Civilian Casualties

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

Known belligerent

US Forces

Known target

جارف: قرارة القزاح, Jarif: Qarara Al Qazzah, Surt, Libya

LOCATION

Seven civilians of the same family, including three children and two women, were killed in alleged LNA airstrikes on their home in Qarara Al Qazah in Al Thalatheen/Jarif area in Jarif on June 8th, 2020, according to local sources. @LibyaCW reported that “the organisation recorded the fall of shells on three houses in Al Thalateen area

Summary

(3 children2 women2 men)

6–10

Libyan National Army, Turkish Military

Suspected target

GNA

7 named, 1 familiy identified

الزيتون، مدينة غزة, Al-Zeitoun neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Tuesday, October 31st, 2023, an Israeli airstrike allegedly hit the Abu Daf family house in the al-Zeitoun neighbourhood in Gaza City, killing six of its members, including two children. Magdy Hussein Muhammad Abu Daf, 34, was killed along with his sons, 14-year-old Magdy Hussein Muhammad Abu Daf and Haroun Magdy Hussein Abu Daf, who was

Summary

(2–3 children3–4 men)

6 named, 1 familiy identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Geolocation

Neighbourhood/area

بين الخدراء والنبيق, Al Khudra and Al Nabeeq, Shabwa, Yemen

LOCATION

One or more US drone strikes reportedly killed at least six alleged AQAP militants between the towns of Al Khudra and Al Nabeeq, in the Beihan district of Shabwa governorate, on the afternoon of April 25th 2020. There were no known associated reports of civilian harm. Yemeni tribal and security sources told Associated Press, on

Summary

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), Other

US Forces

Suspected targets

منزل الاعلامي سائد الحلبي في مخيم جباليا, Home of journalist Saed Al-Halabi, Al-Hoja Street in the Al-Hawja area of Jabalia Camp, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

code: ISPT0603
incident_date: 2023-10-25
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair

Summary

IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential

(6 children5 women7 men)

17–19

23 named, 1 familiy identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Geolocation

Street

LOCATION

شبوة, Shabwa, Yemen

An investigator indicated to the UK legal charity Reprieve that two men were killed by a US strike in Shabwa during early May 2018. No other known sources reported the strike. Reprieve shared its information on this reported strike with Airwars. According to the investigator, both men were mediating a tribal dispute in the area

Summary

(2 men)

الهلال الاحمر و مستشفى القدس, Vicinity of Al-Quds Hospital and the Association headquarters, Tal al-Hawa, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

A number of civilians were reported killed and injured on November 5, 2023 in a series of alleged Israeli airstrikes and artillery shelling on a residential building located 50 meters away from Al-Quds Hospital and the Palestinian Red Crescent Society headquarters in Tal al-Hawa, southwest of Gaza City. Safa News Agency first reported the strikes

Summary

Infrastructure

Residential

القائم, Qaem, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

Local media sources reported on the death of an unknown number of civilians, after alleged airstrikes on Qeam district in Anbar Province. The head of the district council, Abdul Karim al-Ani, called on the government to stop the shelling because it targets the homes of unarmed civilians and has led to deaths and injuries. All

Summary

US-led Coalition, Iraq Government Forces

قامشلي, Electrical cables manufacturing facility, Qamishli, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian was allegedly injured by a Turkish drone strike on Qamishli. ANHA reported: “On Thursday evening, an explosion was heard at about 18:30 in the Swiss Canal neighborhood, east of Qamishlo, which was found to have been caused by a shell fired by a drone belonging to the Turkish occupation at a civilian electrical

Summary

منزل لعائلة رجب في النصيرات, A house for the Rajab family in Nuseirat, Gaza Strip, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At approximately 3:30 p.m. on October 31st, 2023, Safa News reported on an alleged Israeli airstrike which hit the Rajab family home in Nuseirat Refugee Camp 5 in the Gaza Strip, resulting in “a number” of casualties, including deaths and injuries. Most of the sources, including Abu Anas Abu Anas’ post on Facebook, stated that

Summary

IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential

الشعفة, al-Shaafa, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Deaths and injuries were reported when the US-led Coalition allegedly struck a field hospital in Al-Shaf’a in Deir Ezzor on March 2nd, 2018. The hospital attacked was named by local sources as Nabd Al-Hayat. Syriamap reported “Airstrikes by the International Coalition to Defeat ISIS put the hospital completely out of service leading to several deaths

Summary

US-led Coalition

كللي, Kalali (Killi), Idlib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

On the morning of Sunday, 22nd September 2024, a 25-year-old civilian man named Ahmed Al-Jalali and his seven-year-old son, Tamim Ahmed Al-Jalili, were killed, while his 30-year-old wife, Hiba Al-Jalali, and his two-year-old daughter, Taiba Ahmed Al-Jalali, were injured by an explosion of an unexploded ordnance reportedly deployed earlier by the Syrian Regime and/or the Russian military,

Summary

Infrastructure

Residential

(1 child1 man)

Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

4 named, 1 familiy identified

المالكية‎, Al Malikiyah, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilians were reported injured in Al-Malikya, Hasakah in Syria allegedly when Turkish forces opened fire on civilians working in their field on November 18th. ANHA named the two civilians as Haytham Ali from Mazra Khawari, and Shafan Bouti from Mazra Bani village. The latter was wounded in the leg, which led to cutting nerves

Summary

حناويه, Hanaweya, south governorate, Lebanon

LOCATION

code: ISLB260924w
incident_date: 2024-09-26
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Weak

Summary

لطمين, Latmeen, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

One woman was injured in alleged Russia airstrikes against the village of Latmeen in the northern countryside of Hama, according to multiple local sources.

Summary

Russian Military

قربة أم البراميل, Umm Al Baramil, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Two 13-year-old boys were reported killed in alleged SDF artillery strikes on Umm Al Baramil village, also known as Shikuru, east of Ain Issa, on January 4th, 2020, according to local sources. Other sources, however, stated the incident was a landmine or an unexploded ordnance explosion, which means that the strike itself could have taken

Summary

(2 children)

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)

Causes of injury / death

3 named, 1 familiy identified

حي المنصورية, Al-Mansouriyah District, Al-Hudaydah, Yemen

LOCATION

Four men were killed and a number of others were injured by alleged US airstrikes on the Water Authority building in Al-Mansouriyah District, Al Hudaydah, Yemen on April 1, 2025. Initial reports from @TvAlmasirah stated that “martyrs and wounded” had resulted from the US “targeting” of the Water Authority building in Al-Mansouriyah. A post from

Summary

(4 men)

US Forces

5 named, 1 familiy identified

Geolocation

District

كفرزيتا, Kafr Zeita, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilians were reportedly wounded in alleged Russian or regime air and artillery strikes which struck Kafr Zeita. There were no reports of any civilian deaths. All sources either blamed Russia, or did not attribute blame to a belligerent. According to local media, Russian aircraft bombarded the vicinity with the use of concussion bombs. Smart

Summary

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

LOCATION

سرت‎, Sirte, Surt, Libya

One child was allegedly killed by NATO airstrike on Sirte. Nour al din Al Nasser Al Zanki remembered his death in 2015 saying: “Mohammed Khaled Al-Rayani, 6 years, killed 23/9/2011. A shrapnel hit the head in his father’s car.” Azden.sert also commemorated his death posting a picture of him. NATO on that day reported hitting

Summary

(1 child)

جباليا البلد, Jabalia Al-Balad, Gaza Strip, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

code: ISPT180325m
incident_date: 2025-03-18
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair

Summary

(1 child)

Names matched with MoH IDs

Baraawe, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

At least one and as many as seven al Shabaab militants were killed in a naval raid carried out by US forces in Barawe, Lower Shabelle, international media reported. There were no reports of civilian harm. It was not at first clear who was the target of the raid. Reports varied from an unnamed Chechen;

Summary

Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

Small arms and light weapons

1–7

أولاد أبوالهول, Awlad Abu Al Houl , Al Jabal al Gharbi, Libya

LOCATION

On March 18th, 2011, it was reported by a single source that pro-Gaddafi forces had bombed a residential area in Awlad Abu Al Houl, wounding at least six people. This claim was only reported by al Jazeera, and was unable to be confirmed from any currently available sources.

Summary

Southeast of Bosasso, Puntland, Somalia

LOCATION

code: USSOM467
incident_date: 2025-03-29
status: publish
civilian_harm_status:

Summary

Hawina, north of Kismayo, Lower Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

Somali news outlet Mareeg reported a suspected drone strike on an al Shabaab controlled village. Mareeg reported an eyewitness as saying: “We heard several bomb explosion caused by drone airstrikes in Hawina village.” He added: “It is not clear how many people have been killed or wounded it is very difficult to know the real

Summary

Southern Somalia, Bay, 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. No casualties were reported. 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

Summary

مصراتة, Misurata, Misrata, Libya

LOCATION

On July 24th, 2011, six rockets were fired on Southern Misurata by Gaddafi forces, resulting in the deaths of two people, one Muhammad Muhammad al-Qunaidi and one unnamed woman. Injuries were also reported, but no numbers were provided. Bint Misurata posted on Facebook “6 rockets fell this morning on civilian neighborhoods in southern Misrata, killing

Summary

(1 woman1 man)

جيليب, Jilib, Middle Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

AFRICOM reported that two days previously it had “conducted an airstrike against al-Shabaab militants on Feb. 19, in the vicinity of Jilib, Somalia”. It added: “We assess no civilians were killed in this strike.” However, AFRICOM claimed that the attack had killed “three (3) terrorists.” Voice of America said that “Local residents in the region reported

Summary

LOCATION

سرت‎, Sirte, Surt, Libya

According to a single source, 48 people were killed and 50 injured by an airstrike on Sirte. It is unclear who conducted the attack and if the victims were civilians. Magical_Libya tweeted: “Urgent Libya Al-Sumud A correspondent of Libya Al-Samoud said in Sirte that about 48 people were killed and 50 wounded in a missile

Summary

0 – 48

0–50

Gaddafi Forces

Belligerents reported injured

0–48

0–50

Vicinity of Quy Cad near Debatscile/ Dabad Shil, Mudug, Somalia

LOCATION

AFRICOM reported that the previous day it had “conducted two (2) airstrikes in the vicinity of Debatscile, Somalia targeting al-Shabaab militants on November 19, 2018”. This entry records the first of of these events. AFRICOM asserted that “We currently assess these airstrikes did not injure or kill any civilians.” It also claimed that “the first

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