Civilian Casualties

0 – 29

(0–1 men)

2–23

20–78

30–90

حي حدة في محافظة صناء, Hadda neighbourhood, Sanaa, Sanaa, Yemen

LOCATION

In the late evening of December 21st, 2024, alleged American airstrikes struck a residential neighborhood in the Hadda neighborhood in Sana’a, Yemen. At least two civilians were reportedly killed, and at least four militants of the Houthi Movement were also killed. A residential home, belonging to Youssef al-Madani, a Houthi member who was among those

Summary

2 – 10

مسكن مصطفى ناجي المرابط, Mustafa Naji Al Morabit, Marqab, Libya

LOCATION

Two children and their mother were allegedly killed in a NATO airstrike on Zliten. The Telegraph said: “Residents from the town said the strike happened just after 6am, killing brothers Mohammed, three, and Moataz, five, and their mother Ibtisam. Moussa Ibrahim, Libyan government spokesman, accused Nato of bombing civilian targets frequently. He said: In the

Summary

(2 children1 woman)

4 named, 1 familiy identified

مستشفى الرسول الأعظم لأورام السرطان، مدينة صعدة, Al-Rasoul Al-Aazam Hospital for Cancer Tumors, Sadaa, Sadaa, Yemen

LOCATION

A number of injuries resulted from an alleged US airstrike on Al-Rasoul Al-Aazam Hospital for Cancer Tumors in Saada city, Yemen on March 24, 2025. The al-Jomhory General Hospital Authority of Sanaa posted a video of a young man being treated in a medical facility, with the caption reporting that the man was being treated

Summary

Exact location (via Airwars)

US Forces

Geolocation

العزبة, Al Azbat, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

A 7-year-old child was killed and his mother and brother were injured when an alleged US-led Coalition mortar shell hit the family’s home in the town of Al Azbat, Deir Ezzor governorate, on January 9th, 2021. Local sources reported that the incident occured during a military training near the Coalition base near the Koniko oil

Summary

3 named, 1 familiy identified

بالقرب من دار الرئاسة، حي السبعين، صنعاء, Vicinity of Presidential House, Al-Sab’een district, Sanaa, Sanaa, Yemen

LOCATION

At least two people were killed and one injured in an alleged US airstrike in the Al-Nahdeen areas of the Al-Sab’een district in Yemen’s capital city of Sana’a during the evening of 9 April, 2025. Houthi members were also killed and wounded, but the number is unknown. Later accounts reported that the “death toll has

Summary

2 – 3

LOCATION

سرت‎, Sirte, Surt, Libya

A Sudanese family of seven was allegedly killed by a NATO airstrike on Sirte. Al Jamahiriya reported: “A Sudanese family of 7 was martyred in Sirte, as a result of the bombing of their house by NATO mercenaries and its agents.” Other sources published carbon copies of the story. NATO did not report strikes near

Summary

بنش, Binnish [Banash, Bensh], Idlib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

code: R4704
incident_date: 2024-11-23
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Contested

Summary

Russian Military, Syrian Regime, Iranian Military

4 named, 1 familiy identified

مدينة ﺑﺮﺍﻭة, Baraawe, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

At least five US drone strikes hit in the space of three days killing an undisclosed number of people. They were reportedly carried out in support of African Union troops who were advancing on Baraawe, an al Shabaab stronghold since 2009. The strikes reportedly hit between the attack reported on July 15th and July 18th,

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

2–10

العليا للأطفال وسط, High Committee for Children, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

On May 10th at 2am local time, NATO conducted airstrikes in Tripoli, injuring at least four children, with two seriously injured, according to two sources. Multiple sources confirmed at least three explosions, with one centred on the government building housing the Higher Committee for Children. Al Jazeera said: “Reuters quoted Libyan officials as saying that

Summary

Known belligerent

NATO forces

Known targets

Gaddafi forces, Other

التوسعية, Al Tawassoy’ia neighbourhood, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

On January 30th several sources reported the exhumation of a whole family from under the ruins of their own house in Al Tawassoy’ia neighbourhood of Raqqah city. According to all reports, Mohammed Anwar al-Jabeen, his wife and four children, “Bashar, Abboud, Bushra, Ibrahim” died as a result of bombing by the US-led Coalition. The date

Summary

US-led Coalition

Tortoroow, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

On November 17th, US Africa Command sent the Bureau of Investigative Journalism a list of previously unreported strikes, which included this one. No casualties were reported. An AFRICOM spokesperson explained that their goal “is to be as transparent as possible while taking into account operational security, force protection and diplomatic sensitivities.” It therefore did not

Summary

LOCATION

مصراتة, Misrata, Libya

On July 10th, 2011, Gaddafi forces fired eight Grad rockets at Misurata, resulting in the death of seven people. It was unclear how many civilian and belligerent deaths were included. @misratapost tweeted “Today, Sunday 10-07-2011, the number of martyrs in Misurata has reached 7”.

Summary

0 – 7

Gaddafi Forces

Libyan rebel forces

0–7

حرمك, Vicinity of Kunya Barrow, Middle Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

The US carried had so far carried out ten strikes since the start of the year, a US Africa Command spokesperson confirmed to the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (BIJ) at the start of April, which had recorded only six publicly reported strikes. The spokesperson provided details on the strikes BIJ had not recorded: “The first

Summary

LOCATION

سرت‎, Sirte, Surt, Libya

Six civilians, including one child, were allegedly killed by a NATO airstrike on Sirte. Libya Now said: “Yesterday, Saturday, the revolutionaries found in the city of Sirte a cemetery containing the remains of 6 people from one family, including a child, who were killed by the bombing of the second area at dawn last Wednesday.”

Summary

حرمك, Vicinity of Kunyo Barrow, Lower Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

AFRICOM publicly reported that it had “conducted conducted an airstrike targeting al-Shabaab militants in the vicinity of Kunyo Barrow, Somalia, on October 25, 2018”. It added: “We also currently assess this airstrike did not injure or kill any civilians.” However, AFRICOM claimed that the airstrike “killed two (2) militants and destroyed one (1) vehicle.” Voice

Summary

دوار بين كرزاز و كوبري اقزير, Roundabout between Kerzaz and Askir Bridge , Misrata, Libya

LOCATION

On March 31st, 2011 between six and seven civilians were killed on the roundabout between the Karzaz neighborhood and Igzir bridge in Misrata by Gaddafi forces. Two civilians were children, seven year old Amma ‘Adel al-Asta and 18 month old Ru’a ‘Adel al-Asta. An Amnesty report and Facebook posts report on the deaths, with another

Summary

6 – 7

7 named

Shebeleey, near Belet Weyne, Hiiraan, Somalia

LOCATION

The US military carried out an airstrike in Somalia on February 25th that killed 20 terrorists, according to a press release from US Africa Command. US Army Brig. Gen. Gregory Hadfield, AFRICOM deputy director of intelligence, said in the released statement: “This precision airstrike successfully targeted an encampment from which al-Shabaab could stage, coordinate, and

Summary

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Unknown

Causes of injury / death

مصراتة, Misurata, Misrata, Libya

LOCATION

On April 11th, 2011, three members of the Swaib family were killed, with three other member injured by Gaddafi forces in Misurata. A Facebook post from the page “Libya Only” reported the casualties on April 24th. A young child and his parents were injured, with another four year old child reported dead alongside two male

Summary

4 named, 1 familiy identified

القنيطرة, Al Qunaitra, Quneitra, Syria

LOCATION

Alleged Israeli airstrikes were carried out on Quneitra hospital on February 11, 2019. According to the Syrian Arab News Agency, “at 19.50 p.m., Israeli drones launched 4 missiles on Quneitra hospital and one of the points affiliated to the security guard forces, affirming that the damages were limited to materials.” A reporter also added that

Summary

Assad regime, Iranian military

ابديتا, Abdita, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least two people were killed and three others were wounded in alleged Russian or regime airstrikes or artillery shelling on Abdita on June 17, 2021. The status of those killed is contested, with the majority of sourced reporting that those killed and injured were civilians whole Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and Al Mahjar

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

0 – 2

0–3

0–3

برقوم, Barqoum, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

An unknown number of civilians was reportedly injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the village of Al Barqoum, Aleppo governorate, on June 1st, 2019, according to Shaam News Network. Shaam News Network reported that “Russian and Assad’s warplanes launched airstrikes targeting the town of Al Atareb in the western countryside and the

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شارع النزاز, Al Nazzaz Street, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Between one and two civilians were killed and three to four others, including a child, were injured in alleged Israeli airstrikes on Al-Nazzaz Street in eastern Shujayya on May 12, 2021. A tweet from @PalinfoAr reported: “two martyrs and 4 injured as a result of the Israeli bombing of a house for the Al-Naasan family

Summary

1 – 2

(1–2 men)

3–4

Israeli Military

5 named, 1 familiy identified

خربة الجاموس, Kharbet Al Janous, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

Between one and three people, including a child, were killed and others were injured in Coalition and Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) strikes on Kharbet Al Janous on July 21, 2021. Various sources report that a child was killed in the operation while other sources report that between one and three members of ISIS were killed.

Summary

Airstrike, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

1 – 3

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

Causes of injury / death

Syrian Democratic Forces

جعار, North of the town Ja'ar, Khanfir district, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

Between 10 and 15 militants linked to Al Qaeda were killed in an alleged Yemeni airstrike or US drone strike just north of the town of Jaar on the 2nd of May, 2012. Whilst Xinhua stated a local resident had claimed that 10 militants in total had been killed in the airstrike, CNN reported that

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

US Forces, Yemeni Air Force

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

10–15

قرب دوار القرم ، جباليا, Vicinity of Al Qarm roundabout, Jabalia, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Between four and five civilians, including two women, were injured in alleged Israeli strikes east of Qurum, in the town of Jabalia, on May 11th 2021. According to Mezan News, “at approximately 18:00 on Tuesday, 11/5/2021, the occupation warplanes bombed the Abu al-Khair yard, east of Qurum, in the town of Jabalia, in the northern

Summary

4–5

معرزاف, Maarzaf, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian was killed in regime and/or Russian shelling in the village of Maarzaf on August 10, 2021, multiple sources reported. Four sources also reported injuries from the incident, but none gave any estimate of how many. Little information was given on the identity of the person killed. SY-24 reported the victim was a man.

Summary

(1 man)

الفخاري, Al Fakhary, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At least one belligerent was killed and as many as two civilians were injured in alleged Israeli strikes on farmland in eastern Al-Fakhary in the southeast of Khan Younis on May 13th 2021. @MyPalestine0 reported that Abdel Aziz Abdel Hamid Abu Taima was killed by an artillery shell east of Al-Fokhari in Khan Younis and

Summary

Israeli Military

Palestinian Forces

LOCATION

طفس, Tafas, Daraa, Syria

Four people were reported killed in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Taffas in Dara’a, Syria on July 1st, 2018. Violations Documentation Center in Syria said that Jihad Qaseem al-Horani, Moaz Jaber al-Rebdawi, Hosain Ali al-Bardan and Mohammad Ahmad al-Natoura, all civilians from Tafas, were killed in Russian forces or Syrian regime and

Summary

(4 men)