Civilian Casualties

1 – 3

(1–3 men)

US-led Coalition, Syrian Regime

1 named

مدرسة الفوقا، مخيم جباليا, Hafsa Al Fawqa School, Jabalia camp, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Shortly before 3 PM on Friday, October 11th 2024, alleged Israeli quadcopter drone gunfire hit Al Fouqa School, which housed displaced civilians, located behind Abu Rashid Pool in Jabalia Refugee Camp, injuring at least 15 civilians. Twitter/X users Quds Press Agency (@qudspressagency) and the media network Gaza Now (@nowgnna) were the first to report the

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Infrastructure

Education, IDP or Refugee Camp

15–24

Small arms and light weapons

Impact

متجرعطية العبيدي الشيخ القديمات, Shop of Attia Al Obaidi Al Sheik Al Qadimat, Al Shaafa, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Three civilians were reportedly killed in alleged US-led Coalition airstrikes on Al Shaafa, Deir Ezzor, on October 30th, 2018, according to local sources. Al Shaafa town’s Facebook page wrote on October 30th that an alleged Coalition airstrike on “the shops of Atiyya Al Obeidi Al Sheikh Al Qadimat on the public street at the division

Summary

الشدادي, Shadadi, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

An internal CENTCOM review cited reports from the ‘pro-opposition’ Step News Agency that three civilians had died when Coalition missiles struck homes in al-Shaddadi. According to the news site, “two civilian houses were targeted leading to the martyrdom of three from one family and several wounded including women and children.” The Coalition concluded that its

Summary

بالقرب من مسجد الشمعة، حي الزيتون، مدينة غزة, Vicinity of Al-Shamaa Mosque, Al-Zeitoun neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On November 2nd 2023 at least 81 civilians, but as many as 90, from five families were reportedly killed and a large number of others wounded when an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the homes of the Abu Samaan, Al-Awadi, Al-Borai, Al-Qishawi, and Barakat families near the Al-Shamaa Mosque in the Al-Zaytoun neighbourhood, south of Gaza

Summary

(28–36 children18–21 women13–20 men)

81 – 90

12–24

71 named, 4 families identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Belligerents reported killed

Nearby landmark

0–1

الجمهورية, Fallujah, Jamhouriya, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Aircraft bombed a primary school and a hospital in the Jamhouriya neighbourhood of Fallujah, reportedly killing up to 12 civilians and injuring 9. Local media reported that children were among the dead, including 11-year old Suhaib Jassem Batawi. According to Arabi21, the attack was the work of the Iraq Air Force and had killed three

Summary

3 – 12

(1–3 children)

4–9

US-led Coalition, Iraq Government Forces

1 named

مخيم جباليا, Jabalia Refugee Camp, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On November 4th 2023 three civilians were killed and several others were reported injured as a result of an airstrike allegedly carried out by the Israeli military on the home of the al-Kahlot family in Jabalia Refugee Camp in North Gaza. The victims were named as Salah al-Din al-Kahlot, his wife Maysar Hamdi al-Kahlot (Umm

Summary

IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential

(2 women1 man)

3 named, 1 familiy identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Exact location (via Airwars)

Bariire, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

AFRICOM reported that the previous day it had “conducted an airstrike against al-Shabaab militants in the early morning hours of Jan. 2, 2018, approximately 50 kilometers west of the capital [Mogadishu]”. It added: “We assess no civilians were killed in this strike.” However, AFRICOM claimed that the airstrike killed “two terrorists” and destroyed “one vehicle-borne improvised

Summary

Belligerents reported killed

رأس العين, Road between Al I'dwania and Raja’an, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

A number of sources reported that a “civilian car” was struck “on the road between Al I’dwania and Raja’an,” near Al Hassakah, killing a family of four. Those killed were described as a man, his wife, mother and daughter – all from the village of Raja A’an in Ras al-Ain.

Summary

(1 child2 women1 man)

4 named, 1 familiy identified

غزه, The Gaza Strip, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At least three Palestinian Civil Defense personnel members were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike and/or artillery strike which reportedly hit them as they were performing rescue operations on the morning of Monday, 6th November 2023. A video, separately shared by numerous sources including news network Al Jazeera, depicted three injured adult male members of

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

3–4

LOCATION

Raqqa, Syria

In the Amnesty and Airwars’s joint April 2019 report “War in Raqqa: Rhetoric versus Reality”, one civilian was reportedly as killed in alleged Coalition artillery strikes in Raqqa. Although Airwars assesses single sourced incidents as “weak”, researchers have assessed this incident “fair” due to the depth of material provided by Amnesty. The report stated that

Summary

(1 man)

حطلة, Hatla, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

There were contradictory claims as to the status of Bassel Jassem Al Jirroh – reportedly killed in a Coalition or Assad regime strike at Hatla. While the Damascus Centre for Human Rights Studies and al-Natiq described him as a young male non-combatant killed at Al Aziziah Street, the pro-government Tishreen claimed that al-Jirroh was a

Summary

0 – 1

(0–1 men)

US-led Coalition, Syrian Regime

LOCATION

المواصي، خان يونس, Al-Mawasi, southwest of Khan Younis, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

On 15th November 2024, an alleged Israeli strike on a tent housing displaced people in a camp in the coastal Mawasi region in Khan Younis killed at least 10 civilians, including six children, and injured 10 more, including three with serious wounds. The Palestinian Center for Human Rights reported that “At approximately 1:00 PM, an

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Infrastructure

IDP or Refugee Camp

(6–7 children2–3 women1 man)

10 named, 2 families identified

Neighbourhood/area

القائم, Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

One civilian was reported killed and five injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike at the border town of al Qaim. Citing a ‘medical source in the city, al-Gharbiya eported that “a young man was killed as a result of the bombing was carried out by one of the [Coalition] warplanes on the neighborhoods of the

Summary

(1 man)

بالقرب من شارع البساتين في منطقة عسقلة حي الزيتون بغزة, Vicinity of Al-Basateen Street, Asqoula area, Al-Zeitoun neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On November 4, 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Al-Khawli family home, located near Al-Basatin Street in the Asqoula area of the Al-Zeitoun neighborhood in Gaza, east of Gaza City, resulted in the deaths of at least nine civilians, including up to five women and three children, all from the same family. Several others

Summary

(0–3 children1–5 women0–2 men)

9 – 10

Exact location (via Airwars)

وادي الربيع, Wadi al Rabie, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

The doctor Jumua Ghouma was reported killed from indiscriminate shelling on Tajoura. The Times reported: “Another doctor, Jumua Ghouma, was killed while off-duty when a shell fell on his house.” Abdulrahman Ghummied said his home was in the Wadi al Rabie area of Tajoura. Khaled Sherif posted that he was the head of the laboratory

Summary

(1 man)

Government of National Accord, Libyan National Army

1 named

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

LOCATION

Four civilians, including two children, were killed during the afternoon of June 22, 2024 shortly after 15:00PM, due to alleged Israeli airstrikes on a house in the Al-Shujaiya neighborhood east of Gaza City. The news was reported by Anadolu Agency at 15:28PM, stating that an “Israeli raid” on a house had resulted in a number

Summary

(2 children)

المصينعه, Al Mushainaah, Shabwa, Yemen

LOCATION

Five civilians and two off duty Yemen soldiers from two local families, all men, were reportedly killed by a US drone strike in or near Al Mushainaah village, in the Saeed district of Shabwa governorate, at around midnight between January 26th-27th 2018. At the time of the strike, the men were reportedly searching for a

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Infrastructure

Car, Vehicle

5 – 7

(7 men)

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

Known belligerent

US Forces

Known target

7 named, 2 families identified

Belligerents reported killed

حمام العليل, Hamam al Alil, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Five non-combatants were reportedly killed and four more injured after an alleged Coalition airstrike hit a home at Hammam al-Alil. According to NINA, “international Coalition aircraft bombed residential neighborhoods in the Hamam al-Alil area, and the shelling resulted in the deaths of five civilians, including a child, and the wounding of four others.” A Daesh

Summary

(1 child)

مخيم القرى (وادي عباس) بالقرب من بابسقا وباب الهوى, Al-Qura camp (Wadi Abbas) near Babsqa and Bab al-Hawa, Idlib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

On Wednesday, November 27th, 2024, by missile strikes carrying cluster bombs with contested responsibility allegedly perpetrated by the Syrian regime forces and/or the Russian military, a young boy was killed and between three and five civilians, including at least two children and a woman, were injured in Al-Qura camp (Wadi Abbas) near Babsqa and Bab

Summary

Car, IDP or Refugee Camp, Vehicle

(1 child)

3–5

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

2 named

الباغوز, Al Baghouz, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

In the final stages of the fight against ISIS in its last territorial stronghold in Al-Baghouz, alleged Coalition shelling killed at least 16 civilians in the evening of February 11th on the outskirts of the town, according to local sources. Monitors reported that among the victims were seven children, eight women and one elderly man,

Summary

(7 children8 women1 man)

الموصل‎, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

There were single-source claims that 19 civilians died in a Coalition airstrike on Mosul. Citing local residents, the National Iraqi News Agency claimed that “international coalition aircraft bombed residential compounds in the Hadbah area east of Mosul, killing 19 civilians including six women and four children, and wounding six others.” However Airwars’ own sources in

Summary

(4 children6 women)

حي الصبرة، مدينة غزة, Al-Sabra neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

code: ISPT0796
incident_date: 2023-10-31
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair

Summary

(3 children6 women3 men)

Impact

12 named, 1 familiy identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Exact location (via Airwars)

الشعفة, Al Sha'afa, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Between 20 and as many as 60 non-combatants died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Sha’afa, according to local media. A number of sources including Baladi News and the Syrian Unified Observatory, reported that the airstrikes hit both the towns of Al Sha’afa and Al Kashma, killing mostly civilians including women and children. According

Summary

(9–13 children8–12 women)

20 – 60

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

There were claims by some of a wedding convoy hit in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa on the evening of January 22nd. Al Jazeera instead said that “an unmanned drone targeted a car belonging to IS near Bab Baghadad east of the town.” The event, which took place in the Baghdad Bab neighbouorhood of

Summary

معرة النعمان, Ma'aret al-Nu'man, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

An unknown number of civilians were reportedly wounded by alleged Russian and/or Syrian regime airstrikes in Ma’aret al-Nu’man city, Idlib governorate, on December 16th, 2019, according to local sources. Shaam News Agency reported that “dozens of people were wounded” following Russian and Syrian regime airstrikes on towns and cities across the Idlib countryside including Ma’aret

Summary

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

City

بلدة أبو الحسن, Abou Al Hasan town, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Alleged Coalition airstrikes occurred in Abou Al Hasan town. Step News reported that an unspecified number of civilians were killed and wounded, but did not however distinguish between this event and an incident in Hajin, also on November 23rd. All sources signified the alleged use of white phosphorous munitions. In its monthly civilian casualty report

Summary

1 – 2

1–2

LOCATION

يت, Hit, Al Anbar, Iraq

Twelve civilians reportedly died when their homes were struck in alleged Coalition airstrikes at Hit – although no strikes were publicly declared in the near vicinity. According to local media, among those killed ‘in Coalition strikes’ were Hadi Hassan Jihad, Bashar Hadi Jihad and five other family members with several more wounded, near the secondary

Summary

(1 woman3 men)

4 named, 1 familiy identified

منطقة الإذاعة في حلب, Al-Izaa neighborhood of Aleppo near Iranian consulate, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

code: R4743
incident_date: 2024-12-01
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Contested

Summary

Syrian Regime, Russian Military