Civilian Casualties

US-led Coalition

بنش, Binnish , Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian, a child, was reported killed and at least two civilians sustained injuries after an alleged airstrike of Syrian Armed Forces or Russian Armed Forces on the city of Binnish, in the northeastern countryside of Idlib on February 2nd, 2020. According to multiple sources, including @syriapostnew1, warplanes attacked agricultural lands located south of the

Summary

(1 child)

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

1 named

منطقة أبو هولي، دير البلح, Abu Holi area, Deir al-Balah, Deir al-Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On the morning of Friday, June 7th 2024 two people were reportedly killed in an alleged Israeli shelling of the Abu Holi area, south of Deir al-Balah in the central region of Gaza. The incident was initially reported by correspondents for the Palestinian press agency, Safa, and Al-Araby news agency. Multiple other news outlets repeated

Summary

طرابلس‎: أبو سليم, Tripoli: Abu Salim, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

Between one and six civilians were allegedly injured by indiscriminate artillery shelling on Tripoli. Libya 24 TV reported: “On Monday, the municipal council of Abu Salim announced that five random shells had been fired at the residential area adjacent to Repsol, one of which hit a residential apartment for a family of six. The media

Summary

1–6

Government of National Accord, Libyan National Army

الأتارب, Al Atarib, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Four people, including a four year old child, were reportedly killed and up to nine civilians were wounded in alleged Russian or Syrian regime air and artillery strikes on the city of Al Atarib, western Aleppo countryside, on February 9th, 2020, according to local sources. The child was identified as Hatem Abdulllah Haid, who was

Summary

3 – 4

(1 child1 man)

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

4 named, 1 familiy identified

بالقرب من مدرسة دير اللاتين، الشجاعي, Vicinity of Latin Monastery School, Shujaiya neighbourhood, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On the morning of Friday, May 12th 2024, at least eight civilians were killed, including women and children, and one child was wounded after an alleged Israeli airstrike on the two residential apartments belonging to the Mushtaha and Abu Al-Atta families behind the Latin Monastery School in the centre of Gaza City. Amongst those killed

Summary

(2 children3 women2 men)

Impact

8 named, 1 familiy identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Nearby landmark

خلف كلية الطب البيطري, Behind the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine , Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

Between two and five civilians were reportedly injured because of LNA artillery shelling on Tripoli. Hona Souq Al-Khmies said: “Two civilians were wounded in the indiscriminate shelling behind the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine.” Amjed Ali posted a picture of an alleged victim as a comment to the post and said he was in intensive care.

Summary

2–5

Libyan National Army

قرب مجمع مدارس العودة ببلدة عبسان الكبيرة, Vicinity of Al Awda Schools Complex, Abasan Al Kabira, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On July 24th 2024, one child was killed and another seriously injured when an alleged Israeli sniper shot the children near the Al Awda Schools Complex in the town of Abasan Al Kabira. The two young siblings were reportedly returning to the school when they were hit. The victims were identified as 7 year old

Summary

(1 child)

Small arms and light weapons

2 named, 1 familiy identified

Nearby landmark

الهاني ، الرقة, Raqqah, Al Hani, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on September 29th 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on claims of civilian harm. According to the Coalition report, “111. June 15, 2017, near Raqqah, Syria, via NGO report: The report contains insufficient information of the time, location and details to assess its credibility..”

Summary

US-led Coalition

مديرية الصعيد, As Said District, Shabwa, Yemen

LOCATION

Some local language sources suggested that a US drone strike killed at least three alleged AQAP militants travelling in a car in the Al Shuaib area, in the As Saeed directorate of Shabwah governorate. One source indicated that the strike took place in the “suburbs of Azan”. There were no reported civilian casualties. It was

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

بالقرب من مسجد الشهداء، مخيم النصيرات, Vicinity of Martyrs’ Mosque, Nuseirat camp, Deir al-Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Shortly before 14:15 on Monday, November 6th, 2023, two civilians were reportedly killed in what most sources described as an “attack” in the Al-Assar house located behind the Martyrs’ Mosque in the Nuseirat camp, in the region of Deir al-Balah, the Gaza Strip. Thirteen different sources reported on the incident, but so far, the two

Summary

Israeli Military, Palestinian Militants

Nearby landmark

دار عزة, Dar Ezza, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian was reported killed and up to five others were injured in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes or artillery shelling on Dar Eza in Aleppo, Syria on February 18th, 2020 according to local sources. The Syrian Network for Human Rights said that attack targeted a vegetables market in the city, which led

Summary

2–5

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

1 named

ميناء الحديدة, Hudaydah port, Al Hudaydah, Yemen

LOCATION

During the evening of Saturday, July 20th, 2024, seven civilians were killed and at least 83 others were wounded by a declared Israeli air raid on oil storage facilities in the Hudaydah Port, Yemen. Six of the civilians killed were named by several sources as Nabil Nasher Abdo Abdullah, Ahmed Abdullah Musa Jaylan, Abdulbari Muhammad

Summary

Oil Facility, Power Station, Resources

(7 men)

83–87

قيفه, Qayfa, Al Bayda, Yemen

LOCATION

At least three alleged AQAP militants were reportedly killed in a US airstrike on March 6th in the Qayfa area of Bayda governorate. There are no known reports of associated civilian harm. On March 7th, Reuters reported local sources as saying that a US strike had killed three militants. Several local language Twitter sources also

Summary

3–5

منطقة بئر كندا، رفح, Bir Canada area, Rafah, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Thursday, August 1st, 2024, at least four civilians were reportedly killed in an alleged Israeli bombardment in the Bir Canada area of Rafah. The deceased were named as 21-year-old Karam Kamal Nasr, 30-year-old Saleh Akram al-Mughair, 28-year-old Muhammad Khader Awad and Ali Abu Younis. While sources agreed on the deaths of these four men, one source,

Summary

4 – 5

(4–5 men)

Names matched with MoH IDs

5 named

Neighbourhood/area

شارع الثلاثين, Al Thalatheen Street, Idlib city, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Upto 12 civilians have been killed, up to eight of which were children on top of, up to 21 civilians injured, up to five of which were children in alleged Russian and Assadi regime airstrikes on Al Thalatheen street in Idlib City on March 3rd 2020. Truman.almare posted that that the airstrike took place at

Summary

9 – 12

(4–8 children1 man)

13–21

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

16 named, 4 families identified

العاقبية, قضاء صيدا, Aaqbieh, Sidon District, Lebanon

LOCATION

On September 24, 2024, at least five civilians were reported killed and between ten and 25 others injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike at night or dawn in Aaqbieh, a residential area in the Saida (Sidon) District of the South Governorate, Lebanon. One of the victims was identified as Mohammed bin Ali Mohammed al-Aloush al-Muajir.

Summary

5 – 10

(1 man)

10–25

Impact

Exact location (via Airwars)

الطريق بين الحوطة و عزان, Road between Al Hawtah and Azzan, Shabwa, Yemen

LOCATION

A US drone strike reportedly killed at least two alleged AQAP militants travelling in the Hotat al-Faqih Ali area of Mayfa’a district in Shabwa governorate, late on April 18th 2017. There were no known associated reports of civilian harm. Though most local language social media sources and other media, such as Sahafahnet, reported that two

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

2–5

المعيصرة, Al-Maaysra in Jbeil, Southern Lebanon, Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, Lebanon

LOCATION

On Monday 23rd of September, 2024, an alleged Israeli airstrike hit a house in the town of Al-Maaysra in Jbeil, Southern Lebanon, killing at least five civilians, and one potential militant – all members of the same family. Those killed were named online as: Hajja Saadi Ayoub Umm Wahid, Mohammed Hassan Hussein, his wife Maha

Summary

(1–2 children4 women0–1 men)

5 – 7

6 named, 1 familiy identified

Village

0–1

LOCATION

Yakla, Al Bayda, Yemen

US airstrikes reportedly targeted alleged AQAP militants travelling in Yakla, east of the Qifah area of Bayda governorate, early on the morning of August 19th 2017. There were no known associated reports of civilian harm. Several sources suggested that US helicopters and warplanes, reportedly including drones and “vertical fighters” [possibly USMC Harriers], targeted four suspected

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

جنوب لبنان, Southern Lebanon, Lebanon

LOCATION

One child was killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike on southern Lebanon on Monday, September 23, 2024. The child was named Zainab Khaled Ali Al Hassan Ramadan, and was reportedly from Syria. Multiple sources reported that Zainab was originally from the village of Al-Qashla, on the outskirts of Manbij, Syria. The sources did not indicate the

Summary

(1 child)

سكرية, Sukariya, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Up to nine civilians including a child were injured when Members of Faylaq al-Majd of the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army shelled Sukariya village which is located 13km west of Tal Abyad, Raqqa, Syria on March 25th, 2020 according to local sources. NPA claimed that the Syrian National Army stormed the village with several bombs after

Summary

4–9

Turkish Military, Free Syrian Army

القرارة, Al-Qarara, Khan Younis , the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Before 3 PM on 6th November 2023, at least three identified men were killed after an alleged Israeli bombardment on a residential building next to Al-Rabat Mosque in the al-Qarara neighbourhood of Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip. Safa news reported about the incident at 3:34 PM and the death of Hamdi Zuwaid Al-Agha. While

Summary

Infrastructure

Residential

3 – 4

(3 men)

Names matched with MoH IDs

3 named

Town

عين زارة, Ain Zara, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

A neurosurgeon was allegedly killed by LNA shelling on Ain Zara. Tk Yahroug Kl shy said: “Dr. Abdelmonem Bughafa, a neurosurgeon, was killed in the university hospital, after a random shell landed on his house in Ain Zara, in the capital, Tripoli.” The Field Medicine and Support Center wrote: “The Center for Field Medicine and

Summary

(1 man)

دارة عزة, residential neighborhoods of Darat Azza, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

During the evening of Sunday, December 17, 2023, at least five identified civilians, including a child and a woman pregnant with twins, were killed and five civilians, including two children, were injured in an alleged attack by the Syrian regime and/or the Iranian military and/or the Russian military on the residential neighborhoods of Darat Azza,

Summary

Infrastructure

Residential

5 – 8

(1 child1 woman3 men)

Impact

Syrian Regime, Russian Military, Iranian Military

10 named, 1 familiy identified

زنجبار‎, Zinjibar, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

An alleged US airstrike struck a vehicle killing at least three supposed Al Qaeda fighters around Zinjibar in Abyan Province on April 30, 2012. At the moment, there are no reports of civilian harm. The Associated Press was informed by a Yemeni military official that the airstrike was one of many that took place that

Summary

Shanta Baraako, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

Two civilian were reported killed by US ground troops near Shanta Baraako in an apparent distortion of an In These Times investigation. AFRICOM later discounted the allegation. The In These Times report alleged that Waliyo Cali Qaasim and Abdikadir Ali were killed by Danab special forces in a counter-terrorism operation. In a post in the

Summary

Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

(1 woman1 man)

Small arms and light weapons

US Forces, Somali Military Forces

2 named

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

LOCATION

Four men working for the Coastal Municipalities Water Utility (CMWU) were reportedly killed, and a number of others injured, in an alleged Israeli airstrike or artillery strike on their vehicle in the town of Khuza’a, located east of Khan Younis close to the Israel-Gaza border fence, on the morning of Saturday 19th October 2024. A

Summary

(4 men)

4 named, 1 familiy identified

Town