Civilian Casualties

Turkish Military

منطقة بئر النعجة، مدينة غزة, Al Shati camp, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Shortly before 15:27 on Friday, June 21, 2024, ten civilians belonging to the Salah and Abu Sultan families, including two women and two children, were reportedly killed and up to 20 others were wounded in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Gaza Strip. The attack hit a house belonging to the Salah family in the

Summary

(2 children2 women6 men)

17–20

10 named, 2 families identified

عقيبة, Aqiba, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Three civilians from the same family, including a woman and a child, were killed in alleged Turkish artillery strikes on Aqiba village in Afrin’s Sherawa district in the night of February 25th, 2020, according to local sources. ANF reported that Seroşet Mihemed Hesen (12), Fatma Ali (46) and Hesen Izet Mihemed (55) were killed in

Summary

(1 child1 woman1 man)

Turkish Military

3 named, 1 familiy identified

حي تل السلطان، رفح, Tal al-Sultan neighbourhood, Rafah, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Shortly before 2 AM on November 6, 2023, at least five civilians, including a mother and her four children, were killed by an alleged Israeli airstrike against the Abu Alwan family home located in the Tal al-Sultan neighbourhood, west of Rafah in the Gaza Strip. According to several accounts, 42-year-old Maysoun Abdul Qader Barhoum was

Summary

5 – 15

(4 children1 woman)

الطريق الواصل بين وادي النخلة والسهيل, Road connecting Wadi Nakhla to Al Suhail, Ma'rib, Yemen

LOCATION

A reported US drone strike targeted alleged AQAP militants travelling in a vehicle on the road connecting Wadi Nakhla to Al Suhail, in the Sirwah district of Marib governorate, early on March 30th 2017. There were no known associated reports of civilian harm. While most sources indicated that the strike was launched by a US

Summary

1–2

الحوش, al Housh, Tyre District, Lebanon

LOCATION

On Monday morning, September 23rd 2024, alleged Israeli airstrikes hit Al-Housh, Lebanon, killing five members of the Gharib family. The deceased included Ahmed Gharib, a retired Lebanese Army Lieutenant Colonel, his wife Hanan Sabra Gharib, and their three daughters: Rasha Ahmed Gharib, Maya Ahmed Gharib, and Nour Ahmed Gharib. The event was widely reported on social

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

(4 women1 man)

عفرين, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Up to three civilians were reported injured in alleged YPG shelling on Afrin city in Aleppo, Syria on March 6th, 2020, according to local sources. @Step_Agency said that “two civilians were wounded due to the artillery shelling that targeted the city of Afrin, north of Aleppo, from the militia points of Qasd surrounding the area.”

Summary

1–3

YPG

منزل عائلة أبو السبح ، صار و خغاشم في غزة, Abu Sabeh Family house, Sar and Khash-Sham in Gaza, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Five civilians, including four members of the Abu al-Sibah family, were killed by an alleged Israeli airstrike that hit their family house in Sar and Khash-Sham in Gaza on November 3rd or 4th 2023. Local sources identified the names of the killed family members as: 34-year-old Professor Hamza Mohammed Abu al-Sibah, his brother 29-year-old Belal

Summary

(0–1 children1–2 women3 men)

Impact

Vicinity of Janaale, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

Several days after the events, US Africa Command press released that it had conducted five airstrikes in the vicinity of Janaale during March 16th-17th. Somali state media and government reported the same strikes but said they took place on March 15th-16th. AFRICOM said the actions were in support of ground operations by Somalia forces, while noting

Summary

جنوب لبنان, Southern Lebanon, Lebanon

LOCATION

Two civilians were killed on Monday, September 23rd, 2024 by an alleged Israeli airstrike on southern Lebanon. Musa Muhammad Mazraani and Ahmad Muhammad Atwi were named online, with testimonies posted on social media about their deaths. Ziad Ghanwi published photos on Facebook of both Musa Muhammad Mazraani and Ahmad Muhammad Atwi, referring to them as “two

Summary

(2 men)

طرابلس‎: قرقارش, Tripoli: Qerqarish, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

One civilian was reported killed and several others injured by LNA shelling on the Qerqarish neighbourhood of Tripoli. It later turned out the actual cause was a gas explosion. Hona Souq Al-Khmies posted: “Our confirmed outcome for Qargarsh now: The death of Ramadan Qurbaj. His brother’s injury. An Egyptian worker was injured.” The Libya Observer

Summary

0 – 1

0–2

Libyan National Army

مدرسة أبو عريبان مخيم النصيرات, Abu Oreiban School, Al Nuseirat refugee camp, Deir al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At least twelve identified civilians, two of whom were women, were killed, alongside at least one identified militant in airstrikes conducted by the Israeli military that hit the United Nations-run Abu Oreiban School in the Nuseirat Refugee Camp in Deir al-Balah governorate in central Gaza on Sunday 14 July 2024 at around 15:02 local time.

Summary

12 – 15

(2 women10 men)

71–87

Exact location (via Airwars)

مديرية زنجبار, Al-Khamila, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

Three drone strikes taking place on August 1st 2011, allegedly by US drones or Yemeni airplanes, killed up to 16 suspected Al Qaeda fighters and wounded up to 32 others in various areas of Zinjibar according to military officials. One report stated that the drones were acting in conjunction with the Yemeni government, but the

Summary

US Forces, Yemeni Air Force

Belligerents reported injured

13–16

17–32

عين زارة, Ain Zara, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

One child was allegedly killed and four more family member injured by indiscriminate shelling on Ain Zara. Hona Souq Al-Khmies reported: “Four missiles landed in Ain Zara on the family home of Mr. Karim Al-Izmrli, a 9-year-old child died and the rest of the family members are in the intensive care” Tk Yahroug Kl shy

Summary

(1 child)

Government of National Accord, Libyan National Army

كفر ملكي, Kafr Melki, Southern Lebanon, Lebanon

LOCATION

On September 24, 2024, an alleged Israeli airstrike hit five residential buildings in Kfar Melki, Southern Lebanon, reportedly causing injuries and destruction to residential infrastructure. No fatalities were reported, and the number of injuries remains unclear. The status of those injured could also not be determined based on the available sources. Lubnane Hor reported that

Summary

Apartment Building, Residential

نصاب, Nisab (town or district), Shabwa, Yemen

LOCATION

On 23rd April 2012, a suspected US drone strike at 4:10pm hit vehicles in Shabwa province allegedly leaving up to three militants dead and up to three others injured, according to local sources. The vehicles were reportedly traveling from Nisab to Al-Salida Abadan. Yaspr and Almotamar identified two of the dead as Hussein al-Ahwal Lahoul

Summary

Belligerents reported injured

2–3

2–3

حوازة ليم, Orange farm, Libya

LOCATION

One civilian was allegedly killed and another one injured by shelling on an orange farm. Tk Yahroug Kl shy said: “A shell landed on an orange farm and news of the death of one of the workers and the injury of another worker. There is no ambulance at this moment.” There is currently no further

Summary

علاتا قرب أرمناز, house of the Amna family in Alata near Armanaz, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

During the late evening of Monday, December 26th, 2023, five members of the Amna family were killed and the surviving member, a young son, injured, when an alleged airstrike by a Russian warplane hit their home on a farm in Alata, near the town of Armanaz, west of Idlib, Syria, and reduced it to rubble.

Summary

(3 children1 woman1 man)

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

طرابلس‎: باب بن غشير, Tripoli: Bab Ben Gashir, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

Up to six civilians were killed and 12 more injured by alleged LNA shelling on the Bab Ben Gashir area of Tripoli. The Field Medicine and Support Center listed three dead civilians and 12 wounded. Mofida Aldriwi posted the names of four killed and 11 injured. Al Wasat said: “Today, Saturday, the Ministry of Interior

Summary

3 – 6

(2 children1 woman1 man)

11–12

مدرسة الرافعي، جباليا البلد, Al Rafei School, Jabalia Al Balad, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 9, 2024, an alleged Israeli bombardment struck the Al Rafei School in Jabalia Al Balad, in the northern Gaza Strip. The attack reportedly killed at least three civilians, including a child, and injured between 15 to 25 others. Among the deceased were Mahmoud Abed Rabo Rehan, Sameer Mahmoud Abed al-Nabi—both young men—and Sahar

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Infrastructure

Education

(1 child2 men)

15–25

وادي عبيدة، مَأْرِب, Wadi Abida area, Ma'rib, Yemen

LOCATION

An alleged US drone strike on a house in the Wadi Abida area of Ma’rib province reportedly killed two Al Qaeda militants, from Saudi Arabia and/or Egypt, and wounded up to three others, at dawn on April 21, 2013. One source reported that a woman and child were injured. An unnamed security official told AFP

Summary

Car, Residential, Vehicle

Infrastructure

Belligerents reported injured

1–3

الحمرونية, Al Hamrouniya, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

Several civilians were allegedly injured by GNA shelling on Qasr Bin Gashir. Akhbar Libya 24 said: “An informed source revealed that members of one family and another person were injured as a result of the fall of artillery shells of the Al-Wefaq [GNA] forces, in a random manner, on residential neighborhoods in the Qasr Bin

Summary

3–4

Government of National Accord

مخيم جباليا, Jabalia Refugee Camp, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Monday, November 6, 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike on the home of the al-Ajrami family in the Jabalia Refugee Camp in the northern Gaza Strip killed at least 12 civilians, including least six children and four women, and injured at least six others. The matriarch of the family, Umm Raed al-Ajrami, was killed alongside

Summary

IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential

(6–8 children4 women2 men)

12 – 14

18 named, 1 familiy identified

الشبكة, الشحيل, Al Shabaka, Al Shuhail, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian was reported killed in alleged joint SDF and US led coalition operation in Al Shuhail in Deir Ezzor on May 22nd, 2020 according to local sources. Euphrates Post reported that “Muhammad Al-Ouda Al-Khaled Al-Addad from the city of Al-Shuhail, was killed during a security operation carried out by SDF supported by the international

Summary

(1 man)

US-led Coalition, Syrian Democratic Forces

LOCATION

Fiiqaay forest, Middle Shabelle, Somalia

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

LOCATION

Al Rawda, Ma'rib, Yemen

At least five alleged AQAP militants were reportedly killed by a US drone strike that targeted a house in the Rawdah area, south of Marib city, early on March 22nd 2018. There were no known associated reports of civilian harm. Yemeni tribal leaders told Associated Press that seven had been killed in the strike. Several

Summary

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

Suspected targets

5–7

حي بستان القصر, Bustan al Qasr (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported Russian warplanes allegedly “carried out raids on several areas in the neighbourhoods of Sheikh Saeed and Bostan al-Qasr in Aleppo.” They said that casualties had been reported in the Bustan al Qasr neighbourhood, but did not provide further details. Aleppo Media Center published a video depicting the aftermath of alleged

Summary

Russian Military

عرقوب, Arqoub, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

code: USYEMTr209
incident_date: 2019-08-31
status: publish
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Summary

Airstrike, Naval bombardment

US Forces, United Arab Emirates Military

12–24

جورت اللوت, Jourat al-Lout, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Five civilians, including a twelve-year-old boy, were reportedly killed and others injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on a car belonging to the Gaza Electricity Distribution Company (GEDCO) traveling through Jourat al-Lout in Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip, on the afternoon of Wednesday 24th July 2024. Those immediately killed in the incident, reported by Tariq

Summary

(1 child4 men)