Civilian Casualties

(1 woman)

بادرتن, Baderten, Al Jabal al Gharbi, Libya

LOCATION

Five men were killed in alleged LNA/UAE drone strikes on the city of Gheryan, Jabal Al Gharbi, on June 2nd, 2020, according to local sources. Simfaro reported that aircraft was hovering over the city for several hours, conducting ten strikes in separate areas. @EbrahimGasuda initially reported the names of three victims as the result of UAE

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

(5 men)

Libyan National Army, United Arab Emirates Military

LOCATION

بيت لاهيا, Beit Lahia, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

On Sunday, October 29th 2023, at least16 members of the Warsh Agha family, including at least four women and at least seven children, were killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike on their home in Beit Lahia, Gaza Strip. Social media tributes by family and friends helped to identify the names of the 16 members of

Summary

(7–8 children4–5 women4 men)

Israeli Military

16 named, 4 families identified

Town

Airstrike and/or Artillery

LOCATION

Sinjar, Nineveh, Iraq

Several civilians were allegedly injured by a Turkish airstrikes on Sinjar. ANF reported: “In Shengal, areas where civilian settlements and Serdeşt hospital are located, were bombed. According to the first information, there are some injured civilians. In addition, the people suffered material damages as a result of the bombing carried out by the Turkish state.”

Summary

2–3

Turkish Military

القرية السويدية، رفح, Swedish Village, Rafah, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Friday, June 7th 2024, a number of people were reportedly killed and injured when Israeli forces allegedly entered the Swedish Village, west of the city of Rafah, near the Palestinian-Egyptian Border, in the south of the Gaza Strip. Although no source identified a number of victims killed, all sources referred to both killed and

Summary

Small arms and light weapons

الدقماق, Al Dakmak, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least two civilians were reported injured during alleged Syrian and/or Russian artillery shelling and/or airstrikes on the towns of Al Dakmak in the Al-Ghab Plain, west of Hama on July 14th 2020. The Syrian Civil Defence Forces of the Southern Directorate reported that two young men with injuries of varying degrees were rushed to

Summary

2–3

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

شارع السكه, مخيم جباليا , Al-Sikka Street, Jabalia Refugee Camp, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On the evening of Saturday May 11th, 2024, an alleged Israeli airstrike on three houses belonging to Asaliya extended family located on Al Sikka Street in the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip killed at least 32 members of the Asalia family, many of them women and children. Some reports put the death

Summary

IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential

(10–22 children3–12 women11–18 men)

32 – 50

Israeli Military

30 named, 6 families identified

Street

الأتارب, Al Atarib, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

According to a single source, three civilians were injured in a Russian airstrike on al Atarib. Smart News reported that “three were wounded, including a child in a Russian aerial bombardment on the city of Al Atareb. They were moved to the field hospital in the city, according to our reporter.” No additional details are

Summary

Russian Military

عين عيسى, Ain Issa, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources reported that three children were injured in alleged Turkish forces and/or Turkey-backed forces artillery strikes on Ain Issa on August 1st, 2020. One of them is in a critical condition. “The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored, this evening, artillery shelling carried out by the Turkish forces and the factions loyal to them,

Summary

Turkish Military

Suspected targets

Assad regime, YPG/SDF

3 named, 1 familiy identified

منطقة النص القريبة، المواصي، خان يونس, Vicinity of al-Nas junction, al-Mawasi Refugee Camp, Khan Younis, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Around 10:30 AM on Saturday, July 13th, 2024, at least 55 identified civilians and up to 150 civilians were killed, and up to 300 civilians were injured in a series of declared Israeli airstrikes at a compound near the al-Nas Junction in the al-Mawasi area west of Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip. Israel declared

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Infrastructure

Desalination Plant, Evacuation Route, Gas Facility, Humanitarian, IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential, Resources, Water

(6–20 children3 women36–48 men)

55 – 150

7–300

63 named, 2 families identified

2–12

شيراوا - برج القاس, Burj al-Qass -Shirawa, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported injuries in Burj Al Qass in Shirawa, Aleppo on September 12th, 2020 when “Turkish forces shelled with heavy artillery from their military bases stationed in the northern Aleppo countryside positions in the villages of Aqiba, Soghanka and Burj al-Qass in the Shirawa area within areas held by Kurdish

Summary

الجامع الأبيض في مخيم الشاطئ، مدينة غزة, White Mosque, Al-Shati Camp, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Around noon on Saturday, July 13th, 2024, a minimum of nineteen identified civilians, at least two of whom were children, as well as an individual whose civilian status is currently contested, and two militants, including the commander of the al-Aqsa Brigades Ezz El Din Zaki Akila, were killed by an alleged Israeli airstrike. More than

Summary

IDP or Refugee Camp, Religious

19 – 20

(2–3 children14–15 men)

Impact

19 named, 2 families identified

2–3

قسطون, Qastoun, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

A civilian died when his house in Qastoun village, Hama governorate, collapsed on November 17th, 2020. According to local sources, the man’s home had been previously severely damaged by alleged Russian or Syrian regime strikes. The Syrian Civil Defence reported: “A civilian died, today, Tuesday, November 17, in the town of Qastoun in the western

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

(1 man)

Accidents related to conflict

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

LOCATION

قرية صوغانكه, Village of Sogankeh, Sherawa district, Aleppo, Syria

During the afternoon of Thursday 29th February 2024, an artillery bombardment allegedly perpetrated by the Turkish military on the village of Sogankeh, Sherawa district, Syria, injured a female civilian. Local sources reported that a 19-year-old girl named Amina Hikmat Muhammad from Sogankeh village was seriously injured in the abdomen as a result of the shrapnel from

Summary

Turkish Military

1 named

Belligerents reported injured

العرقوب, Al Argoub, Al Wahat, Libya

LOCATION

Between seven and ten civilians were allegedly killed and 25 more injured by a NATO airstrike on Al Argoub. The BBC said: “Seven civilians died and 25 were hurt in a coalition air strike on a pro-Gaddafi convoy in eastern Libya, a doctor there has told the BBC. Dr Suleiman Refardi said Wednesday’s raid happened

Summary

7 – 10

(6 children2 women2 men)

NATO forces

Suspected targets

Gaddafi forces, Other

10 named

الأبزمو, Al Abzimo, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

On the evening of Saturday, May 5th, 2024, artillery shelling allegedly conducted by Syrian regime forces and/or Russian forces and/or Iranian forces hit a residential neighborhood in the town of Abzimo, in the western countryside of Aleppo, killing a child and injuring his mother. Twelve-year-old Qais Haj Shaban and his mother were transported to a

Summary

(1 child)

Russian Military, Iranian Military, Syrian Regime

2 named, 1 familiy identified

Deb Scinnele, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

A US airstrike alelgedly killed Al Shabaab fighter near Deb Scinnele, according to AFRICOM. The press release said: “In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. Africa Command forces conducted two airstrikes in the vicinities of Jamaame and Deb Scinnele, Somalia, Jan. 19. Initial assessments indicate the strikes killed three al-Shabaab operatives. The command’s

Summary

1–2

مدرسة خديجة غرب دير البلح, Khadija School, Deir Al Balah, Gaza strip, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Around midday on the 27th of July 2024, between 30 and 53 civilians, including at least 15 children and eight women, were killed and at least 100 others were injured by a declared Israeli airstrike on the Khadija school, Deir Al Balah, Gaza Strip. Sources detailed that the school was housing a large number of

Summary

Education, Healthcare, IDP or Refugee Camp

(15–16 children8–9 women9–13 men)

30 – 53

100–111

27 named, 5 families identified

راس لانوف, Ras Lanuf, Surt, Libya

LOCATION

On March the 3rd 2011, Gaddafi forces allegedly launched several airstrikes on Ras Lanuf (the oil crescent), in the vicinity of Brega that resulted, according to a single surviving source, in six civilians killed and 12 injured, who were said to be accompanying an Egyptian relief convey. Several sources referred to Gaddafi forces being behind

Summary

Caba, Lower Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

The US reported in a press release published on September 27th that it had conducted a “self-defence strike” in Caba near Kismayo the previous day, killing four al Shabaab fighters . The press release said that a group of armed al Shabaab fighters attacked the Somali force and their US advisors. The Somali forces returned

Summary

Airstrike, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

Causes of injury / death

4–5

حرمك, Kunya Barrow, Middle Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

US and Somali special forces carried out a night raid on an al Shabaab-held village in southern Somalia, the district commissioner and a senior Somali intelligence official told reporters. It was the second US operation in the village in two weeks. “Several al-Shabaab fighters” are thought to have been killed according to NBC. Two helicopters

Summary

Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

US Forces, Somali Military Forces

Suspected target

Al-Shabaab

باريش, Barish, Tyre District, Lebanon

LOCATION

At least seven civilians, mostly members of the Mahfouzi family, were killed by an alleged Israeli airstrike on their home in Barish in South Lebanon on September 23, 2024. One militant was also likely killed in the strike, who also appears to be part of the extended Mahfouzi family. A Facebook post from Ali Osseily

Summary

(3 children2 women2 men)

7 named, 1 familiy identified

Village

LOCATION

سبها‎, Sabha, Libya

Four civilians, all of them paramedics, were allegedly killed in an apparent NATO double tap airstrike in Sabha. Nass Book said: “A military source reported that NATO bombed civilian sites in Sabha. When the civil protection crews of the civil defense and ambulance apparatus rushed to carry out rescue operations the crusader alliance bombed these

Summary

Known belligerent

NATO forces

Bariire, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

AFRICOM reported that the previous day it had “conducted an airstrike against al-Shabaab militants in the early morning hours of Jan. 2, 2018, approximately 50 kilometers west of the capital [Mogadishu]”. It added: “We assess no civilians were killed in this strike.” However, AFRICOM claimed that the airstrike killed “two terrorists” and destroyed “one vehicle-borne improvised

Summary

بالقرب من تقاطع مصبح أو ميراج، رفح, Vicinity of Musbah or Miraj junction, Rafah, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Three civilians, including a child and two men, were killed and seven to eight civilians were injured in an alleged airstrike carried out by the Israeli military on the house of the Abu Hamid family in the Musbah/Miraj junction north of Rafah, Gaza Strip. The strike reportedly took place during the afternoon of Wednesday, the

Summary

(1 child2 men)

7–8

Israeli Military

3 named, 1 familiy identified

مدينة زوارة, Zuwara City, Libya

LOCATION

On October 4th, 2011, shelling on Zuwara City killed ten civilians. It was unclear who fired the shelling, as well as what the combatant status of the casualties were. No injury counts were confirmed as well. On Facebook, the saadalibya page stated “Ten civilians were killed in Zuwara after two mortar shells landed”. A tweet

Summary

Gaddafi Forces, Libyan rebel forces

Suspected target

0–10

حرمك, Kunyo Barrow, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

AFRICOM reported that the day previously it had “conducted an airstrike targeting an al-Shabaab militant in the vicinity of Kunyo Barrow, Somalia, on October 6, 2018.” It added: “We currently assess no civilians were injured or killed in this airstrike.” However, AFRICOM claimed that the action killed “(1) terrorist”. In a subsequent FOIA response obtained

Summary

طيرفلسيه, Tyre Filsay, South Lebanon, Lebanon

LOCATION

On September 23rd 2024, at least one civilian was reportedly killed following an alleged Israeli raid on the town of Tyre Filsay in south Lebanon. Among the victims was Ali Hussein Al-Sagheer, known as Abu Ali, from the city of Bint Jbeil. Neighbours and relatives shared their grief on social media. On Facebook, his neighbour

Summary

1 – 11

(1 man)

ميدان الشهداء‎, Martyrs’ Square, Al Zawiyah, Libya

LOCATION

On February 23rd, 2011, seven civilians were killed by the 32nd Brigade in the central square of Al Zawiyah. A UN report mentioned the shooting of seven unarmed civilians. The report states “The Commission found local authorities exercised initial restraint when engaging protesters in the central square in Al Zawiyah. The Commission determined a violent

Summary