Civilian Casualties

Libyan National Army, United Arab Emirates Military

Suspected target

GNA

Belligerents reported injured

20–32

12–33

مركز بيسان الطبي، مخيم البريج, Bisan Medical Center, Bureij Camp, Deir al-Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On the evening of May 12th 2024, a child named Hani Arafat Abu Jalal was killed and at least 10 others were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Bisan Medical Center, located in the Bureij Refugee Camp in central Gaza. On May 12th, the Palestinian Press Agency (Safa.ps) reported “Injuries as the [Israeli

Summary

Healthcare, IDP or Refugee Camp

1 – 2

(1 child)

Impact

بلدات متعددة, Several towns, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

According to Shaam Network, Russian and Syrian regime forces targeted many towns in Idlib with airstrikes, injuring civilians. The news read: “The raids also led to the fall of many wounded people in the cities of Ma`rat al-Nu`man, Ariha, and Kafr Nabl, and the towns and villages of Talatah, al-Barah, Ma`saran, al-Hartamiyah, al-Ghadfa, Shanan, Abu Jarif,

Summary

2–5

الشجاعي، مدينة غزة, Shujaiya neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Sunday, October 29th 2023, multiple people were reported killed and wounded in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Mushtaha family home located in the Al-Shujaiya neighbourhood of Gaza City in the Gaza Strip. The names and number of casualties is currently unavailable, therefore Airwars has used the fatality and injury range 2-2 in line

Summary

الكماري, Al Kamari, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Ghassan Mohsen Al-Dandal was injured as a result of an alleged Russian attack targeting Al Kamari at 11.23am on January 20th, 2020. @so_ria98 tweeted that “Civilian casualties were reported by Russian airstrikes on the village of Al Kamari in the southern countryside of Aleppo.” Mohammad Alhasuain reported on the alleged incident asserting the injury of

Summary

1–2

بالقرب من مسجد الشمعة، الزيتون, Vicinity of Al Shamaa Mosque, Al Zeitoun neighbourhood, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On November 2nd, 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike on the home of the al-Sawafiri family killed nine civilians and injured others, including children, in the Al Shamaa area, Al Zeitoun neighbourhood in Gaza City. According to Shehab Agency, the bombing resulted in the death and injury of civilians. Media companies such as Fateh News and

Summary

2–3

عنه, Anah, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later denied a social media claim that it had caused civilian casualties at Anah. According to its June report “April 12, 2017, near Annah, Iraq, via social media: No Coalition strikes were conducted on that day in the geographic area of the reported civilian casualties.”

Summary

US-led Coalition

شنان, Shannan, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Two men were killed and others injured following alleged Russian or Syrian regime air or artillery strikes on the village of Shannan, Idlib governorate, on January 27th, 2020, according to local media reports. The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SN4HR) reported that “Wael al Jisr and Mustafa al Deeb were killed as fixed-wing warplanes fired

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

2 named

Afes - Taftanaz road, eastern countryside of Idlib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

On the morning of Thursday, November 16th, 2023, a missile strike with contested responsibility allegedly perpetrated by Syrian regime forces and/or Russian military and/or Iranian military reportedly occurred along the Afes-Taftanaz road in the eastern countryside of Idlib, Syria, killing a young man Joumaa Abu Zohari who was reportedly operating a heavy engineering vehicle (Baker)

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

(1 man)

Russian Military, Syrian Regime, Iranian Military

1 named

Belligerents reported injured

شنان,, Shannan, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

On January 25th 2020 at 13:02, up to five civilians, including a woman and two children, were reported killed and six others wounded following Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes carried out against the village of Shannan. Two non-civilians were also reportedly killed. Local reports were inconsistent concerning the number of victims, as numbers initially stated

Summary

(2 children1 woman1–2 men)

3 – 5

3 named, 1 familiy identified

0–2

بالقرب من دوار أبو شرخ، مخيم جباليا, Vicinity of Abu Sharkh roundabout, Jabalia camp, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 31, 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike hit an ambulance, injuring two paramedics in the Abu Sharkh area in the northern Gaza Strip. On the day of the alleged strike, the account @Abdollah_KW posted a picture of the ambulance with its roof badly damaged and blood on the exterior of the passenger door to

Summary

Impact

بلدات متعددة, Several towns , Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

A single source, Shaam News Network, reported civilian harm across a series of strikes in towns in Aleppo. The source alleged both Russia and the Syrian Regime responsible. According to the source, attacks took place on the towns “Darat Azza, Zorba, Zitan, Qanater, Kamari, Arnaz, Urm al-Kubra, Atarib, First Engineers Country, Maarat al-Atariq, Sheikh Ali,

Summary

2–3

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

دير الزور, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

At 1:40 AM on Tuesday, 26th March 2024, airstrikes with contested responsibility allegedly perpetrated by the Israeli military and/or US military on areas surrounding the city of Deir Ezzor, Syria, killed a male civilian and a child and injured up to 32 civilians, including at least 14 children. The 42-year-old Syrian engineer Imad Adnan Shihab

Summary

(1 child1 man)

14–32

Israeli Military, US Forces

Suspected targets

Assad regime, Iranian military

1 named

Belligerents reported injured

12–27

الدبلوماسي, Adduplomasi, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

Three civilians were allegedly injured by LNA shelling on Ain Zara. The Libya Observer wrote: “Three foreign workers were injured when a shell fired by Haftar’s militias hit their workplace in Ain Zara district, south of Tripoli, on Saturday evening, spokesman for the Ministry of Health, Fawzi Onis has confirmed. Haftar’s militias continue to indiscriminately

Summary

Libyan National Army

مخيم المغاز, Al Maghazi, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At least one civilian was killed and a number of others were injured by alleged Israeli shelling east of Al Maghazi in the central Gaza Strip on October 28, 2023. Multiple social media reports highlighted an Israeli artillery shelling east of Al Maghazi in the central Gaza Strip, resulting in casualties – including one death.

Summary

الجنينة, Al-Janeneh, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Three civilians, including a child and a woman, were seriously injured from the remnants of an alleged Russian cluster bomb that was dropped the previous day, October 19th, in the village of Al-Jeneneh, Deir Ezzor, local media reported. Several sources added that the incident led to the amputation of the child’s foot. DMUO, for instance,

Summary

Russian Military

دارة عزة, Daret Izza, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

According to local sources an unspecified number of civilians were killed in an airstrike in Darat Azza in the western countryside of Aleppo, Syria, on February 14th 2020. The Shaam News Network reported: “The Russian and Assadian air forces launched air strikes targeting the towns of rural Aleppo, which led to the fall of five

Summary

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

Geolocation

Exact location (via Airwars)

0–1

حي الاسكندرية, Tabaqah, Ishtiqariyah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the injury of a civilian in a strike on ISIS headquarters in al Tabaqah. Their August 2017 civilian casualty report noted: “During a strike on an ISIS headquarters, after reviewing post-strike video, it was assessed that one civilian, who was not observed near

Summary

Known belligerent

US-led Coalition

جبل نوفان, Jabal Novan, Al Bayda, Yemen

LOCATION

Sources reported that US airstrikes targeted AQAP militants in Jabal Novan, Bayda governorate, overnight from March 2nd to March 3rd. There were no known reports of civilian casualties. Alleged strikes in the area came hours after another alleged strike in Jabal Novan had reportedly killed three AQAP militants early on March 2nd. The evening strikes

Summary

Airstrike, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

US Forces

Suspected target

14–17

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)

جنديرس, Jindires, Afrin, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

In a private report, the Kurdish Red Crescent listed two civilians, injured followed an alleged Turkish shelling of Jindires, Syria. The type of weapon is unknown. No additional details are presently known.

Summary

بنش, Binnish, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Up to four civilians from the same family, including a child and two women, were reported killed, and 12 others, including up to seven children and three women, were injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime forces airstrikes and/or artillery shelling on Binnish in Idlib, Syria on February 25th, 2020. Edlib Media Center said the

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

3 – 4

(1 child2 women)

4 named

حي الفالوجا، مخيم جباليا, Al-Faluja area, Jabalia Refugee Camp, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Shortly before 11:45 AM on Sunday, October 29, 2023, between 10 and 18 people, including a man and a young boy, were killed and a large number of civilians, including women and at least five children, were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Muharram family home in the Al-Faluja area of the Jabalia

Summary

10 – 18

(1 child1 man)

12–24

بلبلة, Bulbul, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

In a private report to Airwars, the Kurdish Red Crescent named the following one civilian as wounded in an alleged Turkish shelling of Bulbul: ‘Bashar Youssef, 27, various shrapnel wounds and a head injury’.

Summary

Turkish Military

الطريق بين الروضة و المجازة, Road between Al Rawda and Al Majaza, Shabwa, Yemen

LOCATION

A reported US airstrike in Rawdah, Shabwa governorate, on the evening of March 29th 2017 killed at least one alleged AQAP militant. There are no known associated reports of civilian harm. According to a majority of sources, the strike took place in the centre of Rawdah, near the village of Majazah, targeting a motorbike. Al

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

US Forces

Suspected target

برج الغافري، مدينة غزة, Burj Al-Ghafri tower, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On November 6th, 2023, three journalists from the Palestinian Media Group were reportedly injured by an alleged Israeli airstrike on the media office headquartered on the16th floor of the Burj Al-Ghafri tower, west of the Gaza strip. While the three injured journalists were widely cited by sources like The Palestinian Media Center, no information about

Summary

Apartment Building, Residential

كفرنبل, Kafr Nabl, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

A child was injured in the city of Kafr Nabl as missiles struck a hospital, a local council building, and a civil defence centre, local sources reported. The city was hit by three separate attacks with both Russian and Syrian forces reported to be involved. Flight analysis by the Syrian Archive identified a number of

Summary

Sida village, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

One civilian was reported killed in an alleged Turkish airstrike on Sidah village, Zap in Nineveh, Iraq Kurdistan on February 26th, 2020 according to local sources. ANF reported that “on February 26th, Turkish jets struck a civilian car in Sidah village of Zap region at 16:00, killing a civilian named Khelil Ibrahim Sidani who came

Summary