Civilian Casualties

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

US Forces

Suspected target

Belligerents reported killed

Shabeelow village, Mudug, Somalia

LOCATION

More than 30 Al-Shabaab militants were killed in an airstrike declared by Somali forces on Shabeelow village, located in the Mudug region of central eastern Somalia on the 23rd of September 2023, according to the Somali Ministry of Defense. Whilst an exact number of casualties was not given, the Ministry of Defense statement reported that

Summary

Somali Military Forces, US Forces

Belligerents reported killed

قصر بن غشير, Qasr Bin Gashir, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

One civilian was allegedly killed by an airstrike on Qasr Bin Gashir. On October 8th Tk Yahrouq Kl shy reported: “The death of the young Mohammed Abdulmoula Khamid Al-Atrash caused by wounds as a result of warplanes shelling 3 months ago on Al-Sharif Hotel area in Qasr Bin Ghashir.” Tarhouna 24 published a carbon copy

Summary

(1 man)

عرب ويران, the village of Arab Wiran, east of Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

On Friday, September 8, 2023, a civilian was injured as a result of artillery shelling of the village of Arab Wiran, east of Aleppo, allegedly perpetrated by Syrian regime forces and/or SDF militia. The Syrian Civil Defense reported that the shelling came from areas under the joint control of the regime forces and the Syrian Democratic

Summary

YPG

راس العين, Ras Al Ain, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

The Kurdish Red Crescent reported that up to seven civilians, including two children, were injured in an alleged Turkish forces attack on Ras Al Ayn, Hassakah in Syria on October 16th, 2019.

Summary

منزل عائلة العرير على طريق الخلايل, al Khalayel Road, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 16, 2023, 20 civilians were killed, including at least five children and three women, and a large number were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike that hit the al-Arair family home on Al Khalayel road, in the Al Shujaya neigborhood, Gaza City. Asma Mohammed, Beit Dajan Today, News Najah, Nabd and al-Haya reported

Summary

(5 children3 women5 men)

12–24

Known belligerent

14 named, 1 familiy identified

Exact location (via Airwars)

بلدة السحارة, Sahara town, western Aleppo countryside, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

As many as eight civilians, including children and women, died and up to 29 more were wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on civilian homes and adjacent locations in Sahara town, western Aleppo countryside at noon on November 6, 2019, according to sources on the ground. The New York Times later geolocated the event. The lowest

Summary

(1–2 children1–2 women5 men)

2 – 8

12–29

Russian Military

21 named, 1 familiy identified

شارع الزاوية, Al Zawya Street , North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

In the morning of Wednesday, 11 October 2023, at least 19 identified civilians, including at least 9 and up to 15 children, among them two infants, four siblings, and a mother with her four children, were killed and dozens were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike that hit the Ezbet Abd Rabbo area, including Al-Zawiya

Summary

(9–15 children4–5 women1–2 men)

12–24

19 named, 3 families identified

Street

معرة حرمة, Ma’aret Harma, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

One woman was reportedly killed and three male civilians were injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Ma’aret Harma, Idlib governorate, on November 11th, 2019, according to local sources. Activists told Smart News Agency that a woman was killed in an alleged Russian rocket strike. Moataz Al Ali, director of the Civil Defence Center

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

(1 woman)

Russian Military

الرويمية, village Al-Ruwaymiya, Latakia, Latakia, Syria

LOCATION

On Saturday, October 7th, 2023, a Syrian man named Afif Mali (Mualla) Ibrahim, and his wife Fayrouz Ali Hassan were killed during the shelling of the village Al-Ruwaymiya in the countryside of Latakia allegedly by the military group Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, while their two sons and another girl were wounded. According to the local radio

Summary

(1 woman1 man)

1–4

Turkish Military

2 named, 1 familiy identified

تيري, Tayri, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

At least one young woman was reported injured in eastern Kobane, after allegedly being hit by a Turkish-Russian patrol vehicle during on-going protests by locals against the presence of foreign forces in the area. ANF reported that “the people protested against the patrol by throwing stones. A young woman was hit by a vehicle of

Summary

1–2

Use of objects and other means

Turkish Military, Russian Military

LOCATION

حيّ الصعيدي, Saudi neighbourhood, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

On the 22nd of October 2023, an alleged Israeli projectile hit the house of the al-Saidi family in the Saudi district, west of Rafah, reportedly killing one civilian man and causing injuries to others. Moataz Abu Talekh was reported as the young man killed in several posts. Multiple Facebook posts include photos alongside tributes to

Summary

(1 man)

اعزاز, Azaz, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Two or three civilians were reported injured in an alleged YPG artillery attack on Azaz, Aleppo governorate in Syria, on November 23rd, 2019, according to local sources.

Summary

2–3

YPG

بستان القصر, Bustan Al-Qasr, Aleppo City, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

On Saturday, November 4th, 2023, between three and four male children were injured by an alleged Hay’at Tahria al-Sham drone, a group linked to the Turkish military. The children were playing in a small garden near traffic signals in Bustan Al-Qasr neighborhood, in Aleppo city, Syria at the time of the strike. Multiple sources reported

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

3–4

Turkish Military

السجن المركزي, Central prison, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

According to local sources, between three and seven civilians, including one women and her two children, were reported killed, and up to 28 others including four children and four women were reported injured allegedly when Russian or Syrian regime warplanes targeted the Central Prison, in western Idlib in Syria on December 2nd 2019. A local

Summary

3 – 7

(2 children1 woman)

13–28

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

4 named, 2 families identified

الشجاعي, Al Shujaiya, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On the morning of 3rd December 2023, at least two civilians were killed when an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the al-Hajjaj family home in the al-Shuja’iya neighborhood, east of Gaza City. The victims were identified as 27 year old writer and novelist Nour al-Din Hajjaj, and Hamza Haider Hajjaj. In a Facebook post, user Ahmed Ayyad

Summary

2 – 24

(1–2 men)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

Neighbourhood/area

بلدة البارة, Al Barah, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least four civilians, including one child and two women, were killed and up to dozens were wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes that coincided with Syrian regime artillery strikes in the city centre of Al Barah on December 7th, 2019, according to local sources. Step News Agency reported that Russian raids targeted the main street

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Infrastructure

Education

4 – 5

(1 child2 women1 man)

2–24

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

4 named, 1 familiy identified

مخيم الشاطئ, al Shati camp, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At least seven people were killed–spanning three generations–in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Baroud family home on Wednesday, October 25th, 2023; “a number” of others were reported wounded. The matriarch of the family, 81-year old Halima Baroud was killed with her younger brother, 61-year old Dr. Naeem Baroud who was the former dean of

Summary

(2 children1 woman4 men)

Impact

7 named, 1 familiy identified

Neighbourhood/area

جيليب, Jilib, Middle Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

In a press release issued on the same day, US Africa Command reported that it had targeted and killed a senior al Shabaab figure in the vicinity of Jilib, in Middle Juba. “At this time, it is assessed the airstrike killed one (1) terrorist. Strikes near Jilib disrupt al-Shabaab’s freedom of maneuver. The individual targeted

Summary

Belligerents reported killed

جباليا, Jabalia, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Tuesday, October 24th 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike killed the father, mother and sister of the journalist Muhammad Maqat, in their family home on Al Ghubari Street in the city of Jabalia, north of the Gaza Strip. Others were reportedly injured. The following day the Palestinian news agency Safa reported that the father of

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Infrastructure

Residential

(1 woman1 man)

3 named, 1 familiy identified

Town

شعيب الذكر, Sho'aib Al Zakir, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Two local sources reported that Coalition airstrikes allegedly took place in Shoai’b Al-Zake on the outskirts of Dabsi Afnan, injuring several civilians. The village lies roughly 30km west of Tabaqa, and lies on the main road connecting the city and Aleppo. No civilian deaths have been reported and no further information is available at this

Summary

US-led Coalition

دير شرقي, Deir Sharqi, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

A young man was reportedly killed and another man injured in an alleged Russian or regime airstrike on Deir Sharqi in the eastern suburbs of Idlib governorate on December 17, 2019. The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) identified the deceased victim as Abdul Rahman Khalil Al Jark (18). @MasarPressNet reported that regime helicopters dropped barrel bombs on

Summary

(1 man)

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

1 named

مخيم جباليا, Jabalia Refugee Camp, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Shortly before 10:47 PM on Tuesday, October 31st 2023, at least 21 members of the Abu al-Eish and al-Helou families, including at least nine women and seven children, were reportedly killed and dozens injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the home of the Abu al-Eish family in the Block 2 of Jabalia refugee camp,

Summary

21 – 22

(7 children9 women5 men)

12–24

Impact

21 named, 2 families identified

Neighbourhood/area

جنديرس, Rajo, Afrin, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

In a private report, the Kurdish Red Crescent named three civilians who were injured following an alleged Turkish shelling of Rajo, Syria. The type of weapon is unknown. No additional details are presently known.

Summary

مصراتة, Misurata, Misrata, Libya

LOCATION

During a night of heavy LNA and UAE attacks on the city of Misurata – with at least 17 airstrikes reported, mostly targeting military sites – up to six civilians were locally reported injured. According to Libya al Ahrar, “A medical source confirms to Libya Al-Ahrar the arrival of 6 wounded civilians to the emergency

Summary

4–6

Libyan National Army, United Arab Emirates Military

بجوار مسجد صلاح طريق صلاح الدين, Vicinity of Salah Mosque, Salah al-Din Road, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Sunday, November 19th 2023, two civilians, including prominent journalist Bilal Jadallah, were killed in an alleged Israeli strike on a car on Salah al-Din Road, near the Salah Mosque, in the Zeitoun neighbourhood, in Gaza City. Bilal Jadallah, or ‘Abu Muhammad’, a Palestinian journalist and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Press

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery, Ground operation

(2 men)

Impact

2 named, 1 familiy identified

Nearby landmark

معبطلي, Ma'abatli village, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Six civilians were wounded in an alleged “Turkish bombardment of an olive oil factory”, according to Afrin Now. The victims were named by Afrin Now, Afrin Media Centre and Basnews. According to PYD news, “the Turkish army bombed a factory for the olive industry in Moubata, ‘Maabtli’, which led to the injury of five workers

Summary

قصر أبو هادي, Qasr Abu Hadi, Surt, Libya

LOCATION

Conflicting reports emerged of alleged airstrikes by an unknown belligerent on the night of December 31st, 2019 and January 1st, 2020 on Abu Hadi area near the city of Sirte. A Central Gate reporter quoted local sources, who said that three people had died and two people were wounded in airstrikes on the Abu Hadi

Summary

منطقة بئر النعجة, Bir Al Naja area, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

During the afternoon of October 30, 2023, one person was killed and one person was severely injured by an alleged Israeli drone strike in the Bir Al Naja area in the northern Gaza Strip. The names of the casualties have not been made available; the injured person was said to be “critically” wounded. At 3:59

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike