Civilian Casualties

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Suspected belligerents

Village

الغارية الشرقية, al Ghariya al Sharqiya, Daraa, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources reported deaths and injuries among civilians as a result of alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Al Ghariya al Sharqiya in Dara’a on June 29th, 2018. Shaam Network reported that “The Russian military and Assad aircraft and helicopter gunships launched air strikes with rockets and explosive barrels on the neighborhoods of

Summary

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Suspected belligerents

Suspected target

Київський район, Kyyivsʹkyy district, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

On the afternoon of April 21st 2022, at approximately 6pm, a car with two civilians traveling north east on Akademika Proskury St in close proximity to the Manizh Naku “Khai” Sport complex was allegedly struck by Russian shelling. The projectile was reported to have struck the engine bay of the vehicle, identified by multiple sources

Summary

Russian Military

Exact location (via Airwars)

Немишлянський район, Nemyshlyansky district, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

At approximately 3am on April 30, 2022, Russian troops allegedly shelled residential areas, industrial zone, and hospitals in the Nemishlyanksy district of Kharkiv. As a result, a man was injured in an apartment block in the district. The State Emergency Service of Ukraine posted on Telegram that as a result of the shelling, apartments in

Summary

الزنتان, Zintan, Airport, Al Jabal al Gharbi, Libya

LOCATION

According to several local sources, GNC/Libya Dawn planes bombed Zintan airport as well as the nearby village of Rujban. Most sources reported material damage, though there was no mention of civilian harm. Zintan Airport spokesperson Omar Maatouk, speaking to Libya Herald, said that the front of the airport building was damaged by the seven shells

Summary

General National Congress (GNC)

قورقانيا, Qurqaniya, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

A 60 year old male civilian was killed by a declared US drone strike on the outskirts of Qurqaniya just before noon on May 3, 2023. At the time of the strike, US Central Command released a statement that they had targeted a senior Al Qaeda leader without any additional details. On May 2, 2024,

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Infrastructure

Agriculture

(1 man)

Exact location (other)

معربليت, Ma’arablit, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

A young woman was killed and four other civilians, including two children and a woman, were injured by alleged Syrian regime and/or Russian artillery shelling of Ma’arablit on April 25, 2023. Afrin Post reported that Noura Abdul Hamid Al-Ahmad, twenty years old, was killed by artillery strikes in Ma’arablit, and her family members, the infant Lyan

Summary

(1 woman)

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Suspected belligerents

5 named, 1 familiy identified

جورين, Jurin, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

On 9th July 2023, up to three civilians were reportedly injured and a member of the regime forces were killed by an artillery strike allegedly carried out by the factions of the ‘Al-Fateh Al-Mubin’ operations room, a Turkish-based militia, in the town of Jurin, located in Sahl Al-Ghab in the western countryside of Hama. The

Summary

1–3

Turkish Military

Belligerents reported killed

Town

Belligerents reported injured

0–3

Ash Shajilah, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

In an incident previously not tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the injuries of two civilians near Ash Shajilah, Syria. This was later confirmed to be a US-only civilian harm event. In its July 2019 civilian casualty report the Coalition noted the following: “Coalition aircraft conducted an airstrike against Daesh terrorists. Regrettably, two civilians

Summary

تل الهوى, Tal Al Hawa, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 14th 2023 at around 1 am, Israeli forces allegedly conducted an airstrike in Tal Al-Hawa, located in the south of Gaza City. The strike reportedly killed Palestinian surgeon Dr. Medhat Mahmoud Saidam and his extended family at his home. Among the dead were between 24 to 31 civilians, including at least 12 children*,

Summary

(12 children7 women7 men)

24 – 31

Impact

25 named, 1 familiy identified

Nearby landmark

قرية كالوتة, Kalota village, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

On July 31st, 2023 Turkish forces allegedly shelled several villages in the Sherawa district, injuring a child and an elderly woman in Kalota village. Both were brought to a nearby medical checkpoint. According to the news outlet NPN, at the time of reporting, their condition was unstable. Local sources Hawar News, ANF, and multiple other

Summary

Turkish Military

جباليا, Jabalia, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Six civilians, including three children, from three generations of the same family, were killed when an alleged Israeli airstrike hit a residential building in the al-Hawaber area of Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on either the 9th or 10th of October, 2023. The first source to report on the event, a post uploaded

Summary

(3 children3 women)

2–3

6 named, 1 familiy identified

Town

Buk Akable settlement, Hiiraan, Somalia

LOCATION

Mepa News reported that according to local sources, US airstrikes on the Buk Akable settlement resulted in the death of three civilians, including women and children, and the injury of seven others. The source stated that Somalia government media was claiming that those killed were members of al-Shabaab and that AFRICOM has not released a

Summary

(1–2 children1–2 women)

منزل الأسيرالمحرر المُبعد إلى قطاع غزة شعيب أبو اسنينة, the house of former prisoner Shuaib Abu Sneina, Gaza Strip, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 12th 2023, Shuaib Abu Sneina, his wife and his children were reportedly injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on their family home in the Gaza Strip. Shuaib Abu Sneina, a freed prisoner from Jerusalem deported to the Gaza Strip, was reportedly taken to hospital alongside his wife and children. It has been widely

Summary

4 named, 1 familiy identified

العزبة, Al Azzba, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

At least one person, a young male civilian who had been riding a motorcycle, was injured in the area of Al Izbah, north-east of Deir Ezzor when he was allegedly struck by a Syrian Democratic Forces sniper on Tuesday, September 5th 2023. According to a number of sources, when local residents tried to help him,

Summary

Small arms and light weapons

YPG

طرابلس‎: مطار معيتيقة, Tripoli: Mitiga International Airport, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

Between one and seven civilians were allegedly injured because of LNA artillery shelling on Mitiga International Airport in Tripoli. Alwasat quoted the spokesman for the ambulance and emergency service who said one civilian was injured. 218TV reported: “Mitiga airport wass shelled with more than five rocket-propelled grenades on Sunday, with conflicting reports of injuries among

Summary

1–7

Libyan National Army

منزل عائلة الزرد, al-Zard residence, Gaza Strip, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

A preacher affiliated with Hamas, Dr. Wael Mohieddin Sayed al-Zard, died due to injuries sustained in an alleged Israeli airstrike on his home, which occurred on October 13th, 2023. He was found under the rubble and initially reported to have only moderate injuries. However, he was hospitalised and died days later, on October 16th, 2023.

Summary

1 – 2

1 named

Mosul, near al Salem hospital, Iraq

LOCATION

The Coalition mistakenly hit Iraqi forces during an airstrike near al Salem hospital in Mosul, according to some local sources. Iraqi Spring Media Center reported that the Coalition mistakenly targeted” government forces near Salam Hospital in the southeast of Mosul. And Sputnik News claimed that US Air Force bombs left 90 Iraqi military members dead

Summary

US-led Coalition

الأمل, Al Amal, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 15th 2023, five members of the Abu Musa family, including two children, a woman, and two men, were reportedly killed and at least two children from the same family and a man were reportedly injured by an alleged Israeli bombing in the Al Amal neighbourhood in Khan Yunis, located in the South of

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Infrastructure

Residential

(2 children1 woman2 men)

7 named, 1 familiy identified

Neighbourhood/area

مدرسة ابو عقدة, Abu Aqada School, Al Jabal al Gharbi, Libya

LOCATION

One civilian was allegedly killed in a GNA airstrike on Al Ja’afarah. Tk Yahrouq Kl shy reported: “Warplane bombardment of Al Wefaq [GNA] on the Abu Aqada school, which led to the death of Salem Klish of the Jaafra tribe.” Hona Souq Al-Khmies only reported GNA airstrikes but no civilian harm.

Summary

Government of National Accord

1 named

خانيونس, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 17th 2023, a young male civilian was reportedly killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Al-Astal family home behind the battalion in Khan Yunis. Posts circulated on social media have paid tribute and shared an image of the victim, 20 year old Rakan Khaled Muhammad Abdul Aziz Al-Astal. In one post, the

Summary

1 – 2

(1 man)

1 named

City

المقر الرئيسي للشركة العامة للكهربا, Vicinity of General Electricity Company, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

One civilian was allegedly injured in the Jabas gate area in Janzur by an LNA shelling. The rival GNA Burkan Al Ghadab operation reported: “Continuing the criminal record of the militias of the war criminal Hifter in targeting residential neighborhoods and infrastructure with indiscriminate shells: a shell landed on the traffic center (Markaz Al Mourour)

Summary

Libyan National Army

حي الجنينة، رفح, Al Geneina neighbourhood, Rafah, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 12th 2023 at least four members of the Abu Hilal family were killed, including eight month pregnant Amani Muhammad Hassan Abu Hilal, and her their three young sons – in an alleged Israeli airstrike in El Geneina, Rafah, in the Gaza strip. The children’s father, Jamal Ali Abu Hilal, was also reported as

Summary

4 – 12

(3 children1 woman)

5 named, 1 familiy identified

Neighbourhood/area

القحطانية, Kel Hesnak, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

Four civilians were reported injured as a result of an alleged Turkish forces airstrike on Kel Hesnak village in Hasakah, October 9th 2019, according to local media. ANHA reported: “The bombing of the city center continued and four civilians were injured. Injured civilians were hospitalized.”

Summary

جوار مسجد خالد بن الوليد, Vicinity of Khaled bin al Walid Mosque, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

In the afternoon of Saturday, October 14th 2023, a number of civilians were killed and injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Khaled bin Al-Walid Mosque in the middle of Deir Al-Balah on Abu Arif Street in central Gaza. The Palestinian Information Center reported on the alleged airstrike, stating there were “a number of

Summary

بركي, Pirikê, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

@c1wan tweeted: “A shepherd named Xelîl Seîd Hemkê Kurd lost his life after the Turkish army attacked the village of Pirikê with a howitzer. An Assyrian citizen named Danî Hena was also injured.” The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said: “A civilian who was grazing livestock was killed in shelling launched by the Turkish Forces

Summary

Artillery, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

(1 man)

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

Causes of injury / death

جباليا, Jabalia, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Monday, October 16th 2023, an alleged airstrike by Israeli forces on the home of the Zaher (Dhaher) family located east of Jabalia camp in the Gaza Strip reportedly killed at least eight family members, including two women and five children, and injured a number of others. Facebook testimonies by Fatima Jaber and Amir Tariq

Summary

(5 children2 women1 man)

8 named, 1 familiy identified

Town

Al Asadiye, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

Medical personnel were reported dead and wounded in an alleged Turkish shelling attack on a vehicle carrying doctors in vicinity of Al Asadiya village, Al Hasaka governorate. According to @dersi4m, the vehicle was traveling from Tal Tamir to Serêkaniyê. @ameddicleT reported that the medical staff was on their way to treat civilians who were wounded in

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Turkish Military