Civilian Casualties

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

(1 child1 woman1 man)

Causes of injury / death

كحيل, Kahil, Daraa, Syria

LOCATION

Alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes targeted the village of Kahil, east of Dara’a, on June 29th, 2018, according to local sources. Possibly, the strikes led to civilian casualties. Shaam News Network reported that “the Russian military and Assad aircraft and helicopter gunships launched airstrikes with rockets and explosive barrels on the neighbourhoods of Dara’a

Summary

صكيرو, Skiro, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Children were injured, number unknown, by alleged Syrian Democratic Forces missile strikes on Skiro school on February 25, 2023. Various local sources, including @alkhabour21, tweeted that “most of the wounded were children” without providing specific information on how many children were injured. Local sources added that the attack took place at the Skiro school north

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Infrastructure

Education

2–4

YPG

جوبر, Joubar, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

A single source, the Shaam News Network, reported that an unspecified number of civilians were wounded in airstrikes on Joubar. The source blamed Russian warplanes and helicopters for the raids. There are no other details at this time.

Summary

Russian Military

Дергачі, Derhachi, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

On April 15th, 2022 at least one civilian was reported killed and at least two were reported injured after a confirmed Russian shelling of the Dergachi district in Kharkiv. 24 Channel was the only source to report the death of one civilian and injury of two civilians due to the strike. However, Hromadske also reported

Summary

Золочів, Zolochiv, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

On May 1st, 2022 at 6 pm, the Russian Federation army allegedly shelled the village of Zolochiv in the Bohodukhiv district of the Kharkiv region, killing one male civilian and damaging buildings in the village. The head of the village, Viktor Kovalenko, was quoted in reports by Cezke Novy news, Suspilne, Varta and Ukrainska Prada,

Summary

(1 man)

Леб’яже, Lebyazhe, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

On 13 May 2022, 4 civilians were reportedly wounded, including which a 15 year-old boy, by Russian shelling in Lebyazhe village, Kharkiv. Sources, quoting the press service of the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office, reported that Russian forces shelled twice the area. The first attack was conducted in the morning at around 11 am, and “as

Summary

جديدة, Jadeda, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Three civilians, including at least one child, were injured by alleged Turkish shelling of Jadeda village on May 17, 2023. Rohani TV reported that Turkish forces bombarded Jadeda village, resulting in the injury of three civilians: Muhammad Fawaz Al-Waqqa, his brother Mahmoud Fawaz Al-Waqqa, and Muhammad Salem Kamal. The director of the National Hospital in

Summary

Turkish Military

3 named, 1 familiy identified

Village

Mosul, al Amil, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on September 1st 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment of civilian harm “near Mosul, Iraq” via an NGO report. According to the Coalition report, “March 8, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via NGO report: After a review of available information it was assessed that no

Summary

US-led Coalition

المصينعة, Al Musinaa, Shabwa, Yemen

LOCATION

An Al Qaeda leader was killed and four soldiers in the Shabwa Defense Forces were injured by alleged US drone strikes in Al Musinaa in Shabwa governorate on June 15, 2023. A tweet from @aboalfatl2019 reported that “leader” Abu Muhammad al-Shalwani al-Awlaki was killed by American drones in Shaab Madhab in the Musinaa area. @egl3000

Summary

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

Suspected target

Belligerents reported injured

Kateera, North Waziristan, Pakistan

LOCATION

Three or four alleged militants were killed and two civilians were injured in an alleged US military attack on a house. Two missiles were fired at a house in Kateera village in Khushal Torikhel area, however according to the Daily Times, it was not confirmed whether the militants killed were locals or foreign nationals. Local

Summary

3–4

كفرنوران, Kafarnouran, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

A middle-aged male, reported by most sources to be a civilian, was killed by alleged Russian, or Syrian regime shelling of the town of Kafr Nouran, in the western countryside of Aleppo on July 4, 2023. Baladi News reported that Anas Barakat was killed instantly in the village of Kafr Nouran as a result of

Summary

0 – 1

(0–1 men)

0–1

مسجد أحمد ياسين و المسجد الغربي، مخيم الشاطئ، مدينة غزة, Ahmed Yassin and Al Gharbi mosques, Al-Shati Camp, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 9th 2023, at approximately 4:30 am, three civilians, including two women and a young girl, were killed and a dozen civilians were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on Ahmed Yassin mosque and Al-Gharbi mosque located in the Al-Shati refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. Ahmed Yassin mosque is situated opposite the Al-Shati

Summary

IDP or Refugee Camp, Religious

(1–2 children1–2 women)

سرمين, Sarmin, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least one woman was injured in a residential area on the western outskirts of the city of Sarmin, east of Idlib, because of alleged shelling by Syrian Regime and/or Russian forces in the evening of Wednesday August 16th 2023. The Syrian Civil Defence and Baladi News reported that civilian property was damaged, a number

Summary

1–2

دير البلح, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At least 26 civilians were killed across three generations of an extended family, including 12 children, in an alleged Israeli strike on the al-Azayza family home on October 12th. A “large number” of others were also injured in the attack in the Deir al-Balah neighbourhood of the Gaza Strip. The deceased were members of three

Summary

(12 children9 women5 men)

12–24

26 named, 3 families identified

ضمان, Daman, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Up to four civilians, including a child, were killed during a raid by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the village of Daman on August 30, 2023. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that four people were killed during a pre-dawn raid of their homes when the civilians refused to follow the SDF’s orders

Summary

3 – 4

(1 child2 men)

Small arms and light weapons

YPG

4 named, 1 familiy identified

كفرناها, Kafr Naha, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

An unspecified number of civilians were wounded in air and artillery strikes on Kafr Naha – though it was unclear whether Russia or the regime were to blame. Syria_ar noted that the “Al-Rahal Society” in the town was struck. According to the Step News Agency, “Russian air raids targeted Kafr Naha and its outskirts and

Summary

LOCATION

Buqa, Bari, Somalia

The US conducted its first known strike against so-called Islamic State in Somalia. CNN reported that both strikes were carried out by armed drone. According to Associated Press, “A US official said the strikes were carried out in northeastern Somalia, with the first around midnight local time and the second later in the morning. The

Summary

مخيم النصيرات, Nuseirat camp, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At least 10 people from three generations of the Al-Louh family were killed, including at least six children, and at least 20 others were injured when the Al-Louh family home in eastern Deir Al Balah, in Nuseirat Camp, in the center of the Gaza Strip, was reportedly bombed by multiple missiles from an Israeli military

Summary

10 – 12

(6–8 children4 women)

20–21

10 named, 1 familiy identified

Town

الخالدية, Khalidiya village, Ain Essa countryside, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

On Saturday, October 7th, 2023, an alleged Turkish artillery shelling in Khalidiya village, located in the Ain Essa countryside, Syria, reportedly killed an elderly woman and injured at least one other person, her husband. Numerous sources, such as Facebook page Ehlê Qamişlo, have named the deceased woman as Amsha Muhammad Hilal Al-Baqer, aged 65, and her

Summary

(1 woman)

1–3

2 named, 1 familiy identified

Leego, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

Local reporters alleged that US and Somali forces had killed four civilians including a mother and child, during an operation in Leego. Caasimada alleged that the civilians were killed around midnight, by Somali troops accompanied by ‘white US officers’, and claimed that the attacking forces had flown there from a military base to the north.

Summary

Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

(1 child1 woman)

Small arms and light weapons

Known belligerent

Somali Military Forces

Known target

Al-Shabaab

3–4

مخيم النصيرات 2, Al Nuseirat Camp 2, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 12th 2023, at approximately 3:30 PM, an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the Kafina family house in Camp 2 of the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, killing a child named Hussain Muhammed Kafina (14), and a child named Anas Abu Zarqa (13). Additionally, Safa News, Alalam News, and Shehab Agency all reported that

Summary

(2 children)

2 named

مشروع الهضبة, Hadaba project, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

A family was seriously injured by an Emirati airstrike, according to the rival GNA. Libya Alahrar TV said: “The media center of Burkan Al Ghadab [GNA] operation reported that a family was seriously injured as a result of the targeting of the United Arab Emirates, supporting Haftar, to residential buildings in the Hadaba project in

Summary

3–5

United Arab Emirates Military

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

LOCATION

During the evening of Thursday October 12th 2023, local news and social media reported that the Alyan family house in Beit Lahia, north of the Gaza Strip was bombed in an alleged attack of Israeli airplanes, resulting in a number of killed and injured civilians. Facebook user Mohmd Aljmmal reported that according to the local

Summary

ذي كالب , Jabal Novan, Al Bayda, Yemen

LOCATION

At least five alleged AQAP militants were reportedly killed in the course of at least four US drone strikes in the vicinity of Qayfa, in Bayda governorate, on the evening of January 12th 2018. At least one of these strikes reportedly took place in the area of Jabal Novan, allegedly killing four. There were no

Summary

Known belligerent

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

Known target

Belligerents reported injured

الأمل, al Amal, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Sunday, October 15th 2023, at least five civilian members of the Abu Mustafa family, including three children and a young man, were killed, and at least four others were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on a family home in the al-Amal neighbourhood in Khan Yunis, Gaza strip. Initial reporting from Shehab Agency stated

Summary

(2–3 children1–2 women1–2 men)

5 – 6

5 named, 1 familiy identified

Neighbourhood/area

0–1

شارع البل, Al Bal Street, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

A child was allegedly killed by LNA mortar shelling in the Khallet Al Furjan neighbourhood of Tripoli. The Libya Observer reported: “The Joint Deterrence and Intervention Force of Abu Salim have confirmed the death of a child as a result of a mortar shell which hit their home in Albill Street in Khallet Al Furjan

Summary

(1 child)

مدرسة البريج في مخيم البريج, Bureij Preparatory School for Boys, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At around midday on Monday, November 20th 2023, an alleged Israeli bombing of the Bureij Preparatory School for Boys located in the Block 12 of the Bureij refugee camp in the Gaza Strip reportedly killed at least 12 civilians, including children and women, and injured at least 35 civilians. The school, run by the United

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Infrastructure

IDP or Refugee Camp

12 – 20

(6–10 children2 women)

Impact

الحوارنة, Hawarna , Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published a video of an injured child. The video mentions that this girl was wounded after a strike hit her house. She mentions that her parents were in the house, although it is not clear if they were injured/killed in the attack. No further details are currently available.

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Turkish Military