Civilian Casualties

US-led Coalition

طرابلس‎: الفرناج, Tripoli: Al Fornaj, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

Two civilians were allegedly injured by indiscrimiante shelling on the Fornaj neighbourhood of Tripoli. Hona Souq Al-Khmies reported: “Injury of 2 displaced people, one of whom was seriously injured, and he is now under operations.” Tk Yahroug Kl shy said that several shells landed in the area, including on the Savings and Real Estate Investment

Summary

Government of National Accord, Libyan National Army

Suspected belligerents

بوابة مدرسة حليمة السعدية في جباليا النزلة, Gate of Halima al-Sadia School in Jabalia al-Nazla, Jabalia camp, Gaza Strip, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

code: ISPT071124e
incident_date: 2024-11-07
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Weak

Summary

Infrastructure

Education

Impact

سعود, Saud archaeological area, Ma'rib, Yemen

LOCATION

A US drone strike reportedly killed at least four alleged AQAP militants in Raghwan district, Marib governorate, on October 8th 2017. The strike was later confirmed by a US Central Command spokesperson in an email to the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, which stated that five AQAP militants were killed by a strike in the area

Summary

4–5

LOCATION

البيضاء, Al Bayda, Yemen

A US airstrike took place in Bayda governorate on March 29th 2019, one of two on that day, a US Central Command spokesperson later told New America. In a separate press release, US Central Command stated that all six declared US military strikes in March 2019 strikes had targeted AQAP in Bayda. There were no

Summary

Known target

شارع 5، خان يونس, Street 5, Khan Younis, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Saturday, August 24, 2024, Mohammed Izzat bo Ouda, a 48-year-old man, was killed when he was shot by alleged Israeli gunfire. Three others were also injured in the incident as the Israeli forces reportedly opened fire on IDP tents on Street 5, west of Khan Younis. Mohammed and the wounded were taken to the

Summary

(1 man)

Small arms and light weapons

LOCATION

البيضاء, Al Bayda, Yemen

A US airstrike targeted AQAP in Bayda governorate on August 14th, according to CNN National Security reporter Ryan Browne (@rabrowne75). On August 30th, US Central Command stated that “six counterterrorism air strikes” against AQAP had been conducted since May 16th 2018, in “Shabwah, Hadramawt and Al-Bayda governorates”. The declared strike dates included August 14th. There

Summary

Known target

ريدان بالقرب من جبل الكنائس, Raidan, in the vicinity of Jabal Al Kaneas, Ma'rib, Yemen

LOCATION

A US drone strike reportedly killed at least two alleged AQAP militants, including a leadership figure, in Raidan village, in the Al Kanaes area of Marib governorate, on November 1st 2019. One source, @AlkaramaHR, instead appeared to suggest that those killed were civilians, unaffiliated with AQAP. On January 2nd 2020, US Central Command told New

Summary

2–3

مخيم البريج, Al-Bureij camp, Deir al-Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Shortly before 20:00 on Monday, 3 November 2023, at least two people were reportedly killed and a number of civilians were injured when an Israeli airstrike allegedly struck homes belonging to the Saima and al-Maqadma families located in Block 10 of the al-Bureij Refugee Camp in the Deir al-Balah Governorate, central Gaza Strip. Multiple news

Summary

IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential

وادي عبيدة, Wadi Obeida, Ma'rib, Yemen

LOCATION

Four alleged AQAP militants, including Saudi-born media “chief” Abu Hajar Al-Makki, were reportedly killed by a US drone strike in Wadi Obeida, in Marib governorate, on the night of December 20th 2017. There were no known associated reports of civilian harm. Al-Makki, also known as Mohammed Farhan Al-Maliki, and by his online alias Shakeem Al-Khorasani,

Summary

شرجان, Sharjan, Al Bayda, Yemen

LOCATION

A US drone strike reportedly killed alleged AQAP leadership figure Nayef Al-Damaji and his “companions” in the Sharjan area of Al Suma’a district, Bayda governorate, on March 30th 2017, according to two local-language news outlets. There were no known reports of civilian harm. According to both sources, Yemen Voice and Akhbarak, the strike targeted Al-Damaji

Summary

مخيم المغازي, Al-Maghazi camp, Deir al-Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On November 3, 2023, alleged Israeli airstrikes on the Al-Maghazi refugee camp resulted in the deaths of at least 19 people, including at least nine children, from three families who were residing in the affected residential block. Many others were reported injured, with several still missing beneath the rubble. A total of 13 members from

Summary

IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential

(9–14 children5–7 women5–8 men)

19 – 21

12–24

Impact

21 named, 2 families identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Geolocation

Exact location (via Airwars)

جيليب, Jilib, Middle Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

The US military reported on the same day that it had conducted an airstrike against al Shabaab fighters in the town of Jilib. However it was locally claimed that the attack had killed three young children, whose bodies were shown on social media. In a press release published on the evening of the attack, AFRICOM

Summary

(3 children)

Known target

Al Qaeda in East Africa

3 named

Belligerents reported injured

كورين, Korin, Idlib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Late in the evening on Sunday, August 18th, 2024, one unnamed civilian was reportedly injured as a result of airstrikes with contested responsibility allegedly perpetrated by Syrian regime forces and/or Russian military and/or Iranian militias. The incident reportedly occurred in Korin in the southern countryside of Idlib. The @SyriaCivilDefe (or ‘White Helmets’) reported that one

Summary

Car, Road, Transportation, Vehicle

Russian Military, Iranian Military, Syrian Regime

Suspected belligerents

شيخ حسن, Sheikh Hassan, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

A civilian male was reportedly killed by Turkish forces as he was crossing the M4 highway near the village of Sheikh Hassan, Raqqa governorate, on August 26th, 2020, according to local sources. Rojava Network wrote that “a civilian named Qasim Al Khalil (48) was martyred as a result of Turkish shelling on the Sheikh Hassan

Summary

(1 man)

حي الجراف في مديرية الشعوب، صنعاء, Al-Jaraf neighborhood, Al-Shu’ub district, Sana'a, Sana'a, Yemen

LOCATION

At least nine civilians were reported killed and up to 18 others were injured by alleged US airstrikes on a home in Bir Zaid neighborhood of Al-Jiraf area, Shu’ub District, Sana’a, Yemen on March 15, 2025. At least two women and two children were among those injured. Most sources referred to strikes on the Al-Jaraf

Summary

9 – 18

2–18

صيدا‎, Sayda, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

At least one civilian male was critically injured in alleged Turkish or Turkish mercenary artillery strikes on the M4 road near the village of Sayda, Raqqa governorate, on October 22nd, 2020, according to local sources. Correspondents for Hawar News reported that “[Turkish] mercenaries targeted civilians on M4 road by firing shells at the road and its

Summary

1–2

حي الصبرة، مدينة غزة, Al-Sabra neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

code: ISPT0796
incident_date: 2023-10-31
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair

Summary

(3 children6 women3 men)

Impact

12 named, 1 familiy identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Geolocation

Exact location (via Airwars)

رشاوه, Vicinity of Reshava, Duhok, Iraq

LOCATION

Three civilians were killed in alleged Turkish airstrikes on the town of Deraluk, Dohuk governorate, on December 7th, 2020, according to local sources. The bodies of the three men were found on December 12th. On December 12th, Roj News reported: “On December 7th, three civilians from the Derelok district of Amed were bombed by Turkish

Summary

(3 men)

الزهراء, Al-Zahraa, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

code: ISPT0888a
incident_date: 2023-11-04
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

(3 children1 woman1 man)

5 named, 1 familiy identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Geolocation

Village

Tiyeeglow, Bakool, Somalia

LOCATION

A US airstrike targeted an Al Shabaab compound in Tiyeeglow, according to AFRICOM. The press release said: “In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. Africa Command forces conducted one airstrike in the vicinity of Tiyeeglow, Somalia, Jan. 18, 2021. Initial assessments indicate the strike destroyed one al-Shabaab compound. The command’s initial assessment is

Summary

حي الصبرة بمدينة غزة, Al-Sabra neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

code: ISPT0970
incident_date: 2023-11-08
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair

Summary

12–24

Taabta, Lower Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

In a news feature looking at drone strikes in Somalia, Somalia Report stated that on this day, “another [US] attack occurred in Taabta village in the Afmadow District of Lower Juba.” The report indicated that the target was al Shabaab. “AFRICOM does have terrorism in its list of applications and as of June JSOC’s hunter killers

Summary

القبيبة, Al Qubeiba, Surt, Libya

LOCATION

On September 17th, 2011, it was reported that there were two civilian casualties in a NATO airstrike near Al Qubeiba, west of Sirte. A Nour al-Din Nasser al-Zanki post reported one death and one injury, both women, from bombings. The Surt Son Youtube page reported the death of an unnamed Sudanese woman at the same

Summary

(2 women)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

لمنزل في دير البلح وسط قطاع غزة, the Sabah and al-Jarjawi family houses in the al-Masha'la neighborhood in Deir al Balah, Deir al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

code: ISPT0908
incident_date: 2023-11-05
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair

Summary

15 – 16

12–24

Buufow, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

At least four and up to 23 al Shabaab fighters were reported killed in a US airstrike at Buufow, near Janaaale. However more than three years later, one civilian fatality was also alleged. Two US actions on April 1st and April 2nd were later said to be “self-defence air strikes against al Shabaab fighters who

Summary

Airstrike, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

0 – 1

(1 man)

Causes of injury / death

Amisom Military Forces, Somali Military Forces

Suspected belligerents

4–23

شێنێ, Shene, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq

LOCATION

A woman was injured in alleged Turkish airstrikes on the village of Shene in Halsho sub-district, Sulaymaniyah governorate, on February 2nd, 2021, according to local sources. NRT English reported that “a 40-year-old civilian woman was wounded when Turkish warplanes bombed the outskirts of the village of Shene in the Raparin administration’s Halsho sub-district late on Tuesday

Summary

Tortoroow and Dodale, Bay, Somalia

LOCATION

On September 5th 2017, AFRICOM reported that it had conducted a precision airstrike in “central Somalia” against al-Shabaab militants that same day at approximately 9:50am local Somalia time. The release made no mention of civilian harm. However, AFRICOM asserted that the strike had killed “three (3) terrorists”. The action, it said, had hit in the

Summary

الزاوية, Al Zawiya, Al Zawiyah, Libya

LOCATION

On February 25th, 2011, Gaddafi forces bombed a mosque in Al Zawiya, killing ten using artillery and aircraft. No additional information on the victims was reported, although the deaths were reported by multiple sources on Twitter. @alahlawy29 tweeted “an eyewitness from Al-Zawiya to Al-Jazeera: Anti-tanks and aircraft are used against demonstrators in Libya.”

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery