Civilian Casualties

Infrastructure

Car, Vehicle

مخيم المغازي, Al-Maghazi camp, Deir al-Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

During the night of November 4, 2023, at least 48 people were killed, including infants and children, and dozens were injured in an alleged Israeli bombardment of the Al-Maghazi Refugee Camp located in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip. That day, @ShehabAgency reported that “a number of martyrs and injuries were transferred in the targeting of two

Summary

IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential

(15–17 children9–10 women16–17 men)

47 – 52

12–100

Israeli Military

47 named, 7 families identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Geolocation

Exact location (via Airwars)

Haway, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

A senior Al Shabaab operative was allegedly killed by a possible US drone strike in Haway. Mareeg reported: “A suspected US drone has carried out two airstrikes targeting high-ranking al Shabaab operatives in southern regions of Somalia. The first strike has targeted a senior Al Shabaab commander, whose name has been released as Daahir Mo’alin

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US Forces

منطقة الشكوى في رفح, Al-Shakwa area of Rafah near the airport, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

code: ISPT160225a
incident_date: 2025-02-16
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair

Summary

Infrastructure

Vehicle

3 – 4

(3 men)

1–4

أريحا , Ariha, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilians were killed and up to 24 injured as a result of alleged Russian, Assadi and/or Iranian airstrikes on the town of Ariha on September 7th 2020. One civilian killed in the strike was named as Saeed Zidan Abu Yarub Al Zaidan. @seerij80 reported that he had just graduated from Idlib University and Fajr

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1 – 2

6–24

مخيم القرى (وادي عباس) بالقرب من بابسقا وباب الهوى, Al-Qura camp (Wadi Abbas) near Babsqa and Bab al-Hawa, Idlib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

On Wednesday, November 27th, 2024, by missile strikes carrying cluster bombs with contested responsibility allegedly perpetrated by the Syrian regime forces and/or the Russian military, a young boy was killed and between three and five civilians, including at least two children and a woman, were injured in Al-Qura camp (Wadi Abbas) near Babsqa and Bab

Summary

Car, IDP or Refugee Camp, Vehicle

(1 child)

3–5

2 named

خلف أو قاسم ملكو, Khalaf or Qassim Malako, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

At least one civilian was killed in alleged Turkish drone strikes on an alleged PKK vehicle near the town of Khalaf or Qassim Malako, Sinjar district, Nineveh governorate, on November 8th, 2020. Up to five militants were reportedly also killed and at least three others were wounded. Hawar News reported that “The “Nasr Mobin” forces

Summary

Turkish Military

Other

Belligerents reported injured

2–5

مديرية خولان, Khawlan District, Sanaa, Yemen

LOCATION

At least two civilians were killed and three others were injured by alleged US airstrikes on a stone quarry in the Al-Arqoub area of Khawlan District, Sanaa, Yemen on March 26, 2025. Houthi-affiliated source @TvAlmasirah reported on “Two martyrs and two wounded as a result of the US aggression on a stone quarry in the

Summary

Resources, Truck, Vehicle

البوابة الرشقية ألجدابيا, Ajdabiya’s eastern gate, Al Wahat, Libya

LOCATION

Two civilians were killed by Gaddafi forces artillery shelling in Ajdabiya, according to an Amnesty International report. The investigation noted: “Among [those killed] were 67-year old Miftah al-Tarhouni, and his 36-year-old son Mohammad, who were killed on 20 March near Ajdabiya’s eastern gate when their car was hit by a projectile – seemingly a rocket

Summary

(2 men)

Other

2 named, 1 familiy identified

الحميري, al-Humairi, South Governorate, Lebanon

LOCATION

code: ISLB260924x
incident_date: 2024-09-26
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Weak

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Israeli Military

البارة, Al Bara, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian, a man, was reported killed and an unknown number of civilians sustained injuries as a result of alleged Regime, Russian and/or Iranian artillery shelling on the town of Al Bara in the Jabal Al-Zawiya area in the southern countryside of Idlib on November 23, 2020. Baladi News and the Syrian Network for Human

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صرف، بني حشيش, Sarf area, Bani Hushaish district, Sanaa, Yemen

LOCATION

code: USYEM250429a
incident_date: 2025-04-29
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Weak

Summary

US Forces

2 named, 1 familiy identified

Geolocation

Exact location (via Airwars)

LOCATION

سرت‎, Sirte, Surt, Libya

On September 20th, 2011, Reuters reported that a spokesman for Gaddafi stated that 151 civilians were killed due to shelling on Sirte. This number was unable to be verified. Independent investigators later found that civilian casualty number reported by the Gaddafi regime were hugely inflated of fabricated. NATO confirmed airstrikes on “1 Command and Control

Summary

151

Caal Miskeed Mountains, Puntland, Somalia

LOCATION

code: USSOM458a
incident_date: 2025-02-21
status: publish
civilian_harm_status:

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LOCATION

Galgala, Bari, Somalia

Unidentified jets struck what were described as “al Shabaab hideouts” in Galgala in the northern autonomous region of Puntland, according to a local report. Garowe Online said the strikes – carried out by warplanes “launched from a carrier at sea” – hit militants in their bases along the Golis Mountain Ranges in Puntland, northern Somalia.

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الباب, Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

One child was killed and nine civilians injured in alleged YPG or Syrian regime artillery shelling on the city of Al Bab, Aleppo governorate on February the 8th. At the start, local sources reported that at least nine civilians, including at least four children and three women, were injured in alleged YPG or Syrian regime

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(1 child)

9–14

9 named, 1 familiy identified

LOCATION

Buqa, Bari, Somalia

On November 3rd 2017, AFRICOM reported that it had “conducted two separate airstrikes against ISIS, in northeastern Somalia on Nov. 3”. It made no mention of civilian harm. However, AFRICOM stated that the strikes had killed “several terrorists”, though it was “currently assessing the results of the strikes”. The command added: “The first strike occurred at approximately

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2–20

LOCATION

سرت‎, Sirte, Surt, Libya

On October 5th, 2011, a single Moroccan woman was reported to have been injured by a mortar shell in Sirte. The mortar was suspected to have been fired by Libyan rebel forces. Multiple sources reported on the injury of the woman, although no additional information was provided. An al-Jamahiriya post stated that “A Moroccan woman

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طرابلس‎, Tripoli, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

Two men died on October 25, 2011 after being detained in rebel custody in Tripoli on October 25, 2011 according to the UN Report Source Page 81. One man, a member of Gaddafi’s security forces, was arrested by the rebels on September 11, 2011 and held in the former Internal Security Agency building in central

Summary

(2 men)

Small arms and light weapons

Libyan rebel forces

Deerow Sanle, Bay, Somalia

LOCATION

AFRICOM reported the day previously it had conducted “one airstrike targeting al-Shabaab militants in the vicinity of Dheerow Sanle, Somalia, on January 2, 2019.” It added: “At this time we assess no civilians were injured or killed in this airstrike.” However, AFRICOM stated that “10 militants” were killed in this event. Voice of America reporter Harun

Summary

Belligerents reported injured

9–10

باب العزيزية, Bab Al Aziziyah, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

At least 29 people were killed at a camp site outside the Bab Al Aziziyah compound in Tripoli on August 25, 2011 that may have housed a makeshift medical clinic and was alleged to be supervised by Gaddafi supporters. According to BBC News, two of those killed had strips of green cloth, indicating that they

Summary

Small arms and light weapons

Vicinity of Jamaame, Lower Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

The US military carried out an airstrike in the vicinity of Jamaame, Lower Juba Region, according to a press release issued the next day by US Africa Command. It was later reported that one of those killed had been responsible for the death of a US soldier in Somalia in June 2018. AFRICOM’s initial press

Summary

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Unknown

Causes of injury / death

تل منس , Tal Mnes, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Between one and two civilians were killed and between three and five civilians, including at least three children, were injured in alleged Russian and/or Syrian regime barrel bombing of the Grand Mosque and surrounding neighborhoods in Tal Mnes on August 21, 2019. This was one of two strikes that occurred on the same day in

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1 – 2

3–5

6 named

LOCATION

ادني, Edny, Duhok, Iraq

At least one civilian was injured in alleged Turkish shelling on Edny village in Amedi district (Amadiyah) of Dohuk governorate on May 25, 2021. According to Rudaw Media Network, “Turkish shelling today resulted in the injury of a young man from the village of “Dishish” with bleeding, and he was taken to Kani Masi Hospital for

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أريحا, Ariha, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least three civilians were injured in alleged Russian or regime strikes on the city of Ariha the evening of July 2, 2021. According to Syrian Civil Defense, “3 civilians were injured, in a missile shelling by the regime forces targeting the northern entrance to the city of Ariha this evening, Friday, July 2nd”. Various

Summary

3 named

عمارة الرائد, Al Raed building, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Up to seven civilians including a baby were injured, one seriously, in a strike on an apartment building in the al-Rimal neighbourhood of Gaza City in the afternoon of May 20, 2021. Various sources report an airstrike hitting the al-Raed building, which was a mixed-use residential and commercial building, destroying the apartment and ground-floor shops,

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4–7

Israeli Military

الباغوز فوقاني, Al Bagouz Fawqani, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Local media reported that an unspecified number of civilians were wounded in airstrikes on Al Bagouz by Iraqi warplanes. Sound and Picture, Step News Agency and @Bukamal_Live all reported that “a number of civilians were wounded” by Iraqi warplanes. It is important to note that by this stage of the conflict, that Iraqi air and

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US-led Coalition

LOCATION

طفس, Tafas, Daraa, Syria

At least one civilian was killed and five others were injured in alleged Russian or regime strikes on Tafas on July 29, 2021. @tommycats4 tweeted that “one person was killed and a number of wounded in the city of Tafas, west of Daraa, as a result of artillery shelling on the city by the Assad

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أريحا, Ariha, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least two civilians were injured in alleged Russian or regime artillery and missile strikes on Ariha on August 7, 2021. Zaman Al Wasl reported that “two civilians were injured, one of them in a serious condition, this afternoon, Saturday, as a result of intense artillery and missile shelling by the regime forces, which targeted

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