Civilian Casualties

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

Causes of injury / death

Known belligerent

US Forces

Somali Military Forces

Known target

Al-Shabaab

مصراتة, Misurata, Misrata, Libya

LOCATION

On April 25th, 2011, Gaddafi forces shelled Misurata at dawn, firing over 40 rockets. Al Jazeera reported that 12 civilians were killed in the attack and a further 57 injured , according to a rebel spokesman. Airwars has to date been unable to identify additional sources in relation to this event.

Summary

Libyan rebel forces, Other

Gaddafi Forces

Suspected targets

فشلوم و تاجوراء, Fashloum and Tajoura, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

On February 20th and 21st 2011, Gaddafi forces launched artillery and airstrikes on Tripoli, injuring dozens and killing over 200, according to local claims. Agence France Presse quoted witnesses reporting massacres in the neighbourhoods of Fashalom and Tajoura. Other eyewitnesses reported helicopter bombings in the Souq al-Jumaa area. A video showed helicopters over the skies

Summary

150 – 700

12–36

مبارك, Mubaraak, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

AFRICOM publicly reported that two days earlier, it had “conducted an airstrike against al-Shabaab on the morning of March 19 near Mubaarak, Somalia”. The press release made no mention of civilian harm. However, AFRICOM claimed that the airstrike killed “two terrorists”, wounded another “three terrorists” and destroyed “one vehicle”. Voice of America reported the following:

Summary

Belligerents reported injured

LOCATION

بنغازي‎, Benghazi, Libya

On February 17th, multiple sources reported at least 13 and as many as 20 civilian fatalities and up to 200 more injured by Gaddafi security forces in Benghazi, who were said to have fired live rounds on Gamal Abdel Nasser Street. Al Jazeera reports “there were reports of six deaths in the Benghazi confrontations, where

Summary

13 – 20

40–200

هرجيسا, Hargeysa Yarey, Middle Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

A strike was said to have killed 15 members of al Shabaab and injured another 30, according to the official Somali National News Agency (SONNA). It was not clear whether US forces carried out the strike from the reporting, but US Africa Command said US forces had not carried out a strike on that day.

Summary

US Forces

Al-Shabaab

Belligerents reported injured

تاجوراء, Tajoura, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

At least one man died from injuries sustained during his detention in a rebel-controlled facility in mid-November 2011 in Tajoura according to the UN Report Source Page 82. A reported member of Gaddafi’s security agency was arrested at his father’s house on October 17, 2011 by rebels who did not have an arrest warrant and

Summary

(1 man)

Small arms and light weapons

Libyan rebel forces

Huley, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

US Africa Command confirmed that it had carried out an airstrike on March 12th 2019 in the vicinity of Huley, Lower Shabelle Region. According to AFRICOM, the airstrike killed two “terrorists”, and “at this time, it is assessed no civilians were injured or killed in this airstrike.” In September 2019, the TRT World Research Centre

Summary

Airstrike, Airstrike and/or Artillery, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons, Unknown

Causes of injury / death

حي جو النسيم, Jao Al Naseem, Ma'rib, Yemen

LOCATION

Local sources in Marib reported casualties among civilians as a result of a reported attack either by a US-drone on a car entering a popular market in Marib – or by a Houthi balluistic missile strike on the market – on March 16th, 2021. While @aalnaasi said the attack happened on Dahbeel station in Al-Naseem,

Summary

Car, Commerce, Market, Vehicle

Infrastructure

US Forces, Houthi Forces

بداما, Badama, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least three civilians were injured in alleged regime/Russian artillery strikes on the town of Badama on November 12, 2019. The Syrian Civil Defense told Smart News “three civilians were wounded as a result of the shelling of the town of Badama of the area of Jisr al-Shughour with five artillery shells, where his teams

Summary

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

3 named

بلشون, Balshoun, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least one child was killed and five other civilians, including a pregnant woman, another woman, and two children, were injured, in addition to the killing of the pregnant woman’s fetus, from alleged Russian or regime strikes on the town of Balshon on the morning of July 3, 2021. According to Syrian Civil Defense, “a child

Summary

1 – 2

(1–2 children)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

حولون, Intersection of Sokolov St. and Kugel St., Holon, Tel Aviv, Israel

LOCATION

As many as eight to eighteen civilians were injured and at least one civilian was killed by a rocket allegedly fired from Gaza which struck the city of Holon, Central Israel, at around 9pm on May 11th, 2021, according to local media reports. Mynet reported that the rocket struck next to the line 4 bus

Summary

4–18

Palestinian Militants

5 named, 1 familiy identified

درعا البلد, Daraa Al Balad, Daraa, Syria

LOCATION

At least one civilian was injured in alleged Russian/regime/Iranian strikes on Daraa Al Balad on July 31, 2021. @mohammed_asakra and Horan Free Media reported that civilians were injured but did not specify how many civilians. Images posted by Horan Free Media show extensive damage to civilian homes caused by the shelling. The majority of sources

Summary

1–2

Syrian Regime, Russian Military, Iranian Military

النقب الغربي, Western Negev, Southern, Israel

LOCATION

A missile, allegedly fired from Gaza, struck an ambulance injuring the driver in the Western Negev region of Israel on May 10th 2021, according to local reports. The Magen David Adom medical service, which operates the ambulance, said the vehicle was struck by a rocket whilst traveling to attend to a call. The driver was

Summary

شارع غزة القديم, جباليا‎, Old Gaza Street, Jabalia , North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Between two and five people were injured by an alleged Israeli airstrike that struck a crowd of people on Old Gaza Street in Jabaliya in the Northern Gaza Strip. Both the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) and Al Mezan reported a single airstrike around 6.15 p.m. injuring five people, who were taken to the

Summary

2–5

Israeli Military

بلدات متعددة, Several towns and villages, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

An unknown number of civilians were injured when Russian and Syrian regime forces carried out air raids and shelled a number of cities, towns and villages, including Khan Sheikhun, Ma’arah al-Nu’man, Kafr Nabal, Habayt, Tirmala, Kafromah, Baarba, Arinbeh, Abidin, Al-Deir, Ahsem, Hachash, Tall Mardikh, Jericho, Kafarsganah, Tufnaz, Hayish, Sahihan, Masmudah and Hamra.

Summary

1–2

وادي السلقا , Wadi Al Salqa, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Suleinman Issam and a member of the Abu Musa family (age 29) were reported wounded by shelling from an alleged Israeli airstrike in Wadi al-Salq at 8:40 am on May 17th, 2021. Local sources reported that Suleiman Issam was moderately wounded by the shrapnel from artillery shells targeting the Al-Batound Street in Wadi al-Saqa in

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

عزبة بيت حانون, Izbat Beit Hanoun, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

An Israeli airstrike targeted the home of the Abu Jared family in Beit Hanoun, injuring up to six civilians according to multiple sources. Several sources reported that of the six civilians injured, one was in a serious condition. This seriously injured male victim was named by multiple sources as 69 year old Ali Khalil Abu

Summary

0 – 1

(0–1 men)

3–6

سقبا, Saqba, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

An unknown number of civilians was reportedly killed or injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Saqba on March 17th, 2018, according to local sources. The pro-regime source @addouniatv reported: “Martyrs and wounded residents of Saqba as a result of terrorists targeting civilians as they leave their towns”. Step News Agency, however, stated

Summary

جلين, Jillen, Daraa, Syria

LOCATION

Between one and two civilians, including a woman, were killed and four others, including a woman, were injured in alleged Iranian or regime strikes on Jillin on August 29, 2021. According to Syrian Civil Defense, two civilians were killed and four others were injured in missile and artillery shelling by the regime in the neighborhoods

Summary

1 – 2

(1 woman)

Iranian Military, Syrian Regime

1 named

محيط بلدة الزرزور, Al Zarzour town, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

One child was killed and three other civilians, two children and a woman, were injured in eight alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Zarzour on September 15, 2021. According to the Syrian Civil Defense, a woman and three children were injured when eight airstrikes by Russian planes struck a poultry farm between Zarzour and

Summary

(1 child)

Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear (CBRN)

Russian Military

رام حمدان, Ram Hamdan, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Up to three civilians including a child were killed and eight others injured, some of whom are in critical conditions, in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime forces airstrikes on Ram Hamdan in Idlib, Syria on June 10th, 2018 according to local sources. Step News said that victims include a child (girl), a woman and

Summary

1 – 3

(1 child1 woman1 man)

1 named

معرة مصرين, Ma'aret Misrin, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

An 11 year old child was injured in alleged Russian or regime strikes on Ma’aret Misrin on October 23, 2021. Alaraby News quoted the Syrian Civil Defense, who reported that an 11 year old was injured when Russian and regime forces bombed a “a fodder depot and a sawmill in the southern farms of the

Summary

الدانا, Al Dana, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Between two and four civilians, including a father and his son – reportedly IDPS from al Haymaniya village in Hama governorate – died and several more were wounded in alleged Russian or regime airstrikes on Al Dana according to sources on the ground. @IdlibPlus put the death toll at two, and several sources, including the Violations

Summary

2 – 4

(1 child1 man)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

حنتوتين, Hantouten, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

An unknown number of civilians were injured in alleged Russian or regime airstrikes with barrel bombs on the town of Hantouten on December 4, 2019. According to @ZaitunAgency, civilians were wounded when regime helicopters bombed the town of Hantouten with barrel bombs. @MasarPressNet also reported on civilians being injured but did not specify how many.

Summary

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

قرية الحدريات, Hadriat village, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Up to five civilians were killed and up to four others were injured in alleged Turkish shelling of the village of Hadriat and other surrounding villages in the countryside of Ain Issa on January 22, 2022. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Turkish bombings of the village of Hadriat resulted in the death

Summary

2 – 5

(1 child)

2–4

الحراك, Al Harak, Daraa, Syria

LOCATION

Three male civilians, including a Syrian Civil Defence volunteer and a nurse, were killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the city of Al Harak on June 25th 2018, according to local sources. Smart News Agency reported that, according to a medical source, “a civilian, a nurse and a member of the Civil

Summary

(1 man)

3 named, 1 familiy identified

الطريق بين القامشلي وعامودا, Road between Qamishli and Amouda, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

Four civilians, including three women and their driver, were injured in alleged Turkish drone strikes on the Qamishlo-Amouda road on February 24, 2022. According to Hawar News, a car was struck by a Turkish drone, resulting of the injury of four people, including three women. The car was traveling on the Qamishlo-Amouda road, east of

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike