Civilian Casualties

1–2

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

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

LOCATION

On Friday, June 21st 2024, civilians were reportedly killed as a result of alleged Israeli artillery and/or drone strikes in the Al-Zeitoun neighbourhood in Gaza City. Reports also claimed that others were wounded. Several sources on Twitter and Facebook, including the journalist Ahmed Qadih, Ayman Akram, Moudar Mustafa and @nabaanewsroom, reported that the incident occurred

Summary

Residential

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

Causes of injury / death

near Al Quriyah (Dayr Az Zawr), Syria, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on September 29th 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on social media claims of civilian harm “near Al Quriyah (Dayr Az Zawr)”. According to the Coalition report, “101. June 8, 2017, near Al Quriyah (Dayr Az Zawr), Syria, via social media report: After a

Summary

US-led Coalition

المحسنلي, Al Mihsinli, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Several civilians were allegedly injured by YPG shelling on the village of Al Mihsinli near Jarabulus on February 4th, 2020, according to local sources. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that “a child was seriously injured, as a result of artillery shelling carried out by the Kurdish forces on the village of Al Muhsinli

Summary

YPG

جنوب دمشق, areas of Aqraba and Zainabiya in the vicinity of the city of Sayyida Zeinab, Damascus, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

On Monday, 29th January 2024, at approximately 1:00 pm, a number of civilians, including a civilian man, Ahmar Mahmoud Qaq, were killed and a number of others were injured as a result of an alleged airstrike by the Israeli military and/or the Syrian regime forces on a farm between the towns of Aqraba and Zainabiya

Two civilians were reportedly injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime air or artillery strikes on the town of Al Atarib, Aleppo governorate, on February 12th, 2020, according to local sources. The Syrian Civil Defence reported that the artillery strikes led to two injured people, who were then treated by SCD teams in a hospital.

Summary

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

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

LOCATION

On Wednesday, November 1st 2023, twenty-nine-year-old journalist Majd Fadl Muhammad Arandas, a member of the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate and a reporter for the Al-Jamahir News website, was killed when an area near his house in the Nuseirat Refugee Camp was bombed in an alleged Israeli airstrike. According to a post by the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate

Summary

Names matched with MoH IDs

Israeli Military

Named victims

1 named

Geolocation

Town

تل عمارة, Tal Amara and Hawa, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

An unspecified number of civilians were reportedly wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on Tal Amara. All sources blamed Russian warplanes. @insaan_Rights reported that cluster bombs struck the vicinity. There were no reports of civilian deaths.

Summary

Russian Military

الاتارب, Al Atarib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian was wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike on Al Atarib on February 12 2020, local media reported. According to the White Helmets, “one person was injured as a result of aerial bombing by two Russian warplanes in the city of Atarib, west of Aleppo. Our teams worked to check the area and provide

Summary

1–2

Russian Military

مدرسة صلاح الدين، حي الرمال، مدينة غزة, Salah al-Deen School, Al-Rimal neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Shortly before 3:49 PM, on Monday, July 15th 2024, a young man was reportedly killed and between four and six others were injured after an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the UNRWA Salah al-Din School in the Rimal neighborhood, on al-Jalaa Street, in central Gaza City. According to Safa News, at 4:37 PM, the Palestinian Civil

Summary

4–6

Impact

LOCATION

زكاة, Zakat, Hama, Syria

Two to three civilians were injured by alleged Russian aircraft bombing in Zakat, local media reported. Sources all blamed Russian warplanes for the strikes. @HamahNow reported that “one woman and two children” were wounded. Shbaballatamneh3 added that the bombing by Russian warplanes included the use of missiles. According to Arab48, “Russian warplanes launched a series of

Summary

2–3

Russian Military

الفطيرة, Al Fatira, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Between two and three civilians, including two men, were reported killed and up to four civilians sustained injuries during an alleged Russian or Regime airstrike on the town of Al Fatira in the southern countryside of Idlib on February 24, 2020. Regarding civilian harm, @IdlibPlus and Bsklaa16 said that “civilians were wounded and trapped under

Summary

2 – 3

(2 men)

2–4

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

LOCATION

البقاع, Beqaa, Lebanon

Journalist Fadi Bouadia was injured by an alleged Israeli airstrike during a live broadcast occurring in ِBeqaa on 23 September 2024. A video showing the incident has been widely shared on social media. Bouadia is speaking to the camera before being hit; he can then be heard screaming. The editor-in-chief of the news outlet “Maraya

Summary

وادي النسيل, Wadi Al Naseel, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

Several sources reported that a US drone strike targeted an alleged AQAP camp in Wadi al-Naseel, Wadea district of Abyan governorate, late on March 5th 2017, or possibly very early on march 6th. There were no known associated reports of civilian harm. According to AFP, an “early dawn” US strike allegedly took place in the

Summary

جورة العقاد، خان يونس, Jouret al-Aqqad, Khan Younis, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At least 13 civilians were killed in an alleged Israeli bombing of the Al-Yaqoub family home in the Jouret Al-Aqqad area of Khan Younis at dawn on October 26, 2023. Eleven of those killed in the incident were members of the Afana family, identified as the following: Afana Ahmed Afana, 56, his wife Sumaya Fakhri

Summary

Residential

13 – 15

(3 children5 women4 men)

13 named, 1 familiy identified

Israeli Military

Named victims

Names matched with MoH IDs

Geolocation

Neighbourhood/area

بنش, Binnish, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources reported that one man was killed and up to two others injured as a result of alleged Russian airstrikes on the city of Binnish in the Idlib province, on March 2nd 2020. Alleged Russian warplanes carried out two raids on the city of Binnish. The strikes resulted in the death of one civilian

Summary

2–3

بالقرب من مدرسة أبو الحلو، مخيم البريج, Vicinity of Abu Helou school, Al-Bureij camp, Deir al-Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

A young man was injured by shrapnel that fell in the vicinity of Abu Helu school in Bureij Refugee Camp in the central Gaza Strip on the 15th of July 2024. The young man was inside the school when an alleged shell fell in the yard and injured him. According to Mohamed Awad, he was

Summary

Impact

مودية, Northern outskirts of Mudiyah, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

A US naval strike reportedly targeted an alleged AQAP site on the northern outskirts of Mudiyah town, Abyan governorate, on the evening of April 16th 2017. There were no reported associated civilian or militant casualties. According to Aden al-Ghad, a missile exploded in Al Qassarat area, according to locals, but left no casualties. This was

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike, Naval bombardment

زفتا, Zifta, Nabatieh District, Lebanon

LOCATION

On September 23, 2024, civilian Ra’ef Shouman was killed in an alleged Israeli bombardment that hit the town of Zifta in Lebanon. News reports coming from the region described the “massive destruction” caused by strikes with several sharing videos showing damage to cars and streets. In one such post, an Al Jazeera video shows a “large

Summary

جيليب, Jilib, Middle Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

In an event not publicly disclosed at the time, US Africa Command conducted a strike in the vicinity of Jilib on February 1st, which it later said “did not result in any terrorist deaths, injuries or damage to equipment and infrastructure. Nor did we assess any civilians were killed or injured.” The strike came to light, along

Summary

قرية سيد علي وبلدة تل مالد قرب مدينة مارع شمال حلب, village of Sayyed Ali and town of Tal Mald, near the city of Marea, north of Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

At around midday on Wednesday, March 6th, 2024, one woman was killed and up to four civilians, including a woman and three children, were reportedly injured by an alleged artillery strike by the Syrian Defence Forces (SDF) on civilian homes in the wider area of the city of Marea, including the village of Sayyed Ali

Summary

(1 woman)

1–4

YPG

بوقرين, Abugrein, Misrata, Libya

LOCATION

Two paramedics were allegedly injured by LNA shelling on Abugrein. Libya Alahrar TV said: “Urgent: Media Adviser to the Ministry of Health, Lamine Al-Hashemi: Two paramedics were wounded and an ambulance was destroyed in the Abugrein area due to shelling of Haftar militias” The Libya Observer wrote: “The Crisis and Emergency Committee of the Ministry

Summary

Libyan National Army

قريب كلية تطبيقية، المواصي, Vicinity of University College of Applied Sciences, Al Mawasi, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Between four and eight people, including up to three children, a woman, and an elderly man, were injured in an alleged Israeli attack that struck the guard room of the University College of Applied Sciences, which was sheltering displaced people in the Al Mawasi area, west of Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip on September

Summary

Airstrike, Artillery, Drone Strike

4–8

Impact

زنجبار‎ , Zinjibar, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

Local sources reported that “at least one top insurgent was killed in the US military-led strikes by unmanned aircraft”, which began in Zinjibar, on June 10, 2021. There were no reports of civilian harm. While Reuters reported that airstrikes on Zinjibar stemmed from “state forces”, according to the editor of the Yemen Post, a strike

Summary

Airstrike, Airstrike and/or Artillery, Drone Strike

Belligerents reported killed

Kamsuuma, Lower Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

One elderly civilian, claimed by al Shabaab to be a tribal elder, was allegedly killed by a US airstrike in Kamsuuma. The US later pushed back heavily against the claim, insisting the victim was a terrorist. AFRICOM initially described the action – which it said killed one al Shabaab fighter – as a response to

Summary

Airstrike, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground), Drone Strike

0 – 1

Belligerents reported killed

كتيان, Kitian, eastern countryside of Idlib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

During the morning of Sunday, November 26, 2023, a guided missile allegedly fired by Syrian regime forces and/or the Russian military and/or the Iranian military hit a car parked in front of a civilian house, injuring a woman and a child from the same family, in Kitian, in the eastern countryside of Idlib, Syria. Several

Summary

Residential

Russian Military, Iranian Military, Syrian Regime

الـخـرمـة, Kharama, Mayfa'a district, Shabwa, Yemen

LOCATION

According to news reports and local sources, between three and seven militants were killed in a series of five alleged US drone strikes close to the village of Kharama, between the towns of Azzan and Huta in Shabwa province on the evening of the 16th of April, 2012. The strikes were conducted within the mountainous

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Agriculture

Belligerents reported killed

3–7

أربع شوارع زويته, Al Zuwaita Junction, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

One civilian was allegedly killed by indiscriminate artillery selling on Ain Zara. Al Wasat wrote: “A spokesman for the ambulance and emergency services, Osama Ali, announced the death of a citizen as a result of a shrapnel wound when ‘shells fell on a house in Zuwita Street in Ain Zara’ in the capital, Tripoli, on

Summary

1 – 3

(2 men)

1–3