A tweet from @aalnaasi reported that US aircraft carried out two raids on a Yemeni fishing boat that was sailing near

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

2 – 4

(1 child1 man)

Impact

سراقب, Saraqib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

An alleged Russian midnight raid on Saraqib destroyed a bakery in the town. The Idlib Media Centre complained that “this oven is for baking, it’s not the headquarters of the rebels.” While The Syrian Observatory and Idlib Media Centre reported unspecified casualties, the Syrian News Desk put the toll at one civilian killed, with six

Summary

(1 woman)

النور, Al Nour, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources reported that 18 civilians were killed and 10 others were injured following alleged Coalition air and artillery strikes and possible SDF mortar attacks in the Al Nour neighbourhood, near the Al Nour Mosque, in the northeast of Raqqa. All 12 sources who reported the incident alleged that a combination of Coalition airstrikes and

Summary

(2 children2 women)

US-led Coalition, Syrian Democratic Forces

العلمي، مخيم جباليا, Al Alami neighbourhood, Jabalia Refugee Camp, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On the afternoon of Wednesday, October 18th 2023, several children were reportedly killed and injured when an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the Hammad family home in the Al-Alami neighbourhood in the Jabalia camp, in the north of the Gaza Strip. The precise number of victims remains unknown and the victims have not yet been identified.

Summary

IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential

2 – 3

(1–2 children)

Known belligerent

Exact location (via Airwars)

تل هادية, Tal Hadya, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

As many as 11 civilians were reported killed in the second alleged Russian airstrike in as many days on Tal Hadya. A large number of civilians were also reportedly injured in the nighttime attack. According to the Syrian Observatory, “nine people [six women, one child and two men] were killed in bombing by warplanes believed

Summary

(1–7 children0–6 women1 man)

9 – 11

الموصل القديمة, Mosul, Old City, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local sources said that 25 civilians were killed and others were injured as a result of airstrikes hitting four houses in Old Mosul. Three houses were located in Al-Farouk Street, near the electricity generator of Mohammed Al-Durra, and a fourth house was hit in the Al-Makawin area. Khudash Mustfa said on Facebook that the international

Summary

20 – 25

(1 child)

قرية الشيخ عيسى, Sheikh Esa, the Al-Shahba area, Aleppo countryside, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

On Friday, October 20th, 2023, an alleged Turkish artillery shelling in the village of Sheikh Esa, located in the Al-Shahba area in the northern countryside of Aleppo, injured a young man. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the 22-year-old man, named as Ali Radwan Ahmed, was taken to hospital for treatment for injuries suffered

Summary

Unknown

تادف, Tadeef, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Up to ten civilians – at least two of them young children – were alleged killed following a reported Russian strike on Tadeef. Some victims were later named However neither the Syrian Observatory, Eldorar or Radio Alkul reported civilian deaths, instead describing between 12 and 15 injuries. Both Al Araby and Syria News also reported

Summary

4 – 10

(1–3 children)

12–15

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

4 named

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

A civilian male was killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa, local sources reported. Both sources who reported the incident alleged that the Coalition was responsible. No further details were available.

Summary

(1 man)

النصيرات, Nuseirat camp, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Sunday evening October 22nd, 2023, at least 48 civilians, including at least 24 children and 11 women, were killed and at least three children were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the house of Dr. Khaled al-Bayaa, located west of Nuseirat camp in the Gaza Strip. Dr. al-Bayaa was killed alongside his wife,

Summary

(24–25 children11 women12–13 men)

48 – 71

51 named, 6 families identified

Town

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

The Violations Documentation Center named two civilians, Zahra Fihan, and her son Mohammad Abdullah al-Rashed, as killed in an alleged Russian airstrikes on Raqqa. The victims were also named by Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently, which blamed Russia.

Summary

(1 woman1 man)

حي الدرعية, Al Dariiya, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

A civilian female was killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes on Raqqa, local sources reported. Three of the seven sources reporting the incident alleged that the Coalition was responsible, with the remaining four sources blaming unspecified shelling.

Summary

(1 woman)

رفح, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

In the early hours of Monday, October 9, 2023, Israeli forces allegedly bombed a family home belonging to Raafat Abu Harb Hussein Hilal – a claimed member and a leader of the militant group the Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades – in Yabna camp (or Bashit Camp, according to some sources), in the city of Rafah

Summary

IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential

(4–10 children13–16 women6 men)

24 – 36

40–81

34 named, 4 families identified

Belligerents reported killed

City

حريتان, Al Harameis, Hraytan, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Three or four children died following airstrikes on Al Harmeis, Hraitan city, Aleppo governorate. There are contradictions in the sources obtained as some alleged that the regime was responsible; moreover, a significant number of reports did not apportion blame. Later reports said the death toll rose to four children, while Syrian Press Center alleged eight

Summary

3 – 4

(3–4 children)

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

4 named

تل الجاير, Tall al-Jayer, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

At least 11 people and as many as 15, including three children and two women, were killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes on the village of Tall al-Jayer, local sources reported. Several described the deaths as a “massacre”. Two unidentified people were also reported killed not including the named civilians listed below. All nine sources reporting the incident

Summary

11 – 15

(3 children3 women2 men)

9 named, 3 families identified

محافظة دير البلح, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Saturday, October 21, 2023, the Al-Masry family home in Deir Al Balah, central Gaza Strip, was allegedly bombed by Israeli forces, resulting in at least seven deaths and at least eight injuries. 63-year old Ramadan al-Masry (also known as Abu Munther) and his wife, 63-year old Intisar al-Masry (also known as Umm Munther) were killed alongside

Summary

Infrastructure

Residential

(2 children3 women2 men)

7 named, 1 familiy identified

Exact location (via Airwars)

عندان, Anadan, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Ten civilians including four children, four women and a rescue worker were killed – and ten to 15 others injured – in alleged Russian airstrikes on Anadan, according to local sources. The Shaam News Network reported that Russian warplanes launched 20 raids with missiles and cluster bombs targeting homes in the city center of Anadan and

Summary

(3–4 children3–4 women5 men)

10 – 11

10–15

قصر البنات, Raqqah, Qasr al Banat, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian male died in an artillery bombardment of Qasr al Banat, according to local media. Sources said that he died after he sustained an injury in the shelling. According to Jorf News, he died from “internal bleeding”. Airwars understands that only the Coalition has access to artillery in Raqqa.

Summary

(1 man)

الجنينة, Al Geneina, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At approximately 1am on October 22nd 2023, 13 people, including at least 12 members of the Mansour family, were reportedly killed when an alleged Israeli bombardment hit their home on Aed Al Bashiti Street, in the Al Geneina neighbourhood of Rafah. An unspecified number of others were wounded. 53-year-old Nimat Muhammad Mansour (Bawadi, wife of

Summary

Infrastructure

Residential

(6 children4 women3 men)

13 named, 1 familiy identified

Neighbourhood/area

عندان, Anadan, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Five adult male civilians were killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on Anadan, according to the Violations Documentation Center. But the Syrian Network for Human Rights reported missiles belonging to the Assad regime killed at least three people including two children. This could, however, be a separate incident, as no children are listed as killed in the

Summary

3 – 5

(0–3 children5 men)

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

الرقة‎, multiple neighbourhoods, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Seven civilians died and two others were injured, in addition to the death of four members of IS, in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa, according to the Smart News Agency. No further details are currently available.

Summary