Civilian Casualties

Belligerents reported injured

US Forces, Houthi Forces

مديرا, Madera, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

A single source reported that both Russian and Syrian regime warplanes fired heavy air and artillery strikes on Madera, causing an unspecified number of injured civilians. According to the Shaam News Network, “Russian warplanes and the Assad helicopters launched fierce air raids accompanied by artillery bombardment and very violent missile strikes, resulting in a terrible

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Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Слатине, Slatyne, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

Two male civilians were killed in the village of Slatyno, Kharkiv Region by shelling in an attack suspected to have been carried out by Russian service personnel on a residential building in the early afternoon. Images shared online by the Ukrainian Independent Information Agency show a single story house to have been collapsed and destroyed

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(2 men)

Золочів, Zolochiv, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

On May 7th, 2022, one health worker, described as a nurse from a local medical institution, was reportedly killed following alleged Russian shelling in Zolochiv district. Local sources all quoted Oleg Sinegubov, the head of Kharkiv OVA. Airwars did not find any additional information on this incident. ACLED’s reference code for this incident is UKR57389.

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Руські Тишки, Михайлівка, Рай Оленівка, Ruski Tyshky, Mykhailivka, Rai Olenivka, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

On May 8 2022, several areas in close proximity to the city of Kharkiv were reportedly shelled by Russian forces. Reports from local news outlets state that four civilians were wounded between Ruski Tyshky, Rai-Olenivka and Mykhailivka respectively. Sources do not specify the number of people wounded in each of these locations. While the details

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دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

Dozens of civilians were injured in airstrikes and shelling by rockets on Douma, local media reported. Sources attributed the blame to both Russia and the Syrian regime. According to Yaqeen News, “Russia and Assad renewed raids on the cities and towns of Eastern Ghouta on Tuesday [March 13th]…warplanes launched air raids on cities and towns,

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12–24

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

ذيبان, Dhiban, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

On Friday March 24th, at 8:05 am, an Iranian militia allegedly launched rockets at Coalition forces at “Green Village,” an American base near al-Omar oil field east of Deir Ezzor. According to CENTCOM, the rockets missed the Coalition facility by approximately 5 km. Instead, they reportedly hit a house in Dhiban and injured two women

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بو غيلان, Bu Gheilan, Al Jabal al Gharbi, Libya

LOCATION

One civilian was reportedly injured in an LNA airstrike on Bu Gheilan near Gheryan. The Libya Observer said: “A medical source at the Gheryan Central Teaching Hospital reported that a wounded man arrived at the hospital after warplane of Khalifa Haftar bombed the city on Tuesday.” Ean Libya tweeted: “One civilian injured and a number

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Libyan National Army

الدندنية, Al Dandaniyah, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

On 14 June 2023, two children were injured by an alleged Turkish artillery strike, followed by a drone strike, on a farm in Al-Dandaniyah village in Manbij, the western countryside east of Aleppo. One of the children who survived the strike, Muhammad Saeed, noted that the attack ‘directly bombed their whereabouts’ according to Hawar News.

Summary

Airstrike, Artillery, Drone Strike

Infrastructure

Agriculture

Belligerents reported killed

Belligerents reported injured

بزاعة, Bza’a, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

A civilian was injured by declared US drone strikes which killed an ISIS member on July 7, 2023 on the road between Al Bab and Bza’a, Syria. The @SyriaCivilDefe reported that a person was killed while driving a motorcycle on the road between Al Bab and Bza’a and a civilian was slightly injured while passing

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Belligerents reported killed

خان شيخون, Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Syria Civil Defense reported the “martyrdom of a civilian and wounding three others, as a result of the targeting of Khan Sheikhoun, Sheikh Dams and the town of Kafr Sijana, Russian warplanes, helicopters and rocket launchers, our teams were there with civilians.” Step News said that both the Syrian regime and Russia were involved in

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1–3

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

خزاعة, Khuza’a, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

code: ISPT0002
incident_date: 2023-10-07
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair

Summary

(3 children3 women1 man)

11 named, 1 familiy identified

جمانكي, Jamanki area, Duhok, Iraq

LOCATION

On August 6th, 2023, an alleged Turkish airstrike or drone strike in Jamanki, Dohuk governorate struck a car and killed a civilian named Alain Ismail and seriously injured a civilian named Hashem Shaker. According to Altaakhi and Kurdistan 24 reports, Alain Ismail had been married five months before he tragically passed away. Further information about

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(1 man)

الزيتون, Al Zaytoun neighborhood, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 9 2023, up to four civilians, including two young sisters, were killed when an alleged Israeli airstrike hit Al-Samuni Street, Gaza City. The incident took place at around 6.am in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City. The sisters were identified as: six or seven year old Mira Abu Ghanima and five or six year

Summary

2 – 4

(2 children)

Impact

2 named, 1 familiy identified

Neighbourhood/area

العزبة, Al Ezba, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

On 29 August 2023, at least one civilian was reportedly killed by sniper fire from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Al Ezba, located in the northern countryside of Deir Ezzor. According to a tweet from an activist from the local area, Saleh Al-Muhya Al-Atiq was allegedly killed by SDF snipers stationed in Al Ezba.

Summary

Artillery, Ground operation

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

1 – 2

(1 man)

Causes of injury / death

غندرشي, Gandarshe, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

AFRICOM publicly reported four strikes on the same area on the same day – asserting that it had killed 34 al Shabaab militants in total in the vicinity of Gandarshe. Another two strikes took place on December 16th, it said – killing another 28 militants. “All six airstrikes were conducted in close coordination with the

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قوقفين, village of Qoqfin in Jabal al-Zawiya, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

During the morning of Saturday, November 25, 2023, an artillery shelling allegedly perpetrated by Syrian regime forces and/or Russian forces on the village of Qoqfin in Jabal al-Zawiya, south of the town of Idlib, killed at least 10 and up to 11 civilians who were working in the olive fields harvesting olive crop, including at

A woman was killed by a bullet wound allegedly fired by the Syrian Democratic Forces on the 25th of September, 2023, in the town of Al Hawayj, in the eastern Dier Ezzor region. Shaam News, who reported the incident, stated she was the wife of Hamoud Al-Hussein Al-Mulhim. Naher Media, who corroborated this, reported that

Summary

(1 woman)

Small arms and light weapons

برج المصرى, Al Masry Tower , Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Thursday, October 12, 2023, a residential apartment building in Al-Masry Tower in the centre of the city of Rafah was reportedly hit by an alleged Israeli strike killing the four young children of Yasser Al-Bardawil – two sons and two daughters – and injuring a further 28 civilians, according to a Shehab Agency correspondent.

Summary

(4 children)

4 named, 1 familiy identified

مرزق القلعة, Murzuq Castle, Murzuq, Libya

LOCATION

Between three and four civilians were reportedly killed in an LNA or Emirati airstrike on Murzuq. Ali642Souki said: “One of the drone’s missiles targeted one of the Tebu houses and hit a family consisting of a father and 2 of his children and his wife was visiting their neighbours and the father and his sons

Summary

(2–3 children0–1 women0–1 men)

3 – 4

Libyan National Army, United Arab Emirates Military

المواسي, Al Mawasi, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 10th 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike on the homes of the Al-Majaydeh and Ahmed families situated in the Al-Mawasi area west of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip reportedly killed five civilians belonging to one family, including one woman and two children, and wounded from six to 14 other civilians. One of

Summary

(2 children1 woman2 men)

6–14

4 named, 1 familiy identified

Neighbourhood/area

Mabrouka IDP camp, Ras al-Ain, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

@NPA_SY tweeted: that the SDF Press Office said “a child lost his life in Mabrouka IDP camp, Ras al-Ain, due to the difficulty of moving him to hospital following Turkish indiscriminate shelling”. Hawar news agency also reported the death of a child.

Summary

(1 child)

Turkish Military

مخيم النصيرات 5, Al Nuseirat Camp 5, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Sunday, October 15th 2023, at least 22 civilian members of the Al-Taweel family, including nine women and seven children, were reportedly killed and an unknown number were wounded in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the house of the al-Taweel family in Camp 5, Nuseirat, central Gaza strip. Khalil al Ghafari stated that the house

Summary

(7 children9 women6 men)

22 named, 1 familiy identified

Birecik, Sanliurfa, Turkey

LOCATION

Two civilians, including a child, were injured after alleged YPG or PKK mortar strikes on the district of Birecik, according to local sources. Anadolu Agency reported: “According to information collected by the Anadolu Agency, shells fired by YPK / PKKA from the areas of their control on the Syrian side resulted in the injury of

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YPG

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

الديك, Al Deek, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

One man and his grandmother were killed in alleged SDF/YPG or PYD artillery strikes on the village of Al Deek, west of Tal Abyad/Girê Spî‎, in Raqqa governorate on October 14th 2019, according to local media. Sources added that a child who was wounded in the attack later died. Suriye.u.a.d has identified the victims of

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2 – 3

(1 child1 woman1 man)

YPG

2 named, 1 familiy identified

محيط مقر الدفاع المدني, Vicinity of the Civil Defense Headquarters, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At dawn on Monday, October 16th, 2023, between four to seven civilians, including four to six paramedics, were reportedly killed and several more injured when two alleged Israeli airstrikes hit an ambulance and the Civil Defense headquarters in the Tal al-Hawa neighbourhood southwest of in Gaza City. Initially a Facebook user Ahmed Saleha reported that

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4 – 7

Impact

الرافع, Al Rafi, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian died and four others were wounded in alleged Turkish shelling of al Rafi, Ayn Issa, according to local media. Hawarnews reported: “A civilian who lost his life during the attacks in Al-Rafi and wounded reached Reqa Hospital. It was learned that the civilian martyr was 35-year-old Ahmad al-Abdo. Abdo is married and has

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