Civilian Casualties

قرية الشيخ عيسى, village of Sheikh Issa in Al-Shahba area, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

On Friday afternoon, March 8, 2024, two civilians, 40-year-old father Muhammad Talib Humaidan and his youngest son, 17-year-old Talib Muhammad Humaidan were seriously injured while they were working in a field as a consequence of an alleged Turkish artillery attack in the village of Sheikh Issa close to the city of Tal Rifaat in the

Summary

Turkish Military

2 named, 1 familiy identified

عرادة, Arada, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

A civilian died of his injuries and nine others, including four children, were wounded in alleged Libyan National Army shelling on Arada neighbourhood in Tripoli on April 18th, 2020, according to local sources. Souq Al Khamis reported on April 18th that “several rockets hit civilian homes in Arada.” Burkan Al Ghadab Operation reported the “bombing

Summary

(1 man)

10 named, 2 families identified

بوابة مدرسة العودة في عبسان شرقي خان يونس, gate of Al-Awda School in Abasan Al-Kabira, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On July 9, 2024, at least 25 civilians were killed and at least 53 others injured in a declared Israeli airstrike on a camp of displaced persons near the gate of Al-Awda School in Abasan Al-Kabira, Khan Younis, in the Gaza Strip. On the evening of July 9, Al Jazeera published a video of “the

Summary

(6–9 children1–2 women14–16 men)

25 – 30

53–71

Known belligerent

24 named, 2 families identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Nearby landmark

جعار, Ja'ar, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

In a third incident occurring on the 14th of May 2012, two children were wounded by alleged Yemeni warplane strike in Ja’ar in Abyan Province. A military official told AP that a warplane missed its target and accidentally struck civilians, leaving two children wounded. AP was the only source to report on this incident, and

Summary

Yemeni Air Force

جيليب, Jilib, Middle Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

Al Shabaab members or civilians were allegedly killed in US strikes near Jilib and Basra. AFRICOM later denied conducting strikes in the area. Harun Maruf reported: “Overnight airstrikes killed dozens of Al-Shabaab militants in Jilib, Cmdr of AS’s Hisba police station in the town, Hassan Dhere, his deputy and a 3rd official among the dead,

Summary

12–24

بالقرب من مسجد الشمعة، حي الزيتون، مدينة غزة, Vicinity of Al-Shamaa Mosque, Al-Zeitoun neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On November 2nd 2023 at least 81 civilians, but as many as 90, from five families were reportedly killed and a large number of others wounded when an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the homes of the Abu Samaan, Al-Awadi, Al-Borai, Al-Qishawi, and Barakat families near the Al-Shamaa Mosque in the Al-Zaytoun neighbourhood, south of Gaza

Summary

(28–36 children18–21 women13–20 men)

81 – 90

12–24

71 named, 4 families identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Nearby landmark

0–1

وادي العين, Wadi Al Ain, Hadramaut, Yemen

LOCATION

Between six and seven militants including AQAP’s second-in-command Said al Shehri (aka al Shihri) were reportedly killed in an alleged US or Yemeni strike on a car and house in Hadramout, eastern Yemen on September 12, 2012, according to US and Yemeni officials. However, it is unclear at what point Shehri was killed as his

Summary

US Forces, Yemeni Air Force

6–7

Araboow, Middle Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

Between one or two civilians were allegedly injured in US or Kenyan airstrike on Araboow. Halgan Media reported: “A series of blasts rocked a rural town of Araboow overnight in Somalia’s Middle Jubba province. The blasts said to be a result of a barrage of missiles fired down on the Militant controlled town. Sources that

Summary

1–2

US Forces, Kenyan Military Forces

Al-Shabaab

مدرسة الفوقا، مخيم جباليا, Hafsa Al Fawqa School, Jabalia Refugee Camp, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Three people – including a child – were reported killed and 15 injured after an alleged Israeli airstrike near the Abu Rashid Pool in the Hafsa School, located in North Gaza’s Jabalia Refugee Camp, on 14 October, 2024. The school was housing displaced people at the time of the strike. Local sources first reported the

Summary

Education, IDP or Refugee Camp

(1 child)

بيحان, Baihan, Shabwa, Yemen

LOCATION

A suspected US drone strike against a car killed two AQAP members in Baihan, Shabwa province on the morning of January 30th 2017, multiple sources reported. There were no known associated reports of civilian harm. According to news agencies, Yemeni officials suggested that a US drone had targeted the car in the Baihan region, on

Summary

LOCATION

مارب, Ma'rib, Yemen

A single local-language Twitter source, @wn4YYsr1zvokcHx, asserted that a US drone strike had killed seven AQAP militants travelling to Shabwa, on March 22nd 2019. No other known sources reported the strike, and there was no known indication of civilian harm. In a later press release and in comments to New America, US Central Command stated

Summary

طير دبا, Tayr Debba, South Governorate, Lebanon

LOCATION

During the night of Sunday, September 29, 2024, at around 1 AM, four paramedics, all young men and one of whom has contested civilian status, were killed and a number of civilians were injured as a result of an alleged Israeli airstrike on a house near the civil defense center associated with the Al-Risala Association

Summary

Civil Defense Station, Emergency Services, Residential

3 – 4

(3–4 men)

4 named, 1 familiy identified

Town

0–1

وادي رفض, Wadi Rafd, Shabwa, Yemen

LOCATION

An alleged AQAP militant was reportedly killed by a US drone strike in the Rafd area, in the Al Said district of Shabwa governorate, on the evening of April 26th 2018. A US strike took place in Shabwa on that day, a CENTCOM spokesperson later told the Long War Journal. Since there were no other

Summary

Known belligerent

Known target

عقبة القنذع, Aqaba Al Qandha, Al Bayda, Yemen

LOCATION

Three US drone strikes reportedly targeted a convoy of alleged AQAP militants travelling through Aqaba Al Qandha area of Shabwa governorate, on the morning of September 2nd 2019. No known sources gave information on casualties of the strikes, and there were no known associated reports of civilian harm. “Private sources” told Shabwa Press that US

Summary

بوداي, Boudai, Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon

LOCATION

On September 24, 2024, 27 civilians were killed – including women, children and one infant – after an alleged Israeli bombardment into the town of Boudai, in Lebanon’s Bekaa region. The exact details of the operation that led to the civilian casualties is unknown. Saeed Muhammad Shams was killed, as were other members of the

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

(8 children12 women7 men)

27 named, 4 families identified

Town

جعار, Outskirts of Ja'ar, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

In this single-source event, Xinhua reported that three alleged senior Al Qaeda militants were killed in an airstrike on their vehicle in Jaar on June 11, 2012, attributing the strike to Yemeni “warplanes.” There are currently no known reports of civilian harm. They were killed “while they were moving to oversee the fighting with army troops

Summary

Yemeni Air Force

الصبوره, Al Saboura, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a civilian was killed and others injured in alleged Israeli airstrikes on Saboura village in Hama countryside on June 24th, 2020 after midnight. The Observatory said “A civilian was killed and three others were wounded, as a result of the Israeli bombing of the village of Saboura

Summary

حارة حريك، بيروت, Haret Hreik, Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

LOCATION

On September 27th, 2024, at around 6 PM local time, the Israeli military conducted a strike targeting and killing Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in southern Beirut, allegedly also killing at least five civilians. Official estimates put the injury toll at 108, though this figure did not distinguish between militants and combatants. Seven other individuals, six

Summary

5 – 7

(2 women3–5 men)

2–108

Known belligerent

6 named, 2 families identified

Exact location (via Airwars)

Belligerents reported injured

6–7

0–108

سرمدا, Sarmada, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian was allegedly killed and up to four others injured by a Syrian regime or Russian shelling on Al Muthanna IDP camp in the east of Sarmada, Idlib. The Syrian Network for Human Rights said: “Syrian regime forces’ artillery fired shells on al Muthanna IDPs Camp, located in east of Sarmada city in the

Summary

Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear (CBRN), Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Causes of injury / death

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

LOCATION

Jir Jir Farey and Burka Fiiqey areas, north of Ruunirgood, Middle Shabelle, Somalia

Hiiraan Online News reported that on April 5, 2024, the Somali Federal Government forces, supported by local militias and international allies, “targeted” Al-Shabaab hideouts in the Jir Jir Farey and Burka Fiiqey areas, north of Ruunirgood in Middle Shabelle. According to the government, the strike resulted in “multiple Al-Shabaab casualties” and the destruction of one

Summary

International Forces (Unknown), Somali Military Forces

Al-Shabaab

Belligerents reported injured

Saakow, Middle Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

One senior Al Shabaab member was allegedly killed by US airstrike on Saakow. AFRICOM said in its press release: “In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. Africa Command conducted an airstrike targeting an al-Shabaab senior leader in the vicinity of Saakow, Somalia, on Aug. 25. The command’s initial assessment concluded this airstrike killed

Summary

In the vicinity of Dhaardaar, approximately 81 km southeast of Bosaso, Somalia

LOCATION

In conjunction with the Somali government, U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) conducted a strike against Islamic State militants on 31 May, 2024 in “a remote area in the vicinity of Dhaardaar”. AFRICOM reported that the strike had killed three IS militants, “with no civilian casualties”. X/Twitter user @ZakeriyeAxmed reported that the strike targeted IS leader and

Summary

عين عيسى, Ain Issa, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Hatem Hazem, aged eight or 13 years old, died of injuries he sustained as a result of an alleged Turkey forces or Turkey-backed militants shelling on Ain Issa area and its camp, or the explosion of a mine according to local sources. Other eight civilians including a child and two men were also reported injured

Summary

(1 child)

1–8

Turkish Military, Free Syrian Army, Kurdish Forces

LOCATION

حديث بعلبك, village of Hadath Baalbek, Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon

code: ISLB271124h
incident_date: 2024-11-26
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

11 – 15

Jilib, Middle Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

Two US airstrikes reportedly killed between eight and ten Al Shabaab fighters near Jilib. Garowe reported: “Amid plans to withdraw from Somalia, the US Africa Command conducted two airstrikes on Thursday in the Horn of Africa nation, killing at least eight Al-Shabaab commanders linked to the manufacturing of explosives besides coordinating attacks in the country.”

Summary

Belligerents reported injured

8–10

Beerhani and Qudus areas, Lower Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

31 al-Shabaab militants were killed by alleged US airstrikes in support of the Somali National Army in the Beerhani and Qudus areas of Lower Juba, Somalia on January 1, 2025. The official Somali National Army Radio posted on Facebook announcing that “On January 1, an airstrike in the Beerhani and Qudus areas of Lower Juba

Summary

Al-Shabaab

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

Summary

(1 man)

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

LOCATION

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

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

Summary

2 named, 1 familiy identified

Exact location (via Airwars)