Civilian Casualties

Small arms and light weapons

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

LOCATION

On Saturday, October 21st, 2023, an alleged Israeli bombardment hit the Abu Jabr family home in Nuseirat camp, Gaza Strip, killing the wife of a commander of “the Central Brigade”, Nabil Abu Jabr, alongside their four children, including a son and a daughter under the age of 18. The 45-year old wife of Nabil Abu

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Infrastructure

Residential

(2 children1 woman2 men)

5 named, 1 familiy identified

Town

Wadi Hajjar, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Three civilians were reportedly injured by ISF (or possibly Coalition) mortars according to eyewitness interviews by Amnesty International. A previously unpublished assessment which Amnesty shared with Airwars reads as follows: “On 25 January an ISF mortar [Airwars note: presumed – but possibly US, see below] landed on their house in Wadi Hajjar and caused it

Summary

US-led Coalition, Iraq Government Forces

عين عيسى, Ain Issa, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Five civilians including two women were reported killed in an alleged Turkish forces attack on Ain Issa in Raqqa governorate in Syria on October 14th, 2019 according to local sources. No further details are available at the moment.

Summary

(2 women2 men)

Turkish Military

كُوبَانِي, Kobani, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

On the morning of Monday, December 25, 2023, two civilians working for a construction company were injured following alleged Turkish strikes on the city of Kobani (Ain Al-Arab) in northern Syria. According to ANF news, the strikes not only wounded two civilians, but also caused material damage to the citizens’ property. The Facebook users Kobani

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

LOCATION

Idlib city, Idlib, Syria

According to the Step News Agency, Russia carried out raids on Idlib on March 21st, resulting in “news of civilian casualties”. @HosamAlhaji said that an airstrike “targeted a building opposite the Carlton Hotel”, resulting in material damage. No other sources mentioned civilian harm.

Summary

بلدات متعددة, several towns, Syria

LOCATION

Several towns in Idlib governorate were targeted by alleged Russian airstrikes on November 6th, 2019, according to Shaam News Network. The Shaam News Network reported: “many wounded in the city of Kfarnbl and in the vicinity of the city of Ma’arat al-Numan, and the towns of Kfarsjnh, Rkaya, Shanan and Sahhal, Najia and Musharrafa, Sheikh

Summary

مدرسة الفاخورة, al Fakhoura School, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On the morning of December 3, 2023, a number of civilians were killed and injured, including a woman and a child, in an alleged Israeli strike at the gate of the Al Fakhoura School in the Jabalia Camp, located in North Gaza. Few specific details about the victims were publicly available. At 3:27 am, the

Summary

2 – 4

(0–1 children0–1 women)

2–4

Impact

جمحران و كوربينكار, Jen Harran and Kurbinkar, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between one and four civilians were reported killed and up to eight others injured when a joint Turkish and Russian patrol allegedly opened fire on protesters in Jen Harran village, southern Kobani, Aleppo in Syria on November 12th, 2019, according to local sources. The sources also reported that the Turkish forces targeted journalists from Jin

Summary

1 – 4

(1 woman)

5–8

Turkish Military, Russian Military

3 named

أريحا, Ariha, Idlib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

On Saturday, October 7th 2023, one civilian was killed and ten civilians, including two children (one boy) with serious injuries, were wounded by an alleged artillery attack by the Russian military and/or Syrian regime and/or Iranian forces. Reportedly, Mustafa Wadah Ghandoura was killed; Anwar Eido Al Deek, Abdulqader, Samer Ahmed and Mohammed Imad Qar’iya were among the

Summary

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

5 named

مركز شرطة الباب, Al Bab Police Station, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

At least one man was killed and “many” wounded in alleged Turkish fire in the city of Al Bab, Aleppo governorate, on November 17th, 2019, according to Hawar News Agency. The men were reportedly taking part in a demonstration against the Turkish invasion of the city. Hawar News Agency wrote that civilians were attacked with

Summary

1–5

Small arms and light weapons

تل الزعتر, Tal al Zaatar, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At least 15 civilians, including a pregnant woman and at least nine children, were reportedly killed and up to 40 others injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike which hit several homes on Abu Khater Street in the Tal al-Zaatar neighbourhood of the northern Gaza Strip on October 25th 2023. Whilst the Jordanian news agency, Roya

Summary

(9–10 children4 women1–2 men)

15 – 21

32–40

15 named, 2 families identified

Neighbourhood/area

دير الزورحي الشيخ ياسين , Al Sheikh Yasin neighbourhood, Deir Ezzor, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

On January 21, 2017, two children, brothers called Mazen Siraj Al Nahri and Mohammed Siraj Nahri were reportedly killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Deir Ezzor’s Al Sheikh Yasin neighbourhood, according to local media. Several other civilians were wounded in the incident. Syrian Mirror reported: “warplanes likely to be Russian struck the neighborhoods of

Summary

(2 children)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

خانصور, Khanasor, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local sources reported that three civilians were injured in an alleged Turkish airstrike on Khanasor.

Summary

Turkish Military

تربة سبيه, several oil wells and Kardahol oil station in the Tirbe Spiyeh district, northern side of Qamishlo canton, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

During the evening of Thursday, October 5, 2023, an alleged Turkish airstrike on several oil wells (stations), including Kardahol oil station, in the countryside of Tirbe Spiyeh in Qamishlo canton, Syria, reportedly killed a 55-year-old man, Muhammad Al-Aliwi (Abu Hussein), and injured his son Mutasim Al-Aliwi and another 35-year-old man. Facebook user Ela Hiso shared

Summary

2–3

Turkish Military

3 named, 1 familiy identified

قرية حاس, Has, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Between five and ten civilians, including two children and two women, were reported injured in an alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrike on Has in Idlib, Syria, on December 1st 2019 according to local sources. A local source, Wasim Alkhalf, reported that this incident happened at 3.15pm. The source also identified four of those injured

Summary

5–10

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

5 named, 1 familiy identified

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

LOCATION

On October 14, 2023, 16 people, including nine children, were killed by an alleged Israeli airstrike on their home in Beit Lahia, located in the northern Gaza Strip. At least three medics and civil defense members were reportedly wounded in a double tap strike while rescuing the wounded. Munawar Hassan Ahmed Laban (identified as either

Summary

(9 children5 women2 men)

16 named, 1 familiy identified

Town

اليرموك, Mosul, Yarmouk, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local press and residents, as well as al-Amaq (ISIL) press sources, said that Coalition shelling had targeted several neighborhoods at the right side of Mosul, especially near apartments in Al-Yarmouk neighbourhood, with munitions equipped with controversial White Phosphorus. No civilian casualties were reported. Iraqi Spring posted a video on Facebook of al-Amaq agency [ISIL], showing

Summary

US-led Coalition

Jamaame, Lower Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

According to local sources, an airstrike by an unknown party targeted a ‘foreign al Shabaab commander’ around dawn on May 9th 2019. According to Horn Globe, “A second huge blast was heard in Jamame town, around dawn. The target of the second air attack was al-Shabaab commander in charge of planning operations, a Somali intelligence officer

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Belligerents reported killed

US Forces, US Forces

Suspected target

Al-Shabaab

منازل لعائلات حداد وبرغوت والبيك ونصار في حي الزيتون شرق غزة, homes of the Haddad, Barghout, Al-Beik and Nassar families in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in eastern Gaza, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

During the night of October 22nd 2023, four family homes in the Al-Zaytoun neighbourhood in Gaza City were bombed by an alleged Israeli airstrike. The homes belonging to the Haddad, Barghout, Al-Beik, and Nasser families were reportedly struck by an Israeli military aircraft, killing 11 people and injuring others. The Barghout family home was reportedly

Summary

(4–6 children3–4 women2–3 men)

11 named, 1 familiy identified

Neighbourhood/area

Jamaame, Lower Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

Local reports claimed that a pair of airstrikes by unknown international powers – presumably either the United States or Kenya – had targeted al Shabaab fighters in the towns of Jamaame and Buaale. According to Radio Kulmiye, “Another airstrikes were reported [on October 25th] from Middle Juba region, highly controlled by Al-Shabaab. Witnesses said that

Summary

US Forces, Kenyan Military Forces

Suspected target

Al-Shabaab

نزلة, جباليا, Al Nazla area, Jabalia, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Shortly before 3:51pm on Monday, October 23rd 2023, a house of the Al-Shandaghli family located in the Jabalia Al Nazla area, north of the Gaza Strip, was hit by an alleged Israeli airstrike killing at least seven identified civilians, including two women and three children, and injuring up to 11 other civilians. According to Nabd

Summary

(3 children2 women)

10–11

7 named, 1 familiy identified

بداما, Bidama, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Six civilians including three young girls, their mother and two women, all belonging to the same family, have been reportedly killed in alleged Syrian regime and/or Russian air or artillery strikes on Bidama in the western countryside of Idlib during the day on December 17, 2019. Local sources also claimed that in addition, a “large number”

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

(3 children3 women)

5–12

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

6 named, 1 familiy identified

دوار الشهداء, مخيم جباليا, Vicinity of Martyrs' roundabout, Jabalia camp, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 25th 2023, between 11 and 14 civilians, including at least three children, were killed and between 25 and 36 others were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Al-Kahlot family home in Jabalia camp. The home was located in the center of Jabalia camp near the Martyrs’ Roundabout/Al-Qimma area in the northern

Summary

(3–5 children3–4 women3–4 men)

11 – 14

25–36

11 named, 1 familiy identified

Nearby landmark

جسر الشغور, Jisr Al Shughour, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

At least four civilians, including two children, were killed in an alleged Russian drone strike on the Jisr Al Shughur – Lattakia road near the city of Jisr Al Shughour, on December 20th, 2019, according to local sources. Local activists reported to SMART News Agency that “Russian drones had targeted a gathering of civilians on

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

4 – 8

(2 children2 men)

كنصفرة, outskirts of Kansafra, Idlib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Shortly before 8:55 AM on Sunday, October 29, 2023, a 17-year-old-girl was injured by artillery shelling with contested responsibility allegedly perpetrated by Syrian regime forces and/or Russian military and/or Iranian military while she was harvesting olives with her family on the outskirts of Kansafra, in the southern countryside of Idlib, Syria. Twitter/X user @Ahmad_1alshble was

One child was injured by shrapnel in the neck after a shell by an unknown belligerent was fired on the Airport Road area in Tripoli on December 13th, 2019, as reported by Libyan Crime Monitoring Organization. Local reports of fighting point at the GNA or LNA as the culprit. Currently, further details are unavailable to

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Government of National Accord, Libyan National Army

خان يونس, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Sunday, October 23, 2023, at least six civilians were killed, including four women, in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Al-Astal family home near Al-Majmaa Street close to the park in the centre of Khan Younis, Gaza Strip. The strike also reportedly injured “a number” of others. The exact number of injuries is unknown.

Summary

(4 women2 men)

Impact

6 named, 1 familiy identified

City