Civilian Casualties

Turkish Military

مشروع الهضبة, Hadaba project, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

One civilian was allegedly killed in the Hadaba project area of Tripoli. Al Wasat reported: “A citizen was killed and a child was wounded when random shells landed in Tripoli.” Tk Yahroug Kl shy said: “A random shell has landed on the house of the Al-Arabi family in Al-Hadba project.” Reports of fighting in the

Summary

Government of National Accord, Libyan National Army

حيّ الصعيدي, Saudi neighborhood, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Shortly before 8:18 PM on Tuesday, October 24th 2023, at least seven identified members of the Al-Hams family, including two women, one of whom was pregnant, and three children, were reportedly killed and at least five civilians, including three children and two women, were injured when an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the family’s home in

Summary

(3 children2 women2 men)

Impact

7 named, 1 familiy identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Geolocation

Exact location (via Airwars)

راحو, Rajo, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

The Kurdish Red Crescent reported that two named civilians were injured in the Rajo area. Younews reported that Turkish helicopters had targeted Rajo, while according to maf news there were “intensive Turkish air raids”. However, neither source mentioned civilian casualties. There are no other details at this time.

Summary

الدير شرقي, Deir al Sharqi, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least two men and one woman were killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the village of Deir al Sharqi, Idlib governorate, on December 21st, 2019, according to local sources. An unknown number of civilians was wounded. The Syrian Civil Defence reported that “a man, an elderly man and a woman” were

Summary

3 – 4

(1 woman2 men)

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

4 named, 1 familiy identified

نزل الطبيب نضال حجازي, House of Doctor Nidal Hijazi, Gaza Strip, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Tuesday October 24th 2023, at least one civilian, the mother of a Dr. Nidal Hijazi, was injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip. Her son, Dr. Nidal Abdullah Hijazi was also stuck under the rubble and emerged from it to treat his mother at the hospital in his role as a

Summary

كوتانة، عفرين, Kotana, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Claudia Al Minah reported that Turkey “attacked Kotana village in the Bilbilê area, Syria, last night, injuring seriously 3 inhabitants, damaging houses and the school.” Photographic evidence shows the extensive material damage to the vicinity. Electricity was also cut off in the village. There are no other details at this time.

Summary

Turkish Military

شرفة الملاحة, Shurfat Al Malaha, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

Airstrikes by the LNA and/or UAE on the Shurfat Al Malaha residential area, in the vicinity of Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport, reportedly killed an elderly woman and injured several more civilians including a child. Libya al Ahrar named the elderly victim as Al-Haja Zahra Al-Tamtam. Burkan al Ghadab said that two persons “from the expatriate labor

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

(1 woman)

Libyan National Army, United Arab Emirates Military

LOCATION

محيط جامعة الأزهر, Vicinity of al Azhar University, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

On Monday, October 9th 2023, at least one young man, a civilian named Khaled Ramez Abu Kwaik, was trapped under rubble for at least three days when the Al-Dahdouh building near Al-Azhar University in Gaza City collapsed in Tal al-Hawa. On October 11th 2023, relatives reported his death on social media. The precise details of

Summary

(1 man)

near Dayr Az Zawr, Syria, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on August 8th 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on social media claims of civilian harm “near Dayr az Zawr, Syria”. According to the Coalition report, ”105. May 13, 2017, near Dayr Az Zawr, Syria, via social media report: After a review of available

Summary

US-led Coalition

ارندة, عفرين, Aranda, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Local media reported that six civilians were injured following an alleged Turkish attack with missiles/artillery shells containing “toxic gas”. According to Nuce 24, the Turkish military occupation army targeted the village of Aranda, in the area of Shih, with an artillery shell poisoned by chemical gas (it is not yet known what the gas was).

Summary

Qoryoley near Janaale, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

An adult woman was reported killed by an alleged US attack on Qoryole, according to the Turkish news organisation TRT – an event it dated to before midnight on February 23rd 2019. Despite conducting four strikes in the near region that day. AFRICOM later insisted that “no U.S. military strike took place at the alleged

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

(1 woman)

حي النصر, Al-Nasr neighbourhood, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On the evening of Monday, November 6th, 2023, journalist Muhammad Ghanem Tawfiq Al-Jaja was killed after an alleged Israeli airstrike hit his family home in the Al-Nasr neighbourhood in Gaza City. The alleged strike killed 12 other members of the Al-Jaja family, including four children and five women, one of whom was pregnant, and injured

Summary

(4 children5 women4 men)

13 named, 1 familiy identified

Geolocation

Neighbourhood/area

طرابلس‎: مطار معيتيقة, Tripoli: Mitiga International Airport, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

One child has reportedly been injured because of LNA shelling near Mitiga airport. Libya Observer said: “The media office of Volcano of Rage Operation said Wednesday that Khalifa Haftar’s forces breached the ceasefire agreement again by targeting Mitiga Airport in Tripoli with six Grad rockets leading to the suspension of flights for hours. The media

Summary

بزابور, village Bazabour, southern countryside of Idlib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

On the morning of Friday, 17th November 2023, a number of civilians, including a woman, were injured as a result of artillery shelling allegedly perpetrated by Syrian regime forces and/or Russian military and/or Iranian military on the civilian homes in the village of Bazabour (alternatively spelled as Bzabour or Bazzabour), located in the southern countryside

Summary

Russian Military, Syrian Regime, Iranian Military

جرزيلة, village of Girzele, Shirwa district, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

In a similar reporting of TS265, a number of sources reported that a 45-year-old male wounded followed an alleged Turkish air or artillery strike on the village of Girzele. Afrin Now and ANHA said the victim suffered a leg wound. According to Sana, Turkish forces and their mercenaries shelled the area of Sharan and the villages of Basutah,

Summary

1–4

جدرايا, Jidraya, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Breaking a ceasefire, alleged Russian warplanes heavily bombed the village of Jdaria at 13:22 on January 21, 2020, killing at least two girls and injuring two other civilians. According to Al Jazeera News, quoting the Syrian Civil Defense, two girls were killed in Russian airstrikes on the village of Jdaria.The two girls, Aida al-Khalid and

Summary

(2 children)

Russian Military

2 named, 1 familiy identified

بمخيم النصيرات, Nuseirat Refugee Camp, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At least 11 civilians were reportedly killed and 15 others were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Suwaidan family home in the Nuseirat Refugee Camp on Friday, 27th of October, 2023. 43-year-old Hani Jamal Suwaidan was killed, along with his son 17-year-old Muhannad Hani Suwaidan and his brothers 31-year-old Mahmoud Jamal Suwaidan, 36-year-old

Summary

(3 children1 woman6 men)

Impact

11 named, 2 families identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Geolocation

Town

حي الزنجيلي, Mosul, Al Zanjili, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on September 29th 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment of a self-reported civilian harm claim “near Mosul, Iraq”. According to the Coalition report, “94.May 29, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via self-report: After a review of available information and strike video it was assessed that

Summary

US-led Coalition

سرجة, Sarja, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Four civilians, including a man and his two sons, were killed and up to three civilians were injured by alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the town of Sarja, Idlib governorate on January 27th, 2020, according to local media reports. Step News said: “The reporter of the Step News Agency in Idlib, Hassan Al-Muhammad,

Summary

3 – 4

(3 men)

2–3

4 named, 1 familiy identified

منطقة نتساريم، جنوب مدينة غزة, Netzarim area, south of Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Monday, 30th October, 2023, a young Palestinian civilian, a successful entrepreneur and a father of newborn twin daughters, Mahmoud Anwar Abu Shawish, was killed in in the Netzarim area about 5 kilometers southwest of Gaza City in an alleged Israeli strike or ground operation in Gaza. The exact circumstances and time of Mahmoud’s death

Summary

Airstrike, Ground operation

near Al-Jisr Al Jadeed, Syria, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on September 29th 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on claims of civilian harm “near Raqqah, Syria”. According to the Coalition report, “45. June 3, 2017, near Al-Jisr Al Jadeed, Syria, via regional humanitarian organisation. After a review of available information it was assessed

Summary

US-led Coalition

جمعية الرحال, Jam’iyet Al Rahhal, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Up to nine civilians from one family were killed and others injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Jam’iyet Al Rahhal, Aleppo on February 3rd 2020, local media reported. The victims were reportedly fleeing another area when their vehicle was targeted. The lowest number of civilians reported killed was six, however several sources

Summary

(3–5 children2–3 women1 man)

6 – 9

1–2

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

منطقة الزنة، خانيونس, Al Zana area, Khan Younis, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Friday October 27th of 2023, four farmers – two of them identified as Muhammad Saber Mahmoud Al-Buraim (17-19 years old) and Ahmed Jamil Abu Lihia (35-39 years old), the two other unnamed – were reportedly killed and seven others (based on video evidence) were injured in an alleged Israeli aircraft strike in the Al

Local Kurdish media said that four civilians were injured by alleged Turkish artillery shelling in Zakho at the Iraqi-Turkish border. Asda News reported that “the shelling led to the injury of four civilians, who were taken to the hospital for treatment, noting that the health of the four injured people is stable.” Rudaw added that

Summary

Turkish Military

قصر بن غشير, Qasr Bin Gashir, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

Three civilians were reportedly killed by artillery shelling on Qasr Bin Gashir. Tarhuna 24 said: “Indiscriminate shelling of Qasr Bin Gashir area resulted in the death of two members of the Al-Futouri family and the daughter of Al-Hadi Kabar.” There is currently no other information available. Local reports of fighting point at the GNA or

Summary

Government of National Accord, Libyan National Army

1 named

مطار دمشق الدولي الدولي, Damascus Airport, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

At around 5.25 in the morning on Sunday, October 22, 2023, two men with a contested civilian status, Ammar Iyad Abu Issa and Atef Fadel Naser, were the victims of an alleged Israeli airstrike on Damascus airport, Syria. Several sources reported that Atef Fadel Naser was injured by the strike that killed Ammar Iyad Abu

Summary

0 – 2

(0–2 men)

Belligerents reported killed

0–2

كفرتعال, Kafar Ta'al, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

A 17-year-old child was killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the village of Kafr Ta’al, Idlib governorate, on February 11th, 2020, according to local sources. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that “the child Qasem Lattouf al Omar, aged 17, was killed as Syrian regime fixed-wing warplanes carried out a strike

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

(1 child)

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

1 named