Civilian Casualties

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

Suspected belligerents

Suspected target

تديل, Tadil, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

On 4 July 2023, a family of four, including a mother and two girls, were killed and another civilian was injured by an artillery strike in the village of Tadil in the town of Urm al-Kubra, which is located in the countryside of Aleppo. The Syrian Observatory of Human Rights released a statement that said

Summary

(2 children1 woman1 man)

حيش, Haiysh, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

A source reported that one child was injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on Haiysh, Idlib governorate, on August 11t, 2019. Edlib Media Center stated that “a child was injured when Russian warplanes targeted Haiysh town, south of Idlib, with rockets.” @baladinetwork also reported Russian airstrikes but did not mention civilian casualties. Hence, while the strike

Summary

بلدة حارم, Harem town, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

A man was injured when he was allegedly shot by Turkish border guards near Harem town on July 15, 2023. North Press Agency reported that Turkish border guards shot and injured a 52 year old man named Riyad al-Kanou while he was checking on his land, which is adjacent to the Turkish border near the town

Summary

Small arms and light weapons

محيط شارع الصناعة, Vicinity of Al Sinaa Street, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Eight people, including three children, all from the Al Rayees family, were killed on November 5, 2023, when two alleged Israeli missiles hit their seven-story house, the Al-Safadi Building on Al-Sinaa Street. @Hakeam_ps, a neighbour of Al Rayees family, described their own escape and forced displacement after their house was destroyed in the same strike,

Summary

Airstrike, Airstrike and/or Artillery

Infrastructure

Apartment Building

(3 children3 women2 men)

8 named, 1 familiy identified

Exact location (via Airwars)

بلدات متعددة في ادلب, Several towns in Idlib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Shaam News reported a number of airstrikes in a range of locations undertaken by both Russian forces and the Syrian regime on August 17th. Among this report, Shaam News stated that “many of the wounded were in Khan Shiekhoon, Naqir, al-Rakaya, Kafarsijnah, Ma’arzita, Sheikh Dams, Hazarin, Shaykh Mustafa, Ma’rshurin, Haysh, Karsa, and Kfaruma.” No other

Summary

4–6

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

Suspected belligerents

شارع الحجة, Al Hoja Street, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 12th 2023, at least 15 and up to 25 civilians were killed and at least 25 others were wounded in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Halawa family home in Al-Hoja Street in the centre of Jabalia camp, located in the Gaza Strip. The incident was reported on by local Twitter/X and Facebook

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14 – 25

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

الهلبة, Al Halba, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Local media reported one civilian killed and an unspecified number wounded in an alleged Russian or regime airstrike on Al Halba on August 25, 2019. Horrya News reported that one civilian was killed in “Russian-Assadi aggression.” Orient News also identified one man killed in Al Halba. Syrian Network for Human Rights also named Jamal Abdul

Summary

(1 man)

1 named

مسجد القبة, Vicinity of Al Qubba Mosque, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

During the evening of Monday, October 9th, 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike struck the three-story Qannan family home located near the Al-Qubba Mosque in the Al-Mawasi area of the town of Khan Yunis, Gaza strip, killing up to 10 members of the family, including five children and three women, one of whom was pregnant. According

Summary

(5 children3 women2–3 men)

8 – 10

10 named, 1 familiy identified

Nearby landmark

مخيم برشايا قرب بلدة قباسين, Barshaya camp near the town of Qabasin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

On 7 September 2023, a male civilian was reportedly killed and at least one civilian, a child, was injured by artillery shelling from areas controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces and the Syrian regime in the Barshaya camp for displaced people located near the town of Qabasin. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights,

Summary

(1 man)

1–2

Suspected belligerents

YPG, Syrian Regime

2 named, 1 familiy identified

بني سهيلا, Bani Suheila, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At least 15 people, including at least one child and four women, one of whom was pregnant, were killed and 15 others were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the al-Ela residence in Bani Suhila in Khan Younis on October 13th, 2023. The Rakab family posted the names of 14 civilians killed during the

Summary

(1–2 children4 women8–9 men)

15 named, 1 familiy identified

Town

خربة العدس , Khirbat Al Adas, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Between six and ten civilians were reported killed, including at least one member of the Palestinian Civil Defense and five children, when alleged Israeli missiles struck a Palestinian Civil Defense facility alongside the Dahir family home on October 21st, 2023. A number of other civilians, including Palestinian Civil Defense members, were also injured. The incident

Summary

(5–8 children1 woman2 men)

6 – 10

4–11

6 named, 1 familiy identified

Neighbourhood/area

LOCATION

سرت‎, Sirte, Surt, Libya

One civilian was allegedly injured in an LNA airstrike south of Sirte. Akhbar Libya 24 reported: “Photographer Walid Zarmouh of Misurata was injured while escorting an armed convoy belonging to Al-Wefaq government [GNA] forces, which was heading towards Al Jufra military base. A source familiar with the fact that Zarmouh was injured said a pre-emptive

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النصيرات, Nuseirat, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At least four people from the Abu Butihan family were killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike on their home on October 17th, 2023. Major General Fouad Ali Abu Butihan, 55, was the head of the Crossing and Borders Authority and would oversee crossings out of the Gaza Strip. It was reported that he was killed

Summary

(2 men)

4 named, 1 familiy identified

Town

البوكمال , Abu Kamal, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

A single source, the Violations Documentation Center reported on adult-male civilian killed by Russian forces in Abu Kamal. No further details are currently available.

Summary

طريق الاصفاح, Al Asfah road, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

An ambulance driver was allegedly injured by supposed LNA shelling on Al-Swani. Libya Alahrar TV said, referring to the GNA: “Burkan Al Ghadab: An ambulance driver was injured after Haftar gunmen targeted his car in Al-Sawani area directly.” In a different article it quoted the Field Medicine and Support Center: “The Center for Field Medicine

Summary

Libyan National Army

شارع اليرموك, Al Yarmouk street, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Friday October 13th 2023, more than 10 civilians were reportedly killed as a result of an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Al-Khudari family’s home on Yarmouk Street in Gaza City, and dozens civilians were reported under the rubble of the Ghazal family’s home next to it. While most sources mentioned the location as Yarmouk

Summary

11 – 24

12–24

near Mosul, Iraq, 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 “near Mosul, Iraq” via an “NGO report”. According to the Coalition report: “71. Feb. 22, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via NGO report: After a review of available information it was assessed that

Summary

US-led Coalition

LOCATION

البيضاء, Al Bayda, Yemen

A US strike against an unknown party took place in Bayda governorate on February 24th 2018, the second of two on that date, a US Central Command spokesperson later told the Long War Journal. There were reports that a strike took place in the Al Quraishyah District (مديريه القريشيه) of Bayda against four alleged belligerents

Summary

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

Known belligerent

US Forces

Known target

سوبر ماركت الاسمر, al Asmar Supermarket, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Sunday, October 15th 2023, four members of the Awaja family were killed, and at least five others, including at least three children, were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on a house belonging to the Awaja family on First Street near Al-Asmar Supermarket, in the Tal al-Sultan neighborhood west of the city of Rafah,

Summary

(3–4 women)

3 named, 1 familiy identified

Nearby landmark

الثورة‎, Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

An unspecified number of civilians were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Tabaqa, according to local reports. Step news agency and Ka’aka al A’nzi reported that the Coalition had carried out raids “near the workers’ residences in Tabaqa leading to a number of civilians being wounded”. According to Raqqa’s Rebels Brigade, “Coalition planes

Summary

US-led Coalition

Yarmouk camp, قصر بن غشير, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

On Sunday, October 13, 2019, serveral medical personnel were reported killed by an alleged Libyan National Army airstrike near the Yarmouk camp in Qasr Bin Gashir. Libya Alahrar TV reported: “Hafter warplanes bombard a field hospital in Khallet Al Furjan, leaving dead and wounded. The field commander in the axis of the airport road, Mohammed

Summary

Libyan National Army

جوار مسجد عبد الله عزام, Vicinity of Abdullah Azzam Mosque, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Around 8:00 in the morning of Monday, October 16th 2023, a group of civilians were reportedly injured and killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike near Abdullah Azzam Mosque as they were returning to the city of Beit Hanoun. Shehab News Agency, Al-Ayyam and other local sources reported that ambulances were called to the scene. Although

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2–4

تل علي, Tal Ali, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

At least three civilians were reported injured in an alleged YPG artillery attack on Tal Ali village near Al Ghandoura town in Aleppo, on October 16th 2019, according to local media sources.

Summary

YPG

طلال السلطان, Tal al-Sultan, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

During the morning of Tuesday, October 24th 2023, seven civilians were killed and 10 others were seriously injured, including a father and two of his children, as a result of an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Abu Artema family home in Tal al-Sultan, west of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. Ahmed Abu Artema, a

Summary

(2 women1 man)

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Unknown

Causes of injury / death

11 named, 1 familiy identified

Neighbourhood/area

تل الأغر والبليصة, Tal Al Aghar and Al Balisa, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Alleged Russian warplanes launched six airstrikes on the towns of Tal Al Aghar and Al Balisa, Idlib governorate, on October 5th 2019. One source, Step Agency, reported that civilians were killed and wounded. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the alleged Russian airstrikes were targeting the the jihadi organisations Hurras Al Din and

Summary

Russian Military

محيط مسجد الأمان, Vicinity of Aman Mosque, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Friday, October 20th, 2023 one person was reportedly killed and at least one person was injured when a residential apartment opposite Aman Mosque in Gaza City was allegedly bombed by an Israeli military aircraft. All sources reported that the bombing resulted in one death, and many sources including @ShehabAgency, @ArabsEvent and @Alsharawmo tweeted that

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1–2

Tirbe Sipiye, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

Three civilians including a child were reported injured in alleged Turkish forces attack on Tirbe Sipiye in Hassaka Governorate on October 18th, 2019 according to local sources.

Summary