Civilian Casualties

(5 children)

Unknown, Syrian Regime

10 named, 2 families identified

LOCATION

حيش, Heesh, Idlib, Syria

According to local media, an airstrike on Heesh village near Idlib killed a family of four: a father, mother and two children – though reports were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Assad regime were to blame. One report claimed that there were five deaths. According to the Shaam News Network, the strikes hit a

Summary

4 – 5

(2 children1 woman1 man)

حي الفالوجا , Al-Faluja neighbourhood, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

code: ISPT0798
incident_date: 2023-11-01
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair

Summary

IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential

(30–42 children25–30 women19–25 men)

86 – 90

100–200

86 named, 2 families identified

Exact location (via Airwars)

الأتارب, Al Atarib, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between 11 and 42 civilians died and dozens more were wounded in an airstrike on a popular market in Al Atarib, according to local media. Most sources blamed Russia, though there was some confusion in the reporting with the Syrian Network for Human Rights pointing to both Moscow and then the regime. Some other sources

Summary

11 – 42

(4–5 children1 woman)

12–24

11 named

كفرلاها, Kafr Laha, Homs, Syria

LOCATION

Five or six civilians were reported killed in air and artillery strikes on Kafr Laha, according to sources on the ground. All but one source blamed the regime for this incident, though the Shaam News Network said that “Russian and Assad warplanes” launched strikes on areas of Homs including Kafr Laha. Al Jazeera put the

Summary

5 – 6

(2 children3 women)

6–24

5 named

بالقرب من مستشفى القدس، تل الهوى, Vicinity of Al-Quds Hospital, Tal al-Hawa, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Saturday, November 4th 2023, at least five people, reportedly waste collection employees and displaced people, were reported injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike outside Al-Quds Hospital in the Tal al-Hawa neighbourhood of Gaza City. According to Facebook users Hakim Djaramou and Nacer Nacer, a “number of displaced individuals in the hospital” sustained injuries from

Summary

Healthcare, Hospital, Residential

Unknown

5–7

Exact location (via Airwars)

معرة الأتارب, Maarat al Atarib, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between four and six civilians including two children died and as many as 30 more were wounded in an alleged Russian or Syrian Regime airstrike on the two camps for displaced person near the town of Maarat al Atareb. Halab News Network reported there were no less than eight raids, with the use of cluster

Summary

4 – 6

(2 children)

10–30

خان الشيح‬, Khan al Sheikh, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

At least one civilian was killed and three to five were wounded, including women and children, from vacuum missile, cluster bomb or artillery strikes on a Palestinian refugee camp in Khan al Sheikh, according to local media. Five or more raids were carried out by warplanes, with most sources attributing the attacks to Russia. However,

Summary

(1 man)

3–5

1 named

القاطرجي, Al Qaterji (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between three and 11 civilians including women and children died and as many as 30 more were wounded in airstrikes on Qaterji, al-Zebdiyyeh, al-Jaloum and Seif al-Dawla, local media reported – though sources were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Assad regime were responsible. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, “11 civilians

Summary

3 – 11

(1–5 children2 women)

2–30

1 named

الزيتون، مدينة غزة, Al-Zeitoun neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Tuesday, October 31st, 2023, an Israeli airstrike allegedly hit the Abu Daf family house in the al-Zeitoun neighbourhood in Gaza City, killing six of its members, including two children. Magdy Hussein Muhammad Abu Daf, 34, was killed along with his sons, 14-year-old Magdy Hussein Muhammad Abu Daf and Haroun Magdy Hussein Abu Daf, who was

Summary

(2–3 children3–4 men)

6 named, 1 familiy identified

Neighbourhood/area

الأنصاري, Al Ansari (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between one and 17 civilians died in alleged Russian airstrikes on the Al Ansari neighbourhood of Aleppo, according to sources on the ground. Most sources said around 17 people were killed, while Araby reported that only one civilian died. Several sources, such as Step News and Smart News, claimed cluster bombs were used in two

Summary

1 – 17

2–5

Russian Military

أورم الصغرى, Orm al Sughra, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, “at least 3 victims died in alleged Russian warplanes missiles fired on Orm Al Sughra town in Aleppo governorate, August 29.” AMC, Alwatan, @SyriaFnn and @Syria_Pulse reported that three civilians died and several more were wounded in “four strikes with cluster bombs”, but didn’t identify the culprit.

Summary

بالقرب من كراج رفح، خان يونس, Vicinity of Rafah garage, Khan Younis, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At approximately 6 AM on Saturday, November 4, 2023, four members of the Al-Najjar family were killed, and others were injured, by an alleged Israeli airstrike on their family home near the Rafah garage in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza. Among the victims was 59-year-old Sobhia Kamel Ibrahim al-Najjar, who died alongside her two daughters,

Summary

(1 child3 women)

4 named, 1 familiy identified

Exact location (via Airwars)

الهلّك, al Halak, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between one and seven civilians died in alleged Russian or Syrian regime air or artillery strikes on Aleppo’s Al Halak neighbourhood, according to local media. Syrian Press Center reported both strikes by the regime and Russia: “The regime army positioned in al-Midan area targeted residential houses in the al-Hallak district on Saturday [Sept 30th] with

Summary

1 – 7

(3 children1 man)

5–15

1 named

كفر حمرة, Kafr Hamra, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Seven civilians including three children died in airstrikes on Kafr Hamra according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the regime. According to Syrian Newsdesk more than fifteen Russian and regime warplane raids in the Kafr Hamra area resulted in the death of a family

Summary

(3 children1 woman)

7–24

Unknown, Syrian Regime

6 named, 1 familiy identified

LOCATION

قطاع غزة, the Gaza Strip

Three young men from the Abu al-Omrain family were reportedly killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Gaza Strip on 5th/6th November 2023. The three men reported to have been killed in the incident were named by family members as 28-year-old Mohammed Fayez Abu al-Omrain; Ibrahim Fahmy Abu al-Omrain, also aged 28 and 24-year-old

Summary

(3 men)

3 named, 1 familiy identified

City

بعيدين‬, Baeedin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Three civilians including a woman died and up to 11 more people were wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike on Baeedin, according to local media. A number of sources said that the three victims were elderly people. The media opposition activist Abu Mohammad al-Halab told Syria News Desk that “the Russian air force struck houses in

Summary

(1 child1 woman)

4–11

Russian Military

معرة مصرين, Maarat Misreen, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Up to 15 civilians (10 of whom were named) died and as many as 35 more were wounded in airstrikes on Maarat Misreen, local media reported. The majority of sources blamed the Syrian regime for the event – though there were also allegations against Russia. Syria News Desk – who blamed Moscow – provided the

Summary

10 – 15

(4 men)

12–35

الغبيري, Ghobeiry, Beirut, Lebanon

LOCATION

An elderly woman was reportedly injured as the result of an alleged Israeli airstrike next to her home in the Ghobeiry municipality, located in the Dahieh suburb of southern Beirut, on Tuesday 26 November 2024. In a Facebook post, the Lebanese Civil Defense wrote that they had rescued an elderly woman who was “injured when

Summary

Unknown

تلبيسة, Talbisah, Homs, Syria

LOCATION

One child died and 15 other civilians – many reportedly also children – were wounded in a civilian casualty incident in Talbisah, according to local media – though it was unclear whether the casualties were caused by Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes or Syrian regime artillery. Al Jazeera and Gulfeyes blamed Russia. According to Syria

Summary

1 – 2

(1 child)

مَعَرَّة النُّعْمَان, Maarat al Numan, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilians – a father and his son or daughter – died and an unspecified number more were wounded in an airstrike on Maarat al Numan – though reports were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Syrian regime were to blame. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that “two victims (a child and

Summary

2 – 3

(1 child1 man)

الكثيب في الحديدة، صَنْعَاء‎، مطار الحديدة الدولي، ذمار‎, Al-Katheeb area in Hodeidah, Sana'a, Hodeidah International Airport, Dhamar Governorate, Sanaa, Hodeidah, and Dhamar governorates, Yemen

LOCATION

Multiple locations in Yemen were struck by US-UK airstrikes on 4 October, 2024; the strikes were reported to have injured four people, according to the Ministry of Health as communicated by local sources. The strikes reportedly hit Sanaa, Hodeidah, and Dhamar governorates, according to multiple local sources. One of the strikes was reportedly targeting “a

Summary

Unknown

US Forces, UK Military

Neighbourhood/area

دير الزور‎, Deir ez-Zor, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

An internal Coalition report noted that “Open source video indicated that three civilians were killed in a deliberate strike on an oil collection point in DeZ.” Airwars researchers have identified what they believe to be the [graphic] video in question, which was posted to YouTube on November 11th 2014. The Coalition was unable to verify

Summary

US-led Coalition

كراج الشمال, Mosul, ISIS court in North Garage, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Two sources reported that 11 civilians killed followed alleged coalition jets targeted ISIS court in Mosul. The media office of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) in Mosul, Ghayath al-Surji, said, The international coalition aircraft bombed, at dawn today, ISIS Sharia court inside a residential neighbourhood at Karaj, in central Mosul, killing 11 civilians who

Summary

US-led Coalition

حي الساحة، جبشيت, Al-Saha neighbourhood, Jibshit, Nabatieh, Lebanon

LOCATION

code: ISLB261124y
incident_date: 2024-11-26
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair

Summary

(2 women1 man)

3 named, 1 familiy identified

الفرحانية, Villages of Al-Farhaniya and al-Subaihat, Salah Al Din, Iraq

LOCATION

An airstrike by an unspecified belligerent reportedly killed 12 civilians including women and children, and wounded an additional 23. The deaths occurred during an Iraqi government offensive against Islamic State.

Summary

US-led Coalition, Iraq Government Forces

الموصل‎, Near Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the US-led Coalition later admitted that it had injured one civilian near Mosul five months earlier. Their November 2016 civilian casualty report noted: “June 26, 2016, near Mosul, Iraq, during a strike against an ISIL target, it is assessed that one individual was injured after entering the

Summary

Known belligerent

US-led Coalition

منطقة صعدة القريبة, Vicinity of Sadaa, Sadaa, Yemen

LOCATION

One civilian was killed and between three and four others were injured by alleged US airstrikes on a “citizen’s farm” within or on the outskirts of Sadaa city, Yemen on March 28, 2025. A Facebook post from “Majd Al-Madani Saada” reported that one person had been killed and three others were wounded by a US

Summary

(1 man)

3–4

تل حميس, Tall Hamis, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

According to Syria’s Violations Documentation Center, a Coalition airstrike at Tal Hamis – scene of a major battle between Kurdish forces and Islamic State at the time – resulted in the death of a male teenager. In July 2017, the Coalition classed the event as non credible on grounds of lack of available evidence of

Summary

(1 child)