Civilian Casualties

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

Known belligerent

US Forces

Known target

1–2

مخيم البريج, Al-Bureij Camp, Deir al-Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Twenty-one people were reported killed and at least one was injured after an alleged Israeli strike on their family home in Block 6 of the Al-Bureij Camp in Gaza’s Deir al-Balah on 25 October, 2023. Most of the casualties were members of the Abu Shamala family. The patriarch of the family, 63-year-old Samir Abu Shamala

Summary

IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential

(12–13 children4–5 women4 men)

Israeli Military

22 named, 1 familiy identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Exact location (via Airwars)

قيفه, Qifah, Al Bayda, Yemen

LOCATION

A single source, Al-Masdar Online, alleged that a US airstrike killed Yasser Ali Abdullah al-Silmi, also known as Abu al Muhajir al Ebbi, in Qayfa, Bayda governorate, at dawn on March 6th 2017. A US Pentagon spokesperson, however, announced on March 6th that a US airstrike killed AQAP members Usayd al-Adani and Yasir al-Silmi in

Summary

US Forces

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

مدرسة الشهيد ياسر عرفات الثانوية للموهوبين و الموهوبات، حي الشيخ رضوان، مدينة غزة, Martyr Yasser Arafat Secondary School for Gifted Boys and Girls, Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On 13th November 2024, an alleged Israeli quadcopter/drone attack on the Al Mawhoubin Gifted School housing displaced people in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, west of Gaza City injured three civilians. The incident was reported by Al Jazeera who also shared photos of Red Crescent volunteers transporting an injured man to the hospital in a stretcher,

Summary

Infrastructure

Education

الحامدية, Al Hamdiya, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Russian warplanes allegedly launched several air raids on the village of Al Hamdiya in Idlib province, according to local sources. Step News said civilians were injured in the attack.

Summary

Russian Military

أرادن‎, Araden, Duhok, Iraq

LOCATION

Up to three people were killed and another person was injured in alleged Turkish airstrikes on a vehicle in the village of Ardana, Dohuk governorate, on August 14th, 2020. It remains unclear whether the victims were civilians. Rudaw reported: “The director of Bamerni district, Hamid Zubeir, told Rudaw Media Network that Turkish planes targeted a

Summary

0 – 3

Turkish Military

0–3

مسجد الدعوة، النصيرات, Al-Dawa Mosque, Nuseirat Camp, Deir al-Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

During noon prayers on Sunday, November 5, 2023, at least one man was killed and at least four others, including children, were injured by an alleged Israeli drone strike on the courtyard of Al-Da’wa Mosque in Nuseirat Refugee Camp, in the central Gaza Strip. On Facebook, Alghad TV recounted “a number of displaced persons injured”

Summary

IDP or Refugee Camp, Mosque, Religious

Infrastructure

1 – 2

(1 man)

Israeli Military

Names matched with MoH IDs

Nearby landmark

اريحا, Ariha, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

A civilian male was injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Ariha, Idlib governorate, on July 10th, 2019, according to local sources. The strikes reportedly targeted a school. Zaitonmag wrote: “The warplanes bombed the city of Ariha, south of Idlib, and the bombing targeted civilian homes and a school, resulting in an injured

Summary

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Rage Baris area, Galgadud, Somalia

LOCATION

An airstrike allegedly perpetrated by the Somali National Army “with assistance form international partners” killed up to 30 Al-Shabaab militants on 17 June, 2024 in the Rage Baris area of Galgadud, central Somalia. Garowe Online, quoting a statement from Somali state media clarified that two trucks and a technical vehicle [an improvised military vehicle] were

Summary

International Forces (Unknown), Somali Military Forces

Al-Shabaab

22–30

غندرشي, Gandarshe, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

A CIA paramilitary officer was killed in Somalia as a result of a joint ground raid with Somali special forces, it was later reported. Four elite Somali Danab troops also died during the event. Sources close to Al Shabaab first reported on the incident. Somali Memo said: “Reports from Gandarshe area say that a suicide

Summary

Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO), Small arms and light weapons

Causes of injury / death

راس النبع, Ras al-Nabaa, Beirut, Lebanon, Beirut Governorate, Lebanon

LOCATION

code: ISLB261124c
incident_date: 2024-11-26
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Weak

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery, Ground operation

Israeli Military

قصر أبو هادي, Qasr Abu Hadi, Surt, Libya

LOCATION

One child was reportedly killed by a NATO airstrike on Qasr Abu Hadi. The condolence page Sirte Martyrs published a picture of her mother commemorating her death four years later saying: “This is what NATO did with our children. Today marks the fourth anniversary of the martyrdom of the child Rayla Faraj Al-Bast Al-Gaddafi on

Summary

(1 child)

Known belligerent

NATO forces

Known targets

Gaddafi forces, Other

منطقة شعب الحافة، مديرية شعوب، صنعاء, Shaab Al-Hafa area, Shu'ub district, Sanaa, Sanaa, Yemen

LOCATION

At least three civilians, including at least one child and one woman, were killed and between 16 to 25 other civilians, including 11 women and children, were injured by alleged US airstrikes on the Shaab Al-Hafa neighborhood in the Shu’ub district of Sanaa, Yemen on April 6, 2025. A tweet from @Jih_8 reported that a

Summary

(1–2 children1–2 women0–1 men)

3 – 4

16–25

6 named, 1 familiy identified

Exact location (via Airwars)

بكسريا, Baksriya, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

An unspecified number of civilians were wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on Baksriya, according to local media. Both sources blamed Russia for the raid. One source reported that no civilian casualties were found in the wreckage, however the other said there was wounded among the rubble. According to the Syrian Civil Defence twitter page “The

Summary

Russian Military

الدولار, Dollar , Surt, Libya

LOCATION

Three civilians were allegedly killed and a mother injured by a NATO airstrike on the Al Wafa neighbourhood of Sirte, which is alternatively referred to as Al Dollar neighbourhood.. ANVWL said on one of the victim’s circumstances of death on October 6th: “The child was killed in Al-Wafa neighbourhood, Al-Dollar neighbourhood, as a result of

Summary

(2 children)

3 named, 1 familiy identified

LOCATION

Yemen

code: USYEM239d
incident_date: 2015-10-05
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair

Summary

US Forces

Sablaale, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

In this strike in Barawe, Lower Shabelle, up to six al Shabaab militants were killed, including the the group’s leader, Ahmed Abdi Godane (aka Mukhtar Abu Zubeyr or Ahmed Abdi Aw Mohamed), international and local media reported. There were no reports of civilian harm. The strike was the first known US attack in Somalia for some

Summary

1–6

Airstrike and/or Artillery

LOCATION

مصراتة‎, Misrata, Libya

On March March 19th 2011, forces loyal to Gaddafi bombed the town of Misurata with either airstrikes or artillery shelling, which resulted to up to 50 civilians killed and 84 wounded. Al Bayan reported that 25 people were killed and 70 wounded during the bombing by the Libyan leader’s forces in the city of Misurata, which

Summary

25 – 50

70–84

Bohol Jawarey, Middle Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

A US strike on an al Shabaab “command and logistics node” killed eight members of the group, according to a US Africa Command press release. There were claims that Abdirahman Mohamed Warsame, a commander of the terror group’s intelligence wing was killed in the strike, though this was not confirmed by AFRICOM. No civilians were

Summary

مستشفى الاطفال, Children's Hospital, Misrata, Libya

LOCATION

On July 9th, 2011, shelling from Gaddafi forces killed two civilians and injured 12 in Misurata, including killing one female infant in the Children’s Hospital. @Bozakook tweeted that “indiscriminate shelling hit 12 civilians in Misrata, and 2 were killed” (translated from Arabic), and was the only source reporting injuries and two civilian deaths. Voodito tweeted:

Summary

(1 child)

مبارك, Mubaraak, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

US Forces carried out a strike against an “al-Shabaab vehicle-borne improvised explosive device” in the early hours of December 12th, US Africa Command announced, which it said had removed an “imminent threat to the people of Mogadishu”. The early morning strike hit 65 kilometers southwest of the capital, AFRICOM said (later noting that the strike

Summary

منطقة سوق الثلاثاء, Suq Al Thulatha, Misrata, Libya

LOCATION

On July 31st, 2011, eight people were reported killed in Misurata by artillery strikes from Gaddafi forces. In addition, 20 were reported injured by AlMukhtar news. The attacks occurred within the market area of western Misrata. No additional information on the victims were report was unclear how many casualties were civilians or rebel forces. AlMukhtar

Summary

0 – 8

0–20

Gaddafi Forces

Libyan rebel forces

0–8

0–20

بين صبراتة وسرمان, Between Sabratha and Sarman, Al Zawiyah, Libya

LOCATION

On February 21st, 2011, between 12 and 24 civilians were reported injured by Gaddafi forces between Sarman and Sibrata. Al Jazeera reported Reuters quoting the Libyan newspaper Quirna. Al Jazeera reports “Reuters quoted a correspondent for the Libyan newspaper Qurina as saying that Gaddafi’s al-Khuwailidi al-Hamidi Brigade fired randomly in the area without specifying the

Summary

12–24

Bariire, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

US Africa Command reported that it had carried out an airstrike on the previous day “in the vicinity of Bariire, Lower Shebelle Region, Somalia, on February 7, 2019.” According to the official statement, “This precision airstrike was executed after our Somali partners were engaged by al-Shabaab militants as they conducted an operation to disrupt al-Shabaab

Summary

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Unknown

Causes of injury / death

البيضان, Al Bayda, Al Wahat, Libya

LOCATION

On February 18th, 2011, at least 14 people were killed and dozens were wounded in, as reported by the French Press Agency. Two members of the security forces were also reported hanged. Wiki news reports “At least 14 people were killed and dozens wounded in the demonstrations. The French Press Agency also reported that the

Summary

باغوز فوقاني, Al Baghouz, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilians – reportedly women – were wounded in Al Baghouz, according to local media. The attack may have resulted from Iraqi or Coalition artillery. Sharqiya Voice reporetd that “two women were injured as a result of the fall of Iraqi artillery shells on the village of # Albaguz amid the movement of the displacement

Summary

(2 women)

US-led Coalition, Iraq Government Forces

العاصي‎, Orontes or Asi River, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

At least one civilian was killed and another was injured in an alleged drone strike on the village of Khirbat al-Naqus in the Al-Ghab Plain on April 19, 2021. Syria.liveuamap geolocated the incident. According to Resala Post, “a civilian was killed and another was injured due to being targeted by a drone in the village of

Summary

(1 man)

Iranian Military, Russian Military, Syrian Regime

الرافا, Rafa, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

A child was injured in airstrikes on Rafa, according to local media. One source reported that “sockets” raided the village, not attributing blame, while the second blamed Russian warplanes for the injury of one child. There are no other details at this time.

Summary

Russian Military, Unknown

كفرلاتا, Kafrlata, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least one civilian was killed and 10 others were wounded in alleged Russian or regime airstrikes and artillery strikes on Kafrlata on June 12, 2021. According to Syrian Network for Human Rights, “on June 12, a shell fired by Syrian regime artillery forces exploded near a house in Kafr Lata village in the south

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

(1 man)

4–11

Russian Military, Syrian Regime