Civilian Casualties

1 – 3

(1–2 men)

ال ديمان, Al Dayman, Ma'rib, Yemen

LOCATION

A single source, Voice of America News, stated that a US airstrike had targeted AQAP militants in Al Dayman on January 4th 2019, according to a US defense official. There were no other known reports of a strike at that time, and no information was given on alleged casualties. In a later press release, US

Summary

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

على الحدود بين مديرية خب و الشعف و مديرية العبر, At the border between Khab wa Ash Sha'f the and the Al Abr district , Hadramaut, Yemen

LOCATION

Six civilians, including a teenage boy, were reportedly killed by a US drone strike while driving in the border region between Al-Jawf and Hadramout governorates, at around 3pm on March 8th 2018. The Yemeni Minister of Human Rights, Mohamed Askar, condemned the attack as “extrajudicial killings”. A US Central Command spokesperson later told the Long

Summary

Infrastructure

Car, Vehicle

(1 child5 men)

Known belligerent

6 named, 1 familiy identified

منطقة الشيخ عجلين، مدينة غزة, Sheikh Ajilin area, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Wednesday November 1st 2023, at least three civilians were reportedly injured as a result of an alleged Israeli artillery and/or airstrike attack on an UNRWA vehicle near the coastal road in the Sheikh Ajilin area, southwest of Gaza City. Three civilians were reported injured by several sources. While Abu Omar Zourob states that three

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery, Naval bombardment

LOCATION

مارب, Ma'rib, Yemen

One local-language social-media source, @HAlwlaqi, suggested that at least one US drone strike had targeted “Islah terrorist militia” camps in Marib, including in the “third regional command”, apparently overnight from August 28th-29th 2019. Another, @muneeffaisal1, stated at around the same time that a US drone had targeted a “military convoy” in Marib, possibly referring to

Summary

US Forces, United Arab Emirates Military

شقرة, Shaqra, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

Three Al Qaeda members were killed and six others were wounded by alleged US or Yemeni airstrikes on the town of Shaqra on May 17, 2012. There were no reports of civilian harm. Yemen News Network tweeted from @YemenNews that warplanes struck two tanks captured by Al Qaeda in Arquob, west of Shaqra. The warplanes

Summary

US Forces, Yemeni Air Force

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

بيت لاهيا, Beit Lahia, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

One civilian was killed and one other was injured in an alleged Israeli drone strike on the morning of July 15, 2024 in Beit Lahia, Northern Gaza. The civilian confirmed to have been killed in the strike was a young man, 25-year-old Mustafa Saeb Banat. His grandfather was injured in the same strike. Safa News reported

Summary

(1 man)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Town

الطريق بين بنش ادلب, Road between Idlib and Binnish, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

A civilian was reportedly killed in alleged US-led Coalition or Turkish drone strikes on the road between Idlib city and Binnish, Idlib governorate, on June 24th, 2020, according to local sources. The Syrian Civil Defence in Idlib told Smart New Agency that “an ammunition drone had targeted a Santa Fe car with missiles and destroyed

Summary

US-led Coalition, Turkish Military

Other

بالقرب من مدرسة بشير الريس، مدينة غزة, Vicinity of Bashir Al Rayes School, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At least two civilians were killed and at least 13 were injured following an alleged Israeli drone strike on a Gaza City municipal car near Al Rimal Clinic and Bashir Al Rayes School, where internally displaced people were sheltering, on Al Wahda Street on Monday, September 2, 2024. The names of those confirmed to have

Summary

2 – 9

(0–3 children2–9 men)

الصومعة, Al Suma'a, Al Bayda, Yemen

LOCATION

A US drone strike reportedly killed three alleged AQAP militants in the Sama’a area, Bayda governorate, on the afternoon of December 18th 2017, according to some sources. There were no known claims of associated civilian harm. The earliest known report of the alleged strike came at 5:44pm local time from 24Live (@20fourlive), which stated that

Summary

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

منزل عائلة السنوار في جباليا, Al-Ajarmah Street, Jabalia Refugee Camp, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

In the early hours of Monday, November 6th, 2023, at least twenty members of the Al-Sinwar family, including thirteen children, four women, and three men, were killed and a number of civilians were injured when an alleged Israeli airstrike struck their family home on Al-Ajarmah Street in the Jabalia Refugee Camp, Gaza Strip. In addition,

Summary

IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential

20 – 21

21 named, 1 familiy identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Street

اللطامنة, Latamina, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources reported that a woman and a child were injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the city of Latamina in the northern Hama countryside on June 9th, 2019. According to a @HalabTodayTV correspondent, “a woman and her child were wounded as a result of an airstrike by the regime’s air force on

Summary

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

يحمر الشقيف, Yahmar al Shaqif, Nabatieh District, Lebanon

LOCATION

On Monday, September 23rd 2024, at least four civilians, including a woman and two children, were reportedly killed and several civilians were injured following an alleged Israeli attack in the town of Yahmar Al-Shaqif in al-Nabatieh governorate of southern Lebanon. The exact number of casualties was not widely reported, however based on the number of

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery, Ground operation

(2 children1 woman1 man)

4 named, 1 familiy identified

Town

جكارة, Jakara, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Five civilians were allegedly killed and one injured in a unilateral US airstrike on Jakara near the Turkish border. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights “documented more human losses, as a result of the US air strikes on a ‘dinner’ in the village of Jakara in the countryside of Salqin near the Syrian border with

Summary

(3 men)

10–17

عنه, Anah, near Rafidain Bank, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

Yaqein reported on the aerial bombardment of International Alliance aircraft on the districts of Anah, injuring 7 civilians. However, in two later reports, the news agency stated that the Iraqi army launched air raids targeting residential areas. The US-led Coalition later accepted responsibility for the event, saying it had unintentionally injured seven civilians. The Iraqi

Summary

Known belligerent

US-led Coalition

عيترون, Aitaroun, Nabatieh, Lebanon

LOCATION

On Monday, September 23, 2024, an alleged Israeli airstrike on the town of Aitaroun in South Lebanon killed a journalist of Al-Mayadeen Online Hadi Hashem Sayed Hassan alongside six other men, five of them civilians and one likely a militant. The following day on X/Twitter, user @Hakeam_ps shared that Hadi Hassan was killed after an Israeli

Summary

(6 men)

Airstrike and/or Artillery

LOCATION

خان شيخون, Idlib, Syria

One civilian at least was reported injured in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes or artillery shelling on Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib, Syria on July 20th, 2019 according to local sources. Palmyra Post reported that young man Mahmoud Khaled Al Hamroush was injured as a result of airstrike on Khan Sheikhoun. However, @MasarPressNet said

Summary

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

LOCATION

على طريق برجكة, a civilian car on the road to Barjaka village, Aleppo, Syria, Aleppo, Syria

Shortly after midnight on Sunday, 28 April 2024, a 20-year-old man named Ahmad Hussein Taha Al-Haboun was killed and his 43-year-old father Hussein Taha Al-Haboun was injured when a guided anti-armor missile which was launched from the area under the joint control of the regime forces and the Kurdish-affiliated militia Syrian Democratic Forces struck the car they

Summary

(1 man)

YPG, Syrian Democratic Forces

2 named, 1 familiy identified

ابالحنيوة, Al Haniyah, Surt, Libya

LOCATION

One child was reported killed by a NATO or Rebel forces airstrike on the Al Haniyeh neighbourhood of Sirte. Nour Al Din Nasser Al Zanki said that “he suffered full body and face burns, cut wounds to the right leg, and amputation of a toe on the right foot. He died several days later.” Sirte

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

1 – 2

(1 child1 man)

NATO forces, Libyan rebel forces

LOCATION

Xayo, Garer, Bankajirow and Badmadow, Ras Kambooni, Lower Juba, Somalia

Several people, possibly civilians, were left wounded as US airstrikes hit four towns near Ras Kamboni, including a terrorist training camp on Badmadow island, local and international media reported. Sources added that up to ten al Qaeda members were also killed. The strikes came just two days after the US-launched AC-130 attack in Ras Kamboni,

Summary

Known belligerent

Ethiopian Military Forces

Known target

Al Qaeda in East Africa

5–10

خيام النازحين في مواصي خان يونس, IDPs tents in Mawasi, Khan Younis, Gaza strip, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Shortly before 2am on November 18th 2024, four people from the Al-Hassan family, including two children, were reportedly killed and “a number” of others were injured when an alleged Israeli military helicopter bombed tents sheltering internally displaced people in the Al-Attar area of the Mawasi camp in Khan Younis. Engineer Al-Waleed Khaled Abu al-Hassan, his

Summary

(2 children1 woman1 man)

5 named, 1 familiy identified

Neighbourhood/area

مصراتة, Misurata, Misrata, Libya

LOCATION

One man was allegedly injured by a NATO airstrike while travelling in his car in Misurata. Surt son posted two videos on Youtube of the young man telling his story how he was hit. In the videos he appears severely injured and burned. There is currently no further information available.

Summary

Baardheere, Gedo, Somalia

LOCATION

A US drone strike allegedly killed “a senior commander and other members” of al Shabaab. Two or three people were reportedly killed by the drones – with an artillery barrage from Kenyan troops followed up the air attack according to the Los Angeles Times, and reportedly killing 50 ‘militants’. This was the first of six

Summary

US Forces, Kenyan Military Forces

Known belligerents

Known target

Al-Shabaab

2–30

مدرسة الشهداء في أفس, al Shuhada elementary school, Afes village, eastern countryside of Idlib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

During the morning of Saturday, December 2nd, 2023, an artillery shelling reportedly perpetrated by the Syrian regime forces and/or Russian military and/or Iranian military hit the al-Shuhada elementary school in the village of Afes, eastern countryside of Idlib, Syria. The attack initially resulted in four injuries – three children and a teacher. However, one boy

Summary

(1 child1 woman)

Impact

Russian Military, Iranian Military, Syrian Regime

2 named

Ma'moodow, Bakool, Somalia

LOCATION

According to Somali official and media sources, an airstrike targeted a group of al Shabaab fighters in the vicinity of Ma’moodow town in Bakool province on January 29th. According to an official statement from the Security Ministry of South West State, the attack was conducted by “friends of Somalia.” Following requests for clarification, AFRICOM publicly

Summary

Amisom Military Forces, US Forces

Al-Shabaab

2–4

Gaduud, Lower Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

On November 17th 2017, US Africa Command sent the Bureau of Investigative Journalism a list of previously unreported strikes, which included this one. An AFRICOM spokesperson explained that their goal “is to be as transparent as possible while taking into account operational security, force protection and diplomatic sensitivities.” It therefore did not proactively release information

Summary

سارمين, Sarmin, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At approximately noon on Monday, December 25, 2023, an alleged Russian military and/or the Syrian regime and/or Iranian militia missile strike hit a neighbourhood in the city of Sarmin, east of Idlib, hitting a school, a residential building, and the road between the two. The strikes killed a man and injured at least four identified

Summary

(1 man)

Impact

Russian Military, Iranian Military, Syrian Regime

5 named

جبل غارا, Mount Gara, Duhok, Iraq

LOCATION

Thirteen Turkish nationals being held captive by the PKK in a location close to village Siyane in the Gare/Gara region in northern Iraq were killed – either during an alleged Turkish airstrike, or executed by the PKK, according to conflicting Kurdish and Turkish sources. There was however broad agreement that some of those killed were

Summary

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

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

7 – 13

(7–13 men)

Causes of injury / death

Turkish Military, YPG

Jameeco Jilyaale near Beled ul Amin, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

The US confirmed it had accompanied Somali troops in a mission that rescued 30 to 32 boys from an al Shabaab indoctrination centre in the Lower Shabelle region. However, during the rescue attempt, fire reportedly from Somali forces reportedly killed four or five children, and a teacher. A later US government FOIA response indicated that

Summary

4 – 6

(4–5 children1 man)

Small arms and light weapons

US Forces, Somali Military Forces

Known belligerents

Al-Shabaab