Civilian Casualties

4–5

محيط مفرق الغافري, Vicinity of al Ghafri Junction, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

One woman and three young children were reportedly killed and at least two people were injured on Sunday, October 15th, 2023, when an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the home of the Ramlawi family in the vicinity of al-Ghafri junction on al-Jalaa street in Gaza City, in the northern Gaza Strip. Multiple sources describe the house

Summary

(3 children1 woman)

4 named, 1 familiy identified

Exact location (via Airwars)

LOCATION

البيضاء, Al Bayda, Yemen

A US airstrike took place in Bayda governorate on March 29th 2019, one of two on that day, a US Central Command spokesperson later told New America. In a separate press release, US Central Command stated that all six declared US military strikes in March 2019 strikes had targeted AQAP in Bayda. There were no

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Known target

LOCATION

البيضاء, Al Bayda, Yemen

A US airstrike targeted AQAP in Bayda governorate on August 14th, according to CNN National Security reporter Ryan Browne (@rabrowne75). On August 30th, US Central Command stated that “six counterterrorism air strikes” against AQAP had been conducted since May 16th 2018, in “Shabwah, Hadramawt and Al-Bayda governorates”. The declared strike dates included August 14th. There

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Known target

Vicinity of ATMIS forward operating base, Bulo Marer, 75 miles south-west of Mogadishu, South-eastern Somalia, Somalia

LOCATION

On the 26th of May, 2023, U.S. forces conducted an airstrike against Al-Shabaab fighters in the vicinity of an ATMIS (African Union Transition Mission in Somalia) forward operating base in Bulo Marer, 75 miles southwest of Mogadishu, Somalia. To date, there have been no reports of civilian harm with regard to the airstrike, while a

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5–10

ريدان بالقرب من جبل الكنائس, Raidan, in the vicinity of Jabal Al Kaneas, Ma'rib, Yemen

LOCATION

A US drone strike reportedly killed at least two alleged AQAP militants, including a leadership figure, in Raidan village, in the Al Kanaes area of Marib governorate, on November 1st 2019. One source, @AlkaramaHR, instead appeared to suggest that those killed were civilians, unaffiliated with AQAP. On January 2nd 2020, US Central Command told New

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Suspected target

2–3

وادي عبيدة, Wadi Obeida, Ma'rib, Yemen

LOCATION

Four alleged AQAP militants, including Saudi-born media “chief” Abu Hajar Al-Makki, were reportedly killed by a US drone strike in Wadi Obeida, in Marib governorate, on the night of December 20th 2017. There were no known associated reports of civilian harm. Al-Makki, also known as Mohammed Farhan Al-Maliki, and by his online alias Shakeem Al-Khorasani,

Summary

Suspected target

كفرنوران, Kafr Nouran, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

A missile strike killed at least five members of the same family, including three women, and wounded at least one more — all civilians — in Kafr Nouran, Aleppo after midnight on October 5, 2023. The strike was allegedly carried out by the Syrian regime and/or Russian military. Zahraa Ali Karhou, an elderly crippled mother,

Summary

5 – 6

(3 women2 men)

1–3

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Suspected belligerents

5 named, 1 familiy identified

شرجان, Sharjan, Al Bayda, Yemen

LOCATION

A US drone strike reportedly killed alleged AQAP leadership figure Nayef Al-Damaji and his “companions” in the Sharjan area of Al Suma’a district, Bayda governorate, on March 30th 2017, according to two local-language news outlets. There were no known reports of civilian harm. According to both sources, Yemen Voice and Akhbarak, the strike targeted Al-Damaji

Summary

Suspected target

الحي النمساوي، خان يونس, Austrian neighbourhood, Khan Younis, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Tuesday, October 10th 2023, an Israeli airstrike allegedly destroyed a house belonging to the Baroud family in the Austrian neighborhood of Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip, leading to the deaths of at least seven civilians, including at least two women and four children. Mohammed Baroud, a relative of the family, stated that the

Summary

(4 children2 women1 man)

7 named, 1 familiy identified

Neighbourhood/area

جيليب, Jilib, Middle Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

The US military reported on the same day that it had conducted an airstrike against al Shabaab fighters in the town of Jilib. However it was locally claimed that the attack had killed three young children, whose bodies were shown on social media. In a press release published on the evening of the attack, AFRICOM

Summary

(3 children)

Known target

Al Qaeda in East Africa

3 named

Belligerents reported injured

شارع الثلاثيني, al Thalatheni Street, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Wednesday, October 18th 2023, an unknown number of civilians were killed and wounded in an alleged Israeli airstrike on a house near al-Hayek on al-Thalatheni street in central Gaza City. Shehab Agency and Amad news reported on the strike, stating that there were a “number of martyrs and wounded” as a result of the

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شيخ حسن, Sheikh Hassan, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

A civilian male was reportedly killed by Turkish forces as he was crossing the M4 highway near the village of Sheikh Hassan, Raqqa governorate, on August 26th, 2020, according to local sources. Rojava Network wrote that “a civilian named Qasim Al Khalil (48) was martyred as a result of Turkish shelling on the Sheikh Hassan

Summary

(1 man)

قرب معبر رفح, Vicinity of the Rafah crossing, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On 10th October 2023, it was reported that two civilians were injured as a result of an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Rafah Crossing in the Gaza Strip. Three sources corroborated that two government employees were injured, although no detail on the extent of their injuries or their role within the government was provided. Airwars

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صيدا‎, Sayda, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

At least one civilian male was critically injured in alleged Turkish or Turkish mercenary artillery strikes on the M4 road near the village of Sayda, Raqqa governorate, on October 22nd, 2020, according to local sources. Correspondents for Hawar News reported that “[Turkish] mercenaries targeted civilians on M4 road by firing shells at the road and its

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1–2

دير البلح, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Around 03:00 on Tuesday, October 10th, 2023, a rocket or missile allegedly fired by Israeli military hit a residential apartment in the Al Saad building in the town of Deir Al Balah, Gaza Strip, killing a family of six people – including a woman and four children – and injuring a number of civilians. Safa

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Infrastructure

Residential

(4 children1 woman1 man)

6 named, 1 familiy identified

Town

رشاوه, Vicinity of Reshava, Duhok, Iraq

LOCATION

Three civilians were killed in alleged Turkish airstrikes on the town of Deraluk, Dohuk governorate, on December 7th, 2020, according to local sources. The bodies of the three men were found on December 12th. On December 12th, Roj News reported: “On December 7th, three civilians from the Derelok district of Amed were bombed by Turkish

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(3 men)

Gaza Strip, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Tuesday, October 10th, 2023, an alleged Israeli strike killed two civilians, a 32-year old man named Ahmed Nahid Hasan Masoud and his 4-year old daughter, Suzan Ahmed Nahid Masoud, at their home in the Gaza Strip. Social media posts shared by relatives expressed a deep sense of loss and grief for both Ahmad and

Summary

(1 child1 man)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

Tiyeeglow, Bakool, Somalia

LOCATION

A US airstrike targeted an Al Shabaab compound in Tiyeeglow, according to AFRICOM. The press release said: “In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. Africa Command forces conducted one airstrike in the vicinity of Tiyeeglow, Somalia, Jan. 18, 2021. Initial assessments indicate the strike destroyed one al-Shabaab compound. The command’s initial assessment is

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Taabta, Lower Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

In a news feature looking at drone strikes in Somalia, Somalia Report stated that on this day, “another [US] attack occurred in Taabta village in the Afmadow District of Lower Juba.” The report indicated that the target was al Shabaab. “AFRICOM does have terrorism in its list of applications and as of June JSOC’s hunter killers

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حي الجنينة, Al Geneina neighbourhood, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

During the night of Tuesday, October 24th 2023, at least 36 identified civilians, including 20 children and eight women, were killed and dozens were injured during an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Abu Qeshta (Qashata/Qshta) and Al-Maghari family homes located on Al-Salat Street in the El Geneina neighbourhood of Rafah city in the Gaza Strip.

Summary

Agricultural Land, Agriculture, Car, Residential, Vehicle

(20 children8 women8 men)

12–24

36 named, 2 families identified

Neighbourhood/area

القبيبة, Al Qubeiba, Surt, Libya

LOCATION

On September 17th, 2011, it was reported that there were two civilian casualties in a NATO airstrike near Al Qubeiba, west of Sirte. A Nour al-Din Nasser al-Zanki post reported one death and one injury, both women, from bombings. The Surt Son Youtube page reported the death of an unnamed Sudanese woman at the same

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(2 women)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

Buufow, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

At least four and up to 23 al Shabaab fighters were reported killed in a US airstrike at Buufow, near Janaaale. However more than three years later, one civilian fatality was also alleged. Two US actions on April 1st and April 2nd were later said to be “self-defence air strikes against al Shabaab fighters who

Summary

Airstrike, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

0 – 1

(1 man)

Causes of injury / death

Amisom Military Forces, Somali Military Forces

Suspected belligerents

4–23

بالقرب من مسجد طيبة، تل السلطان، رفح, Vicinity of Taiba Mosque, Tal Al Sultan, Rafah, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Sunday, October 22nd, 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the Abu Iyada family home in Tal Al Sultan, the Saudi neighborhood located west of Rafah in the Gaza Strip, reportedly killing 16 civilians spanning two generations, and injuring others. Among those killed were 47-year old Adel Abu Iyada and his two sons, 18-year old Ahmed

Summary

(8–9 children3 women5 men)

16 named, 1 familiy identified

Nearby landmark

شێنێ, Shene, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq

LOCATION

A woman was injured in alleged Turkish airstrikes on the village of Shene in Halsho sub-district, Sulaymaniyah governorate, on February 2nd, 2021, according to local sources. NRT English reported that “a 40-year-old civilian woman was wounded when Turkish warplanes bombed the outskirts of the village of Shene in the Raparin administration’s Halsho sub-district late on Tuesday

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Tortoroow and Dodale, Bay, Somalia

LOCATION

On September 5th 2017, AFRICOM reported that it had conducted a precision airstrike in “central Somalia” against al-Shabaab militants that same day at approximately 9:50am local Somalia time. The release made no mention of civilian harm. However, AFRICOM asserted that the strike had killed “three (3) terrorists”. The action, it said, had hit in the

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شارع الثلاثيني, al Thalatheni Street, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 25th 2023, the Al-Balaawi family home was bombed by an alleged Israeli aircraft in an airstrike, killing at least four people and wounding a number of others. All of the sources provided identical information on the strike and the resulting casualties. The strike reportedly occurred next to the Litro station on Al-Thalatheini Street

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الزاوية, Al Zawiya, Al Zawiyah, Libya

LOCATION

On February 25th, 2011, Gaddafi forces bombed a mosque in Al Zawiya, killing ten using artillery and aircraft. No additional information on the victims was reported, although the deaths were reported by multiple sources on Twitter. @alahlawy29 tweeted “an eyewitness from Al-Zawiya to Al-Jazeera: Anti-tanks and aircraft are used against demonstrators in Libya.”

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

جيليب, Jilib, Middle Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

AFRICOM reported that the previous day it had “conducted an airstrike against Al-Shabaab militants near Jilib, Somalia, the afternoon of April 5”. It added: “We assess no civilians were killed in this airstrike.” However, AFRICOM claimed that the airstrike killed “three (3) terrorists” and destroyed “one (1) vehicle with a mounted heavy machine gun.” In a

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