Civilian Casualties

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محيط مستشفى القدس في تل الهوا, Al-Quds Hospital, Tal Al-Hawa, Gaza strip, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On the morning of November 5, 2023, at approximately 10am, one patient in the intensive care unit of al-Quds Hospital was injured by heavy artillery shelling, airstrikes, and explosions allegedly deployed by the Israeli military. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) first reported the news at 10:30 AM, reporting that al-Qud Hospital, the refuge of

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Infrastructure

Healthcare, Hospital

Unknown

1–3

الهلّك, al Halak, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian died and others were wounded in what most sources said was a Syrian regime artillery strike on Aleppo’s al Halak neighbourhood. There was, however, one allegation against Russia. But @al-AMAWI, @Free_TV_Syria, Smart News Agency, Step News Agency, LCCSY and Halab News Network all pointed to a regime artillery strike causing civilian harm.

Summary

1–2

مَعَرَّة النُّعْمَان, Maarat al Numan, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Local media reported that one civilian died and several others were wounded in a cluster bomb attack on Maarat al Numan, though it was unclear whether Russia or the Syrian regime were to blame. Multiple sources published images showing the remains of cluster bombs on the ground – though many sources didn’t identify who had

Summary

الحيدرية, al Haydariya, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

At least one civilian died and an unspecified number more were wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike on Aleppo’s Al Haydariya neighbourhood, local sources reported. According to Syrian Press Center, “the Russian air force on Sunday [Oct 16th] launched rock-based attacks on the neighborhoods of Haidariyah, Bab al-Nayrab, Sheikh Fares, Karam al-Tarab, al-Miser, Dahra Awwad,

Summary

Russian Military

العلمي، مخيم جباليا, Al-Alami area, Jabalia Refugee Camp, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On the 5th of November 2023, an alleged Israeli bombardment hit the Saad family house in the Al-Alami area, in Jabalia Refugee Camp, in North Gaza, the Gaza strip. The incident reportedly caused several injuries and at least two deaths within the Hawila family, who were renting the Saad family house, and 46-year-old Mohi El-Din

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Infrastructure

IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential

2 – 3

(1 man)

Israeli Military

Names matched with MoH IDs

Geolocation

Exact location (via Airwars)

سرمدا, Sarmada, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Four or five civilians died in an airstrike on Sarmada, according to local media – though sources were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Syrian regime were to blame. Qasioun, Almntsrbalaah and Halabtoday all said that Russia was responsible, while Syria News Desk added that Russian warplanes had dropped cluster bombs on Sarmada’s main

Summary

4 – 5

(2–3 women1 man)

4 named, 1 familiy identified

LOCATION

Al Nakir, Idlib, Syria

One or two children died and two other civilians were wounded in an airstrike on Al Nakir, according to local media – though sources were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Syrian regime were to blame. Step News Agency was among sources blaming Russia, reporting that one child died in the strike. But a

Summary

1 – 2

(1–2 children0–1 men)

تفتناز, Taftanaz, Idlib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

On the evening of Friday, September 20, 2024, an artillery strike with contested responsibility allegedly carried out by the Russian military and/or Iranian military and/or Syrian regime forces injured at least nine civilians, including three women and six children, and killed a nurse/paramedic and a child. The attack occurred in Taftanaz, in the eastern countryside

Summary

(1 child1 man)

Impact

Russian Military, Iranian Military, Syrian Regime

9 named, 1 familiy identified

عوينات, Uwaynat, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

There were claims that coalition air raids resulted in the deaths of between 10 and 20 civilians in a village 110km northwest of Mosul called Aouinat. Al Rafidain reported: “Press sources in Mosul confirmed that the bombing, which targeted the village of Aouinat killed ten civilians and destroyed at least two houses. The forensic medicine

Summary

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بنش, Binnish, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

A female child was killed in an alleged Russian airstrike which struck Fatima Al-Zahra’a Mosque in Binnish, Idlib, 9th September 2016, according to sources on the ground. Most sources blamed Russian warplanes fort he alleged raid, but others do not name a belligerent at all. According to sources such as SN4HR, 6-7 civilians were injured

Summary

(1 child)

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حي الصبرة بمدينة غزة, Al Sabra neighbourhood of Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

code: ISPT0913a
incident_date: 2023-11-04
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair

Summary

(2 children2 women2 men)

Israeli Military

6 named, 1 familiy identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

LOCATION

الباب, Aleppo, Syria

An internal CENTCOM review reported unnamed open sources as claiming civilian casualties had occurred as a result of Coalition airstrikes. A provisional review found that there had been no international airstrikes in the vicinity of the city on that date. Airwars researchers later identified coverage from the time of Assad regime attacks on Aleppo on

Summary

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Haway area, near the town of Sablale, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

Senior al-Shabaab leaders were reportedly killed by an airstrike near the town of Sablale in the Lower Shabelle Region of Somalia on 22 November, 2024; at least 12 deaths were recorded—three commanders and “several senior leaders” were included in the count. The strike was allegedly perpetrated in part by the Somali National Army; sources also

Summary

Unknown

US Forces, Somali Military Forces

Suspected target

Al-Shabaab

Belligerents reported killed

حديثة, Haditha, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

Local sources in Haditha reported that up to 15 civilians were killed and an unknown number were injured after an alleged coalition airstrike hit Albu Haiyat mosque at midday prayers. Al Iraq News stated that among those killed were captured “members of the Iraqi security forces who are were being guarded at the mosque.” However

Summary

12 – 15

(1–10 men)

2–4

10 named, 1 familiy identified

محيمدة, Muheimeda, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Sources on the ground reported that as many as 17 civilians were killed, and dozens more were wounded, following airstrikes on Muheimeda in the early hours of the morning. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame. The majority of sources attributed blame to the Syrian regime, others pointed to Russian warplanes, however there

Summary

10 – 17

(4 children2 women)

12–24

8 named, 1 familiy identified

حي الجغيفي, Fallujah, Jughaifi, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

According to local reports, coalition airstrikes killed nine civilian non-combatants and injured three more in Al Sharika Street, Aljughaifi neighborhood. The dead were named by the Iraqi Revolution website as “belonging to the family of Khamis Sufook al-Jumaili, killing him and his wife and her sister, their sons and daughters, as well as his brother

Summary

(5 children3 women1 man)

9 named, 1 familiy identified

Farah Waeys, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

A US drone strike near Bariire on October 16th was confirmed by the US military. However, numerous allegations of civilian harm by international media have been denied. Whilst US Africa Command did not initially publish a press release regarding this strike, they confirmed to the Bureau of Investigative Journalism at the time that they carried

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

(2 men)

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Belligerents reported killed

2–5

Belligerents reported injured

مديرية بني مطر, Bani Matar, Sanaa, Yemen

LOCATION

A Facebook post from “Abu Yahya Al-Eryani New” reported that one civilian was killed and one other was wounded by US raids on Bani Matar. Multiple other local sources, including @TvAlmasirah and @Alyemen_One, provided a similar death and injury toll. No other details were found among local sources about the victims. Where sources identified a

Summary

‎القيارة, Qayyarah, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Up to 17 civilians were allegedly killed during a coalition air raid at Qayyarah near Mosul, two sources claimed. NINA reported that six women and four children were among the dead. And German news agency DPA gave identical casualty figures, citing a source as saying that “the bodies of the civilians have now reached the

Summary

(4 children6 women)

منطقة ثقبان بمديرية بني الحارث, Thaqban area, Bani al-Harith District, Sanaa, Yemen

LOCATION

code: USYEM250427a
incident_date: 2025-04-27
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair

Summary

House, Residential, Truck, Vehicle

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(8 children2 women1 man)

US Forces

13 named, 3 families identified

Geolocation

Exact location (via Airwars)

الرطبة, Ar Rutbah, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

Local sources reported that four non-combatants were killed and six injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike at Ar Rutbah. According to Iraqi Revolution, “the alliance bombed Rutba in the morning, leading to the martyrdom and wounding of 10 civilians.” Iraq Body Count, citing Xinhua [source now lost], said that four civilian fatalities had been reported

Summary

طرابلس‎, Tripoli: Airport, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

One man was reportedly killed by indiscriminate artillery shelling in Tripoli. Radaa.abuslim said the Sudanese man died when a shell fell on his home hitting him in his bed. He was apparently working as a guard at a construction site near Tripoli Airport where the body was found. Tripoli Now published a similar report: “Only

Summary

(1 man)

Government of National Accord, Libyan National Army

حي الصبرة جنوبي مدينة غزة, Al-Sabra Neighborhood, south of Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

code: ISPT0691
incident_date: 2023-10-28
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair

Summary

Communications, Internet, Residential

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(2–4 children3 men)

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Incendiary

Causes of injury / death

Exact location (via Airwars)

Israeli Military

Geolocation

جديد عقيدات, Jadid Akidat, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Six civilians were reported killed and 10 injured in either a Coalition or Assad regime airstrike. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, “Six civilians were killed including children while no less than 10 others were wounded by the aerial bombardment by the U.S led coalition warplanes in Jadid Akidat in the eastern countryside

Summary

6 – 8

(1 child1 woman)

5–13

US-led Coalition, Syrian Regime

Suspected target

ISIS

حي الزهراء, Mosul, Sheshan and Zahrah, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Airwars researcher met the three injured named kids at the evacuation centre in Goggali frontline east of Mosul after they submitted to Unknown fire in Sheshan and Zahrah neighbourhoods east of Mosul. In their May 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible for civilian harm in this strike as

Summary

Unknown

3 named, 1 familiy identified

الكسك, Kisik Junction, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

A civilian taxi was reportedly destroyed in a Coalition airstrike at Kisik Junction north west of Mosul, killing up to eight civilians including two children and a woman. A girl reportedly survived the attack. The event, described as an evening airstrike, led to the deaths of a number of named victims. The Coalition has confirmed striking

Summary

5 – 8

(2 children1 woman2 men)

Beerta Xassan Huutaan, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

Between one and two civilians were allegedly killed in a US and Somali forces raid or airstrike on Beerta Xassan Huutaan near Afgoye. The pro Al Shabaab outlet Halgan Media said: “Sources reveal US and Somali special forces raided a rural farming village outside the town of Afgoye in the Lower Shabelle province of Somalia.

Summary

Airstrike, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

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(1 man)

US Forces, Somali Military Forces

دير الزور‎, Deir ez-Zor city, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

On Sunday, December 6, 2015, a woman and her two children were reportedly killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Deir Ezzor city, in northeastern Syria. Reuters cited the Syrian Observatory as reporting that “In Deir al-Zor city, another air strike overnight killed a woman and two of her children.” In comments relating to the

Summary

(2 children1 woman)