Civilian Casualties

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

(1 man)

Causes of injury / death

الشيخ بركة, Sheikh Baraka, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

An unspecified number of civilian were injured in airstrikes which struck the village of Sheikh Baraka. Sources all blamed Russia for the strikes. “Um Muwaylat refugee camp, the villages of Sara’a, Sheikh Baraka and Ramleh” were all “targeted” in the raids. EdlibEMC1 described the raids as “heavy”, however there were no reports of civilian deaths.

Summary

بلدات متعددة, Several Towns, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

On February 6th, 2020, several towns were reported bombed by airstrikes, with four reported dead and one woman injured. Shaam Network reported that, “Russian and Assad warplanes launched dozens of airstrikes, accompanied by fierce artillery and missile shelling that targeted the areas of clashes, cities, towns, villages of Azaz, Huritan, Kafr Hamrah, Andan, Maarat Al-Ateeq,

Summary

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Suspected belligerents

مزارع بين قريتي الذهبية والشيخ سعيد, جنوب مدينة حلب, a farm between al-Zahabia (Al-Dhahabiya) and Sheikh Said, south of Aleppo city, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Around 5:20 p.m. on Saturday, December 30, 2023, a shepherd Mohammed Hamid al-Amir Bariwas killed alongside his wife, his son, and his nephew, one of them a child, while two people were reportedly injured as a result of an alleged Israeli airstrike on a farm located between the villages al-Zahabia (Al-Dhahabiya) and Sheikh Said, south

Summary

3 – 4

(1 child1 woman1–2 men)

Impact

3 named, 1 familiy identified

4–5

كفرعمة, Kafr Amma, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Up to four civilians, including a child, were killed and up to five others, including three children were injured as the result of Russian airstrikes on the town of Kafr Amma, Aleppo governorate, on February 12th, 2020, as reported by local sources. SCD Aleppo wrote that “four civilians were killed and three others wounded due

Summary

3 – 4

(1 child)

3–5

7 named, 2 families identified

بالقرب من مسجد عسقلان، مخيم الشاطئ، مدينة غزة, Vicinity of Ashkelon Mosque, Al-Shati camp, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At least 30 civilians were likely killed and at least 11 others were wounded in an alleged Israeli airstrike on residential buildings on Hamid Street of the al-Shati refugee camp, near the Ashkelon Mosque in the Gaza Governorate, on the afternoon of Friday 27th October 2023. Shehab Agency was the first to report the incident

Summary

IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential

(1 man)

Names matched with MoH IDs

1 named

باترون,, Batron, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian died and up to 10 others were wounded in alleged Russian air or artillery strikes on Batron, according to sources on the ground. The Smart news agency reported: A civilian was killed and others injured on Saturday night-Sunday, as a result of aerial bombardments by Russian warplanes on a village west of Aleppo,

Summary

2–10

مخيم النصيرات, Nuseirat camp, Deir al-Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Shortly before 20:34 on the evening of the 15th of July 2024, an alleged Israeli artillery attack reportedly killed two civilians, Dr. Anwar Shahada Nassar, a lecturer at the Al-Quds Open University and former director of the House of the Holy Quran and Sunnah, and his son, Ahmed Anwar Nassar, an engineer, on Al-Mufti street, north of

Summary

(2 men)

Impact

2 named, 1 familiy identified

Town

معرشورين, Ma'ar Shoreen, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Alleged Russian airstrikes wounded two civilians in the city of Ma’ar Shoreen, Idlib, local media reported. Orient News reported was among sources reporting that a strike on “the road between Ma’ar Shoreen and Ma’ar Shamsha” resulted in the injury of two civilians. All known sources pointed to Russia as the culprit.

Summary

سااكوو, Saakow, Middle Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

Two Al Shabaab members were killed and another wounded in two or more US airstrikes near Saakow, according to AFRICOM. The US later said the pair, a husband and wife, were both active terrorists within al Shabaab. The initial press release said: “In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. Africa Command conducted an

Summary

Known target

Al-Shabaab

بالقرب من مسجد الإمام حسن البنا، حي الزيتون، مدينة غزة, Vicinity of Hassan al-Banna Mosque, Zeitoun neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Four civilians, including two women, were killed and several civilians were injured in an alleged Israeli strike near the Hassan al-Banna Mosque within the Zeitoun neighbourhood, east of Gaza City. This incident occurred shortly before 11:56 AM on November 6, 2023. The victims of the airstrike on the Aql family home, a residential building, were

Summary

Infrastructure

Residential

(2–3 women2 men)

5 named, 1 familiy identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Nearby landmark

وادي يشبم, Wadi Yashbum, Shabwa, Yemen

LOCATION

Several social media sources reported that US airstrikes targeted alleged AQAP sites in Wadi Yashbum, Saeed district of Shabwa, overnight from March 4th to March 5th. There were no known reports of civilian harm. One Twitter source, writing at 2am, suggested that eight airstrikes took place in the area. The Yashbum Valley area was subject

Summary

الفَخّاري, Al Fukhari, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On November 2, 2023, two civilians were killed in alleged Israeli shelling of Al Fukhari, a town southeast of Khan Younis. The individuals, identified as Amjad Musleh Khalil Abu Thabet (Abu Jad) and a woman from the Al Jurmi family were taken to the Gaza European Hospital. According to the “Abu Thabet family gathering” Facebook account,

Summary

(1 woman1 man)

قسطون, Qastoun, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

Up to one civilian was reportedly injured due to alleged Russian airstrikes or artillery shells on the village of Qastoun in the Al-Ghab plain northwest of Hama on March 1st 2020 according to Local sources. A local source named “Smart news” initially reported that one civilian was injured due to Russian airstrikes on the village

Summary

0–1

مدرسة عمرو بن العاص في حي الشيخ رضوان, Amr Ibn Al Aas School, Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At around 3:30 PM on Saturday, September 7th 2024, an Israeli aircraft bombed the Amr Ibn Al Aas School in Gaza City, causing the death of at least four people and injuring at least 20 people, including several children. The school, which is located in the Sheikh Radwan district north of the city, was being

Summary

(1–4 men)

20–21

تمادا, Tarnada villlage, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

The Smart News Agency reported “the injury of 11 people, including two children, between the Al Ashrafieh neighbourhood and Tarnada village” in an alleged Turkish bombing. No further details or known sources are currently available.

Summary

Turkish Military

مديرية الصومعة, Al Sawma'ah District, Al Bayda, Yemen

LOCATION

A US drone strike reportedly killed two alleged AQAP militants in Al Sawma’ah district, Bayda governorate, on the evening of April 7th 2017. There were no known associated reports of civilian harm. Several sources – for example Yemen Live News – reported that the alleged militants were killed while travelling on a motorbike in the

Summary

بلاط, Blat, Marjeyoun District, Lebanon

LOCATION

On Monday, September 23rd 2024, an elderly woman named Jamila Kamel Sakina was killed during the alleged Israeli bombing of the Town of Jabal Blat, in the south of Lebanon. Several social media posts reported that Hajja Jamila Kamel Sakina was killed by an Israeli bombing of the town of Jabal Blat, along with an

Summary

(1 woman)

عفرين, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Five civilians, including two children and a woman, were killed and up to 17 were injured in alleged YPG artillery strikes on a market in Afrin, north of Aleppo, on March 18th, 2020, according to local sources. Ibrahim Abu Al-Laith from the media office of the Syrian Civil Defence told Bawaba Aleppo that “five shells

Summary

(2 children3 men)

7–17

YPG

12 named, 2 families identified

روضة العلياء في منطقة الترنس جباليا, Al Aliaa Kindergarten, Trans Area, Jabalia Refugee Camp, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On the 14th of September 2024, at dawn, several civilians were reportedly injured and at least three were killed following an alleged Israeli airstrike at Al Aliaa kindergarten on Al-Yafawiya street in the Al Trans area, located in Block 6 of the Jabalia refugee camp, in North Gaza, the Gaza Strip. That same day, multiple

Summary

Education, IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential

3 – 10

(2 children)

3–24

Impact

near Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on August 4th 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on social media claims of civilian harm “near Raqqah, Iraq”. According to the Coalition report,”102. May 8, 2017, near Raqqah, Syria, via social media report: After a review of available information it was assessed that

Summary

US-led Coalition

جنديرس, Rajo, Afrin, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

In a private report, the Kurdish Red Crescent revealed two civilians as wounded followed an alleged Turkish shelling of Rajo, Syria. Both victims were reported as injured by shrapnel. The type of weapon is unknown. No further details are currently available.

Summary

near Buulo Fuulay, Bay, Somalia

LOCATION

Two civilians were killed in a US strike near Buulo Fuulay, according to a pro Al Shabaab outlet. Somali Memo wrote: “More details about the bombings of US warplanes hit the Bay region in southern Somalia on Wednesday night. Drones bombed a scooter with two civilians Saturday night, the killed were forced out of Buhodle

Summary

(2 men)

مدرسة شهداء الزيتون التي تؤوي نازحين في محيط مسجد الشافعي بحي الزيتون, Shuhada Al-Zeitoun School, which shelters displaced people in the vicinity of Al-Shafi’i Mosque, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Just before 5pm on September 14th 2024, the Shuhada Al-Zeitoun School, sheltering displaced people in the vicinity of Al-Shafi’i Mosque, southeast of Gaza City, was struck by a declared Israeli airstrike which resulted in the killing of up to five people and the injury of six others. Israeli forces said that the strike was targeting

Summary

2 – 5

(1–2 children1 woman)

شبوة‎, Shabwa province, Shabwa, Yemen

LOCATION

Two to three middle-ranking Al Qaeda affiliates were killed and another was injured due to a US drone strike, originally targeting US-born cleric Anwar al Awlaki in the province of Shabwa in the morning of May 5th, 2011. In one of the first recorded US attack using remotely piloted drones since 2002, during Yemen’s Arab

Summary

2–3

غوط الرمان, Goot Al Roman, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

Up to four civilians were allegedly killed and up to eight more injured by LNA shelling on Tajoura. Libya Alahrar TV said six people were injured. The Libya Observer tweeted: “A foreign worker from Ghana was killed and six others wounded in a rocket attack by warlord Khalifa Haftar’s armed groups on Ghot Alroman area

Summary

1 – 4

(1–2 men)

6–8

مخيم مخمور, Makhmur camp between Mosul and south of Erbil, Erbil, Iraq

LOCATION

On Tuesday, September 10, 2024, at 5:05 PM, up to three women were injured, one of them critically, in an airstrike or drone attack allegedly perpetrated by the Turkish military on a residential house in the Makhmour (also called Rustam Judi) IDP camp located 60 Km southwest of Erbil in the Erbil region of Iraq.

Summary

IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential

Infrastructure

2–3

Turkish Military

3 named

0–1

0–2

العين, Loder village, Al Ain, Lawdar district, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

On the evening of Wednesday April 11th 2012, an airstrike allegedly by Yemeni forces or US drone strikes which hit a car with suspected Al Qaeda militants killed between two and fourteen militants and injuring between seven and 10 others, near the town of Lawder in the Abyan governorate, an area on a key highway

Summary

US Forces, Yemeni Air Force

Suspected belligerents

2–14

7–10

كوتانة، عفرين, Kotana, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Two to four civilian boys were wounded in an alleged Turkish artillery shelling of Kotana, Syria, local media said. According to the source IC Afrin Resistance, “the Turkish army shelled the village Kotana / Bilbile district. Two boys have been injured. Both were brought to a health center in Meydanke district.” The boys – Ali

Summary

2–4