Civilian Casualties

سوق في حي فروة، مديرية شعوب، صنعاء, Market in Furwa neighbourhood, Shu'ub District, Sanaa, Sanaa, Yemen

LOCATION

At least thirteen civilians were killed and between 30 and 34 others injured when an airstrike or air defense missile hit the Furwa neighbourhood market during the evening of 20 April, 2025. Sources diverged on whether the US or Houthis were responsible. Ibrahim Khalil Muhammad was killed, as was Ramzi Zakaria Fahim al-Badawi, Essam al-Arabi,

Summary

Car, Commerce, Market, Motorcycle, Truck, Vehicle

Infrastructure

13 – 14

(3 children1 woman)

30–34

US Forces, Houthi Forces

16 named, 1 familiy identified

Geolocation

Exact location (via Airwars)

الحي رقم 3, Neighbourhood No. 3, Surt, Libya

LOCATION

On September 18th, 2011, three children were reported to have died from NATO bombardment in the third residential area of Sirte. Nour al-Din Nasser al-Zanki reported the deaths of two children, while a Facebook page from a father reported the death of another child on the same day. NATO confirmed airstrikes on “1 Military Facility,

Summary

2 – 3

(2–3 children)

3 named, 1 familiy identified

السفيرة, al-Safira, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

code: R4747
incident_date: 2024-12-01
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Contested

Summary

7 – 19

(9 children2 women)

Al Qaeda/HTS

Belligerents reported injured

12–24

12–24

LOCATION

Lower Juba, Somalia

This was the second of two strikes confirmed by the Pentagon on April 4th 2016. The attack was a “self-defence air strikes against al Shabaab fighters who posed imminent threats to US and partner nation forces in Somalia,” Department of Defense spokesperson Lieutenant-Colonel Michelle Baldanza told the Bureau of Investigative Journalism. Earlier on April 4th,

Summary

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

Causes of injury / death

جالو, Jallo Oasis, Al Wahat, Libya

LOCATION

On April 30th, 2011, Gaddafi forces entered the Jallo Oasis, reportedly killing six civilians and four rebels. According to Agence France-Presse, 66 cars arrived from the south of the Oasis, killing one civilian at a bakery and five more civilian workers during the attack. Al Jazeera quoted a rebel spokesman, also describing the six civilian

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

Causes of injury / death

Gaddafi Forces

Other

حرمك, Kunya Barrow, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

AFRICOM reported that the previous day it had conducted “a precision airstrike in Somalia against al-Shabaab on Thurs., Sept. 7 at approximately 2:45 p.m. local Somalia time”. The release made no mention of civilian harm. However, AFRICOM asserted that the strike had killed “one (1) terrorist”. The strike was carried out under authorities passed in

Summary

ميدان الشهداء, Martyrs' Square, Al Zawiyah, Libya

LOCATION

On February 26th, 2011, 50 civilians were reported killed and another 50 wounded as a result of heavy artillery shelling on the city of al-Zawiya by Gaddafi forces. Thirty of the wounded were taken to another location, though no other information was provided about casualties. Al-Jazeera was the only source to report on the strike,

Summary

Jana Cabdalle, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

AFRICOM reported that two days previously it had “conducted an airstrike destroying an al-Shabaab vehicle-borne improvised explosive device near Jana Cabdalle, Somalia, on the afternoon of April 11.” AFRICOM made no mention of civilian harm. Additionally, AFRICOM did not state whether any belligerents had been killed in this strike. In a subsequent FOIA response obtained by

Summary

LOCATION

بنغازي‎, Benghazi, Libya

On February 20th, 2011, between 15 and 18 people were killed by Gaddafi security forces in Benghazi. France24 and Wiki news reported the casualty counts, with Al Jazeera Youtube showing a picture of civilian bodies. France24 reports “some of the security men detained by the protesters were apparently foreign mercenaries. The channel said earlier that

Summary

15 – 18

100

Awdheegle, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

Four al Shabaab fighters were reported killed as the US carried out what it said was a self-defence strike in the vicinity of Awdheegle, Lower Shabelle, after US and partner forces came under attack, US Africa Command said in a statement. Associated Press gave a detailed report on the event: “Somali commandos backed by U.S.

Summary

LOCATION

سرت‎, Sirte, Surt, Libya

At least 17 people were killed, including one man who was a soldier in Qadhafi’s forces, in Sirte by rebel forces around October 6, 2011 according to the UN Report Source Page 78. A Tawerghan living in an IDP camp was a relative of the soldier killed and was told about his relative’s death by

Summary

(1 man)

Small arms and light weapons

Libyan rebel forces

زمزم, Zamzam, Benghazi, Libya

LOCATION

Eight children were allegedly injured by artillery shelling from an unknown belligerent in Benghazi. Libya Alahrar TV wrote: “Al-Galaa Hospital for Surgery and Accidents in Benghazi announced that eight children were injured yesterday, Friday, as a result of a shell landing in the Zamzam neighborhood. The hospital added in a statement on Saturday that the

Summary

خان شيخون, Khan Shekhoun, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

A child was injured when two alleged Russian warplanes struck Khan Shekhoun, according to local media. All sources reported that Russia was to blame, except @SyriaCivilDefe who tweeted that unknown warplanes were to blame. There were no reports of civilian deaths. According to @SyriaCivilDefe “cluster bombs and rockets containing incendiary materials” were used on the

Summary

Russian Military

LOCATION

دمشق, Damascus, Syria

Alleged Israeli air strikes were launched against Damascus on May 17, 2019. According to Euphrates Post, “Israeli air raids targeted the Assad regime sites shortly before the capital Damascus, air raids targeted the headquarters of the first division in the city of Al-Keswa, in conjunction with the launch of surface-to-air missiles from the air defense

Summary

مقبرة افس, Afes Cemetery, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Between two and five civilians, including one to two children, were killed and five to eight others were injured in alleged Russian or regime airstrikes and/or artillery strikes on Afes on June 23, 2021. According to @abazeid89, “artillery shelling (regime / Russia) targeted the cemetery of the town of Afs in Idlib during a funeral

Summary

2 – 5

(1–2 children2 men)

5–8

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

3 named, 1 familiy identified

حي الشيخ رضوان ,شارع النفق, Al Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, Gaza, Gaza Strip, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Four members of one family, including two children, were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a house in Gaza’s Al Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, according to multiple sources. The airstrike killed 16-year-old Lina Iyad Fathi Sharir, alongside her mother and father, Layali Taha Sharir and Iyad Fathi Fayeq Sharir. Her sister, two-year-old Mina Iyad Sharir, was

Summary

(2 children1 woman)

3 named, 2 families identified

الشعفة, Al Sha'afa (possibly east of village), Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Three civilians were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike near the village of al Sha’afa, local sources reported. According to Sound and Picture, “vehicles carrying displaced civilians” were struck by Coalition aircraft, resulting in “a number of wounded”. This was reiterated by Marsad al Hassaka. The Al Sha’afa Facebook page was the only source that

Summary

جاسم, Jassim, Daraa, Syria

LOCATION

Between one and two civilians were killed and others were injured in alleged Russian or regime artillery strikes on the city of Jassim on July 29, 2021. According to @MasarPressNet, “two civilians were killed and others were injured as a result of artillery shelling by Assad forces on the city of Jassim”. @DeirEzzore added that

Summary

1 – 2

(1–2 men)

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

2 named, 1 familiy identified

0–1

Al Rabie Building, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Up to three civilians, including at least one child, were killed in an Israeli airstrike on an apartment building in Gaza city on May 14th, 2021, multiple sources reported. Up to ten injuries were also reported. The child was identified as 12-year-old Abdullah Ashraf Abdullah Jouda. A second individual, named as Adam Mohammed Al-Farawi, was

Summary

2 – 3

(1–2 children1 man)

8–10

كفر بطنا, Kafr Batna, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

Aerial and artillery shelling of Kafr Batna, eastern Ghouta, Damascus, wounded two civilians, one woman and one child, local media reported. According to multiple sources, at least one woman and one child were wounded in what Jsirtv described as “heavy air bombardment hit residential neighbourhoods in Kafr Batna.” Reportedly, the strikes hit a popular market,

Summary

قرب معهد حمودة بيت لاهيا, Vicinity of Hamouda Institute, Beit Lahya, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At least two civilians were injured in alleged Israeli strikes next the Hamouda Institure in Beit Lahia on May 12, 2021. @SafaPs reported that “two injuries arrived at the Indonesian hospital as a result of the Israeli raid against a group of citizens next to the Hamouda Sharia Institute in Beit Lahia”. Other sources also

Summary

Israeli Military

مصبح, Musbah, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Two men, likely to have been members of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), were killed and a civilian was injured in an alleged Israeli drone strike on agricultural land near to Mosbeh, north of Rafah in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, around 18:45 on the evening of May 16th 2021. Multiple sources reported the

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Palestinian Militants

Palestinian Forces

الشجرة, Al Shajara, Daraa, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian was killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the village of Al Shajara, Dara’a governorate, on July 21st, 2018, according to local sources. An officer with the Dara’a Martyrs Documentation Office told Smart News that “one civilian was killed in Al Shajara village, which is controlled by the Islamic State.” The

Summary

كريات جات, Zohar near Kiryat Gat, Southern, Israel

LOCATION

As many as two people were physically injured by a rocket, reportedly fired from Gaza, that struck the village of Zohar, southern Israel on May 13th 2021, according to local reports. The Times of Israel said the Magen David Adom ambulance service provided assistance to three people in the small community of Zohar near Kiryat

Summary

Causes of injury / death

Palestinian Militants

2 named

زوهر, بئر السبع, HaZohar street, Southern, Israel

LOCATION

A rocket, reportedly fired by the Al-Qassam Brigade, stuck the city of Be’er Sheva, southern Israel on May 13th 2021, leading to conflicting reports of deaths and injuries among Arabic and Hebrew news sources. Among Arabic media sources, there were reports that as many as 12 people were injured and taken to Barzilai Hospital. Shihab

Summary

(1 woman)

Palestinian Militants

حرستا, Harasta, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

Seven or eight people, including two women and two children, were killed in air and artillery strikes on the city of Harasta on March 18th, 2018, according to several sources. The belligerent remains contested, with sources pointing both at Russia and the Syrian regime. Syriahr reported the incident occurred in the evening, as warplanes carried

Summary

(2–3 children2 women3 men)

7 – 8

7 named

طريق السد, Tareeq Al Sad, Daraa, Syria

LOCATION

Between two and three civilians, including two men from the same family, were killed and up to four others were wounded in alleged Iranian or regime surface-to-surface missile strikes and artillery shelling on Tareeq al-Sad on August 29, 2021. According to Syrian Civil Defense (SCD), two civilians were killed and four others were injured in

Summary

2 – 3

(2 men)

2–4

Iranian Military, Syrian Regime

2 named, 1 familiy identified