Civilian Casualties

1 – 2

(1 man)

الشجاعي, Al Shujaiya, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 15th an alleged Israeli airstrike killed four civilians identified as Sami Al Khudari (60 years old), his son Nour Al Khudari (19 years old), Hamad Al Khudari, and Mujahed al Khudari and injured many others while they were at their home on Al Nizar street, Al Shujaiya neighborhood in east Gaza. Reports referenced Nour

Summary

(4 men)

5–10

Impact

Neighbourhood/area

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

The IS-linked agency Al A’maq posted a video showing destruction in the city following reported airstrikes Local monitoring group Raqaa is Being Slaughtered suggested the attack may have been the work of the US-led Coalition: “Warplanes targeted with seven missiles on Friday night the area of February 23rd Street in Raqqa city center. This resulted in

Summary

(1 child1 woman)

Unknown, US-led Coalition

2 named, 1 familiy identified

ساحة شماس, Shammas Square, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Three civilians died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Shammas Square in Raqqa. All sources blamed the Coalition for the victims’ deaths. There are no other details at this time.

Summary

(1 man)

الشابورة, Al Shaboura, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 7, 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike which struck the home of the Abu Qouta family reportedly killed up to 27 civilians, including up to 19 members of the Abu Qouta family and at least five neighbors, and up to eight children and at least one woman, in addition to injuring 25 others. The

Summary

(5–8 children1–2 women7 men)

19 – 27

27 named, 1 familiy identified

Neighbourhood/area

تلبيسة, Talbisah, Homs, Syria

LOCATION

Five civilians were killed in a heavy airstrike on Talbiseh, according to reports. Most attributed the attack to Russia, though at least one local report said the strike was the work of Syrian regime aircraft.

Summary

(2 women4 men)

Unknown, Syrian Regime

5 named

راوة, Rawah, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

According to residents and press, four civilians from the same family were killed in Rawa following an airstrike targeted their house. The sources identified the victim family by name as Jamal Saeed Ali Abu Khalid None of the sources identified who was responsible for the airstrike.

Summary

US-led Coalition, Unknown

الحساينة, Al Hasayna, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On the night of October 11th 2023, at least 10 members of the Bardawil family were killed and more than 25 others were injured in their home in al-Hasayna area in Nuseirat in the Gaza Strip when it was hit by airstrikes allegedly carried out by the Israeli military. A Facebook post from Kanary Al-Sabah

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10 – 12

(2 children3 women3 men)

10 named, 1 familiy identified

Neighbourhood/area

غرناطة, Garnata, Homs, Syria

LOCATION

One male child, Reda Waleed Othman, was named by the Violations Documentation Center as having been killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Garnata. The Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies also reported the death of Othman, stating that he was killed by “indiscriminate” Russian shelling.

Summary

(1 child)

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Up to 17 civilians including women and children died and 10 more were wounded in alleged Coalition airstrikes on Raqqa, according to local media. Most sources put the death toll at six with 10 more injured and blamed a “US bombing” of Raqqa neighbourhoods. However, on August 5th the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights “documented

Summary

6 – 17

(2–7 children1–5 women)

منزل عائلة الزرد, al-Zard residence, Gaza Strip, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

A preacher affiliated with Hamas, Dr. Wael Mohieddin Sayed al-Zard, died due to injuries sustained in an alleged Israeli airstrike on his home, which occurred on October 13th, 2023. He was found under the rubble and initially reported to have only moderate injuries. However, he was hospitalised and died days later, on October 16th, 2023.

Summary

1 – 2

1 named

الغارية, Al Gariya, Daraa, Syria

LOCATION

One woman and one child were killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Al Gariya, according to the Violations Documentation Center. All4Syria and Shams Houran reported that Russia had used cluster bombs on the town. A local video also reports that “el Gharbiyah was targeted by Russian warplanes for secind week running with vacuum and

Summary

(1 child1 woman)

الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Eleven civilians were reported killed and “dozens” injured following alleged US-led Coalition attacks on the city of Raqqa – though these were general numbers for civilian casualties and there was the possibility that the figure could include other casualty events. Local sources described the event as an “aerial bombardment” in which the Coalition “launched raids

Summary

7 – 11

12–24

جوار مدرسة خولة, Vicinity of Khawla School, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Between 14 and 17 people were killed, including seven children and three women, and at least four people, including two children, were injured when the Barhoum family home, behind Khawla School, in Al-Shawut camp in the west of Rafah, the Gaza Strip, was reportedly bombed by Israeli military aircraft on Sunday, October 15, 2023. The

Summary

14 – 17

(7 children3 women4 men)

4–8

16 named, 1 familiy identified

Nearby landmark

منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between seven and 25 civilians including three children and one woman were killed and 40-41 injured in airstrikes on Manbij, according to multiple sources. While four of the sources say that Russian forces carried out the attacks, a fifth blames the Assad regime. The Shaam News Network reported that 25 non-combatants were killed and “about 40

Summary

7 – 25

(3 children1 woman)

40–41

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

3 named, 1 familiy identified

LOCATION

Abdul Rahman Samer Akl (b.1997), a second year medical student from Deir ez-Zour, was killed whilst trying to aid the wounded in the city of Raqqa, local media reported. According to Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently, this was a result of “aerial bombardment by Coalition aircraft”, with the majority of other sources also blaming the

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مستشفى يافا الطبي, دير البلح, Vicinity of Yafa Medical Hospital, Deir Al Balah, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 17th 2023, six members of the Al-Muqayd family, four children and two women, were killed when their house in Deir Al Balah in the middle of the Gaza Strip was destroyed due to an alleged Israeli bombing. Journalist Ziad Al-Muqayd was working when he received the news of the death of his family

Summary

(4 children2 women)

6 named, 1 familiy identified

Exact location (via Airwars)

دير سنبل, Deir Sunbul, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

Four civilians including a father and his two sons were killed in an airstrike on Deir Sunbul, in what the VDC said was a Russian action. According to Syria News, “a source said it was the first time that Russian planes targeted the village, which led to a state of fear and terror among the

Summary

(2 children2 men)

4–6

Russian Military

LOCATION

Up to 16 civilians died and up to 64 were wounded in alleged Coalition air and artillery strikes in Raqqa between August 23rd and 24th, local media reported. It should be noted that these are general numbers and may encompass other casualty events; moreover, locations of these deaths in Raqqa are currently unclear. Euphrates Post

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15 – 16

60–64

محيط مفرق الغافري, Vicinity of al Ghafri Junction, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

One woman and three young children were reportedly killed and at least two people were injured on Sunday, October 15th, 2023, when an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the home of the Ramlawi family in the vicinity of al-Ghafri junction on al-Jalaa street in Gaza City, in the northern Gaza Strip. Multiple sources describe the house

Summary

(3 children1 woman)

Known belligerent

Exact location (via Airwars)

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

LOCATION

Up to 20 civilians including four children died in airstrikes on Bustam al Qasr, according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. The White Helmets initially reported that “more than 20 martyrs and dozens wounded as well as an entire residential

Summary

9 – 20

(4 children1 man)

10–30

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

LOCATION

Three men were documented as victims of suspected US-led Coalition airstrikes on Raqqa City. The specific location of the incident was not reported, though all sources blamed the US-led Coalition. Further information will be added to the entry when it arises.

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سرمين, Outskirts of Sarmin, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

During the evening of September 23, 2023, a missile strike killed two civilians (one elderly man and one woman) and injured two others (a child in critical condition and a man) in a displacement camp in the outskirts of Sarmin, east of the city of Idlib in northwest Syria. In a Facebook post by the

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Infrastructure

IDP or Refugee Camp

(1 woman1 man)

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

شقرة, Shaqra, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Between six and eight civilians were killed when Russian warplanes allegedly targeted a funeral following a previous airstrike on Shaqra on January 20th. Deir Ezzor is Being Slaughtered Silently reported that on the first incident in Shaqra on this day (listed above) in which “Fayez Al Shokan, five members of the Al Hayess family, Khaled

Summary

6 – 8

LOCATION

An entire family of up to six people died in alleged airstrikes on Raqqa city. The family were originally displaced from Deir Ezzor, and died as a result of “aerial and artillery bombardment”, according to local sources.

Summary

(1 woman1 man)

1 named, 1 familiy identified

برج الياسمين, Jasmine Tower, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

During the night of Monday, On October 16, 2023, at least one civilian, a woman, was killed and between two to four civilians were injured, including children, after an Israeli aircraft reportedly bombed an apartment building in the Jasmine Tower located west of Abu Mazen roundabout in the Rimal neighborhood of Gaza city. The Arabic-language

Summary

(1 woman)

2–4

5 named, 1 familiy identified

Exact location (via Airwars)

حريتان, Hraytan, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Heavy airstrikes on Hraytan – which local sources blamed on either Russian planes or Syrian regime helicopters – killed two named children. According to the Syrian Observatory the town was also attacked with artillery. One local source, Syrian Press Center, said that “Russia and the regime carried out 40 raids, and threw 30 explosive barrels,

Summary

(2 children)

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

2 named, 1 familiy identified

شميطية, Shumaytiyah, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

One woman, died after unidentified warplanes conducted a raid on the town of Shumaytiyah (شمیطیة) in rural west Deir Ezzor, local sources said. There is limited information on the incident, Airwars will update the entry when new information arises. Additionally, Deir Ezzor 24 and Asharq Asouri named two adult males as killed at a refugee camp

Summary

1 – 3

(1 woman2 men)

US-led Coalition, Russian Military, Syrian Regime

الزيتون, al Zaytoun, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

During the evening of Wednesday, October 18th, 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the Hajji’s family home on Street 8 in the al-Zaytoun neighborhood, east of Gaza city, reportedly killing and wounding an unknown number of victims, according to multiple sources. No further details were available regarding the identity of the civilians or the survivors’

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