Civilian Casualties

3 – 5

(1 child)

محيميدة, Mheimdeh, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Up to 17 civilians including women and children died in an airstrike on Mheimdeh, Deir ez-Zor, according to local media – though it was unclear who was responsible for the deaths, with many sources pointing towards Russia, some to the regime and others not identifying the culprit. Free Deir Radio put the death toll at

Summary

10 – 17

(4 children)

12–24

US-led Coalition, Russian Military, Syrian Regime

10 named, 2 families identified

دير البلح, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Shortly before 6:20 PM on Saturday, October 21, 2023, an alleged Israeli strike on the “Al-Hasanat” family home in the town of Deir Al Balah in the central Gaza Strip killed at least one civilian and injured at least one other. The number of casualties may be higher. Interior Ministry in Gaza and Arab TV

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Infrastructure

Residential

1 – 2

1–2

دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

At least 70 people died and as many as 550 were injured in what was initially reported as a Russian airstrike on the marketplace in Douma. However subsequent reports indicated the specific attack was most likely the work of Assad regime aircraft. Part of the confusion lay in the fact that Russian Air Force aircraft

Summary

550

Russian Military

الميادين, Al Mayadin, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

In a third event reported in Al Mayadin on June 26th, one female civilian was killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The Observatory reported: “The SOHR also observed airstrikes, most likely carried out by the International Coalition warplanes, that targeted one of the headquarters of Suqur Al-Sahara

Summary

(1 woman)

المستشفى الاهلي العربي, al Ahli Arab Hospital, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

In perhaps the most well-known, and hotly debated, incident from the war in Gaza, civilians were killed while sheltering at the Al Ahli hospital on October 17th 2023. The incident was widely-reported, with a fierce dispute as to whether the civilian casualties were caused by a Palestinian militant rocket fired at Israel that fell short

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Infrastructure

Healthcare

(12–27 children11–16 women16–19 men)

63 – 471

14–314

Impact

Israeli Military, Palestinian Militants

56 named, 8 families identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Geolocation

Exact location (via Airwars)

كفر زيتة, Kafr Zita, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian man was reported killed when Russian warplanes allegedly launched several airstrikes using vacuum missiles. The Union of Hama Rebels later claimed there were 15 Russian raids on the town that morning.

Summary

محكان, Mahkan, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

A girl was killed and up to 20 others were injured in airstrikes on Mahkan, however claims concerning who was responsible were contested. News Jorf claimed that the Coalition was responsible, meanwhile, Baladi News alleged that the Syrian government was responsible. The remaining eight sources reporting the incident did not make any claims as with

Summary

(1 child)

US-led Coalition, Syrian Regime

Kuntu Waarey District and the El-Wadalan area of the Galcad district, Lower Shabelle and Galgaduud provinces, Somalia

LOCATION

On the 17th of February, 2024, the Somali National Army (SNA) announced that they had conducted two airstrikes against Al-Shabaab militants with assistance from “international partners”. According to a statement from the Somali Ministry of Defense, one strike was conducted in the Kuntu Waarey District in Lower Shabelle and another was carried out in Galcad

Summary

Somali Military Forces, International Forces (Unknown)

Suspected target

Al-Shabaab

Belligerents reported killed

Belligerents reported injured

الباب, Al-Bab, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Two named civilians died in an alleged Russian airstrike on al Bab, according to local media. Activists speaking to syrianpc news said that Russian warplanes launched strikes on residential buildings in the city of Al Bab, killing two civilians and wounding five others. A number of sources which reported the incident did not identify the

Summary

(1 woman1 man)

مرقدا, Marqadah, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

Seven civilians were killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes in Marqadah in the southern Al Hasaka area, local sources reported. All three sources reporting the incident alleged that the Coalition was responsible, though it has publicly reported no actions in the vicinity that day. No further details were available. In its own assessment of the claim,

Summary

المغازي, Al Maghazi, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Saturday, October 21st, 2023, a number of civilians were reportedly injured when the Al Khadura family house in Al-Maghazi camp, Gaza Strip, was allegedly bombed by an Israeli aircraft. Sources including @YouthGoDigital tweeted about the bombing, and Facebook posts by AlMaghazi2 and Media Platform Mahmoud Abu Zinadah stated that there were several casualties, but

Summary

الصاخور, Al Sakhour (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Up to 12 civilians including two children and two women died and 15 others were injured in airstrikes on Sakhour according to multiple sources – though they were unclear as to whether the raids were carried out by Russia or the Assad regime. Shaam News Network reported that regime and Russian aircraft continued to strike

Summary

8 – 12

(2 children2 women1 man)

15–30

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

ميادين: حي الثورة, Al Mayadin, Al-Thawrah, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

At least five civilians but possibly as many as six, including three children, were killed and many others were injured in airstrikes on Al Mayadeen. However it is contested as to who was responsible. Eight of the 16 sources reporting the incident alleged that the Coalition was responsible. Two sources blamed the Russian government, one

Summary

5 – 6

(3 children2 men)

2–20

US-led Coalition, Russian Military

5 named, 2 families identified

The Gaza Strip, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Friday, October 20th, 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike killed at least one civilian in the Gaza Strip; it is unknown whether others were killed or injured. The victim was identified as 22-year-old Louay al-Zuhairi. Louay was the first in his family to attend university, and was close to graduating at the time of his

Summary

Israeli Military

Names matched with MoH IDs

حريتان, Hraytan, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between 12 and 15 civilians were killed including up to eight children and three women – and dozens more injured – in alleged Russian airstrikes on Hraytan, according to local sources. Shaam News Network posted a distressing video showing the body of a dead child “following raids by Russian craft“. A brief subsequent report said

Summary

12 – 15

(2–8 children3 women)

24–50

Russian Military

حي الدرعية, Al Dariya, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

One girl died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa’s al Dari’ya neighbourhood. According to Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently, “the international Coalition targeted the Al-Thlaji house in al Dari’ya neighborhood next to Al-Hamzawi Hotel west of the city center. The raid led to the death of Manaf Ismail Al-Thlaji’s wife and the wounding of

Summary

(1 child)

النصيرات, Nuseirat, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

In the evening of Sunday, October 15th 2023, at least 21 identified family members spanning three generations of the Ghabayen (Ghubayn) family were killed, including five women and six children, in an alleged Israeli airstrike in the Al-Nuseirat refugee camp, Deir al-Balah region, central Gaza Strip. Mustafa Ghabayen, who survived the alleged attack, told Alhurra.com

Summary

(12 children5–6 women4 men)

21 – 22

Israeli Military

22 named, 1 familiy identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Geolocation

Town

الحميدية, Hamidiya (Deir ez-Zor), Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

17 civilians including seven women and three children were killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on the Hamidiya neighbourhood, according to multiple sources. The Shaam News Network, the Syrian Network for Human Rights and Deir Ezzor is Being Slaughtered Silently all named child victims (also named in the VDC list below). Violations Documentation Center named 15

Summary

(3 children7 women7 men)

Russian Military

15 named, 4 families identified

حي الأمل، خانيونس, Al-Amal neighborhood, Khan Younis, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Tuesday, October 24th, 2023, an Israeli aircraft allegedly bombed a house for the Al-Nawajah family in the Al-Amal neighbourhood in Khan Younis. According to reports, three civilians were killed, and between 10 and 16 others were injured in the attack. No further information regarding identification has been made public. The house, across the street

Summary

10–16

Exact location (via Airwars)

Israeli Military

Geolocation

تل سلطان, Tall Sultan, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Violations Documentation Center named an adult male from the town of Tel Azzan as having been killed in a Russian airstrike on a school building in nearby Tel Sultan, which also reportedly injured two.

Summary

Unknown, Syrian Regime

سوق المواشي والحبوب, Al Mayadin, Sheep market, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Four members of IS died when the car they were in was allegedly struck by the Coalition, local media reported. One source, Fresh Syria, also said that an unspecified number of nearby civilians were wounded in the event. According to Fresh Syria “aircraft of the International Coalition targeted a car, believed to belong to ISIS,

Summary

عين ترما, Ain Tarma, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

Up to six civilians, including up to four children and one woman, were killed and dozens were left wounded as Ain Tarma, eastern Ghouta, Damascus, was struck by Syrian Regime and/or Russian-waged warplanes, local media reported. As the intense shelling of several parts of eastern Ghouta continued, Ain Tarma was also struck, resulting in great

Summary

4 – 6

(2–4 children1 woman)

2–24

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

4 named, 1 familiy identified

الهداج, Hedaj, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

One adult male civilian, Shayesh Hamdo al-Ahmad, was killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Hedaj, according to the Violations Documentation Center. No additional details are presently known.

Summary

LOCATION

Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

According to Euphrates Post, two civilians died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqah. Hasaka Marsad also named these two victims and blamed the Coalition for their deaths. This event might or might not be related to the two events that the Coalition has admitted responsibility for — see S1138b and S1138c below. In their

Summary

2 named, 1 familiy identified

أريحا, residential neighborhoods of the city of Ariha (Jericho), Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Shortly before 9:14 PM on Sunday, October 22, 2023, a missile strike with contested responsibility allegedly perpetrated by Syrian regime forces and/or Russian and/or Iranian military injured four to five civilians, including two women and at least one child, in the residential neighborhoods of the city of Ariha (Jericho) located in the southern countryside of

Summary

4–5

Impact

Iranian Military, Russian Military, Syrian Regime

كفر كرمين, Kafr Karmin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between ten and 13 civilians including five children died in a Russian or Syrian regime airstrike on Kafr Karmin. The Syrian Network later named some eight of the including one man, two women and five children. One eyewitness said the attack came “Exactly after Friday prayer [when] Russian planes targeted the village of Kafr Karmeen

Summary

10 – 13

(5 children2 women1 man)

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

8 named

قرية التبني, Al Tabani, Shihah junction and other locations, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Up to 20 civilians died and dozens more were wounded in airstrikes on the village of Al Tabani, according to local media – though it was unclear whether Russia or the Coalition were to blame. Rami asssaf, @Ahmad_Zahlan and @HAMZH7711 blamed the Coalition, with @Ahmad_Zahlan reporting that white phosphorus had been used. However, the majority

Summary

12 – 20

(3 children3 women)

12–36

US-led Coalition, Russian Military

8 named, 1 familiy identified

قرية كربطلي, Karbatli village, south of Ad-Darbasiyah, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

On the morning of Sunday, 14th January 2024, an alleged aerial bombardment by a Turkish drone hit a residential house in the village of Karbatli, south of Ad-Darbasiyah in the Hassakah countryside, Syria. These attacks resulted in the injury of two small children and their mother. Facebook posts by ANHA news and Shiyar H Ahmad

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Infrastructure

Residential

Turkish Military

3 named, 1 familiy identified