Civilian Casualties

بالقرب من المستشفى الإندونيسي، بيت لاهيا, Vicinity of Indonesian Hospital, Beit Lahia, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Shortly before 2:44 AM on Sunday, 29 October 2023, a Palestinian photojournalist, New Press correspondent in the northern Gaza Strip, Fadi Al-Wahidi, was slightly injured in his hand by shrapnel from an alleged Israeli bombardment near the Indonesian Hospital located in Beit Lahia in North Gaza. The Palestinian press agency, Safa, reported the incident saying

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LOCATION

near Mosul, Iraq, Iraq

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on July 7th 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on social media claims of civilian harm “near Mosul, Iraq”. According to the Coalition report, “112. May 19, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via social media: The report contained insufficient information on the time, location and

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US-led Coalition

الاتارب, Atarib, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Several civilians were injured due to an alleged Russian airstrike on the city of Atarib in the morning of January 17th, 2019, Four alleged airstrikes targeting the city of Atarib have resulted in the injury of several people, according to the Frmedianetwork and HalabTodayTV reported that “several civilians were injured as a result of four

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Russian Military

سرمين, Sarmeen [Sarmin], Idlib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

On Sunday, November 19th, 2023, two civilians, including at least one child, were injured as a result of an alleged missile strike by the Syrian regime forces and/or the Russian military in residential neighborhoods of the city of Sarmin, east of Idlib, Syria. One of the children was reportedly injured after falling from a high

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Residential

Causes of injury / death

الحميرة, Al Humaira, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian died and two or three more were wounded in alleged Russian or regime air or artillery strikes on Al Humaira, according to local media. The Step News Agency and other local sources reported one civilian killed and the injury of three more; they all blamed “Russian airstrikes”. But Smart said that regime artillery

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2–3

شارع رقم 8، حي الزيتون، مدينة غزة, Street 8, Al-Zeitoun neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Sunday, May 12th 2024, at least 39 civilians from at least five different families were killed and dozens were reportedly injured, including very young children, in an alleged Israeli airstrike that struck the Daloul building, on Street 8, in the Al-Zeitoun neighbourhood in Gaza City in the Gaza Strip. Alhawyah Channel reported on the

Summary

IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential

(4–5 children17 women21 men)

12–24

39 named, 6 families identified

Street

عفرين, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

At least one child and one woman were killed in alleged YPG artillery strikes on the city of Afrin, Aleppo governorate on January 20th, 2020. Up to five civilians, including two children, were injured, as reported by local sources. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that “the child Muhammad Mar’i and Mrs. Turfah Meqdeh

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2 – 4

(1–2 children)

2–5

YPG

5 named, 1 familiy identified

منزل عائلة أبو سعدة، قطاع غزة, Abu Saada family home, Gaza Strip, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Sunday, October 29, 2023, six members of the Abu Saada family, including at least one woman and two children, were killed and at least two civilians, a mother and her child, were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on their home in the Gaza Strip. The exact location of the strike is unknown. 52-year-old

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(3 children1 woman2 men)

6 named, 2 families identified

جسر الشغور, Jisr Al Shughour, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources reported that long-range high-explosive ballistic missiles struck the city of Jisr al-Shughour. Step News specified that ten missiles struck residential buildings and infrastructure in the city. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, the strikes struck an area near the Mamoun Haj Yahya School in al Shamali al Sharqi neighborhood, severely destroying

Summary

Artillery, Naval bombardment

Education

12–14

12 named, 4 families identified

بنين,, Benin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

One man was wounded by an alleged Russian or regime airstrike against the village of Benin on January 25th 2020. Local residents reported that two air raids struck Benin. Baladi News reported that Benin was one village that was a target of over 200 airstrikes carried out by the Assad regime. Ariha Today noted one

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

LOCATION

On July 8th 2024, the body of a young man named Amr Mohamed Shehada al-Barbari was found in the morgue at the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis after being reported missing for 11 days. Sources reported that he had been missing from al-Mawasi camps in Khan Younis, near Fash Farsh, Gaza Strip, since June 21.

An unspecified number of civilians were injured in a continuation of blanket airstrikes Idlib, which struck Ramla. Sources blamed either Russia or the Syrian regime for the raids. “Um Muwaylat refugee camp, the villages of Sara’a, Sheikh Baraka and Ramleh in the eastern countryside” were all targeted in the raid. There are no details of

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الهضبة البدري, Al Hadaba Al Badri, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

Between one and two civilians were allegedly killed and up to five more injured by LNA shelling on the Hadaba Al Badri neighbourhood of Tripoli. Al Wasat said: “The media advisor to the Ministry of Health in the Government of Al-Wefaq, Amin Al-Hashemi, announced in a statement to Al Wasat ‘the death of a civilian

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1 – 2

(1 man)

3–5

حي المزة, Al Mazza [Mezzeh, Al-Mazzeh] neighborhood, Damascus, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

On Saturday, January 20th, 2024, at approximately 10:20 AM, at least one and up to five civilians were killed and a number of other civilians were injured in a series of airstrikes from the direction of the Syrian Golan allegedly carried out by the Israeli military in the Al Mazza [Mezzeh, Al-Mazzeh] neighborhood in the

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1 – 5

2–5

Hezbollah, Iranian military

Suspected targets

7–12

أبين سمعان, Abin Samaan, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Three civilians were killed and six others were injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on the village of Abyan Samaan, Aleppo governorate, on February 12th, 2020, according to local sources. An employee for the media office of the Directorate for the Civil Defence, Hamza Al Youssef, told SMART News that the six injured civilians were taken

Summary

Russian Military

بجوار مدرسة القرارة الثانوية، خان يونس, Vicinity of Al Qarara Secondary School, Khan Younis, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At least two identified civilians, including a 17-year-old boy, were reportedly killed in an alleged Israeli drone strike on Al Abbara Street, west of the Al Qarara Secondary School in the Al Qarara area of Khan Younis, on Friday, 27th October 2023. Numerous sources, including the Gazan Shehab News Agency, reported that two people had

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2 – 3

(1 child1–2 men)

2 named

Nearby landmark

الخبر, Al Khabr, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

One local language source, Aden al-Hadath, reported that according to local residents, a drone strike had targeted a school in Khabr al-Maraqisha, Abyan governorate, on March 2nd 2017. There were no known reports of civilian casualties. On the same day, multiple US airstrikes and alleged troop landings were reported, as part of a combined arms

Summary

Education

Suspected target

حي الزهور، رفح, Al-Zahour neighbourhood, Rafah City, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

In the evening of July 15th 2024, an alleged Israeli military bombardment killed two men from the same family, 56-year-old Kamel Ahmed Siam and 47-year-old Darwish Sharif Siam. The incident occurred in the Al-Zahour neighbourhood, north of Rafah City, the Gaza Strip, and was reported by multiple sources. Among these sources was the Safa Press

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(2 men)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

Neighbourhood/area

كصنفرة, Kasanfra, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Between three and five people were reported injured as a result of alleged Russian and/or Regime airstrikes or artillery shelling on the vicinity of the town of Kansafra in the southern countryside of Idlib on February 23, 2020. With regards to civilian harm, Smart News said that “three people were wounded as a result of

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3–5

Belligerents reported injured

بلدة طاريا بعلبك - الهرمل, Taraya, Baalbek - Al-Hermel, Lebanon

LOCATION

At least 11 civilians, all members of the Hamiya family, were reported killed after an alleged Israeli airstrike on the town of Taraya in the Bekaa region of southern Lebanon on September 23rd, 2024. While one source alleged “others were wounded” and another claimed “50” had been injured, it is unclear whether these injuries occurred

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(2 children5 women4 men)

2–50

Impact

11 named, 1 familiy identified

Town

0–1

يكلا, Yakla, Al Bayda, Yemen

LOCATION

Multiple sources reported that US airstrikes targeted alleged AQAP sites in Yakl in the Qaifa area of Bayda governorate, overnight from March 4th to March 5th. One source reported that “civilians including a child” were killed during nighttime US strikes in Bayda governorate, of which this strike was one. It was unclear which specific strike(s)

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Suspected target

حي الفالوجا, Al Faluga, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Shortly before 6:22 AM on Thursday, November 2, 2023, the homes of the Hamid, Al-Sharafi, and Labad families located in the Al Faluja area in Jabalia Refugee Camp in the north of the Gaza Strip were allegedly bombed by Israeli forces, killing at least 24 identified civilians belonging to three different families and spanning over

Summary

IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential

(7–9 children13–15 women3 men)

24 – 46

29 named, 3 families identified

Neighbourhood/area

الفوعة, Al Fou’a, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Up to 11 civilians were killed, including at least one child, and 6 to more than 10 others, including a woman, were wounded as a result of alleged Russian airstrikes on residential neighborhoods in the town of Al Fu’ah, northeast of Idlib on the evening of March 2nd, 2020 according to local sources and news

Summary

6 – 11

(1 child)

6–11

Russian Military

5 named, 1 familiy identified

محيط شركة الكهرباء، مخيم النصيرات, Vicinity of power plant, Al-Nuseirat camp, Deir al-Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Monday, July 15th, 2024, alleged artillery shelling by Israeli forces hit civilians near the power plant (electricity generation station) located north of Nuseirat Refugee Camp, central Gaza Strip, injuring a number of civilians, including a child. Sources, including Al-Jazeera and Radio Alam, reported a number of civilians being injured by the strike. Lebanon Now

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مودية, Western outskirts of Mudiyah, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

A US naval strike reportedly targeted an alleged AQAP site on the western outskirts of Mudiyah town, in Abyan governorate, on the evening of April 16th 2017. There were no known reported civilian or militant casualties. According to Aden al-Ghad, a missile exploded near a medical clinic to the west of the town, according to

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike, Naval bombardment

Suspected target

سحمر, Sahmar, Western Beqaa District, Lebanon

LOCATION

On Monday September 23, 2024, at least six civilians, including one woman and a child, were killed and a number of civilians were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrikes on the town of Sahmar in western Beqaa, Lebanon. According to the Facebook account bintjbeil.org, the Facebook account of Sahmar city, and other social media users,

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(1–2 children1 woman3–5 men)

6 named, 1 familiy identified

Town

الروضة, Al Rawda, Ma'rib, Yemen

LOCATION

A reported US drone strike targeted a minibus in Al Rawda neighbourhood, in the Wadi Ubaida area of Marib governorate, on the afternoon of August 3rd 2017. Several sources suggested that the strike targeted AQAP militants in the bus, killing three, though others indicated that as many as two civilians were killed and four injured,

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Vehicle

1 – 3

(2 children1 man)

2–4

Known target

1–3