Civilian Casualties

(1 child1 woman2 men)

4 named, 1 familiy identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Nearby landmark

LOCATION

إدلب, Idlib, Syria

Fifteen named civilians were among those killed in multiple airstrikes on Idlib, local media reported. Sources were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Assad regime were responsible – though the event was referred to as a “horrific massacre” in several reports. Dozens more civilians were said to have been wounded. A popular market, “the

Summary

20 – 28

(5 children)

12–30

15 named, 1 familiy identified

Nearby landmark

ﺣﻠﺐ, Bazza square, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Reports estimated that between eight and 10 civilians were killed and an additional five to 13 more wounded, including two children, in airstrikes on Bazza square in Old Aleppo, according to local media. The majority of sources blamed the regime for the event, though one blamed Russia and a significant number of others didn’t identify

Summary

8 – 10

5–13

3 named

شارع أبو حسني, دير البلح, Abu Hosni Street, Deir Al Balah, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At dawn on Tuesday, October 24th, 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the Abu Hassanein’s family residence on Abu Hosni Street in Deir Al Balah, central Gaza Strip, reportedly killing at least one civilian and causing a number of injuries. Social media accounts including Twitter/X user @shaabradio and Maher al hijazi on Facebook reported that

Summary

1 – 2

(1 child)

Exact location (via Airwars)

معارة النعسان, Maarat al Naasan, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Between five and 19 civilians were killed, including two women and two to three children, and several others were injured from airstrikes that struck Maarat al-Naasan. Among those killed were seven members of the same family. Following the airstrikes, the civil defense teams were mobilized to rescue those trapped in the rubble and transport them

Summary

5 – 19

(2–3 children2 women)

حي المشهد, Al Mashad (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

LCCSY reported four dead civilians as a result of alleged Russian airstrikes on the Al Mashhad neighbourhood of Aleppo. It added that “some people were wounded.” Currently there is no more information available.

Summary

الصفطاوي, al Saftawi, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 29th 2023, at least one civil defense personnel was injured in an alleged “double-tap” Israeli airstrike during a rescue operation at the site of another alleged Israeli airstrike that had taken place earlier that day – the Juma’a family home near the Al-Saftawi roundabout in the northern Gaza Strip (assessed in ISPT0698). At

Summary

1–3

Impact

مَعَرَّة النُّعْمَان, Maarat al Numan, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian died and up to three others were wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike on Maarat al Numan in Idlib, according to local media. Halab Today reported: “A civilian was killed and others wounded in Ma’arat Al-Nu’man due to warplanes shelling with cluster bombs” The Syrian Network for Human Rights also reported the use

Summary

2–3

الأنصاري, Al Ansari (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

According to local media, up to four unidentified civilians died and as many as dozens more were wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike on Aleppo’s al-Ansari neighbourhood. According to Maser Press, “four civilians were killed and dozens wounded due to Russian warplanes shelling in Al-Ansari”. Other sources put the death toll at between one and

Summary

1 – 4

5–24

سراقب, Saraqeb, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

On February 3, 2018, up to five civilians were killed and several more were left wounded following alleged Russian or Syrian Regime airstrikes in Saraqeb, Idlib, local media reported. Saraqeb had reportedly been subject to several aerial attacks in the previous days and local activists told al-Araby that “the city is being burned by intensive

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

4 – 5

عين دارة, Ainjara, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

One woman died and several more civilians were injured in alleged Russia airstrikes on Anjara town in western Aleppo, sources on the ground reported. According to Ahmadhamaher, “Russian warplanes targeted Anjara in the western countryside of Aleppo with two raids and missiles. LCCSY added that a woman died and other civilians were wounded in Russian

Summary

(1 woman)

خان الشيح‬, Khan al Sheikh, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

A 16-year-old boy reportedly died in an airstrike on his home in Khan al Shiekh, according to local media – though sources were unclear whether the strike was carried out by Russia or the Syrian regime. Syrian News Desk reported that the victim was “a boy aged 16, who was a soccer player in the

Summary

(1 child)

2–10

Unknown, Syrian Regime

كنصفرة, outskirts of Kansafra, Idlib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Shortly before 8:55 AM on Sunday, October 29, 2023, a 17-year-old-girl was injured by artillery shelling with contested responsibility allegedly perpetrated by Syrian regime forces and/or Russian military and/or Iranian military while she was harvesting olives with her family on the outskirts of Kansafra, in the southern countryside of Idlib, Syria. Twitter/X user @Ahmad_1alshble was

Summary

Impact

Syrian Regime, Russian Military, Iranian Military

الرميلة, al Rumaila, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Twenty civilians, reportedly from three families, died and more were wounded in airstrikes on Raqqa’s al Rumaila neighborhood, local media said. Most reports attributed the event to Russia, though one source said that the Coalition carried out a strike which led to civilian casualties. According to Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently, “Russian planes targeted the

Summary

Russian Military, US-led Coalition

LOCATION

يت, Hit, Al Anbar, Iraq

It was reported by several sources in Hit that Coalition or Iraqi jets struck a number of civilian houses, killing up to 22 persons. Eight children and 3 women were reportedly among the dead. One of those quoted on the event was Nabil Souri, an Iraqi citizen working at Hit hospital, who learned that many

Summary

18 – 24

(8 children3 women)

عبسان الجديده, Abasan Al-Jadida, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Thursday October 19th, 2023, four brothers were killed as a result of an alleged Israeli bombing on a house belonging to the Abu ‘Anzah family in New Abasan/Abasan Al-Jadida, east of Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip. Local sources including the Palestinian news agency, Safa, and Quds news agency reported that a number of people had

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Infrastructure

Residential

(4 men)

4 named, 1 familiy identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Town

Abeen Sama'an, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

One child died and several other civilians were wounded in an alleged Russia or Syrian regime strike on Abeen Sama’an, according to sources on the ground. According to the Shaam News Network,”in the evening [of Oct 28th] Russian and Assad enemy planes launched air strikes targeting Aleppo neighborhoods, cities and towns in the western and

Summary

(1 child)

يت, Hit, hospital and Zohour, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

Multiple airstrikes reportedly targeted Hit, allegedly leading to significant civilian casualties. News agency Herak reported one eyewitness as saying that five airstrikes had struck the city: “The first targeted outside a hospital building, and the other targeted a house near the mosque. A further air strike targeted a house in the Qadisiyah district, leading to

Summary

5 – 8

(3 children)

9–35

US-led Coalition, Unknown

بالقرب من مستشفى الصداقة التركي في مدينة غزة, Vicinity of Turkish Friendship Hospital, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 30th, 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital just south of Gaza City. It is unclear whether injuries occurred directly from the strike. While Shehab Agency said civilians were wounded, MSF reported “no patients were harmed.” The strike nevertheless put great strain on the hospital and patients’ well-being, ultimately reportedly

Summary

Denial of access to/destruction of objects indispensable to survival, Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

0–2

Causes of injury / death

Impact

الموصل‎, Mosul, Centre, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Citing a police source in the city, NINA claimed that nine civilians were killed and seven injured in an international coalition airstrike: “The source said that ‘the international coalition targeted the homes of civilians which resulted in the killing and injuring of dozens of civilians’… He pointed out that ‘the bodies of the martyrs arrived

Summary

(1 child3 women)

تفتناز, Taftanaz, east of Idlib, Syria, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Shortly before 12:20 PM on Tuesday, 7th November 2023, a civilian man was killed and five civilians, including at least two children, were injured, as a result of the alleged missile strikes perpetrated by the Syrian regime forces and/or the Russian military and/or Iranian military that hit a civilian car and civilian homes in the

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Infrastructure

Residential

(1 man)

Russian Military, Syrian Regime, Iranian Military

3 named

عين عيسى, Ain Issa, northern countryside of Raqqa, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

On the evening of Wednesday, 27th December 2023, a ground bombardment allegedly carried out by Turkish forces in the center of the town of Ain Issa in the northern countryside of Raqqa, Syria, injured a 16-year-old girl named Kholoud Al-Mustafa. According to North Press Agency, she was hit in the foot by shrapnel from a

Summary

Small arms and light weapons

LOCATION

near Idlib, Idlib, Syria

In an incident previously not tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the injuries of three civilians near Idlib, Syria. In its May 2019 civilian casualty report, the Coalition noted “Coalition aircraft conducted a strike against a Daesh vehicle. Regrettably, three civilians were unintentionally wounded due to their proximity to the strike.” The report also

Summary

Known belligerent

بالقرب من مقبرة الصوارة، مخيم النصيرات, Vicinity of Al-Sawarha cemetery, Nuseirat camp, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On May 31st 2024, an alleged Israeli airstrike hit a civilian car on Al-Helu Street near the Sawarha Cemetery, south of the Nuseirat Refugee Camp. The attack resulted in the deaths of Tariq Zaki Darwish, Hamza Zaki Darwish, and Abdul Rahman Abdul Karim Darwish. A potential fourth civilian, Nihad Jamal Al Auf, was also seriously wounded

Summary

3 – 4

1–2

4 named, 1 familiy identified

Exact location (via Airwars)

Leego, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

Local reporters alleged that US and Somali forces had killed four civilians including a mother and child, during an operation in Leego. Caasimada alleged that the civilians were killed around midnight, by Somali troops accompanied by ‘white US officers’, and claimed that the attacking forces had flown there from a military base to the north.

Summary

Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

(1 child1 woman)

Small arms and light weapons

Known belligerent

US Forces

Belligerents reported killed

Somali Military Forces

Known target

Al-Shabaab

3–4

الموصل‎, Mosul, Rifai and Hermat, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Iraqi news agency NINA claimed that multiple Coalition airstrikes on the city of Mosul killed 23 people and injured a further 21. Citing an ‘anonymous security source’ the news agency reported that “Around 23 civilians were killed, including ten women and eight children, and 21 injured in the coalition bombing” which included the neighbourhoods of

Summary

(8 children10 women)

تل الهوى، مدينة غزة, Tal Al Hawa, Gaza City, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 31, 2023, shortly before 7:45 AM, an alleged Israeli airstrike hit Tal Al Hawa, a neighbourhood in the south of Gaza City, and injured a number of civilians. Al Jazeera, the Shehab Agency, and all other sources available to Airwars reported that the strike injured multiple civilians, but none of them specified an

Summary

الهدي, Al Hudhi, Hadramaut, Yemen

LOCATION

One civilian was reportedly killed by a US drone strike in Al Hudhi, Hadhramout, at around 5pm on March 7th 2018, “a member of his family and independent observers” told The Intercept. Saleh al-Wuhair was reportedly killed as he stood on a hill in the area, looking for a mobile phone signal. No other known

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

(1 man)

الشرقاط, Shirqat, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

A US airstrike on a convoy of Islamic State vehicles also injured at least one civilian, CENTCOM conceded some months later. According to a press statement issued on January 29th 2016, “On July 27, 2015, near Ash Sharqat, Iraq, during strikes against ISIL vehicles, it was assessed one civilian was injured.” Local media said that

Summary

Known belligerent