Civilian Casualties

بكفلا أو النهر الأبيض, Bkafla or Al Naher Al Abyad, near Jisr Ash Shughour, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

One young male civilian was reportedly killed and at least nine others, including one woman and at least four members of the Syrian Civil Defense, were reportedly wounded in an alleged Russia and/or Syrian regime forces artillery strike on Bkafla or Al Naher Al Abyad, near Jisr Ash Shughour in the evening of November 27th

Summary

(1 man)

9–10

Russian Military, Syrian Regime, Iranian Military

11 named

منزلاً لعائلة البطش في جباليا، وشقة سكنية في حي الفالوجا شمال القطاع, Al-Batsh family in Jabalia, and a residential apartment in the Al-Faluja neighborhood, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On the morning of October 23rd 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike on a house for the Al-Batsh family in Jabalia, and a residential apartment in the Al-Faluja neighbourhood killed at least 17 people and injured ‘dozens’. Al-Watan News reported that “the bodies of 17 martyrs were also recovered, while there were dozens of injuries” by

Summary

(5 children4 women2 men)

12–24

11 named, 1 familiy identified

Neighbourhood/area

Bu'aale, Middle Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

A reported precision airstrike by an unidentified aircraft at Buaale, Middle Juba was said to have killed up to 50 fighters with local Al Qaeda affiliate al Shabaab – along with a named senior leader. The event was first reported by Kenyan media – though reports did not identify which nation had conducted the alleged

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

US Forces, Kenyan Military Forces

Al-Shabaab

Belligerents reported injured

40–50

80–100

تل السلطان غرب رفح, Tal Al Sultan, Western Rafah, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Saturday, October 21st, 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the Abu Shamala family home located in the Tal Al Sultan neighborhood, western Rafah, the Gaza Strip, reportedly killing fifteen civilians spanning two generations, and wounding others, according to multiple sources. Among those killed were 28-year old Naderen Bashir Abu Shamala, who was pregnant at

Summary

15 named, 1 familiy identified

Neighbourhood/area

حماده عمر, Hamada Omar, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

A number of civilians were injured in an alleged Russian airstrike in Hamada Omar, according to local media sources. It was not clear how many civilians were injured in the attack, but several of the sources mention how a mosque and a number of civilian homes were destroyed. Idlib Media Centre added that the Russians

Summary

Salagle, Middle Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

Local reports – including by the former head of Somalia’s national intelligence service – said that a senior al Shabaab figure was killed in Salagle. According to Mareeg, “al-Shabaab’s chief of security, Sheikh Jafar Ali Mohamud, and a few other members were killed” in an event at Salagle. Other actions were reported at nearby Sakow

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

US Forces, US Forces

Al-Shabaab

بالقرب من المسجد الإندونيسي، خان يونس, Vicinity of Indonesian Mosque, Khan Younis, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 24th, 2023, two people, a husband and wife, were reported killed, and at least two others, including a child, were injured after an Israeli aircraft allegedly bombed the al-Ghalban family home, located near the Indonesian Mosque in the south of Khan Younis. After the bombing, the Palestinian news agency Shehab News on their

Summary

(1 woman1 man)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

Nearby landmark

البويب, al Boueb, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

At least two civilians were injured in airstrikes against the village of al Boueb in the Shahshabo mountain in the western Hama countryside. Media blamed Russian warplanes for the raids. The “warplanes” which launched three raids on the vicinity were unidentified by some media. It was reported that the village “[is] inhabited by purely civilians

Summary

دوما , Douma, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

Two male civilians, including a journalist, were killed in alleged Russian airstrikes or Syrian regime artillery strikes on a market in Douma, Damascus governorate, on March 22nd, 2019, according to local sources. Douma Revolution posted on Facebook that Fozdika shells were launched upon a popular market in Douma, leading to the death of Suhayeb A’yyoun

Summary

(2 men)

1 named

القرارة, Al Qarara, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Shortly before 3:27 PM on Tuesday, October 24th 2023, the home of the Abu Sabt family on Abdeen Street in the town of Al Qarara, located in the northeast of Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, was allegedly bombed by the Israeli military, resulting in the death of a father and his daughter, and injuries of a

Summary

(1 child1 man)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

Town

بلبلة, Bulbul, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

In a report shared with Airwars, the Kurdish Red Crescent named one civilian as wounded in Bulbul. The victim was listed as “Ahmad Mohammed Haji, 32, various sharpnel in his body”. No further details are currently available.

Summary

تلمنس, Tal Menes, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Four civilians, initially reported as three, were killed and others were wounded in the town of Tal Menes after warplanes fired missiles into the town on the 21st of December. A series of news outlets as well as the Idlib Civil Defense confirmed the deaths. Orient Net, Al-Muharrer Network, and Stab News with their reporter

Summary

3 – 4

جبل الأربعين, Jabal Al Arbaeen, Ariha, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Shortly before midnight of Friday, October 13th, 2023, the mother of the SCD volunteer Ahmed Mahdi Ahmadou was killed and his father was injured, but later succumbed to his injuries, in the bombardment of their house reportedly perpetrated by the Russian military in the Jabal Al Arbaeen area near Ariha city, in the southern countryside

Summary

Infrastructure

Residential

(1 woman1 man)

3 named, 1 familiy identified

كفرنبودة, Kafar Nbouda, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

One or two civilians were injured in alleged artillery strikes on Kafar Nbouda, local media reported. The majority of sources said that the Assad regime was responsible, though Russian actions were also reported within the vicinity. According to the Step News Agency, “an artillery bombardment by regime forces stationed at Camp of Bredig hit the

Summary

1–2

بلدات متعددة, Several towns, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Russian warplanes launched substantial attacks upon various villages outside of Idlib on December 28th causing numerous civilian casualties. Shaam News, reporting on December 29th, stated that civilian casualties resulted from Russian airstrikes upon many villages, including Mhambel and Sarja. No names, ages, or other pertinent information was released. The air raids were part of a

Summary

2–5

قرية قرموغ, Qarmogh (Qarmug) village east of Kobani, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

On Wednesday, January 24th, 2024, a child and a 24-year-old farmer named Marouf Khalil Muhammad were injured due to an alleged artillery attack by the Turkish military. Reportedly, the farmer was injured in his leg and/or foot while he was working on his land in the village of Qarmug (Qarmogh), east of the city of

Two civilians were wounded in an alleged regime or Russian artillery or rocket strike on Kafr Zeita, according to sources on the ground. The Local Coordination Committees of Syria reported that “two civilians were wounded as a result of artillery shelling targeting the town of Kfar Zeita in the northern suburbs of Hama.” Facebook page

Summary

Tortoroow, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

The US reported two days after the event that it had conducted two “self-defence strikes” on September 5th against al Shabaab, killing four militants in total. According to an AFRICOM press release, the strikes hit near Tortoroow and were conducted in coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia after a Somali-led counter-terrorism operation came under

Summary

Airstrike, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

Causes of injury / death

شارع اللبابيدي، مدينة غزة, Lababidi Street, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At around 10 PM on Sunday, October 29th, 2023, 19 members of the Mushtaha family, including six women, one of them pregnant, were killed and dozens were reportedly injured after an alleged Israeli airstrike hit their home on Lababidi Street in Gaza City. The incident was reported by the Palestinian Information Centre on its official

Summary

(0–9 children6–8 women4–11 men)

19 – 24

12–24

Impact

19 named, 2 families identified

Street

ميركان, Mirkan, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

A number of civilians were wounded in an alleged Turkish shelling of Mirkan, Syria, according to sources on the ground. Hawar News reported: “The Turkish occupation army shelled the center of the area of Mabata and the village of Mircan. It used heavy artillery and missiles, and according to preliminary information, there are wounded civilians.”

Summary

2–10

Turkish Military

طرابلس‎: عرادة, Tripoli: Arada, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

Two civilians were allegedly injured by LNA shelling on the Arada neighbourhood of Tripoli. The Field Medicine and Support Center reported: “Today in the evening, 25-1-2020, the ambulance team of the Center for Field Medicine and Support assisted citizens Samir Musa and Ahmed Al-Ghazewi, who were lightly wounded after a shell landed in the Arada

Summary

تل السلطان، رفح, Tal al-Sultan, Rafah, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Late at night, on the 30th October 2023, the home of Abdullah Hijazi in Tal al-Sultan, west of Rafah was hit by an alleged Israeli airstrike, killing at least ten members of the Hijazi family, including seven children and two women, and injuring others. 33-year-old Hamza Mufid Abdullah Hijazi and his wife, 32-year-old Asma Hamad

Summary

IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential

Infrastructure

(6–7 children2 women1 man)

10 – 11

Impact

10 named, 1 familiy identified

Neighbourhood/area

معردبسة, Ma’ardibsa, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian reportedly died and two more – a woman and a child – were wounded in an alleged regime or Russian air or artillery strikes on Ma’ardibsa on January 22nd 2020. @yahya_kadaa reported however, that the death toll was nine. Local Coordination Committees if Syria reported: “At 15:46 a regime’s MiG-23 warplane raid targeted

Summary

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)

Causes of injury / death

1 named

حي الشجاعية بمدينة غزة, Al Shujaiya neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Friday, October 27, 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike hit civilians gathered in the vicinity of a “soldier’s office” (or Diwan Jundiyya) in the Al Shujaiya neighbourhood in the east of Gaza City, injuring and killing a number of civilians, as reported by Jenin News and Daqiqah News. No sources available to Airwars included the

Summary

حي الزنجيلي, Mosul, Zanjili, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on September 1st 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on social media claims of civilian harm “near Mosul, Iraq”. According to the Coalition report, “11. May 30, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via social media report: The report contains insufficient information of the time, location

Summary

US-led Coalition

مراط,, Mrat, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Al Hassaka Rasd reported: “The Russian air force targets with several air raids the vicinity of Deir Ezzor military airport, brigade 137, the cemetery area and the town of Mrat Foukani”. Other sources mentioned an unspecified number of wounded civilians but didn’t identify who carried out the strikes.

Summary

بشنطرة, Bashantra, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

One person died and an unspecified number of others were wounded in alleged Russian or regime air or artillery strikes on Bashranta on January 28, 2020, according to local media. The Violations Documentation Center whether the person killed was a civilian. Both the Shahba Press and Zaiton Agency released reports of multiple civilians killed due

Summary

0 – 1

0–1