Civilian Casualties

Small arms and light weapons

LOCATION

Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on July 7th 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on claims of civilian harm “near Mosul, Iraq” via an NGO report. According to the Coalition report, “76. March 16, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via NGO report: The report contained insufficient information on the time,

Summary

US-led Coalition

السعدية, Al Sa'adiya, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Six civilians were reportedly wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on the village of Al Sa’adiya, Aleppo governorate, on January 21st, 2020, according to SMART News Agency. Currently, further information is unavailable to Airwars.

Summary

Russian Military

شارع السكه, مخيم جباليا , Al-Sikka Street, Jabalia Refugee Camp, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On the evening of Saturday May 11th, 2024, an alleged Israeli airstrike on three houses belonging to Asaliya extended family located on Al Sikka Street in the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip killed at least 32 members of the Asalia family, many of them women and children. Some reports put the death

Summary

IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential

(10–22 children3–12 women11–18 men)

32 – 50

Israeli Military

30 named, 6 families identified

Street

سراقب, Saraqib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Up to four civilians, including a child, were injured in several alleged Syrian regime and Russian airstrikes and/or artillery strikes on an international road near Saraqib, Idlib governorate on January 28th, 2020, according to local sources. The Syrian Civil Defence reported that four civilians were injured in alleged Syrian regime airstrikes “targeting the international road near Saraqib

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

منطقة النص القريبة، المواصي، خان يونس, Vicinity of al-Nas junction, al-Mawasi Refugee Camp, Khan Younis, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Around 10:30 AM on Saturday, July 13th, 2024, at least 55 identified civilians and up to 150 civilians were killed, and up to 300 civilians were injured in a series of declared Israeli airstrikes at a compound near the al-Nas Junction in the al-Mawasi area west of Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip. Israel declared

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Infrastructure

Desalination Plant, Evacuation Route, Gas Facility, Humanitarian, IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential, Resources, Water

(6–20 children3 women36–48 men)

55 – 150

7–300

63 named, 2 families identified

Exact location (via Airwars)

2–12

تفتناز, Taftanaz, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

An undisclosed number of civilians were reported killed or injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the town of Taftanaz, Idlib governorate, on February 3rd, 2020, according to SMART News. SMART reported that there were “victims of the airstrikes from Russian warplanes on the town of Taftanaz”, but did not specify the number

Summary

Russian Military

الجامع الأبيض في مخيم الشاطئ، مدينة غزة, White Mosque, Al-Shati Camp, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Around noon on Saturday, July 13th, 2024, a minimum of nineteen identified civilians, at least two of whom were children, as well as an individual whose civilian status is currently contested, and two militants, including the commander of the al-Aqsa Brigades Ezz El Din Zaki Akila, were killed by an alleged Israeli airstrike. More than

Summary

IDP or Refugee Camp, Religious

19 – 20

(2–3 children14–15 men)

19 named, 2 families identified

Exact location (via Airwars)

2–3

الشيخ علي, Al Sheikh Ali, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Three civilians were reportedly killed and an unknown number of civilians were wounded in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes near the village of Sheikh Ali, Aleppo governorate, on February 9th, 2020, according to local sources. A Facebook post identified the two casualties as Atta Qadour and Khaled Qadour from Arada. The third was unidentified.

Summary

قرية صوغانكه, Village of Sogankeh, Sherawa district, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

During the afternoon of Thursday 29th February 2024, an artillery bombardment allegedly perpetrated by the Turkish military on the village of Sogankeh, Sherawa district, Syria, injured a female civilian. Local sources reported that a 19-year-old girl named Amina Hikmat Muhammad from Sogankeh village was seriously injured in the abdomen as a result of the shrapnel from

Summary

Turkish Military

Belligerents reported injured

تل عفر, Tall Afar, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

In an event previously not tracked by Airwars, the Coalition denied social media claims of having caused civilian casualties at Tal Afar. According to the June report, “22. April 3, 2017, near Tal Afar, Iraq, via social media: No Coalition strikes were conducted on that day in the geographic area of the reported civilian casualties.”

Summary

0–1

US-led Coalition

محيط مدينة ادلب, Vicinity of Idlib , Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least seven civilians, including five to seven children and two to five women, were reported injured as a result of alleged Russian forces airstrikes on the western side of the vicinity of Idlib, on February 13th, 2020 according to local sources. @IdlibPlus reported that “seven civilians, five children and two women were injured as a

Summary

7–12

الأبزمو, Al Abzimo, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

On the evening of Saturday, May 5th, 2024, artillery shelling allegedly conducted by Syrian regime forces and/or Russian forces and/or Iranian forces hit a residential neighborhood in the town of Abzimo, in the western countryside of Aleppo, killing a child and injuring his mother. Twelve-year-old Qais Haj Shaban and his mother were transported to a

Summary

(1 child)

Russian Military, Iranian Military, Syrian Regime

2 named, 1 familiy identified

معرة النعسان, Ma`arat Al Na`asan, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian was reported killed and several others were wounded in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime forces airstrikes on Ma’aret Al Na’san in Idlib on February 18th, 2020, according to local sources. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that “Syrian- Russian alliance killed a pharmacist in Ma’aret al Na’san village in Idlib, on

Summary

(1 man)

مدرسة خديجة غرب دير البلح, Khadija School, Deir Al Balah, Gaza strip, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Around midday on the 27th of July 2024, between 30 and 53 civilians, including at least 15 children and eight women, were killed and at least 100 others were injured by a declared Israeli airstrike on the Khadija school, Deir Al Balah, Gaza Strip. Sources detailed that the school was housing a large number of

Summary

Education, Healthcare, IDP or Refugee Camp

(15–16 children8–9 women9–13 men)

30 – 53

100–111

27 named, 5 families identified

Exact location (via Airwars)

البارة, Al Bara, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian, a young man, was reported killed and five civilians reportedly sustained injuries during alleged Russian or Regime airstrikes or artillery shelling on the vicinity of the town of Al Bara in the southern countryside of Idlib on February 24, 2020. According to Syria Violence Monitoring and KMC, Russian warplanes bombed the road between

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

(1 man)

الزوايدة, Al Zawaida, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On November 2, 2023, a number of people were killed and injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on a house in the town of Al Zawaida in the Deir Al Balah region of the Gaza Strip. The day of the alleged strike, Facebook user Eh S Mahmoud reported that “a house in al-Zawaida was […]

Summary

خان شيخون , Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Al Tamana’a the Free media office of the town on Facebook said: “A number of civilians were injured as a result of four air strikes by Russian warplanes carrying cluster bombs targeting the eastern neighborhood of Khan Shikhun in the southern Idlib countryside.” A woman was injured by bombs from warplanes, believed to be Russian,

Summary

1–2

Russian Military

سراقب, Saraqeb, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

On February 27th, 2020 radio reporter Muhammad Fawaz Hammoud was injured during an airstrike in Saraqib, outside of Idlib. Hammoud is an employee of Radio Al-Kul. In a post from Almodon, Hammoud was born in 1996 and is known as Asmar Aslan. According to a report from The Syrian Journalists Association and specifically media activist

Summary

حي السلاطين، بيت لاهيا, Al-Sultan area, Beit Lahia, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Thursday, August 1, 2024, one civilian, 28-year-old Tamim Jamal al-Attar, was killed and at least six others were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike that hit the home of the Al-Attar family in the Sultan area, north of the Gaza Strip, causing the building to collapse. Initial reports by Safa News Agency indicated that

Summary

(1 man)

6–10

Israeli Military

Neighbourhood/area

أبو سليم, Abu Salim, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

Several civilians were reportedly injured by LNA airstrikes and shelling on the Abu Salim neighbourhood of Tripoli. Libya Alahrar reported: “A number of civilians were injured and some civilians were seriously injured on Thursday in the town of Abu Salim as anti-tank shells fell on residential neighborhoods in the Hadaba district.” Al Jazeera Mubasher said:

Summary

2–5

Libyan National Army

حرمك, Vicinity of Kunya Barrow, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

Both US Africa Command and the Somali government declared on the same day two airstrikes in the vicinity of Kunya Barrow. There were no known local claims of associated civilian harm. According to the AFRICOM press release, “In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. Africa Command conducted two (2) airstrikes targeting al-Shabaab terrorists

Summary

Belligerents reported injured

الدوير, al Duwair, Nabatieh District, Lebanon

LOCATION

On Monday, September 23, 2024, several people were reportedly injured, including civil defense members, by an alleged Israeli airstrike against civil defense ambulance teams in Al-Duwair in the Nabatieh District in southern Lebanon. Several sources, including Ali Khalid, reported on Facebook and Twitter/X that “civil defense members” in Al-Duwair were hit. Other sources, such as

Summary

مدرسة حليمة السعدية للتعليم الاساسي , Halima Saadia School, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

One woman was killed and four other civilians injured by LNA shelling on the Souq Al Jumaa area of Tripoli. Hona Souq Al-Khmies said: “The outcome of the Grad shelling on the Friday market: The death of two civilians and the injury of Muhammad al-Farajani, his brother, and his cousin, and a child from the

Summary

(1 woman)

بلدة صديقين جنوبي لبنان, Town of Siddiqin, Southern Lebanon, Lebanon

LOCATION

On Monday, September 23, 2024, at least three civilians, including a woman, and at least four militants were reportedly killed following an alleged Israeli airstrike in the town of Siddiqin, southern Lebanon. Several sources, including Twitter/X users @Alarabiyaleb and @Alhadath, reported that the strike specifically “targeted” Sheikh Abdel Moneim Muhanna and hit his home in

Summary

(1 woman1 man)

3 named, 1 familiy identified

Town

الرطبة, Ar Rutbah, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

In a previously unknown allegation, the Coalition denied involvement in an incident that they said was reported on social media. In their July 2017 civilian casualty report, the Coalition wrote: “May 4, 2017, near Ar Rutbah, Iraq, via social media report: No Coalition strikes were conducted on that day in the geographic area of the

Summary

0–1

US-led Coalition

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

بالقرب من روضة البسمة، مدينة غزة, Vicinity of Al Basma Kindergarten, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At dawn on November 12th 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike killed at least four civilians in the Al-Nakhal home on Abu Hasira Street in Gaza City. At least five others were injured, including two children. Four men were reported killed by local sources: 73-year-old father Mahmoud Hassan Mostafa al-Louh, his 36-year-old son Dr. Hammam Mahmoud

Summary

4 – 5

(0–1 women4 men)

5–6

Israeli Military

9 named, 1 familiy identified

Nearby landmark

شيا عفرين, Shya, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

In a private report, the Kurdish Red Crescent named the following one civilian as wounded in an alleged Turkish shelling of Shya, Syria: ‘Hassan Suleiman Omar, 60, a shrapnel in the eye’ No further details are currently available.

Summary