Civilian Casualties

(3 children)

العجيلي/السبع دربات, Ar Raqqah: A'jili/Sabi Darbat neighbourhood, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

A family of three civilians, including one woman, were killed and several more were injured in artillery fire allegedly carried out by the US-backed, Kurdish-led SDF militia in the Al A’jili neighbourhood of Raqqa, according to local sources. However, only the Coalition was using artillery in the city in this period. The Revolutionary Forces of

Summary

(1 woman)

3 named, 1 familiy identified

الأربعين‎, Al Arbain, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

The Union of Hama Rebels, the SHRC and the VDC have all named five civilians including two women, whom they say died in a Russian airstrike on the village of Al Arbain.

Summary

(2 women3 men)

Unknown

5 named, 1 familiy identified

مخيم البريج, Bureij camp, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 17th 2023, an unknown number of casualties were reported in a possible strike on the family home of Lal Al-Salhi in Block 2 of the Al-Bureij camp in Gaza. While numerous sources reported the strike on the Al-Salhi home, few details are available regarding the number of those injured or killed. No names

Summary

12 – 24

12–24

Israeli Military, Palestinian Militants

Town

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah , Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Multiple local sources reported the deaths of two named civilians in Coalition airstrikes or artillery shelling. No additional details are presently known. In their June 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible for civilian harm in this strike as “non-credible”, stating that the allegation provided insufficient information on the

Summary

حيان, Hayyan, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Media activist Jummah Al Ahmad was one of two civilians killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Hayyan, according to reports. According to the White Helmets “A mosque was totally destroyed and two civil defence team members injured in Hayyan centre, Ali Hayek and Ahmad Sarraj” in the attack. A second victim was later named

Summary

(2 men)

4 named

جوار محطة بنزين الراضي, Vicinity of Radi Petrol Station, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Monday, 16 October 2023, at least five civilian members of the Dr. Fakhri Radi family, including two women and three children, were killed, and large number of civilians were reportedly injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Radi family’s home located behind the Radi Petrol Station in the west of the Nuseirat camp

Summary

(3 children2 women)

12–24

Israeli Military

5 named, 1 familiy identified

Nearby landmark

التبني, Al Tabani, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Three civilians died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the village of Al Tabani. local media reported. According to Baladi, “local media sources said three civilians, including two women, were martyred by the bombing of the international coalition airliner on the village of Tabani in the western suburb of Deir Ezzor.” Al-hokol reported that three

Summary

(2 women)

الأتارب, Al Atarib, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Russian vacuum missiles allegedly targeted a key bakery in Al Atarib, taking it completely out of service. Reports said the bakery served more than 100,000 people (apparently confirmed by activists). There were no reports of casualties, but the Syrian Network for Human Rights said the bakery was the “greatest in the western region of Aleppo suburbs“,

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أرض زراعية على أطراف مدينة سرمين شرقي إدلب, agricultural land on the outskirts of the city of Sarmin, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

On September 4th 2023, one civilian was killed and another was severely injured in the city of Sarmin by intensive missile and artillery shelling allegedly by Syrian regime forces and/or Russian forces. According to Syrian Civil Defense, a civilian named Fadda Ibrahim Al-Muhaimeed, a 12-year old, was killed and her sister Nada Al-Muhaimeed, a 8-year old,

Summary

(1 child)

Impact

2 named, 1 familiy identified

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

A named adult civilian male was reported as a victim of an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa, according to local sources. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS) published an image of the victim with a beard. Taha Mossa Al-Hamza – who claimed to be a relative of the victim – left a comment on the

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الجسر العتيق, Jisir Qadim (Old Bridge), Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Smart News Agency reported that “nine civilians were killed and wounded in an aerial bombardment by the international coalition near the old bridge (Jisir Qadim) south of the city of Raqqa, northeast of Syria, as the “Syrian Democratic Forces” advanced to points in the city, a private source told SMART Saturday. “The source said that

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الدانا, Al Dana, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Four civilians were reported killed either at Al Dana, or on a road approaching the town. No other details are presently available.

Summary

Unknown

قرية كاني كندي , Kani Kindi village, Koya District, Kurdistan, Iraq

LOCATION

On Tuesday, October 17th, 2023, one man was killed and up to three other civilians, women, were injured after an alleged Turkish drone strike on a car in the Kani Kindi village in the Koya district of Kurdistan, Iraq. The car was reported to have belonged to citizens of the Makhmour refugee camp; the driver

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

1–3

خزرج, Mosul, Khazraj, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

A local residents’ Facebook page and local press reported that Abdel Fattah Jassim Al-Sharifi died after a ‘random’ bombing on Khazraj district in Old Mosul. Al-Sharifi used to be the owner of the library Bassam in Najafi Street. No further details are presently known.

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كفر حمرة, Kafr Hamra, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

According to the Violations Documentation Center and The Syrian Network for Human Rights, five or six civilians were killed in an alleged Russian airstrike in Kafr Hamra. SN4HR reported that Russian warplanes shelled the neighbourhood of Jamye’at Al Sabbath. Additionally, they stated that a tailoring factory belonging to the Syrian Organization of Human Care and

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5 – 6

(6 men)

مدينة قباسين, Qabasin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

On 4 September 2023, at least two civilians were injured by a missile attack in the city of Qabasin. Sources attribute the incident to the Syrian regime forces and/or the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The shelling bombardment in this area resulted in many displacements of families in the city of Qabasin. The Syrian Civil Defense

Summary

Unknown

2–5

YPG, Syrian Regime

عكيرشي, `Ukayrishah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Three civilian males were killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes on `Ukayrishah to the south of Raqqa, local sources reported. Two sources, Baladi News and @24Raqqa, reported that the village was struck by an unmanned drone that was targeting an ISIL vehicle which was fleeing a nearby battle in Afnan. A number of sources said that

Summary

(3 men)

حريتان, Hraytan, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

A 27-year old civilian male named reported killed in Hraytan following a Russian or Assad regime airstrike. Seven civilians were additionally said to have been injured. While Halab News and Hraytan’s residents blamed the attack on Russia, the VDC said Mr Qinti died as a result of a regime airstrike (“air forces shelling.”)

Summary

1 named

الجنينة, Al Geneina, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

A father and his four sons were killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike on their home in the al-Geneina neighbourhood in Rafah at dawn on 21 October 2023: father 60-year-old Samir al-Kurd, and his sons 40-year old Tamer Samir al-Kurd, 33-year-old Sami Samir al-Kurd, 32-year-old Hisham Samir Rajab al-Kurd, and a fourth son whose name

Summary

(5 men)

Israeli Military

5 named, 1 familiy identified

Neighbourhood/area

رطلة, Ratlah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

A woman was reportedly killed during the SDF’s invasion of Ratla, Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently reported. However no further details were given. In February 2019, the Coalition assessed this event to be non-credible. Their report noted: “After review of all available strike records it was determined that more likely than not civilian casualties did

Summary

(1 woman)

كفر حمرة, Kafr Hamra, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Five to six non-combatants including one child were reported killed – and several others injured – in airstrikes on Kafr Hamra, according to multiple sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether the attack was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that “warplanes believed to be Russian”

Summary

5 – 6

(1 child)

Unknown, Syrian Regime

تل الهوى, Tal al Hawa, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 18th 2023, between five and seven members of the al-Halaw family, including at least three children and at least one woman were killed, and a large number of civilians were injured in an alleged airstrike by the Israeli military on the al-Halaw home, on Street 8 in the Tal al-Hawa neighbourhood near the

Summary

(1–3 children1 woman3 men)

5 – 7

12–24

Israeli Military

5 named

Neighbourhood/area

الميادين, Al Mayadin, Dream Mall, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

At least three civilians, including two children, were reported killed and dozens more injured in airstrikes on Al Mayadin, but it was contested who was responsible. Euphrates Post described the incident as a “massacre” and reported that “scores” of people were killed, but was the only source to suggest more than three people were killed.

Summary

(2 children)

12–36

US-led Coalition, Unknown

العلقمية, Al A'alkamiyah, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Two adult male civilians were killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Al A’alkamiyah, according to multiple local sources. The two victims were named as Riad Jamil Ismail Deebo and Khaled Eido by the VDC, Damascus Center for Human Rights, Halab News and Elsouriya Lil E’elam,

Summary

(2 men)

دير البلح, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Shortly before 6:20 PM on Saturday, October 21, 2023, an alleged Israeli strike on the “Al-Hasanat” family home in the town of Deir Al Balah in the central Gaza Strip killed at least one civilian and injured at least one other. The number of casualties may be higher. Interior Ministry in Gaza and Arab TV

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Infrastructure

Residential

1 – 2

1–2

المستشفى الوطني, National Raqqa hospital, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

One man and his son died in an airstrike near the National Raqqa hospital, local media said. According to Smart, “The aircraft bombed a car transporting water near the National Hospital, killing a man and his son who were inside the vehicle”.

Summary

(0–1 children)

ميادين, Al Mayadeen, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

According to the Violations Documentation Center one adult male civilian and one woman or girl were killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on Al Mayadeen. Local media activist Hussein al Ahmad reported that “One of them targeted Al Quds mosque in the town which led to its destruction.” Photos show a severely damaged building.

Summary

(0–1 children0–1 women1 man)

المستشفى الاهلي العربي, al Ahli Arab Hospital, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

In perhaps the most well-known, and hotly debated, incident from the war in Gaza, civilians were killed while sheltering at the Al Ahli hospital on October 17th 2023. The incident was widely-reported, with a fierce dispute as to whether the civilian casualties were caused by a Palestinian militant rocket fired at Israel that fell short

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Infrastructure

Healthcare

(12–27 children11–16 women16–19 men)

63 – 471

14–314

Impact

Israeli Military, Palestinian Militants

56 named, 8 families identified

Exact location (via Airwars)