Civilian Casualties

Unknown

حي الزيتون بغزة, Al Zaytoun Neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Between five and eight civilians, including at least three children and two women, were reportedly killed and a number of civilians were injured in an alleged Israeli bombardment on the Dalloul family home in the Al Zaytoun neighbourhood, south of Gaza City, on the morning of Sunday 29th October 2023. Whilst several sources, including Al

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

5 – 8

(3 children2 women)

تل كيف‎, Telkaif, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Eight civilians including three women were claimed by NINA to have been killed in a coalition airstrike on Telkaif, 20km north of Mosul. A dozen militants also reportedly died in the attack.

Summary

رفح, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

During the afternoon of October 26th 2024, Israeli aircraft allegedly bombed a house belonging to the al-Shaer family. The bombing resulted in the deaths of at least 12 individuals, with others sustaining injuries. Airwars researchers have identified the names of 12 of those killed in the incident, among them 35-year-old Adel Mohammed Hamid, 20-year-old Ahmed Tawfiq Hassan,

Summary

(1 child1 woman10 men)

Impact

12 named, 1 familiy identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Exact location (via Airwars)

near Ash Sha'fa, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

In an event previously not tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the injury of one civilian in an artillery strike near Ash Sha’fa, Syria. This was later confirmed by the Pentagon to be a US-only event. In its June 2019 civilian casualty report, the Coalition noted: “Coalition artillery conducted a strike against a Daesh

Summary

Known belligerent

بجوار مسجد الحق، مخيم جباليا, Vicinity of Al Haqq Mosque, Jabalia camp, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Shortly before 11:54 PM on Sunday, 22 October 2023, at least 33 identified civilians, including seven women and at least 20 children, were killed and at least 10 others, including an infant, were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike that struck the Al-Lidawi family home in the Al-Shuhada Al-Sittah area west of the Jabalia refugee

Summary

IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential

(20–21 children7 women5–6 men)

34 named, 3 families identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Nearby landmark

LOCATION

Raqqa, Syria

In the Amnesty and Airwars’s joint April 2019 report “War in Raqqa: Rhetoric versus Reality”, one civilian was reportedly killed in alleged Coalition artillery strikes in Raqqa. Although Airwars assesses single sourced incidents as “weak”, researchers have assessed this incident “fair” due to the depth of material provided by Amnesty. The report stated that “Mahmud

Summary

1 – 35

(1 man)

تدمر‎, Palmyra, Homs, Syria

LOCATION

A badly wounded Syrian refugee told Buzzfeed that he believed his injuries had been caused by a Coalition airstrike at Palmyra, although no strikes at that location had been reported at the time (the first publicly reported Coalition strikes on Palmyra were on September 9th 2015.) Mohamed Raja, aged 23, lost his right arm and

Summary

قرب مسجد الاستجابة في حي الصبرة، مدينة غزة, Vicinity of Al-Istijabah mosque, Al-Sabra neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

In the afternoon of Sunday May 12th, 2024, two civilians were reportedly killed and several civilians were injured as a result of an alleged Israeli airstrike on the house for the Al-Haddad family near Al Istijabah mosque in Al Sabra neighbourhood of Gaza City. At least two militants were likely also killed in the incident.

Summary

الموصل‎, West Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local and medical sources said that 13 civilians were killed and up to six more injured after Coalition planes struck their homes in the centre of Mosul, while three more civilians died after a shop was reportedly struck by the Coalition in the west of the city. This report relates to the west Mosul allegation.

Summary

سنجار, Sinjar, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

The monitoring site Iraq Body Count reported seven civilians killed at Sinjar. While these were described as Daesh fighters in reports, IBC classifies all those aged under 18 as children. At least one of those killed in the alleged airstrike was described as aged 15. In its July 2017 casualty report, the Coalition classed the

Summary

1 – 7

(1 child)

خزاعة, Khuza’a, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On the morning of June 7th 2024, five civilians were reportedly injured in an alleged Israeli drone strike on the town of Khuza’a to the east of Khan Yunis, southern Gaza. The five injured in the attack were identified on social media as a young man named Muhammad Qudaih, a woman Ihsan Muslim Abourjila, a

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Unknown

Laantabuur or Abdow Dibile, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

Up to four civilians were killed in a US strike in the Lower Shabelle region, international media and investigating NGOs reported from the ground, though US Africa Command claimed that the strike had only killed three “terrorists.” It later again officially denied causing any civilian casualties. Initially, allegations of civilian harm came from a Reuters

Summary

3 – 4

(3–4 men)

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Unknown

0–1

Causes of injury / death

3 named, 1 familiy identified

1–4

معدان, Ma'adan, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

One or more non-combatant males were reported killed in an alleged Coalition strike at Ma’adan by a number of sources. All were agreed that one unnamed man was killed and seven people injured. The Damascus Centre for Human Rights Studies and Raqaa is Being Slaughtered listed, Munzer Ali Al A’asskar, as having been killed in

Summary

1 – 2

(1 child1–8 men)

النصر، مدينة غزة, Al-Nasr neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

During the afternoon of October 28th 2023, dozens of people were killed and wounded by alleged Israeli airstrikes on the Nassar family home in the Al-Nasr neighbourhood of Gaza City. The names and ages of the victims have not been found by Airwars among local sources, besides the family name. A Facebook post from Ahmad

Summary

Apartment Building, Residential

12 – 24

12–24

Exact location (via Airwars)

وادي الخورة, Wadi Khora, Shabwa, Yemen

LOCATION

code: USYEMTr166-C
incident_date: 2018-05-14
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Infrastructure

Car, Vehicle

1 – 2

(1–2 men)

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

Known belligerent

US Forces

Known target

2 named

1–4

البوثة, Bootha, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

Up to nine civilians from two families were killed in an alleged Coalition dawn strike at the small village of al Bootha – near to the Tishreen oilfield, and close to the scene of fierce clashes between Kurdish ground forces and Daesh. The Union of Hassakah Youth initially attributed the attack to the Forces for

Summary

(3–2 children2–3 women4 men)

7 – 9

7 named, 1 familiy identified

مدرسة حسن سلامة ومدرسة النصر الاسلامية النموذجية حي النصر, Hassan Salama School and Al Nasr School, Al Nasr neighbourhood, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At least 26 civilians were killed and many others were wounded by a declared Israeli airstrike on two UN-run schools, the Hassan Salama School and Al Nasr school on August 4th 2024. The two schools appear to have been targeted at the same time, and geographically are very close to each other. The Palestinian Chronicle,

Summary

(5–18 children3–6 women5–15 men)

26 – 27

12–24

26 named, 5 families identified

Exact location (via Airwars)

0–1

الباغوز, Al Baghouz, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

According to several local sources including ISIS, the Coalition killed between 50 and 100 civilians when an airstrike struck Al-Baghouz in the final stages of the fight against ISIS’ last territorial stronghold. While reports varied on the exact number of civilian casualties, most sources claimed that the majority of the victims were women and children.

Summary

(2–100 children2–100 women1–100 men)

50 – 100

1–2

حي الوحدة, Mosul, Wahida, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

In the second of three claimed incidents in Mosul on this date, it was reported that 17 civilians – including four women and five children – were killed in an alleged Coalition strike in the Wehda and Methak neighbourhoods east of Mosul. However, there was some doubt regarding the incident, with NRN News reportedly denying

Summary

(5 children4 women)

مدرسة مصطفى حافظ، حي الرمال، مدينة غزة, Mustafa Hafez School, Al Rimal neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On the morning of Tuesday, August 20th, 2024, a 32-year-old journalist from Record Media named Hamza Abdulrahman Murtaja was killed alongside at least 15 to 18 other civilians, including at least eight children, while dozens of civilians were also wounded in a declared Israeli airstrike on the Mustafa Hafez elementary school located in the Al-Rimal

Summary

(8–11 children1 woman6 men)

16 – 19

12–24

Exact location (other)

قرية الحنة, Al Hanna village, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

According to local sources, people took to the streets in demonstration after one man was killed and his two children injured or killed when shells hit their house in Al-Hanna. Jisr TV reported it was a total of 14 shells that caused the killing of the man and the injuries of his children. According to

Summary

Artillery, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

1 – 2

(1 man)

3 named, 1 familiy identified

LOCATION

يت, Hit, Al Anbar, Iraq

Several sources reported that an alleged Coalition air strike had hit the Qalqah area of Hit City, resulting in the deaths of up to six civilians and the wounding of 11 others, most of them women and children. Photographs obtained by the Iraqi Spring Media Center appeared to show significant damage, with a number of

Summary

5 – 6

8–11

جوار مدرسة عائشة للبنات، الجند، تعز, Vicinity of Aisha school, Al-Jund area, Taiz, Yemen

LOCATION

On Tuesday, 10th September 2024, at least two girls were killed and 17 others injured in alleged UK-US airstrikes at the Umm Al-Mu’minin Aisha School in Al-Jund area, Taiz District, Yemen. Local sources reported that two female students from the Umm Al-Mu’minin Aisha School for girls were killed during the incident: Hamas Abdullah Abedalsalam who was

Summary

(2 children)

5–17

الحصية في الشعفة, Al Sha'afa: Al Hassiya, Deir Ezzor, Syria

Impact

Suspected belligerents

US Forces, UK Military

LOCATION

Six civilians from the same family were reported killed as a result of an alleged Coalition airstrike in Al Hassiya, Al Sha’afa. The date of the incident appears to range between November 21st and 22nd. Local media reported that among the victims were one man, four children and one woman, who were originally displaced from al

Summary

(4 children1 woman1 man)

6 named, 1 familiy identified

الحويجة, Hawijah, Kirkuk, Iraq

LOCATION

Up to 41 civilians were allegedly killed and 53 injured in an airstrike on Hawijah which was said to have struck the city’s main market and hospital. The Daesh-linked Al A’amaq Agency initially reported the “Killing of four [civilians] and the wounding of 10 – most of them women and children – in an air

Summary

قرب مدينة حمد, Vicinity of Hamad City, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Four people, a father and three children, were killed and five others injured by an alleged Israeli airstrike on an internally displaced persons camp near Hamad Towers, close to Hamad City, northwest of Khan Younis. The incident occurred on July 24th, 2024 and was reported by multiple sources. The victims of the airstrike on the

Summary

(3 children1 man)

4 named, 1 familiy identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Neighbourhood/area

البوبدران, Al Soussa: al Boubadran, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Up to 12 civilians were reported killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Boubadran in Al Soussa. Radio al Kul reported that a child was killed in Al Boubadran, while most other sources reported on the deaths of four women and and three children. Hajin News for example reported that “Four women and three

Summary

7 – 12

(3 children4 women)

الموصل‎, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

According to Iraq Oil Report, at least 10 civilians died, and 20 were injured following Coalition airstrikes on Daesh bases around Mosul. Citing local sources, it noted: “On April 11, coalition air strikes also took out IS bases in Sawas in the south, Sukar on the east and the Filastin (Palestine) area on the west

Summary