Civilian Casualties

(2 children1 woman)

Government of National Accord

3 named

منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

In an incident which may relate to the previous report – or was unknown to Airwars – the Coalition announced in January 2017 that it was investigating a possible civilian casualty event near Manbij almost six months earlier. According to the initial statement “five reports of civilian casualties received in November are still being assessed…

Summary

0 – 1

0–1

تفاحتا, Tefahta (Tuffhata), South Lebanon, Lebanon

LOCATION

On Monday, September 23, 2024, an alleged Israeli strike hit the town of Tefahta (Tuffhata) in the Sidon region, Southern Lebanon, killing at least nine civilians, including a woman, two children, and two religious figures, and injuring at least one person, alongside at least one militant. Local sources identified the names of the victims as

Summary

(2 children1 woman5 men)

1–2

Impact

9 named, 2 families identified

Belligerents reported killed

Village

منبجالمحسنلي, Mihsenli village, Manbij, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

At least one civilian was injured in alleged Turkish shelling and/or strikes on Mihsenli village in northern Manbij on May 9, 2022. According to Hawar News, a civilian was injured when Turkish forces shelled rural Manbij. A statement released by the Media Office of the Manbij Military Council reported that the civilian was injured in Mihsenli

Summary

Turkish Military

القيارة, Qayyarah, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

According to various reports, 10 people were killed and 20 injured following an alleged Coalition strike at Qayyarah targeting by mistake civilians houses. Al Qayyarah Now – which described the strike as accidental – said children were among the dead. The Arabi Asad blog said two families died. Other local reports described heavy shelling of

Summary

(2 children2 women)

قرية بيلونية, outskirts of the town of Tal Rifaat, east of Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

During the morning of Sunday, March 17, 2024, at approximately 10:30 am, an alleged Turkish drone strike killed one civilian man and injured another man on the outskirts of the town of Tal Rifaat while they were heading towards Biluniya Village located in Al-Shahba district north of Aleppo, Syria. Ali Abdul Rahman Muhammad, an 18-year-old

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

(1 man)

الخديرة, Awadh Abd Al Nabi school in the village Al Khadira, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

Between three and 15 Al Qaeda members were killed and up to 15 others were injured in confirmed US airstrikes conducted by a mix of drones and manned aircrafts under the US Department of Defence’s control on Awadh Abd Al Nabi school in the village Al Khadira on January 31, 2012. There were no known

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Education

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

Known belligerent

US Forces

Known target

Belligerents reported killed

3–15

Belligerents reported injured

2–15

دابق‎, Dabiq, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between 5 and 8 civilians were reported killed in a Coalition or unilateral Turkish airstrike at Dabiq. According to LCCSY, “eight civilians from one family, mostly women and children, were martyred due to International Coalition warplanes shelling #Dabiq village in the northern countryside.” Shaam News also said eight died – which it claimed included 5 children

Summary

5 – 8

(5 children3 women)

US-led Coalition, Turkish Military

3 named, 1 familiy identified

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

LOCATION

Thirteen civilians were injured by bullets allegedly fired from an Israeli quadcopter drone (or drones) at the al-Fawqa school, located next to the Abu Rashid pool of Jabalia Refugee Camp in North Gaza, on the morning of Monday 14th October 2024. The Gaza-based Palestinian Press Agency (SAFA), along with numerous other sources, reported that 13

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Education, IDP or Refugee Camp

Small arms and light weapons

Impact

عبلة, Abla, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Up to two civilians were killed and between five and six civilians, including up to four children and a woman, were injured in alleged Syrian Democratic Forces strikes on Abla village on June 18, 2022. According to @EuphratsPostNews, five people from one family, including three children, were injured when a guided missile struck Abla village.

Summary

1 – 2

5–6

YPG

بخديدا (Bakhdida), Qaraqosh, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

The Coalition announced it was conducting an assessment of a possible civilian casualty event: Currently, three reports received in October are still being assessed… 3. Oct. 23, 2016, near Qaraqosh and Hasana, Iraq. A Coalition report issued the following month noted: Oct. 23, 2016, near Qaraqosh and Hasana, Iraq: Insufficient information provided or available to

Summary

0–1

بالقرب من مسجد بلال بن رباح، مخيم النصيرات, Vicinity of Bilal bin Rabah Mosque, Al-Nuseirat camp, Deir al-Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Before 11 AM on Friday, November 3rd, 2023, the Al-Hawajri family home located in the vicinity of Bilal bin Rabah Mosque in Nuseirat Refugee Camp, Gaza Strip, was hit by an alleged Israeli airstrike. According to several accounts, the attack reportedly killed twelve Al-Hawajri family members, including two women and four children, and a number

Summary

IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential

(5–6 children2 women5–6 men)

12 named, 2 families identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Exact location (via Airwars)

Belligerents reported killed

0–1

المصري ,دير البلح, Al Mashaaleh, Dier Al Balah, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Artillery caused extensive destruction to the Al-Masry family home, according to local sources, on May 19th 2021 in the neighbourhood of Al Mashaaleh, within the town of Deir Al Balah, in Gaza. Up to two people were reportedly seriously injured. According to Safa, the Palestinian Press Agency, the attack happened at 5.10pm. Local sources, such

Summary

1–2

بالقرب من المسجد العمري الكبير، مدينة جباليا, Vicinity of Al-Omari Mosque, Jabalia al-Balad, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Shortly before 8:50 PM on Friday, October 11, 2024, an alleged Israeli airstrike hit a residential block containing homes of the Darduna, Assaf, Junaid and Alloush families located in the vicinity of Al-Omari Mosque in Jabalia Al Balad, northern Gaza Strip, leading to the deaths of at least 19 identified civilians, including two women and

Summary

(6–7 children2 women13–14 men)

19 – 36

31–100

19 named, 2 families identified

Nearby landmark

Kolya, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

At least one civilian, a 30 year old woman, was injured in alleged Turkish shelling of the village of Kolya on February 2, 2022. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a 30 year old woman and a civilian were seriously injured as a result of Turkish artillery shelling on the village of Kolya

Summary

1–2

Turkish Military

الهزيمة, Al Hazimah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Between three and seven civilians were reported killed along with a number of ISIL fighters following alleged Coalition airstrikes. Raqqa Post reported that “civilians were killed along with IS members after raids on the village of Hazima. The operation of pulling out victims from under the rubble has been delayed due to continuing Coalition flights

Summary

3 – 5

جنوب لبنان, Southern Lebanon, Lebanon

LOCATION

code: ISLB240924w
incident_date: 2024-09-24
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair

Summary

3 – 5

(3–4 children1 man)

3 named, 1 familiy identified

حزوان, Hazwan, western Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

At least one civilian was injured in an alleged Kurdish counterstrike during an exchange between the SDF and a Turkish base in the village of Hazwan, west of the city of Al Bab on March 18th, 2021. A tweet from @HalabTodayTV reported that there was an “exchange of artillery shelling between the SDF and a

Summary

Syrian Democratic Forces

Suspected target

طريق الرشيد الساحلي, Al-Rashid Road, Deir al-Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Around midday on Friday, November 3rd, 2023, an alleged shelling from Israeli tanks and/or naval boats hit displaced families on the Al-Rashid Al-Bahri coastal road in the Gaza Strip. This shelling, occurring amid attempts by civilians to flee to the southern regions of Gaza from the north, resulted in the deaths of at least 14

Summary

Ground operation, Naval bombardment

(7 children2 women1 man)

12–24

10 named, 3 families identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Exact location (other)

عفرين, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

At least one civilian, a child, was killed and two others, including a woman, were injured in alleged Kurdish or regime strikes on Afrin in the northern countryside of Aleppo on May 2, 2021. The Syrian Civil Defense reported “the killing of the child “Alia Rahim, 5 years old, and the wounding of a woman

Summary

(1 child)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

Street

الشدادي, Shadadi, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

Sixteen child soldiers were killed in Coalition airstrikes at al Shadadi, according to a local source.

Summary

0 – 16

(16 children)

حي القدس, Mosul, Qudis, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local residents told Airwars researchers that an entire family was killed following alleged Coalition air strikes on their house in Qudis neighbourhood in East Mosul, in the afternoon of December 26th 2016. This was reported in an interview with two witnesses, on June 9th 2017. The two witnesses, Ala Samir Ahmed and Ali Abdulrazaq, said that

Summary

مدرسة أسماء، مخيم الشاطئ, Asmaa School, Al Shati refugee camp, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 19th, 2024, the Israeli military allegedly bombed the UNRWA affiliated Asmaa school in the Al-Shati Refugee Camp, west of Gaza City. At least seven people were killed and there were reports of a number of injuries as well. Among those killed were: Hesham Idris Al-Sheikh Mahmoud, Mohammed Walid Shraim, Imad Jabr Abu Asr,

Summary

Education, IDP or Refugee Camp

7 – 10

(1 child1 woman7 men)

Impact

Exact location (other)

قرية كدورة, Kadora village, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilians were injured by alleged Russian or regime shelling of the village of Kadora on August 18, 2022. The Syrian Civil Defense reported that two civilians picking figs were injured by artillery shelling carried out by Russian or regime forces on a farm near Kadora village. The majority of sources attributed the shelling to

Summary

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

بالقرب من مسجد حمد، مخيم النصيرات, Vicinity of Hamad Al-Hassanat Mosque, Nuseirat Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On 9 November 2023, multiple sources reported four people were killed and a number of injuries resulted from an alleged Israeli airstrike on the home of the Abu Rahma family. The home was reportedly next to Hamad al-Hasanat Mosque to the west of (or in) al-Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza. Shehab News agency, PalestineTV

Summary

IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential

حفسرجة, Hafsarja, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

On September 17th 2022, Russian forces allegedly hit to stone-cutting sawmills on the outskirts of Hafsarja village, west of Idlib, which resulted in the injury of a worker. Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that the worker was identified as Ghaith al Kouz. The Syrian Civil Defense team inspected the area and found that the

Summary

Agriculture

Russian Military

حي الضباط, Mosul, Dhubat / Officers, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local sources reported that ‘hundreds of civilians’ were killed or injured due to Coalition airstrikes and shelling with artillery and missiles, which targeted the ‘Police and other neighborhoods’ in the East and North of Mosul. News of Iraq said 17 civilians were killed in two separate incidents in the Dhubat (Police) district of Mosul. It

Summary

(2 men)

12–24

US-led Coalition, Iraq Government Forces

3 named, 1 familiy identified

سرجة, village of Sarja, southern Idlib countryside, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

On Friday, 29 November 2024, an airstrike hit the village of Sarja in the Idlib governorate of Syria. The attack, attributed to Russian military and/or Syrian regime forces, reportedly injured four civilians, including a child. Initial information about the strike was published on X/Twitter by @SyriaCivilDefe, with an initial toll of four civilians injured, including

Summary

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

ديرسنبل, Deir Sinbol, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

A child was injured by alleged Russian or Syrian regime thermal missile strikes on a car he was traveling in near Deir Sinbol village on September 28, 2022. According to @SyriaCivilDefe, a child was injured by a thermal missile launched by the Syrian regime and Russian forces at the car he was traveling in with

Summary

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

حي الفاروق, Mosul, Farouk, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

A local source said that a child was killed and his parents were injured in Coalition airstrikes on Farouk neighbourhood at the right side of Mosul. A government source told Yaqein that a four-year-old boy was killed and his parents seriously injured after an explosive missile was dropped from an aircraft near the al-Farouk neighbourhood,

Summary

(1 child)