Civilian Casualties

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

Causes of injury / death

Somali Military Forces, US Forces

Belligerents reported killed

حضرموت, Hadramawt, Hadramaut, Yemen

LOCATION

Two local sources reported that “Abu al-Baraa al-Sharouri, amir of the Sharia courses” was killed by a US drone strike in Hadramawt on October 29, 2012. @FlashpointIntel added that another “jihadist” called “brother Abu Hussein” was also killed in the strike. No other information was available about this incident.

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

US Forces

Suspected target

Belligerents reported killed

Province/governorate

1–2

العجيلات, Al Ajailat, An Nuqat al Khams, Libya

LOCATION

One civilian named Ali Balkour was killed by alleged Government of National Unity (Turkish) drone strikes on the Al Shabika area in the city of Al Ajailat on May 31, 2023. A tweet from @aleasima_17 reported that three raids in the Al Shabika area resulted in the death of Ali Balkour inside a wine factory. Other

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Government of National Accord

LOCATION

سحاب, Mosul, al-Saha and al-Sham gate, Nineveh, Iraq

A single local source reported that over thirty civilians, including women and children, were killed in Coalition airstrikes on al-Saha and al-Sham neighbourhoods in West Mosul. Other sources reported that in total 73 civilians were killed and 200 wounded after three days of bombing by the international Coalition and Iraqi forces.

Summary

US-led Coalition, Iraq Government Forces

كفرعمة, Kafar Ammah, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least one civilian, a child, was injured as a result of the artillery shelling of the residential villages of Kafar Ammah and Al-Qasr, west of Aleppo, allegedly by Russian and/or Syrian Regime forces on Sunday July 23rd 2023. Local sources @SyriaCivilDefe and @spc_fr only mentioned that a child was injured, with @SyriaCivilDefe reporting that

Summary

1–2

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

الموصل: الزنجيلي, Mosul, Al-Zinjili, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local sources reported that Coalition and Iraqi government warplanes carried out airstrikes on Zanjili and other neighbourhoods in West Mosul, killing and wounding dozens. Iraqyoon and Yaqein spoke of more than 100 dead and wounded in the various western neighbourhoods of the city. Several other sources reported (possibly based on an ISIL press statement): “55

Summary

24 – 55

(1 child)

24–50

US-led Coalition, Iraq Government Forces

Sheekhow farm outside Awdhegle town, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

27 al-Shabaab militants were reportedly killed by operations carried out by Somalia government forces and ‘international partners’ at Sheekhow farm outside Awdhegle town village on August 25, 2023. @HarunMaruf quoted state media who reported that government forces in collaboration with international partners carried out an operation that resulted in the killing of 27 militants. @HarunMaruf

Summary

Airstrike, Ground operation

Infrastructure

Agriculture

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

Causes of injury / death

International Forces (Unknown)

Suspected target

Al-Shabaab

Belligerents reported killed

الجرذي, Al Jarthi, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

On August 30th 2023, an alleged shooting by SDF military patrols hit civilians leaving a mosque in the town of Al-Jarthi al-Sharqi in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, Syria, killing between one and three civilians and injuring between eight and 12 civilians, including two children. Sources report different accounts of the toll on civilians.

Summary

1 – 3

(1 man)

8–12

Small arms and light weapons

Near Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on July 7th 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment of civilian harm claims “near Mosul, Iraq”. According to the Coalition report, “91. April 27, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via media report: No Coalition strikes were conducted on that day in the geographic area of

Summary

البريج, Bureij, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 10 at night or on October 11 at dawn, alleged Israeli strikes on civilian homes in Bureij refugee camp, near the Dabas Junction, in central Gaza, killed between 33 to 34 civilians, including at least 14 children*, eight women and 11 men. Among the victims, local sources documented five entire family units allegedly

Summary

(14–15 children8 women11 men)

33 – 34

Impact

34 named, 8 families identified

Exact location (via Airwars)

Mosul, Al Hermat, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

One child was killed and three others were injured in a suspected mortar strike by an unknown party on their family home. Amnesty International provided the following field report to Airwars citing an eyewitness: ”On 1 May, I was sitting in the house, which is about 600-700 metres away from al-Haq mosque. There were 16

Summary

(1 child)

US-led Coalition, Unknown

مسجد البراء بن عازب, Al-Baraa Mosque, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On the 7th October 2023, Nouruddin Ihab Kahil (24 years old), a prominent member of the support committee of the Palestinian Volleyball Union and son to Ihab Kahil, Chairman of the Competitions Committee of the Palestinian Volleyball Federation, was killed as a result of an alleged airstrike by Israeli forces on a residential home occupied by

Summary

(1 man)

1 named

Nearby landmark

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Between seven and ten civilians died and dozens more were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on a vehicle carrying displaced civilians at the outskirts of Raqqa, according to local media. The Step News Agency reported: “On Monday, May 8, the International coalition committed a new massacre in Raqqa province after it targeted a convoy

Summary

7 – 10

(1 woman2 men)

12–24

3 named, 1 familiy identified

مستشفى الاندونيسي, Indonesian Hospital, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On the evening of October 7th 2023, an ambulance was allegedly damaged by an Israeli airstrike, killing two paramedics and injuring two others at the Indonesian hospital located in Jabalia, Gaza Strip. Both paramedics were identified as 39-year-old Tariq Muhammad Ashour and 33-year-old Mahmoud Samih Abu Mashaykh. It has been reported that two other paramedics

Summary

(2 men)

Impact

2 named

Nearby landmark

مرقدا, Marqadah, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

Four civilians from the same family died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Markada, according to local sources. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently was among some sources which specifically blamed “American raids”. Saladingate reported that the Coalition strike “destroyed the home of a doctor, Abdul Karim In addition to a house belonging to the Mdulul

Summary

خان يونس, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Wednesday October 11 2023, at least one but possibly up to 12 civilians were killed and dozens injured after Israeli forces allegedly bombed the Abu Mustafa family house in the al-Maskar area, west of the town of Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip. WA105FM stated that “a martyr and a number of injuries arrived

Summary

1 – 12

2–24

تادف, Tedef, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Around three civilians were reportedly killed in Tedef near Al Bab due to Turkish or Syrian regime shelling. Asharq Alarabi reported: “In the governorate of Aleppo, 15 people were killed, eight of them in the shelling of the towns of Tedef, Al Bureij and Al Bab in the governorate’s countryside.” Cyberaman only reported Syrian regime

Summary

Turkish Military, Syrian Regime

الخياله البهاديل, Al Khayala Al Bahadil, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilian males were reportedly killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes in Al Khayala al Bahadil village to the west of Raqqa. One Facebook user Alla Adin Adin named one of the victim as Faisal al Mohammed al Ahmad and Sharqiya Voice named the other as Agha Anwar al Borsan. Several people were also injured in

Summary

حي الزيتون, Al Zeitoun neighborhood, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Around 21:00 on 12th October, 2023, various news media reported the same information that a car was bombed by an alleged Israeli aircraft near the new slaughterhouse in the Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City, with two people sustaining injuries. The victims have not been identified. As there were few sources with unique information, this incident

Summary

قنديل, افشين, الزاب, Zakho district, Duhok, Iraq

LOCATION

Local Kurdish media said that four civilians were injured by alleged Turkish artillery shelling in Zakho at the Iraqi-Turkish border. Asda News reported that “the shelling led to the injury of four civilians, who were taken to the hospital for treatment, noting that the health of the four injured people is stable.” Rudaw added that

Summary

Turkish Military

حي الدرعية, Al Dar’iya, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

The Smart News Agency reported that a member of IS and his wife were killed and four other civilians wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on a building in the Al Dar’iya neighbourhood of Raqqa. No further details are currently available.

Summary

(1 woman)

قطاع غزة, Gaza Strip, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

A young man, Khalil Omar Muhammad (Alyan Al-Astal), was allegedly killed by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip on October 15th, 2023. Funeral arrangements for the deceased were posted by the Al Astal Family Website and were planned for 10am in Al Nimsawi. A family member named Reda Salem Alastal also posted a condolence message

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

(1 man)

1 named

البوليل, Al Buliyal, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Sixteen civilians including several children and four women died in airstrikes on Al Buliyal, according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the regime, with a number of sources not naming a culprit. LCCSY said that 15 civilians including four women and a child

Summary

(1–2 children3–4 women5 men)

15 – 16

10–25

Unknown, Syrian Regime

17 named

المدينة القديمة, Mosul, Old City, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Multiple local sources and eyewitnesses reported that 15 civilians were killed, including children and women, and more than 20 others were injured after airstrikes hit their homes in Farouk Street in Old Mosul. Most sources blamed the Coalition for the shelling. Witnesses had told Al Jazeera that the civilians had died after raids hit popular

Summary

(2 children4 women)

8–20

3 named, 1 familiy identified

عبسان الكبيرة, Abasan Al Kabira, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Around 12:00 in the afternoon on Friday, October 20th 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike on a car carrying farmers in the Abasan Al-Kabira area in the town of Khan Yunis reportedly killed three civilians, all of them men. Shehab agency and other news agencies reported on the incident, and journalist Ahmad Qudeih provided the names

Summary

(3 men)

Impact

3 named

Town

تلبيسة, Talbisah, Homs, Syria

LOCATION

Up to 18 non-combatants were reported killed at Talbiseh by Russian aircraft in their first day of bombing in Syria. Paramedic Omar Al Daqa, based at one of Talbiseh’s field hospitals, told VDC: “Around 10am, Russian warplanes launched several fierce airstrikes, targeting a number of neighbourhoods with vacuum missiles, including: Karameh, Bareed and Mashjer streets,

Summary

(4–5 children2 women12 men)

17 – 18

65–72

صبيخان, Sbeikhan, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

According to Euphrates Post, “Coalition planes targeted a motorbike driven by a member of Daesh with his wife and child, killing them immediately. The child survived. They were Uzbek nationals.” Shaam News Network also said the Coalition struck the motorcycle, killing two members of IS, but made no mention of civilian casualties.

Summary

(1 woman)

الصفطاوي, Al Saftawi, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Tuesday, October 17, 2023, an Israeli airstrike reportedly hit the Baalousha family home in the Al-Saftawi neighborhood of Gaza City. According to available information, between 15 and 16 civilians from two families were killed, including Muhammad Baalousha, a journalist employed by Palestine Today. Media reports, including Anadolu Agency, cited an unspecified number of civilians

Summary

(4–5 children3 women8 men)

15 – 16

5–10

16 named, 2 families identified

Neighbourhood/area

حي الصالحين, Salheen (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Three civilians including one woman died and six others were injured in an airstrike on Salheen, according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether this was an attack by Russia or the Syrian regime. According to an initial report by LCCSY, three civilians including a woman were killed and several others injured in Russian

Summary

(1 woman)

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

حيي النهضة, Nahdah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the injury of a civilian in an event in the Nahdah neighbourhood in Raqqa. Their September 2017 civilian casualty report noted: “During a strike on an ISIS vehicle, it was assessed that one civilian was unintentionally injured.” The Coalition provided Airwars with the

Summary

Known belligerent