Civilian Casualties

17 – 20

(2–3 children2 men)

12–24

9 named, 1 familiy identified

بشقاتين, Bishqatin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

At least sixteen civilians from two families were killed, and “dozens” more wounded in airstrikes on the village of Bishqatin, located in the countryside west of Aleppo, according to local media. The majority of sources blamed Russia, though one report by the Syrian Network for Human Rights mentioned Syrian regime involvement. Jaafr M Deen 01Halab

Summary

(11 children2–3 women3 men)

16 – 21

12–30

16 named, 2 families identified

تل الزعتر, Tal al Zaatar, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Around 11:25 in the morning on Friday, October 13th, 2023, at least 14 identified civilians from the Safi and Kaloub families, including at least four women and nine children, were killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Safi family home in the Tal al-Zaatar area in the northern Gaza Strip. A 37-year old Inshirah

Summary

(8–9 children4–5 women3 men)

18 named, 2 families identified

Neighbourhood/area

ارض الحمرا, Al Ard al Hamra, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian died and nine more were wounded in an alleged Russia or Syrian regime air or artillery strike on Aleppo’s Al Ard al Hamra neighbourhood. According to Zaitonmag, “Assad artillery shelling in Ard Al-Hamra wounded nine people badly.” Halab News listed one unidentified civilian as killed in a Russian strike on Al Ard al

Summary

Mheimidiya, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Between 15 and 30 civilians were killed, including three children and four women, and between 20 to 40 wounded – some critically – by an aerial bombardment of the town of Mahimideh, local media reported. The majority of sources attributed the event to the Assad regime. However, four airstrikes were conducted by planes that were

Summary

15 – 30

(3 children4 women)

20–40

15 named, 2 families identified

قرب مسجد اليرموك, Vicinity of the Yarmouk Mosque, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 18th 2023, at around 5.15am, an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the Labad family home near the Yarmouk Mosque, east of Jabalia Camp in Gaza. A number of deaths and injuries were reported, including several women and children. However, the precise number remains unknown as many victims were reported as still missing beneath the

Summary

2–4

احسم, Ihsem, Jabal al Zawia, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

One child died in an airstrike on Ihsem, Jabal Al-Zawia, local media reported. Two sources said that the regime carried out attacks on the town. While none of the reports blamed Russia, most of them referred to unidentified “warplanes”, meaning that Moscow’ involvement could not be ruled out. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported

Summary

(1 child)

دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

Various sources reported that an unspecified number of civilians were wounded in air or artillery strikes on Douma in Eastern Ghouta – though sources were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Syrian regime. According to LCCSY, Russia conducted five strikes. The source said there had been casualties but didn’t

Summary

0–2

شارع الثلاثيني, al Thalatheni Street, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Wednesday, October 18th 2023, an unknown number of civilians were killed and wounded in an alleged Israeli airstrike on a house near al-Hayek on al-Thalatheni street in central Gaza City. Shehab Agency and Amad news reported on the strike, stating that there were a “number of martyrs and wounded” as a result of the

Summary

الباب, Serbs, Al-Bab, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Two children died in an alleged Russian airstrike on Serbs, Al Bab, local sources reported. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, “two children died when alleged Russian warplanes missiles fired on Sarbas village related to Al Bab area in Aleppo governorate, August 31.” Halab Today and @ALAMAWI also pointed to Russia. The Violations

Summary

(2 children)

3 named, 1 familiy identified

البصيرة, al Basira, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Between four to 20 civilians were reported killed and 12 or more injured after an alleged Coalition, Russian or Assad regime strike at al Basira, according to local media. A photograph published by Euphrates Post showed what appeared to have been a major strike in a built up area of the town. And a video

Summary

4 – 20

(3 children3 women)

12–24

Russian Military, Syrian Regime, US-led Coalition

الشيخ رضوان, Sheik Radwan, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Shortly before 7:43 AM on Monday, December 11th 2023, a series of alleged Israeli airstrikes hit six homes belonging to the extended Salem family in Sheikh Radwan, killing at least 102 civilians. Airwars was able to identify 104 named victims (102 fatalities, and two others injured), though some local reports put the death toll at

Summary

(50 children26 women26–27 men)

102 – 200

12–24

Impact

104 named, 1 familiy identified

Exact location (other)

منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between 13 and 15 civilians including two children died and 22 others were wounded in alleged Russian or regime airstrikes on Manbij, according to two local sources. The media activist Ahmed al-Mohammad told Edorar that 13 civilians died in a Russian strike on buildings in the city, “emphasizing that four missiles targeted a three-storey residential

Summary

(2 children2 women1–5 men)

13 – 15

8 named

الصناعة, Hai al Sinaa, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Between six and nine civilians died and up to 20 more were injured in an airstrike on Hai al-Sinaa, local media reported – though it was unclear whether Russia or the Assad regime were to blame. Radio Al Kul was one of several sources attributing the event to Russia. It put the death toll at

Summary

6 – 9

2–20

قرب معبر رفح, Vicinity of the Rafah crossing, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On 10th October 2023, it was reported that two civilians were injured as a result of an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Rafah Crossing in the Gaza Strip. Three sources corroborated that two government employees were injured, although no detail on the extent of their injuries or their role within the government was provided. Airwars

Summary

Al Zar'aroura, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Five or six civilians including children and women died in a strike on the Al Za’aroura area near Kafr Naha in the western Aleppo countryside, according to sources on the ground. The majority of sources attributed the incident to Russia, though one pointed towards the regime. Several other reports didn’t identify the culprit. LCCSY put

Summary

5 – 6

(1–2 children2 women)

كفردريان, Kafr Daryan, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

On the first night of US airstrikes in Syria, the United States carried out a sequence of attacks on the Al Qaeda-affiliated Khorasan Group (part of the al-Nusra Front.) For the only recorded occasion during the allied air war, the US deployed Tomahawk cruise missiles to strike targets in the vicinity of Aleppo. Locals also

Summary

(5 children5 women4–6 men)

13 – 18

13 named, 3 families identified

التوخار, Tokhar village, northern countryside of Manbij, Aleppo countryside, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

On Monday, October 30, 2023, an alleged strike by a Turkish military drone reportedly injured a civilian in the village of Tokhar, in the northern countryside of Manbij, close to Aleppo. According to the North Press Agency, the civilian injured in the attack is a 40-year-old man called Saleh Al-Jassem. The incident was initially reported

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Al Hamidiya, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

At least one civilian died and up to four more were wounded in an alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrike on the al Hamidiya neighborhood in the city of Deir Ezzor, according to sources on the ground. Most sources didn’t specify the number of victims, referring only to “martyrs” and “civilian casualties”. But Euphrates Post

Summary

2–4

1 named

near At-Tanak Oilfield, Syria, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

In its January 25th 2018 civilian casualty report, the Coalition reported that a civilian casualties allegation near At-Tanak is currently being assessed: “#1 Nov. 7, 2014 near At-Tanak Oilfield, Syria via regional human rights organization report.” Further research by our Syria team indicated that this incident was in fact previously known to Airwars, but had

Summary

(3 men)

3 named, 3 families identified

أبواسكندر مدينة غزة, Abu Iskandar area, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Thursday, October 19th, 2023, a declared Israeli airstrike on the Muhaisen family home located in the Abu Iskandar area of Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood, central Gaza City, killed 19 members of the Muhaisen family including Major General Jihad Abd Suleiman Muhaisen, commander of the Hamas-run Palestinian National Security Forces in Gaza. 18 of his family

Summary

(9 children6 women3 men)

18 named, 1 familiy identified

Belligerents reported killed

Neighbourhood/area

البوبدران, Al Soussa: Othman Bin Affan mosque, al Boubadran village, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

In what several sources described as “a massacre”, at least 8 and as many as 70 civilians were alleged killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Osman Bin Affan Mosque in the village of Al-Sousse after Friday prayers. The incident occurred after two other reported incidents on October 18th in and around al Soussa, targeting

Summary

8 – 70

(3–5 children2 women)

12–100

Mosul, al Mamun, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

In an incident previously unknown to Airwars the Coalition assessed no civilians were harmed: “Feb. 25, 2017, near the Al Ma’mun neighborhood in Mosul, Iraq, via NGO report. After a review of available information and strike video it was assessed that there is insufficient evidence to find that civilians were harmed in this strike.”

Summary

الطيانة, Eastern Al Buwaida or Kobane, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

A non-combatant civilian male, Abd Al Rahman Ahmad Bkar, from the town of Al Kussair near Homs was reported killed in an airstrike. While Syrian Martyrs attributed the strike to the Coalition, VDC blamed the Assad regime. Other reports were unclear. The location of the man’s death was also confused, given variously as Kobane in

Summary

(1 man)

الصفطاوي, al Saftawi, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Shortly before 4:50 AM on October 21, 2023, four civilians, including two children, were killed and a number of civilians were injured by an alleged Israeli airstrike on the al-Hanawi family home located in the Al-Saftawi area in the northern Gaza Strip. 61-year-old Hamdi Al-Hanawi, was killed along with his son, 35-year-old Hassan Al-Hanawi, and

Summary

(2 children2 men)

4 named, 1 familiy identified

Neighbourhood/area

حي الدرعية, Dar’iya neighbourhood, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Initially this incident was reported on by several sources as mass artillery shelling in the Dar’iya neighbourhood in the city of Raqqa, in which 6 to 12 cilivilians, including a maximum or 6 children and 2 women died and 9 were wounded. During investigations of this event for the April 2019 joint Airwars and Amnesty

Summary

(2 children4 women1 man)

5 named, 1 familiy identified

تل عفر, Tall Afar, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

According to an internal CENTCOM document, according to a self-reported night time incident involving an American aircraft may have caused civilian casualties: “US F-16 may have unintentionally struck the nearest collateral object (NCO) and unintentionally struck a car that moved into the FOV [field of view.]“ The outcome of any investigation at the time the

Summary

0 – 1

0–1

بيت لاهيا, Beit Lahia, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Shortly before 1:38pm on Wednesday October 18th 2023, seven identified members of the Abu Jalhoum family, including a mother with her five children, were killed and seven others were reportedly injured when an alleged Israeli airstrike hit their home in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip. At 1:38 PM the Palestinian News Agency Safa

Summary

(5 children1 woman1 man)

7 named, 1 familiy identified

Town

ماشخ أو الضمان, Al Daman or Mashikh village, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources reported that at least four civilians from the same family were killed in a joint operation by the Syrian Democratic Forces with air support from Coalition fighter jets around 1 am between April 24th and 25th. Baladi claimed that Coalition helicopters participated in the raid. While most sources, including an eyewitness and the

Summary

4 – 6

(1 child2 women3 men)

Small arms and light weapons

US-led Coalition, Syrian Democratic Forces

4 named, 1 familiy identified