Civilian Casualties

US Forces, Yemeni Air Force

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

الادخار, Raqqa: Al Idkhar, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Between five and nine civilians including one child died and up to 20 more were wounded in airstrikes on Al Idkhar neighbourhood of Raqqa, according to sources on the ground – though reports were conflicted as to whether Russia, the Assad regime of the US-led Coalition was responsible. Several reports said that strikes occurred near

Summary

5 – 9

(1 child2 men)

Russian Military, US-led Coalition, Syrian Regime

2 named, 1 familiy identified

بالقرب من دير البلح, Vicinity of Deir Al Balah, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Around 7:20 PM on Friday, June 7, 2024, the body of a civilian arrived at the Al Aqsa hospital. They were reported to be the victim of an alleged Israeli bombing on Salah Al Din Street, east of the city of Deir Al Balah in the middle of the Gaza Strip, Gaza Strip. The identity

Summary

مرخة, Merkhat districts, Shabwa, Yemen

LOCATION

A single source, Al-Masdar Online, suggested that a US drone strike had targeted alleged AQAP militants in Merkhat, in Shabwa governorate, on the evening of July 4th 2018. There were no known associated reports of civilian harm. “The source told Al-Masdar Online that the air strike targeted the militants in the Merkhat area last Wednesday

Summary

US Forces

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

مديرية الجبين، ريمة, Al-Jabin District, Raymah, Yemen

LOCATION

Two airstrikes allegedly conducted by the US military, possibly with the support of the UK military, injured up to nine civilians and killed two others shortly before 2:40 PM on Thursday, June 13th, 2024, at a radio building in the government complex in Al-Jabin (Jubain) District, Raymah Governorate, western Yemen. According to Facebook user Nabil,

Summary

5–9

US Forces, UK Military

Geolocation

District

قيفه, Qifah, Al Bayda, Yemen

LOCATION

code: USYEMTr122-C
incident_date: 2017-11-26
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Contested

Summary

Infrastructure

Car, Vehicle

0 – 5

(0–5 children)

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), ISIS - Yemen

Known belligerent

US Forces

Known targets

3 named

طريق المنارة, Al Manara Road, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

Between 12 and 20 civilians were allegedly killed by a GNA or Turkish airstrike on Qasr Bin Gashir. Al Marsad said: “A Turkish aircraft committed a massacre late yesterday, Wednesday, against the family of Al-Lafi, including women and children, in the Qasr Bin Gashir area, south of Tripoli, specifically in the Al-Manara area. Muhammad al-Lafi,

Summary

12 – 20

5–10

Government of National Accord, Turkish Military

12 named, 1 familiy identified

قرب مدينة حمد, Vicinity of Hamad City, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Four people, a father and three children, were killed and five others injured by an alleged Israeli airstrike on an internally displaced persons camp near Hamad Towers, close to Hamad City, northwest of Khan Younis. The incident occurred on July 24th, 2024 and was reported by multiple sources. The victims of the airstrike on the

Summary

(3 children1 man)

Israeli Military

4 named, 1 familiy identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Geolocation

Neighbourhood/area

LOCATION

Bradost, Erbil, Iraq

One civilian was allegedly killed and others injured by a Turkish airstrike in the Bradost mountains. Kurdistan24 said: “A shepherd who grazed his animals in the Bradost region died in the bombardment of the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) warplanes against PKK camps yesterday afternoon. Speaking to K24, Sidekan District Manager İhsan Çelebi, of Erbil, said

Summary

0 – 1

(0–1 men)

1–3

Turkish Military

1 named

0–1

البرج الشمالي في لبنان, a residential building in the Northern Burj Al-Shamali refugee camp (Al-Maashouk area), South Lebanon, Lebanon

LOCATION

On the morning of Monday, September 23, 2024, an alleged Israeli missile attack hit a residential building in the Northern Burj Al-Shamali refugee camp east of Tyre in the Al-Maashouk area in southern Lebanon, killing three civilian men, one of them a Palestinian refugee living in the camp, and injured a number of civilians. A

Summary

(3 men)

Exact location (via Airwars)

تل واسط, Tal Waset, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

One man was killed and at least one civilian, a woman, was injured by alleged Russian or regime airstrikes or artillery strikes on the village of Tal Wasit, Hama on July 19th 2020. Syrian Civil Defense reported: “A civilian was killed and a woman was seriously wounded today, Sunday, July 19, by artillery and missile

Five civilians, all members of the Lebanese Zuaiter family, were killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the city of Baalbek in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley on Monday, September 23, 2024. The family members killed in the strike were Mohammad Sobhi Maroun Zuaiter, his wife Mona Qassem Zuaiter, and their three sons, Hadi Mohammad Zuaiter, Ramy

Summary

(1 child1 woman3 men)

Israeli Military

5 named, 1 familiy identified

Geolocation

City

جبل شاكيو, Mount Shekif, Erbil, Iraq

LOCATION

Five civilians were injured in alleged Turkish artillery strikes on Mount Shekif, Lolan area in Erbil governorate, on July 29th, 2020, according to local sources. One woman was reportedly severely wounded. ANF English wrote that “on Wednesday, morning the Turkish army fired shells at a group of people who went to Mount Shekif to collect

Summary

جنوب لبنان, Southern Lebanon, Lebanon

LOCATION

One September 23, 2024, a 17-year-old named Jawad Hilal Awada was killed in Southern Lebanon. According to multiple local sources, Jawad Hilal Awada was a paramedic for the Civil Defense. Rashid Jradi posted on Facebook a condolence message from the Islamic Risala Scout Association, which mourned paramedic Jawad who was killed “while performing his national

Summary

(1 child)

Israeli Military, Hezbollah Forces

LOCATION

جديد عكيدات , Jadid Akidat, Deir Ezzor, Syria

Local sources reported that a civilian was killed and two others were wounded when the US-led Coalition forces and SDF undertook a landing in Jadid Uqaydat in Deir Ezzor on September 29th, 2020. Two other people, described as oil merchants, were reported arrested as a result of the operation. The killed person was named by

Summary

(1 man)

Known belligerent

US-led Coalition

قرية بينه, Binah village, Aleppo, Syria

Syrian Democratic Forces

LOCATION

During the evening of Monday, February 12th, 2024, one male Kurdish civilian was killed and another male Kurdish civilian was injured as a result of artillery shelling allegedly by Turkish forces in the Sherawa region of Afrin, Syria. The shelling took place on Monday evening and resulted in further material damage to the village of

Summary

(1 man)

Turkish Military

2 named

سراقب, Saraqeb, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

In this single source event, Edlib Media Center reported: “a civilian is wounded as a result of the targeting of the Russian occupation aircraft in residential neighbourhoods in the city of Saraqeb in eastern Idlib.” Currently, there are no further details availble.

Summary

Russian Military

الجزيرة الثالثة, قدسيا‎, Block Three, Qudsaya, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

Up to two children and a woman were injured in alleged Israeli airstrikes on Qudsaya suburb in Damascus on November 20th, 2019, according to local sources. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, “a young woman was injured by shrapnel due to the Israeli shelling in Qudsaya suburb”. Reportedly, explosions were heard in the

Summary

2–3

Assad regime, Iranian military

Known belligerent

Israeli Military

Known targets

3 named, 1 familiy identified

0–23

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

LOCATION

Shortly before 3 PM on Friday, October 11th 2024, alleged Israeli quadcopter drone gunfire hit Al Fouqa School, which housed displaced civilians, located behind Abu Rashid Pool in Jabalia Refugee Camp, injuring at least 15 civilians. Twitter/X users Quds Press Agency (@qudspressagency) and the media network Gaza Now (@nowgnna) were the first to report the

Summary

Education, IDP or Refugee Camp

Infrastructure

15–24

Small arms and light weapons

Impact

مصراتة, Misurata, Misrata, Libya

LOCATION

Gaddafi forces bombing of Misurata allegedly killed 40 civilians and injured many more, according to a major news channel. Al Jazeera reported at the time: “40 people were killed and dozens of others wounded in a bombing carried out by the Gaddafi Brigades on Saturday on the city of Misurata” There is currently no additional

Summary

24–36

Libyan rebel forces, Other

Suspected targets

بالقرب من منشأة خدمية وحديقة في مدينة إدلب، إدلب, near a service facility and a park in the Idlib city, Idlib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Shortly before 12:56 PM on Saturday, January 6th, 2024, a young girl was reportedly killed and up to four civilians, including one woman, were injured as a result of a missile strike with contested responsibility allegedly perpetrated by the Syrian regime forces and/or the Russian military and/or Iranian military on the residential neighborhood of Idlib

Summary

(1 child)

1–4

Russian Military, Iranian Military, Syrian Regime

2 named, 1 familiy identified

الجيزة البحرية, Al Giza Al Bahriya, Surt, Libya

LOCATION

Two civilians, including one child were allegedly injured by a NATO airstrike on the Al Giza Al Bahriya area of Sirte. Ahmed Itbiga said the two were killed by a NATO strike on a condolence page on Facebook. A nurse in a video confirms their deaths. Other pages published similar posts. NATO reported striking “1

Summary

(1 child1 man)

ا حياء سكنية بالقرب من المساجد ومنشأة طبية وشارع البازار في أريحا, residential neighborhoods near mosques, a medical facility, and Al-Bazaar street in Ariha [Jericho], Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

During the evening of Tuesday, January 16th, 2024, at least two identified male civilians were killed and at least seven and up to eight civilians were injured, including two girls and a woman. The casualties were caused by an alleged artillery and/or airstrike by the Syrian regime and/or the Russian military and/or the Iranian military

Summary

Car, Residential, Vehicle

Infrastructure

(2 men)

7–8

Russian Military, Syrian Regime, Iranian Military

9 named

LOCATION

Gumah, Bari, Somalia

“Unknown military jets fired several missiles” at a suspected Somali pirate base in the northern autonomous region of Puntland a coastguard official told AFP. The target was the village of Gumah, described as being between Hafun and Bargal towns and some 220 kilometres (140 miles) east of Bossaso, the main port of Somalia’s breakaway Puntland

Summary

US Forces, EU Military

Other

مصراتة, Misurata, Misrata, Libya

LOCATION

On March 18th, 2011, up to 25 civilians were killed and up to 70 more wounded in shelling in Misurata from Gaddafi forces according to multiple sources. Al-Jazeera reported that shelling from Gaddafi tanks and artillery, combined with Gaddafi snipers, had killed 25 and possibly more, according to a spokesman from the February 17 Youth.

Summary

Gaddafi Forces

Libyan rebel forces

Belligerents reported injured

0–25

0–70

Fiiqaay forest, Middle Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

According to the Somali government, more than 35 militants were killed by operations carried out by the Somali military and “international partners” in Fiiqaay forest, Middle Shabelle on March 24, 2024. The Somali Ministry of Defence (@MoDSomaliya) announced on X/Twitter that “Somali National Army neutralised 80+ Khawarij (al-Shabaab) militants, including leaders, were eliminated in planned

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery, Ground operation

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

Causes of injury / death

International Forces (Unknown)

Al-Shabaab

Omar Beere/Ibrahim Ali Berre camp near Tortoroow, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

Two media organisations reported a possible US air operation targeting an al Shabaab base in the Lower Shabelle region. Dalsan Radio reported that Somali commandos backed by US Special Forces had attacked al Shabaab bases in Omar Berre in Lower Shabelle overnight using helicopters. It also quoted what it said was an eyewitness: “‘We heard several

Summary

US Forces, Somali Military Forces

Al-Shabaab

سااكوو, Sakow, Middle Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

Several Al Shabaab militants were reported killed at Sakow in a military strike which several local sources claimed was a US drone action. However AFRICOM explicitly denied this in an email to Airwars, insisting that “U.S. Africa Command’s last airstrike in Somalia was conducted Jan. 19, 2021.” Geesguud initially reported: “Residents in Middle Jubba reported

Summary

US Forces, Somali Military Forces

Al-Shabaab

6–12