Civilian Casualties

11 – 12

(3–4 children8 men)

13 named, 2 families identified

Exact location (via Airwars)

عطالة, Attale, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilian men, Ahmed Fathi al-Roudhan and Ahmed Ibrahim al-Okla, were killed when their car was reportedly struck with gunfire allegedly from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the village of Attale, in the southern countryside of al-Hasakah, at dawn on Wednesday August 30th 2023. Ninesixthree reported the incident took place at the al-Arisha SDF

Summary

(2 men)

Small arms and light weapons

Shashweyne, Banaadir, Somalia

LOCATION

According to a Freedom of Information request obtained by journalist Joshua Eaton in May 2019, this previously unknown US strike took place in the vicinity of Shashweyne, Bandir region, Somalia against al-Shabaab fighters. In its FOIA response, AFRICOM again confirmed it had targeted what it says were “AS fighters”, in the vicinity of Shashweyne, Banadir

Summary

معن, Ma'an, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

In the early hours of October 12th 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the Al Bashiti family house in the Ma’an area, east of Khan Younis city, in the southern Gaza strip, killing nine members of Al Bashiti family, including two women and six children. Ahmad Albashti, assumed to be a relative of the family,

Summary

(6 children2 women1 man)

9 named, 1 familiy identified

Neighbourhood/area

درنج, Daranj, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

On 25 September 2023, a young man was reportedly injured as a result of being shot by members of the Syrian Democratic Forces in Daranj, located in eastern Deir Ezzor. A report from Shaam News identifies Ibrahim Khalil Al-Watban as the young male injured, adding that he was seriously injured. Furthermore, the news account reported

Summary

Small arms and light weapons

YPG

1 named, 1 familiy identified

Bulo Haji, Lower Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

In an alleged civilian harm event previously unrecorded by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, a declassified AFRICOM report obtained in Spring 2019 identified a claimed event near Kismayo in October 2018. According to Casimada, “The strike against Al-Qaeda linked Al-Shabaab group was conducted in Bulo-Haji area near the town, killing at least 3 children, a

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

(3 children)

زنون, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

During the evening of Wednesday, October 11, 2023, eight civilians belonging to two different families, including six children and one woman, were killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Zanoun and al-Ajez family houses located in the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. A Watan correspondent reported that three residential apartments in

Summary

(6 children1 woman1 man)

8 named, 2 families identified

Belligerents reported killed

City

برج القاص , Burj al-Qas, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

A young woman was injured in alleged Turkish artillery fire on Burj al-Qas in Şêrawa. ANHA reported: “On the other hand, sources told our agency that the Turkish occupation army fired indiscriminately at the village of Birj al-Qas in the area of Sherawa, wounding the young woman Manar Ali Nassero. The source confirmed that her

Summary

عبسان الكبيرة, Abasan Al Kabira, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

code: ISPT0019
incident_date: 2023-10-07
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Infrastructure

Residential

(1 woman)

Town

جرابلس, Jarabulus, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

One person was killed and an unknown number of others were wounded after alleged SDF artillery and rocket shelling on the city of Jarablus, Aleppo governorate, on October 9th 2019. SyriaTV reported that one civilian was killed and others were injured after rocket shelling in the city center by SDF forces stationed in the village

Summary

Belligerents reported killed

Syrian Democratic Forces

طريق البريد, Al Barid Road, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 17, 2023, at least 10 people, members of the Barbakh family, were killed and at least five others were wounded during an alleged Israeli airstrike at the Barbakh family home on Al Barid road, central Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip. The attack, which struck the property located opposite the post office in central

Summary

(4–5 children4 women1 man)

10 – 20

10 named, 1 familiy identified

Exact location (via Airwars)

القامشلي, Qamishli, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

Several civilians were reported killed, and three others injured in an alleged Turkish forces artillery strike on Qamishli city, October 11th, 2019 according to local media sources.

Summary

1 – 2

(1–2 men)

منزل لعائلة حواس, Hawass family house, Gaza Strip, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On 17th October 2023, an alleged airstrike hit the house of the Hawass family, in the Gaza Strip, resulting in an unknown number of injuries. All sources attributed the strike to Israeli forces. Numerous Twitter/X accounts posted images showing Civil Defense and medical services rescuing and attending to those injured in the strike on the Hawass

Summary

كفرزيتا, Kafr Zeita, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

Artillery shelling reportedly struck a residential neighborhood in Kafr Zeita on the evening of January 26th and wounded a 40-year-old man who was transferred to a nearby medical point. According to some sources, another unidentified civilian was wounded. All sources blamed the Russian forces, except one local source who blamed the Syrian regime.

Summary

1–2

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

LOCATION

Suruç, Sanliurfa, Turkey

One civilian was injured after alleged YPG or PKK shelling strikes on Suruç district on October 13th 2019, according to Anadolu Agency. AA reported that the shelling targeted residential areas of the district. The injured civilian was taken to Suruç State Hospital for treatment. Three houses were damaged by the strike. @MSHNLP tweeted that their

Summary

YPG

مسجد شهداء الأقصى، مخيم النصيرات, Vicinity of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Mosque, Nuseirat refugee camp, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At least two people were killed and many more, including women and children, were reportedly injured on October 17th or 18th 2023, when the Al Aqsa Martyrs Mosque near the Ain Jalut towers in the Nuseirat camp, in the central Gaza Strip, was allegedly bombed by an Israeli military aircraft. Al Quds News Agency reported

Summary

12–24

Exact location (via Airwars)

Xanike ، بين ‎الدرباسية و عامودا‎, Xanike, between Dirbêsiyê and Amûde, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

@c1wan tweeted: “A civilian martyr was killed in the village of Xanike between Dirbêsiyê and Amûde as a result of the cannon shootings of the Turkish army.” @dersm_arin also reported one civilian death.

Summary

Turkish Military

LOCATION

آفس, Afes, Idlib, Syria

A woman was left injured in Afes, Idlib by artillery shelling allegedly fired by the Syrian regime and/or Russian military on September 13, 2023. The woman had fainted after being struck by shrapnel, according to Shaam News — who labeled the Syrian regime as the perpetrator. Some other sources, including Al Mohrar, said the shelling

Summary

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

الحسكة وعامودا, Al Hasaka & Amouda, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

Between six and 20 civilians were wounded in a shooting incident in Al Hasaka & Amouda. Sources did not identify who fired the bullets. According to Nors.studies, “six young people, one woman and two children were injured, as a result of reckless bullets, due to the celebrations of the Turkish-American agreement.” However, the Syrian Observatory

Summary

Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

6–20

Small arms and light weapons

YPG, Unknown

قرية كاني كندي , Kani Kindi village, Koya District, Kurdistan, Iraq

LOCATION

On Tuesday, October 17th, 2023, one man was killed and up to three other civilians, women, were injured after an alleged Turkish drone strike on a car in the Kani Kindi village in the Koya district of Kurdistan, Iraq. The car was reported to have belonged to citizens of the Makhmour refugee camp; the driver

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

(1 man)

1–3

تقاد, Tiqad village, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

One to two civilians were injured by alleged Russian airstrikes on a farm in the village of Fiqad, Aleppo countryside, on October 26th, 2019, according to local sources. The Smart News agency reported: “A civilian was injured on Saturday by Russian air strikes on a village west of Aleppo in northern Syria . Local activists

Summary

1–2

Russian Military

طلال السلطان, Tal al Sultan, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

An alleged Israeli bombardment killed at least 25 civilians, including members of the Tabasi, al-Hams and Abu Younis families, on the 22nd of October 2023, in the Tal Al-Sultan area in the west of Rafah in Gaza. The number of injured civilians remains unknown and some were still stuck under the rubble at the time

Summary

(11–13 children5 women7–9 men)

27 named, 3 families identified

Neighbourhood/area

الطريق بين رشيدية و القاسمية, Road between Al Rashidiya and Al Qasimiya village, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

One member of Doctors Without Borders was killed and three other civilians including two aged 17 wounded in an alleged Turkish mortar strike on a convoy about four kilometers north of Tal Temr, local sources reported. Hawar news said: “The invading Turkish state wounded two doctors by firing cannons at Til Temir’s convoy of Doctors

Summary

Gaza Strip, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

A 25-day-old girl was reportedly killed by an alleged Israeli military bombing in Gaza on Thursday, likely on or shortly after October 19th 2023. The baby was identified as 25-day-old Misk Mahmoud Ibrahim Hijazi. A tweet by @Shehabagency reported the incident alongside a video of a man holding the baby wrapped in blue gauze and

Summary

(1 child)

مراط , Merat, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

An unspecified number of civilians were wounded by an alleged Russian airstrike “by napalm bombs” on Merat, according to local media. No further details are currently available.

Summary

Russian Military

قرية شنان, Shannan village, Jabal Zawiya, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Between one and five hospital staff were wounded in two alleged Russian airstrikes on Ikhlas Hospital for women and children in Shannan village, Jabal Zawiya, at dawn on November 6, 2019, local media reported. The New York Times later geolocated the event. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, “fixed-wing warplanes we believe were

Summary

1–5

Russian Military

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

LOCATION

On Sunday, October 22nd 2023, a number of civilians were reportedly injured and killed, including a 24-year-old civilian named Salama Muhammad al-Owaidat, when an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the Abu Helou house located at Al-Awadhi junction of Block 7 in the Bureij Camp in the Gaza Strip. The precise number of victims remains unknown, and

Summary

1 – 2

(1 man)

Town

كفربطنا , Kafar Batna, Eastern Ghouta, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

Alleged Russia or Syria warplanes carried out air raids in Kafar Batna, Eastern Ghouta, wounding several civilians, local media reported. Enab Baladi reported through the civil defence that “three guided missile strikes and a cluster missile targeted the towns of Kafar Batna and Saqba in conjunction with the bombing of the town of Hamuriya, which

Summary

2–4

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

حي سيف الدولة, Sayf Al Dawla Neighbourhood, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

One child – a six-year-old girl, Norshan Atri – was reported killed in an alleged Turkey-backed militants’ artillery attack on Sêf El-Dewle, Al-Ezemiye and Al-Hemdaniye areas in Aleppo city, Syria on November 10th, 2019 according to local sources. Multiple shells reportedly hit civilian homes. The little girl was killed when one of the shells hit

Summary

(1 child)

Turkish Military, Free Syrian Army