Civilian Casualties

US Forces, Yemeni Air Force

3–13

بني وليد, Bani Walid, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

A reportedly sick woman was injured when the ambulance she was in was targeted in an alleged Turkish drone strike near the city of Bani Walid on May 11th, 2020, according to local sources. Tripoli29 reported that “a Turkish drone bombed an ambulance with a sick woman inside.” @agly1988 tweeted that “an ambulance carrying a woman from

Summary

بعلبك الهرمل, Baalbek-Hermel, Lebanon

LOCATION

On Wednesday, September 25, 2024, between four and seven people were reportedly killed and 38 others injured following alleged Israeli strikes on the Baalbek-al-Hermel region in eastern Lebanon. MTV reported that 4 people were killed and 38 wounded in “successive Israeli raids,” citing a statement from the Public Health Emergency Operations Center of the Ministry

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

4 – 7

Jamaame, Middle Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

Several Al Shabaab members were allegedly killed by a US airstrike on Jamaame. The Horn Observer said: “Two mid level al-Shabaab officials are among several killed after a suspected U.S airstrikes targeted the group’s strongholds in Jamame and in Haway in the country’s southern regions of Lower Jubba and Lower Shabelle on Monday. According to

Summary

3–5

قرية الجراد, Al-Jarad Village north of Manbij in the eastern countryside of Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

During the early morning of Thursday, 5th September 2024, a drone strike injured a 40-year-old man in the village of Al-Jarad, north of Manbij in the eastern countryside of Aleppo, Syria. While several sources alleged the strike was perpetrated by the Turkish military, one source reported that the local “Military Council” shot down a Turkish

Summary

Turkish Military, Syrian Democratic Forces

1 named

القمعلة, Al Qam`alah, Al Bayda, Yemen

LOCATION

Two people, including a 14-year old boy, were reportedly killed by a US drone strike in Al Qam`alah, in the Dhi Naem area of Bayda governorate, on January 29th 2018. In a later email to the Long War Journal, a US Central Command spokesperson stated that a strike had targeted AQAP in Bayda on January

Summary

1 – 2

(1 child1 man)

Known belligerent

Known target

2 named

1–2

الموزرة , Al-Muzarra, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least two civilians were killed and between three and four civilians, including a woman, were injured in an airstrike allegedly carried out by Russian forces on the town of Al-Muzarra in Idlib province on June 8, 2020. A number of sources state that two males, Hussein Ali al Abboud and 32-year-old Mustafa Abdul Raouf

Summary

1 – 2

(2 men)

3–4

رأس قسطا, Ras Qasta, Mount Lebanon, Lebanon

LOCATION

On September 25, 2024, an alleged Israeli airstrike targeted Ras Qasta in the Jbeil district of Lebanon, resulting in two reported injuries. @ShehabAgency tweeted that “Lebanese News Agency reports two injuries in the [Israeli] raid on Ras Asta and Bshtlida in the Jbeil district in the south of the country.” At the same time, @PalinfoAr

Summary

لحزمة, Al Hazma, Ma'rib, Yemen

LOCATION

A US drone strike reportedly killed at least one alleged AQAP militant, possibly a key communications officer, in Al Hazma, in the Wadi Obeida area of Marib governorate, on May 13th 2020. There were no known associated reports of civilian harm. According to academic Fatima Alasrar (@YemeniFatima), the strike targeted a house, injuring Abdullah Al-Maliki,

Summary

Known belligerent

Known target

1–2

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

LOCATION

Twenty-one people were reported killed and at least one was injured after an alleged Israeli strike on their family home in Block 6 of the Al-Bureij Camp in Gaza’s Deir al-Balah on 25 October, 2023. Most of the casualties were members of the Abu Shamala family. The patriarch of the family, 63-year-old Samir Abu Shamala

Summary

IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential

(12–13 children4–5 women4 men)

Israeli Military

22 named, 1 familiy identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Exact location (via Airwars)

قيفه, Qifah, Al Bayda, Yemen

LOCATION

A single source, Al-Masdar Online, alleged that a US airstrike killed Yasser Ali Abdullah al-Silmi, also known as Abu al Muhajir al Ebbi, in Qayfa, Bayda governorate, at dawn on March 6th 2017. A US Pentagon spokesperson, however, announced on March 6th that a US airstrike killed AQAP members Usayd al-Adani and Yasir al-Silmi in

Summary

مدرسة الشهيد ياسر عرفات الثانوية للموهوبين و الموهوبات، حي الشيخ رضوان، مدينة غزة, Martyr Yasser Arafat Secondary School for Gifted Boys and Girls, Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On 13th November 2024, an alleged Israeli quadcopter/drone attack on the Al Mawhoubin Gifted School housing displaced people in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, west of Gaza City injured three civilians. The incident was reported by Al Jazeera who also shared photos of Red Crescent volunteers transporting an injured man to the hospital in a stretcher,

Summary

Infrastructure

Education

الحامدية, Al Hamdiya, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Russian warplanes allegedly launched several air raids on the village of Al Hamdiya in Idlib province, according to local sources. Step News said civilians were injured in the attack.

Summary

Russian Military

Mosul, Tanak, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on July 7th 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment of civilian harm claims “near Mosul, Iraq” via an NGO report. According to the Coalition report, “8. April 27, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via NGO report: After review of the available information it was assessed

Summary

US-led Coalition

أرادن‎, Araden, Duhok, Iraq

LOCATION

Up to three people were killed and another person was injured in alleged Turkish airstrikes on a vehicle in the village of Ardana, Dohuk governorate, on August 14th, 2020. It remains unclear whether the victims were civilians. Rudaw reported: “The director of Bamerni district, Hamid Zubeir, told Rudaw Media Network that Turkish planes targeted a

Summary

0 – 3

Turkish Military

0–3

مسجد الدعوة، النصيرات, Al-Dawa Mosque, Nuseirat Camp, Deir al-Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

During noon prayers on Sunday, November 5, 2023, at least one man was killed and at least four others, including children, were injured by an alleged Israeli drone strike on the courtyard of Al-Da’wa Mosque in Nuseirat Refugee Camp, in the central Gaza Strip. On Facebook, Alghad TV recounted “a number of displaced persons injured”

Summary

IDP or Refugee Camp, Mosque, Religious

Infrastructure

1 – 2

(1 man)

Israeli Military

Names matched with MoH IDs

1 named

Nearby landmark

اريحا, Ariha, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

A civilian male was injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Ariha, Idlib governorate, on July 10th, 2019, according to local sources. The strikes reportedly targeted a school. Zaitonmag wrote: “The warplanes bombed the city of Ariha, south of Idlib, and the bombing targeted civilian homes and a school, resulting in an injured

Summary

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Rage Baris area, Galgadud, Somalia

LOCATION

An airstrike allegedly perpetrated by the Somali National Army “with assistance form international partners” killed up to 30 Al-Shabaab militants on 17 June, 2024 in the Rage Baris area of Galgadud, central Somalia. Garowe Online, quoting a statement from Somali state media clarified that two trucks and a technical vehicle [an improvised military vehicle] were

Summary

International Forces (Unknown), Somali Military Forces

Al-Shabaab

22–30

غندرشي, Gandarshe, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

A CIA paramilitary officer was killed in Somalia as a result of a joint ground raid with Somali special forces, it was later reported. Four elite Somali Danab troops also died during the event. Sources close to Al Shabaab first reported on the incident. Somali Memo said: “Reports from Gandarshe area say that a suicide

Summary

Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO), Small arms and light weapons

Causes of injury / death

راس النبع, Ras al-Nabaa, Beirut, Lebanon, Beirut Governorate, Lebanon

LOCATION

code: ISLB261124c
incident_date: 2024-11-26
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Weak

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery, Ground operation

Israeli Military

شيرا, Shyra, Afrin, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

In a report shared with Airwars, the Kurdish Red Crescent named one civilian as wounded in Shyra, Syria. The victim was listed as “Dalil Youssef Ali, 26, spine injury”. The weapons used has not been reported. No further details are currently available.

Summary

قصر أبو هادي, Qasr Abu Hadi, Surt, Libya

LOCATION

One child was reportedly killed by a NATO airstrike on Qasr Abu Hadi. The condolence page Sirte Martyrs published a picture of her mother commemorating her death four years later saying: “This is what NATO did with our children. Today marks the fourth anniversary of the martyrdom of the child Rayla Faraj Al-Bast Al-Gaddafi on

Summary

(1 child)

Known belligerent

NATO forces

Known targets

Gaddafi forces, Other

1 named

منطقة شعب الحافة، مديرية شعوب، صنعاء, Shaab Al-Hafa area, Shu'ub district, Sanaa, Sanaa, Yemen

LOCATION

At least three civilians, including at least one child and one woman, were killed and between 16 to 25 other civilians, including 11 women and children, were injured by alleged US airstrikes on the Shaab Al-Hafa neighborhood in the Shu’ub district of Sanaa, Yemen on April 6, 2025. A tweet from @Jih_8 reported that a

Summary

(1–2 children1–2 women0–1 men)

3 – 4

16–25

6 named, 1 familiy identified

Exact location (via Airwars)

حج جمال, Haj Jammal, Mosaka, Kurre, Shadia and Bleeka villages, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

The Military Council for Manbij reported that “in the past 24 hours, the villages of Haj Jamal, Musaka, Kurrê, Shadia and Blilka were the target of the indiscriminate invasion of Turkish warplanes targeting civilian houses. There are fears of civilians under the rubble of these villages. The traffic in the air prevents the arrival of

Summary

Turkish Military

بكسريا, Baksriya, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

An unspecified number of civilians were wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on Baksriya, according to local media. Both sources blamed Russia for the raid. One source reported that no civilian casualties were found in the wreckage, however the other said there was wounded among the rubble. According to the Syrian Civil Defence twitter page “The

Summary

Russian Military

الدولار, Dollar , Surt, Libya

LOCATION

Three civilians were allegedly killed and a mother injured by a NATO airstrike on the Al Wafa neighbourhood of Sirte, which is alternatively referred to as Al Dollar neighbourhood.. ANVWL said on one of the victim’s circumstances of death on October 6th: “The child was killed in Al-Wafa neighbourhood, Al-Dollar neighbourhood, as a result of

Summary

(2 children)

3 named, 1 familiy identified

LOCATION

Yemen

code: USYEM239d
incident_date: 2015-10-05
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair

Summary

Sablaale, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

In this strike in Barawe, Lower Shabelle, up to six al Shabaab militants were killed, including the the group’s leader, Ahmed Abdi Godane (aka Mukhtar Abu Zubeyr or Ahmed Abdi Aw Mohamed), international and local media reported. There were no reports of civilian harm. The strike was the first known US attack in Somalia for some

Summary

1–6

Airstrike and/or Artillery

LOCATION

مصراتة‎, Misrata, Libya

On March March 19th 2011, forces loyal to Gaddafi bombed the town of Misurata with either airstrikes or artillery shelling, which resulted to up to 50 civilians killed and 84 wounded. Al Bayan reported that 25 people were killed and 70 wounded during the bombing by the Libyan leader’s forces in the city of Misurata, which

Summary

25 – 50

70–84