Civilian Casualties

مودية, Western outskirts of Mudiyah, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

A US naval strike reportedly targeted an alleged AQAP site on the western outskirts of Mudiyah town, in Abyan governorate, on the evening of April 16th 2017. There were no known reported civilian or militant casualties. According to Aden al-Ghad, a missile exploded near a medical clinic to the west of the town, according to

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike, Naval bombardment

سحمر, Sahmar, Western Beqaa District, Lebanon

LOCATION

On Monday September 23, 2024, at least six civilians, including one woman and a child, were killed and a number of civilians were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrikes on the town of Sahmar in western Beqaa, Lebanon. According to the Facebook account bintjbeil.org, the Facebook account of Sahmar city, and other social media users,

Summary

(1–2 children1 woman3–5 men)

6 named, 1 familiy identified

Town

الروضة, Al Rawda, Ma'rib, Yemen

LOCATION

A reported US drone strike targeted a minibus in Al Rawda neighbourhood, in the Wadi Ubaida area of Marib governorate, on the afternoon of August 3rd 2017. Several sources suggested that the strike targeted AQAP militants in the bus, killing three, though others indicated that as many as two civilians were killed and four injured,

Summary

Infrastructure

Vehicle

1 – 3

(2 children1 man)

2–4

Known target

1–3

مدرسة أم الفحم، بيت لاهيا, Umm Al Fahm school, Beit Lahia, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On September 29, 2024, a declared Israeli airstrike on Umm Al Fahm School in the Al Salateen area of Beit Lahiya killed four civilians, including a child and a journalist, and injured 15 others. Israel Defense Forces said that they were targeting “terrorists who were operating inside a Hamas command and control center” that was

Summary

(1 child2 men)

Impact

Known belligerents

4 named, 1 familiy identified

Vicinity of Military College, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

A family was allegedly injured by LNA shelling in the Hadaba project area of Tripoli. The Field Medicine and Support Center wrote: “A shell landed on a house in Al-Hadaba area (Potatoes), and the cases were transferred to Abu Salim Hospital.” Libya Alahar TV said: “A family was injured in Al-Hadba area due to the

Summary

0–5

Libyan National Army

محيط النادي الاهلي معسكر النصيرات, Vicinity of Al Ahly Club, Al Nuseirat Camp, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On September 24, 2024, at around 17:00, Israeli aircraft allegedly bombed the house of the Al-Wasify family near the Al Ahly Club in Nuseirat Refugee Camp in the middle of the Gaza Strip. Sixteen civilians, from multiple families, were reported killed with sources reporting that 11 other civilians were injured in the incident. Local sources

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Infrastructure

IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential

(1–5 children3–6 women4–11 men)

16 named, 4 families identified

حي المرجة, Al Murja, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Dozens were reported killed and injured in a friendly fire incident when Russian warplanes allegedly targeted Al Murja, killing dozens of regime fighters by mistake, according to the Shaam News Network. No further details are currently available.

Summary

Russian Military

الاصابعة, Asabi'ah, Al Jabal al Gharbi, Libya

LOCATION

Nine civilians were allegedly injured by a GNA or Turkish drone strike on Asabi’ah. Libya Review tweeted: “Last night Turkish UAV drones targeted a number of trucks in Al-Asaabaa. The owner of the trucks confirmed that he was transporting flour to the Western Mountain region in an attempt to avoid a bread crisis. 9 civilians,

Summary

Government of National Accord, Turkish Military

بالقرب من بركة ابو راشد، مخيم جباليا, Vicinity of Abu Rashid Pond, Jabalia Refugee Camp, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Shortly before 9:49 AM on Monday, October 21, 2024, at least seven people were killed and at least seven people were injured in alleged artillery shelling by the Israeli military on the UNRWA-affiliated Krizim School, referred to by some as the Hafsa School. Three members of the Nawara family, Abd Mohammad Nawara and his two

Summary

Education, IDP or Refugee Camp

(1 child1 woman3 men)

12–24

Impact

6 named, 2 families identified

Nearby landmark

الزاهر, Zahir district, Al Bayda, Yemen

LOCATION

Yemen defense officials announced that an alleged American unmanned drone allegedly struck a car that included a number of Ansar al Sharia and Al Qaeda members in the al Zahir district of Bayda province on April 14, 2012, killing between three and eight militants. The nighttime raid turned the car into a “collection of charred

Summary

3–8

عقيبة, Aqiba, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported renewed rocket shelling by Turkish forces and the factions loyal to it on areas under the control of the Kurdish and regime forces in the northern countryside of Aleppo on April 10th, 2020. The intense shelling targeted the villages of Aqeeba, Soghankeh, Ziyara, Dergemal, Beina and other areas

Summary

Turkish Military

Suspected targets

Assad regime, YPG/SDF

Belligerents reported injured

1–2

علمات-قضاء جبيل, Al-Alamat - Jbeil District, Lebanon, Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon

LOCATION

On Sunday, November 10th 2024, at least 25 civilians, including 10 women and 11 children, were killed and at least six others were wounded in an alleged Israeli airstrike on a home sheltering displaced people in the town of Alamat, northern Lebanon. Additionally, an individual who appears to have been an active member of Hezbollah’s

Summary

(11–12 children10 women6 men)

26 – 27

6–8

28 named, 1 familiy identified

جعار, Ja'ar, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

Between 12 and 16 Al Qaeda fighters were killed in a suspected US or Yemeni airstrike or ground operation on Jaar, Abyan on June 11, 2012, local media reported. There are currently no known reports of civilian harm. Reuters cited a Yemeni military official who said that “the army launched its most serious assault on

Summary

Airstrike, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

US Forces, Yemeni Air Force

12–16

زاوية الدهماني , Zawiyat Al Dahmani, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

Up to three civilians were allegedly killed and four more injured by LNA shelling on the Zawiyat Al Dahmani area of Tripoli. Hona Souq Al-Khmies said five shells landed in the area and added: “Two policemen were killed at the Ministry of Interior, including insurance patrols and a civilian. The wounded are 2 civilians, one

Summary

2 – 3

(3 men)

1–4

سرمين, market and civilian homes in Sarmin, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Shortly before 1:40 PM on Saturday, January 6, 2024, a number of civilians were reportedly killed and four others were injured when a missile strike with contested responsibility allegedly perpetrated by the Syrian regime forces and/or Russian military and/or Iranian military hit a popular market and civilian homes in the town of Sarmin in Idlib

Summary

Car, Commerce, Market, Residential, Truck, Vehicle

Russian Military, Iranian Military, Syrian Regime

3 named

القره بوللي, Castelverde, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

Up to four civilians were reported killed and others injured when mortars fell on Al Sab’a Buildings in Castelverde, Libya on May 18th, 2020. The Libya Observer tweeted “Three people were killed and others wounded in a rocket attack on the town of Castelverde, east of Tripoli, on Monday.” 218 News said that in a

Summary

3 – 4

بالقرب من مستشفى القدس، تل الهوى, Vicinity of Al-Quds Hospital, Tal al-Hawa, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Saturday, November 4th 2023, at least five people, reportedly waste collection employees and displaced people, were reported injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike outside Al-Quds Hospital in the Tal al-Hawa neighbourhood of Gaza City. According to Facebook users Hakim Djaramou and Nacer Nacer, a “number of displaced individuals in the hospital” sustained injuries from

Summary

Healthcare, Hospital, Residential

5–7

يكلا‎, Yakla, Al Bayda, Yemen

LOCATION

A US strike in Bayda governorate killed two AQAP militants on November 19th 2017, a US Central Command spokesperson told the Bureau of Investigative Journalism. This confirmed local reports that a US drone strike had killed at least three alleged AQAP militants in Yakla, in the Wald Rabi area of Bayda governorate, on that evening.

Summary

Known belligerent

Known target

2–4

وادي العرايس, Wadi Al A’rayess, Homs, Syria

LOCATION

The Shaam News Network published two videos depicting destruction in the Al Kalassi neighbourhood of Aleppo. The first showed a woman after she became homeless when “the aggressors destroyed her home“; the second depicted wounded civilians “following the strike on the area of Wadi Al A’rayess.” There are currently no further details on the alleged strike or who was responsible for it.

Summary

Russian Military

قصر بن غشير, Qasr Bin Gashir, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

An unknown number of civilians was killed and injured in alleged GNA and Turkish shelling on residential areas of Qasr Bin Ghashir on June 1st, 2020, according to local sources. At least one child was among the victims. According to Khamis Al Sheikhi, “the Capital randomly targeted residential neighbourhoods in the centre of Qasr Bin

Summary

(1 child)

Government of National Accord, Turkish Military

LOCATION

قنطرة, Al Qantara, Southern Lebanon, Lebanon

On September 25, 2024, Kamel Karaki, a cameraman for Al-Manar TV who had worked for the channel for over 25 years, was killed by an alleged Israeli airstrike on the town of Al Wantara in Southern Lebanon. The alleged airstrike reportedly hit Kamel’s home and caused widespread destruction in the area. Multiple sources confirmed Kamel’s death.

Summary

(1 man)

بن معيلي, Bin Ma'aili Station, Ma'rib, Yemen

LOCATION

A US drone strike reportedly targeted a car transporting six alleged AQAP militants near Bin Ma’ali Station, in Marib governorate, on the morning of January 27th 2020. The strike came alongside a second reported US action (USYEMTr219-C) on January 27th in Al Hazmia, also in Marib. There were no known associated reports of civilian harm.

Summary

Belligerents reported injured

مخيم النصيرات, Nuseirat camp, Deir al-Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Saturday, November 4, 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike reportedly struck a house in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, resulting in multiple fatalities and injuries. Names and other identifying details of the victims were not publicly disclosed, nor was the severity of the injuries reported. On Twitter/X, Shehab Agency claimed the

Summary

IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential

بيحان, Baihan, Shabwa, Yemen

LOCATION

Up to seven alleged AQAP militants were reportedly killed by a US drone strike in the Baihan district of Shabwa governorate, on July 6th 2018. There were no known associated reports of civilian harm. A security official told AFP that a US drone had targeted a car driving along a side road in the area,

Summary

5–7

كنصفرة, Kansafra, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilians, a man and a woman, were reported injured in alleged Russian or Syrian airstrikes or artillery shelling in the town of Kansafra in the southern countryside of Idlib on July 14th 2020, according to local sources. All sources reporting on civilian harm from the incident in Kansafra consistently mention that two civilians, a

Summary

Airstrike, Artillery, Drone Strike

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

near NLZ, Syria, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

In an incident previously unknown to Airwars, one civilian was injured by declared US military live fire exercises near NLZ, Syria on September 4, 2023. In the Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) Civilian Harm and Mitigation Response Report released on May 31, 2024, the US military stated that “Regrettably, based on

Summary

Known belligerent

US-led Coalition

جرنك, Gerenke, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

Between two and three civilians were allegedly injured by Turkish shelling on Qamishli. Syriacpress wrote: “A Syriac Press correspondent in Zalin reported that Turkish forces targeted the city center with a missile in the morning. Our correspondent declared that the Turkish missile landed in Roj Garage, injuring two civilians who were transferred to a nearby

Summary

2–3

Furuqley village near Qoryoley District , Lower Shabele, Somalia

LOCATION

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Summary

International Forces (Unknown)

Al-Shabaab

Belligerents reported injured