Civilian Casualties

3 – 6

بالقرب من مدرسة رابعة العدوية الثانوية بنات، رفح, Vicinity of Rabia Al-Adawiyyah Girls' Secondary School, Rafah City, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Monday, October 23, 2023, an alleged Israeli bombardment on the Al-Zatma family home in the al-Shawt camp of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, resulted in at least three people killed, and dozens of injuries. Mahmoud Ahmed Shaat (also referred to as Mahmoud Muhammad Shaat by local sources) was killed alongside his wife, 39-year-old

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Infrastructure

Education, IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential

3 – 4

(1 child1 woman1 man)

12–24

Impact

6 named, 1 familiy identified

Exact location (via Airwars)

جزرايا, Jazaria, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between five and 20 civilians including a child and two women died and up to 20 more were wounded in an alleged Russian or regime airstrike on Jazaria village, according to sources on the ground. Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that “at least four civilians including one girl and two women died due to

Summary

5 – 20

(1 child2 women)

12–20

5 named

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

In a major civilian casualty event, between 13 and 30 civilians were killed and up to 70 more injured from airstrikes from either a Russian or a Coalition strike on al Idkhar neighbourhood in Raqqa City. Both belligerents report bombing in the area. Raqaa is Being Slaughtered initially reported on the morning of August 11th:

Summary

(3 children1–2 women8 men)

13 – 30

13–70

Russian Military, US-led Coalition

10 named, 3 families identified

حي الشيخ رضوان، مدينة غزة, Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood, Gaza strip, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On November 2nd 2023, at least six members of the al-Ghoul family, including three children, were killed when their home in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood of Gaza City was bombed in an alleged Israeli airstrike. A number of other family members were buried under rubble but survived “safely”. Local sources identified the names of the

Summary

(3 children2–3 women1 man)

6 – 7

6 named, 1 familiy identified

Neighbourhood/area

حي خان العسل, Khan al Asal, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Up to six civilians – reportedly from the same family, according to some sources – died and as many as dozens more were wounded in alleged Russian or regime airstrikes which hit the Zahret-Almadaan area near Khan Al-Sal, local media said. While the majority of sources blamed Russia, the Shaam News Network attributed the event

Summary

4 – 6

(1–2 children2–3 women)

2–24

حي بستان القصر, Bustan al Qasr (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between three and 13 civilians were reported killed alleged Russian or Syrian regime artillery strikes on the Bustan Al Qasr neighbourhood in Aleppo. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, “at least three civilians including a child died due to alleged Russian warplanes missiles firing on Bustan Al Qasr neighborhood in Aleppo city” AleppoAMC

Summary

3 – 13

(1 child)

1 named

بجوار مدرسة القرارة الثانوية، خان يونس, Vicinity of Al Qarara Secondary School, Khan Younis, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At least two identified civilians, including a 17-year-old boy, were reportedly killed in an alleged Israeli drone strike on Al Abbara Street, west of the Al Qarara Secondary School in the Al Qarara area of Khan Younis, on Friday, 27th October 2023. Numerous sources, including the Gazan Shehab News Agency, reported that two people had

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

2 – 3

(1 child1–2 men)

2 named

Nearby landmark

معردبسي, Meir Debsie, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Eight civilians including three children died and up to 20 others were wounded in shelling of Maer Debsie. Most sources attributed the event to the Syrian regime, though one blamed Russia. According to Zaman Alwasl, six died when the regime shelled “civilians’ residential houses from the side of motorway”. Enab Baladi, also blaming the regime,

Summary

(3 children4 men)

10–20

8 named, 2 families identified

الفردوس, Al Fardous (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Up to 20 civilians died and dozens more were wounded in air and artillery strikes on the Fardous neighbourhood of Aleppo, local sources reported. Sources were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Assad regime were responsible – though several blamed both parties. According to Sky News and the Step News Agency, the raids took

Summary

3 – 20

(1 child2 women)

15–24

بالقرب من دوار بني سهيلة، خان يونس, Vicinity of Bani Suhaila roundabout, Khan Younis, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Wednesday, July 24, 2024, alleged Israeli quadcopter drones injured and killed civilians as they attempted to retrieve dead bodies at the Bani Suhaila junctions in east Khan Younis. Initial reports of the event came in the evening after 5pm when Al Arabiya TV took to Twitter/X to share the news about the incident reporting

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Small arms and light weapons

القاطرجي, Al Qaterji (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian died and several others – reportedly children – were wounded in an alleged Russia or Syrian regime airstrike on Aleppo’s Al Qaterji neighbourhood, according to local media. Sources reported the use of phosphorous missiles and cluster bomb in the attack. Harhoor991 said that “at 4am there was extensive warplane shelling in Aleppo and

Summary

كرم حومد, Karam Houmad, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Up to four civilians including a child died and several more were wounded in air or artillery strikes on Aleppo’s Karam Houmad, according to local media – though sources were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the regime. According to Zaman al-Wasl, “four civilians were killed and others wounded due to

Summary

2 – 4

(1 child)

مخيم النصيرات, Nuseirat camp, Deir al-Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Thursday 1st August 2024, shortly before 11.30am five civilians, including two children, were killed when an alleged Israeli airstrike or drone strike hit a home belonging to the Abu Nar family in the middle of Nuseirat refugee camp. The victims were transferred to Al Awda Hospital but passed away, according to local sources. Safa

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Infrastructure

IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential

(2 children3 men)

5 named, 1 familiy identified

Town

Bariha, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Between two and four civilians died and five more were wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike on Bariha village, according to local media. Euphrates Post, Sound and Picture and 7al all blamed Russia. A number of other sources didn’t identify the warplanes that carried out the attack. Euphrates Post put the death toll at four,

Summary

2 – 4

Russian Military

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

A number of sources including the Syrian Martyrs website reported that a woman was killed in a Coalition airstrike on Ar Raqqah. She was reported as being a resident of the city. The3 Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies also reported her death fropm Coalition actions – though said this occured on September 24th: ” Fawzia

Summary

(1 woman)

حي الفالوجا، مخيم جباليا, Al-Faluja area, Jabalia Refugee Camp, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Shortly before 11:45 AM on Sunday, October 29, 2023, between 10 and 18 people, including a man and a young boy, were killed and a large number of civilians, including women and at least five children, were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Muharram family home in the Al-Faluja area of the Jabalia

Summary

10 – 18

(1 child1 man)

12–24

دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

A woman and her unborn child died in an alleged Russian or Syrian regime air or artillery strike on Douma, according to sources on the ground. According to the Step News Agency, “a woman and her foetus were killed and a number of more people wounded when Russian planes targeted residential areas in Douma Eastern

Summary

2 – 4

(1–2 children1 woman)

2 named

الموصل‎, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

The FBI informed CENTCOM internally on November 21st 2014 that a source had alleged the deaths of “41 Yezidi captive females killed in a strike on a named OBJ IVO [objective in the vicinity of] Mosul.” The closest strike, number 999, was identified by CENTCOM as having taken place some 3.2km from the site of

Summary

(41 women)

حي الشيخ رضوان، مدينة غزة, Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On November 11th 2023, multiple sources reported the death of 36-year-old Abdulrahman Marwan Al-Nawajha (Abu Jaafar) following an alleged Israeli bombardment in the Sheikh Radwan area of Gaza. In a post to Facebook, Saed Abu Rizq shared an image of a man sitting on the ground and shared that he had been killed in a

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

(1 man)

1 named

Neighbourhood/area

سوسة, Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources reported that two civilians were killed as a result of ‘SDF shelling’ on the town of Al Soussa at night. A number of sources identified the two casualties as Mohammed Khashan Al-Najem Dagger and Alia Mohammed Hilal who, according to a tweet by Deir Ezzor 24, were hit by “missile shelling” from SDF forces stationed at “the

Summary

الموصل‎, Mosul, South, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad reported two alleged Coalition airstrikes, killing five and injuring two civilians called Mohammed Mohammed Ahmed and Ebtehalf Mohammed Yosef. The first attack took place at 7.40 AM local time on the highway close to the town of Umm al-Dheban at that time. The second airstrike was at 8.40 AM local time

Summary

الزرارية, قضاء صيدا, Al-Zarariyya, Sidon District, Lebanon

LOCATION

A young paramedic was killed alongside two other civilians, including at least one child, in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the town of Al-Zarariyya in southern Lebanon on September 23, 2024. Social media posts on September 23 and 24, 2024, shared details of the airstrike in Al-Zarariyya (Zrarieh), Lebanon, reporting casualties and providing updates on

Summary

3 – 4

(1–2 children1–2 men)

Impact

Exact location (via Airwars)

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

Known belligerent

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

جنوب لبنان, Town of Arnoun, Southern Lebanon, Lebanon

LOCATION

On Monday, September 23, 2024, a cleric Sheikh Tali’ Zain al-Din (alternatively spelled as Zeineddine) was killed in his car alongside his wife and children in an airstrike on a vehicle near the town of Arnoun. On Monday, September 23, 2024, multiple social media posts reported the disappearance of Sheikh Tali’ Zain al-Din, along with

Summary

(2 children1 woman1 man)

4 named, 1 familiy identified

Village

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

Known belligerent

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

جنوب لبنان, Southern Lebanon, Lebanon

LOCATION

One September 23, 2024, a 17-year-old named Jawad Hilal Awada was killed in Southern Lebanon. According to multiple local sources, Jawad Hilal Awada was a paramedic for the Civil Defense. Rashid Jradi posted on Facebook a condolence message from the Islamic Risala Scout Association, which mourned paramedic Jawad who was killed “while performing his national

Summary

(1 child)

Unknown