Civilian Casualties

Russian Military

أورم الكبرى, Urma Al Kubra, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Up to three civilians were reported killed and up to ten injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on the town Urma Al Kubra, Aleppo, on February 2nd, 2020. Among other sources, the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SN4HR) identified the civilians who were killed by the attack as Hamzah Mustafa al Najib, Abdul Salam Al Ghdab and Essam Abdel-Latif.

Summary

2 – 3

5–10

بالقرب من مسجد الامام الشافعي بالزيتون, Vicinity of Al Shafi’i Mosque, Al Zeitoun neighbourhood, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On November 2nd 2023, the Shehab News Agency reported on the deaths of several people and “a number of missing persons” under the rubble of the Al-Dahshan family home; at least two people were reported injured. The family home, located in the Al Shafi’i Mosque Area in the Al Zeitoun neighbourhood was allegedly hit by

Summary

15 – 30

(2 women2 men)

4 named, 2 families identified

Nearby landmark

عقيربات, Akeirbat, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

Several civilians were injured in airstrike on Akeirbat, Hama, according to local media. Only two known sources reported on the attack and only one identified a belligerent, it is therefore unclear if Russia were responsible for the raid. Step News Agency reported that “Russian planes carried out raids on Akeirbat in eastern Hama which led to the

Summary

Russian Military, Unknown

تفتناز, Taftanaz, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

The town of Taftanaz was struck by an alleged Russian airstrike on February 4th, 2020, resulting in up to five injuries to civilians, including a woman and two children. Two tweets from@EyadHoms20 claimed that “Russian occupation aircraft” struck residential areas within Taftanaz “with several missiles”. The Baladi Network supported the use of missiles upon the

Summary

Russian Military

قرية الصباحية على الطريق الرابط بين قضاء سنجار وقضاء القيروان غرب مدينة الموصل, Sabahiya village on the road linking Sinjar district and Qayrawan district west of Mosul city, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

On Monday, July 8th, 2024, a declared Turkish drone struck a vehicle belonging to ÇIRA TV and ÇIRA Radio, resulting in the injury of six people, including three media personnel, in Sabahiya village, located on the road linking Sinjar district and Qayrawan district in the western part of Mosul city located in the Nineveh Governorate,

Summary

(1 man)

Belligerents reported injured

0–2

مُحَافَظَة أبين, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

On March 2nd 2017, a US airstrike killed AQAP members Usayd al-Adani and Yasir al-Silmi in Abyan governorate, a US Pentagon spokesperson later announced – though other sources instead named the strike location as Qaifa, in Bayda governorate. There were no known associated reports of civilian harm. According to the Pentagon, al-Adani was “a longtime

Summary

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

Known belligerent

US Forces

Known target

بني سهيلا, Bani Suhaila, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On November 1, 2023, the house of a Palestinian man, Abu Hamid, and his family was bombed by alleged Israeli airstrikes, resulting in several reported injuries. The incident took place in Bani Suheila, east of Khan Younis, and has been reported on by over a dozen sources. Among these sources, the Palestinian or Safa Press

Summary

معارة الاتارب, Ma`art Al Atareb, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Up to eight civilians were killed including at least two children and a woman died and others were wounded in alleged Russian or regime air or artillery strikes on Ma`art Al Atareb, according to local media and sources on February 14th 2020. The majority of sources indicated that five civilians were killed but Syriahr alleged

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

(2–5 children1 woman1 man)

3 – 8

3–4

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

قيزان رشوان، خان يونس, Qizan Rashwan area, Khan Younis, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Monday, October 23, 2023, at least 14 civilians, most of them children and members of the same family, were killed and a number of others were injured in a strike on the home of the Abu Rashwan family in the Qizan Rashwan area, south of Khan Younis, Gaza Strip. The alleged Israeli airstrike was

Summary

(9 children3 women2 men)

14 named, 1 familiy identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Neighbourhood/area

بيدر شمسو, Baidar Shamsu, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

A civilian was reported injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on the village of Baidar Shamsu, Idlib governorate, on February 19th, 2020, according to the Local Coordination Committees of Syria. The LCCSy reported that a “Russian raid targeting the outskirts of Baidar Shamsu village resulted in an injury”. The incident occurred at 5:56 PM. Airwars was

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Russian Military

بالقرب من مركز بيسان الطبي في مخيم البريج, Vicinity of Bisan Medical Center, Bureij camp, Deir al-Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

In the early afternoon on June 7th 2024 an alleged Israeli bombing hit a house belonging to the Issa family in the vicinity of Bisan Medical Center in the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. A number of injuries were reported, and calls were made for ambulances to go to the scene. The

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Infrastructure

IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential

صلاح الدين, Salaheddin, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

Four civilians were allegedly injured by LNA shelling on the Saleheddin neighbourhood of Tripoli. The Field Medicine and Support Center said: “A team from the center toured the field to find out the severity of the injuries left by the fall of a shell on Monday evening, 24/2/2020 in Saleheddin, and injured a family of

Summary

Libyan National Army

4 named, 1 familiy identified

مدرسة صفد، حي الزيتون، مدينة غزة, Safad School, Al Zeitoun neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

In the early morning of Sunday, September 1st, 2024, 11 civilians were killed and dozens more injured in three airstrikes on the Safad School located near the Imam Al Shafi’i Mosque in the Al Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza City. The school was reported to be sheltering displaced people. The IDF declared the strike, claiming that

Summary

6 – 11

12–24

Impact

Exact location (via Airwars)

سراقب, Saraqib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least three civilians were killed in the city of Saraqib on February 28th. In addition to the three civilian deaths, there are reports of numerous wounded people as well. Posts and tweets from IdlibPlus and the Step Agency reported that Russian planes using vacuum missiles launched an assault upon the area around Saraqib. The

Summary

3 – 4

(1 child2 men)

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

LOCATION

Around 2:30 PM on Thursday, August 1st, 2024, an Israeli quadcopter drone allegedly injured at least two people by dropping a hand grenade on Al-Jami’ Al-Kabir Street near Bureij Refugee Camp, Deir Al Balah. The Palestinian Information Center first reported the incident through its Twitter / X account (@PalinfoAr), stating that a “bomb” launched from

Summary

2–3

سبخة, أحور, Salt marshes, Ahwar, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

At least a dozen US air and naval strikes reportedly targeted alleged AQAP militants in an area of salt marshes south of Ahwar city, in the Ahwar directorate of Abyan governorate, overnight from March 30th to March 31st 2017. There are no known associated reports of civilian harm. Several sources indicated that overnight naval and drone

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike, Naval bombardment

US Forces

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

بلدة النميرية, Al-Numayriyah, Lebanon, Nabatieh Governorate, Lebanon

LOCATION

At least 26 civilians, including at least five women and seven children, were reportedly killed and five others were injured after an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the outskirts of Al-Numayriyah in southern Lebanon shortly before 8 AM on Monday, 23 September 2024. According to Sayed Abouali’s Facebook post, at least ten of those killed were

Summary

(7 children5–6 women3 men)

26 – 27

31 named, 4 families identified

Exact location (via Airwars)

هجين, Hajin, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

In an incident previously not tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the injuries of four civilians in an airstrike near Hajin. There are indications that this was either a French or Dutch action. In its April 2019 civilian casualty report, the Coalition noted: “Coalition aircraft conducted one strike on a Daesh improvised explosive device

Summary

Bu'aale, Middle Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

A US airstrike targeted Al Shabaab in Bu’aale, according to local reporting. Radio Kulmiye said: “Suspected US airstrikes targeted to Al-shabaab compounds in southern Somalia. The attacks destroyed vehicles, camps and killed militants. According to Somali intelligence officials, the airstrikes carried by unidentified military planes targeted Jilib, Sakow and Bu’ale towns of Middle Jubba region,

Summary

US Forces, Somali Military Forces

Belligerents reported injured

Al-Shabaab

مجدل سلم جنوبي لبنان, Majdal Salam, southern Lebanon, Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon

LOCATION

On Monday, September 23rd 2023, at least nine members of the Zahawi family, including an elderly couple, two women, and three children, were killed and two civilians were reportedly injured in an alleged Israeli strike on Majdal Salam in southern Lebanon. According to the sources, at least four victims were Syrians displaced from the town

Summary

(3 children3 women3–4 men)

9 – 10

9 named, 1 familiy identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Village

0–1

اليثى, Al Leithi, Benghazi, Libya

LOCATION

Four civilians were allegedly injured by indiscriminate shelling on the Leithi neighbourhood of Benghazi. Hona Souq Al-Khmies said: “Random shells fell in Leithi and injured citizens.” Riwaiya Radi Al Jazwri posted: “4 civilians were injured as a result of a random projectile falling near their place of residence in Al-Leithi area and transporting them to

Summary

مخيم ١ في مخيم النصيرات, Camp 1, Nuseirat camp, Deir al-Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Shortly before 16:45 on August 1, 2024, at least two civilians, including a child, were killed and at least three civilians, including two children, were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike and/or drone strike on a house belonging to the al-Hawar family in Camp 1, at the beginning of al-Zuhour Street in Nuseirat Refugee Camp,

Summary

IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential

Infrastructure

2 – 3

(1 child1–2 men)

Names matched with MoH IDs

4 named

Neighbourhood/area

Salagle, Middle Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

One Al Shabaab member was allegedly killed by an alleged US airstrike on Salagle. Somaliweyn reported: “The shelling occurred in Jilib, Sakow, Bu’ale, and Salagle districts of the Juba regions, with the shelling targeting al-Shabaab bases in those districts.” It added: “The Salagle area has reportedly targeted a senior al-Shabaab security official whose name has

Summary

US Forces

Al-Shabaab

قرية الطعانة, A chicken poultry farm in the village of Al-Taana in Shahba area, north of Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

A man was killed and a child was injured in an artillery attack allegedly perpetrated by the Turkish military on a chicken (poultry) farm in the Al-Taana village located in the Shahba area, north of Aleppo, Syria, after midnight on Thursday, February 28th, 2024. Youssef Adnan al-Khader/al-Hayek/Mawas, a 30-year-old man resident of the village, lost

Summary

(1 man)

مدرسة جابر بن حيان, Vicinity of Jaber bin Hayyan School, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

An elderly civilian was allegedly injured by alleged LNA shelling on Ain Zara. Tk Yahroug Kl shy said: “Haj Ahmed El-Taher Sassi was seriously injured on the man’s level after a random shell fell near the traffic light, Zouita/Ain Zara, and he was treated to Tripoli Medical Hospital.” The Field Medicine and Support Center reported:

Summary

مدرسة الفوقا، مخيم جباليا, Hafsa Al Fawqa School, Jabalia camp, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Thirteen civilians were injured by bullets allegedly fired from an Israeli quadcopter drone (or drones) at the al-Fawqa school, located next to the Abu Rashid pool of Jabalia Refugee Camp in North Gaza, on the morning of Monday 14th October 2024. The Gaza-based Palestinian Press Agency (SAFA), along with numerous other sources, reported that 13

Summary

Education, IDP or Refugee Camp

Infrastructure

Small arms and light weapons

Impact

لودر, Lawdar, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

A moving vehicle was struck by missiles that were fired near Lawdar town in the province of Abyan on the 14th of May 2012. Six “militants” perished in the strike which was allegedly carried out by a Yemeni or US aircraft. There are no reports of civilian harm at this moment. Officials reported anonymously to

Summary

US Forces, Yemeni Air Force

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

أبو الغرب: محطة وقود نسيم الشروق, Naseem al Shorouk Gas Station, Al Jabal al Gharbi, Libya

LOCATION

Two civilians were allegedly killed by a GNA or Turkish airstrike near Abu Al Ghurab. The LNA media center said: “Two ambulances have been attacked, and two people inside died following a Turkish drone strike at 10 am, on Wednesday, 04/29/2020 The attack occurred in the Abu Al Ghurab area, inside the petrol station.” Libya

Summary

Government of National Accord, Turkish Military

Known target

LNA