Civilian Casualties

2–9

1 named

شمسطار, Shamstar, Bekaa Valley, Baalbek-Hermel District, Lebanon

LOCATION

An alleged Israeli airstrike hit a three-story residential building in Shamstar, a town in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley on the morning/afternoon of November 23, 2024, killing at least 12 civilians and injuring at least eight others. At least one militant was also likely killed in the strike, alongside four other individuals whose civilian status was ambiguous

Summary

(5–10 children2–5 women5–10 men)

12 – 22

8–9

25 named, 5 families identified

Exact location (via Airwars)

Belligerents reported killed

1–5

الشيخ فارس, al Sheikh Faress, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between six and 14 civilians died including up to seven children and four women with dozens more wounded in airstrikes with “bunker busting” missiles on the residential neighbourhood of Al Sheikh Faress, Aleppo, according to sources on the ground. The majority of sources attributed this incident to Russia, though one report said that the Assad

Summary

6 – 14

(7 children4 women)

12–36

‏الكبر‬, Al Kiber, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

A civilian male named as Sahir Attallah al Ayyad died from injuries sustained in a reported Russian airstrike on al Kiber “two months earlier.” No additional details are presently known, including the precise date of death.

Summary

(1 man)

سرمين, western neighbourhood of the city of Sarmin, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Shortly before 4:40 PM on Sunday, September 15, 2024, a child named Mohammad Somar Haj Lattouf and a young man named Abdulaziz Jamal Abboud were injured as a result of artillery shelling with contested responsibility allegedly perpetrated by Syrian regime forces and/or Iraniian military and/or Russian military in the western neighbourhood of the city of

Summary

Education, Primary School, Residential

Unknown

Impact

Russian Military, Iranian Military, Syrian Regime

2 named

حربنوش, Harbanush, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Between nine and 12 civilians including up to nine children died in an airstrike on Harbanush, according to local media – though it was unclear whether Russia or the Assad regime were responsible. According to Orient News, 11 civilians including seven children died in a Russian strike. Sky and Ahmed Shlar also pointed towards Moscow.

Summary

9 – 12

(7–9 children3 women)

حي ‏المرجة‬, Marjah (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

As many as 25 people from one family – named as the Eid Kabis family – died including eight children and two or three women and dozens more were wounded in an airstrike on Aleppo’s Al Marja neighbourhood. All but one source alleged that Russia carried out the strike. According to Madar Daily, “14 members

Summary

13 – 25

(8–10 children1–3 women)

12–25

13 named, 1 familiy identified

رفح, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At least 23 civilians were killed and “a number” injured after an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Al-Riyati family residence near the Qeshta factory in Rafah, after midnight on 7 November, 2023. 68-year-old Musa Youssef Award al-Riyati was killed with his wife, Abla Hussein Mohammed al-Riyati, and his four daughters: his eldest, 44-year-old Mai; 29-year-old

Summary

23 named, 2 families identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Exact location (other)

سنجار, Sinjar, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

An internal CENTCOM review identified potential civilian casualties from a Coalition airstrike in “northern Iraq.” The only location for this date which matches is Sinjar. The incident was not previously tracked by Airwars. According to a declassified CENTCOM document, “A review of FMV from a RECOIL feed revealed unknown individuals moving into a target area

Summary

US-led Coalition

خان شيخون, Khan Shaykhun, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Between six and eight civilians including a child and two women died and as many as dozens more were wounded in multiple airstrikes on Khan Sheikhoun, according to local media. Sources were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Syrian regime were to blame. The lowest death count was given as one by Halab Today

Summary

6 – 8

(1 child1 woman)

2–24

Exact location (via Airwars)

مخيم الشاطئ, Al-Shati Refugee Camp west of Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

In the late afternoon of June 24, 2024, at around 3pm, at least three members of a committee securing aid were killed by an alleged Israeli airstrike in Al-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City. The strike occurred near a humanitarian aid provisions center in Al-Shati Refugee Camp. Of the committee members who were killed,

Summary

Food/Water Distribution, Humanitarian, IDP or Refugee Camp

3 – 4

(1 man)

سعلو, Sillu, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Two non-combatant males were reported killed in a coalition airstrike on the village of Sa’alo.

Summary

(2 men)

السوسة, Al Soussa: Ammar bin Yasser moque, al Boubadran village, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

At least 10 and as many as 60 civilians were reported killed by the US-led Coalition after a strike or strikes hit the Ammar bin Yasser mosque in Al Boubadran village near al Soussa. The event may have been confused in some media and social media reports to one or two additional nearby civilian harm

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

10 – 60

(2–5 children)

1 named, 1 familiy identified

برج الشمالي, Burj al-Shamali, Lebanon, South governorate, Lebanon

LOCATION

code: ISLB260924v
incident_date: 2024-09-26
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair

Summary

Unknown

Impact

حماة, Um al Nayr, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

A female civilian, a civil engineer, was reported by Syrian Martyrs to have been killed in a Coalition airstrike. Confused reporting placed her death either at Umm Al Nayr near Hama, or at nearby Kaferzita. However, VDC – which named the victim – stated that a 25 year old instead died in an attack by

Summary

(1 woman)

US-led Coalition, Syrian Regime

1 named

عربين, Arbin, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

At least one civilian was killed and others were injured in airstrikes launched against the town of Arbin in Eastern Ghouta – though sources were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. The series of three airstrikes launched against the residential areas were part of an escalated attack

Summary

2–5

1 named

بلدة جون, Joun, Al Souf, Southern Lebanon, Mount Lebanon, Lebanon

LOCATION

code: ISLB250924h
incident_date: 2024-09-25
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair

Summary

Military, Residential, Warehouse

(4 children2 women)

12–24

6 named, 2 families identified

القائم, Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

According to Reuters, a coalition airstrike which killed 17 Islamic State militants also caused the deaths of 9 non-combatants: “The hospital source in al-Qaim, a town on the Euphrates River, said nine civilians were killed and 29 militants were wounded in the strike by the U.S.-led coalition which is bombing Islamic State targets in Iraq

Summary

3 – 12

US-led Coalition

مخيم الباغوز, Al Baghouz camp, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

An unspecific number of civilians were killed and injured, in renewed US-led Coalition airstrikes on Al Baghouz camp. All sources blamed the Coalition for the strikes. Reportage by @banipon9 showed images and footage of “charred” civilians due to the use of internationally banned phosphorous bombs. According to Sana news “claiming the lives of a number

Summary

US-led Coalition

جليب غانم, Jleib Ghanem area, Al Qouriya desert, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Five civilians including two children and a woman were killed and between seven and nine more were wounded in an alleged US Coalition or Russian airstrike on a camp for displaced persons in the Jleib Ghanem area, Al Qouriya desert, according to local media. Most sources blamed Russia, though @basher_811 pointed to the Coalition,, reporting:

Summary

(2 children2 women1 man)

7–9

Russian Military, US-led Coalition

5 named, 1 familiy identified

الموصل‎, Mosul, near Bahauddin mosque, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Summary: A devastating airstrike on the Mosul neighbourhood of Rifai reportedly killed numerous non-combatants and injured up to 150 people. Among those killed in the event was Ayman al Hayali (who ran a clothing shop) and his family, including his wife and young son. Other sources claimed that 5 women and at least 3 children

Summary

(2–3 children1–5 women1 man)

12 – 50

30–150

130 km southwest of Mogadishu, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

Between five and seven civilians, including two children, were killed when a vehicle carrying suspected al Shabaab fighters exploded in their village, after being hit by what is thought to have been a US airstrike – though US Africa Command deny any strikes in the area on this date. The explosion reportedly injured a further

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

5 – 7

(2 children3 men)

2–3

US Forces, Kenyan Military Forces

Suspected target

Al-Shabaab

7 named, 2 families identified

Belligerents reported killed

2–5

الزهراء, Al-Zahraa, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

code: ISPT0888a
incident_date: 2023-11-04
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

(3 children1 woman1 man)

5 named, 1 familiy identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Village

العزبة, Al Ezba, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources reported that 15-year old Alloush Suleiman Al-Subhi was killed during a raid on Al-Ezba in the evening on September 3rd. Several sources claimed that Coalition forces and Kurdish militias conducted an airdrop in the area. The Syrian Human Rights Committee (SHRC) reported that Alloush was shot by SDF forces, with air support from

Summary

Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

1 – 3

Small arms and light weapons

Belligerents reported killed

0–2

حي الصبرة، مدينة غزة, Al-Sabra neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At dawn on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, a declared Israeli airstrike killed a prominent member of the Hamas’ political bureau and Head of the Emergency Committee of Hamas, Muhammad Daoud al-Jamasi, along with eight members of his family, including three women and four children, when the strike hit the home of the al-Jamasi family in

Summary

(4 children3 women2 men)

Known belligerent

9 named, 1 familiy identified

Neighbourhood/area

مروح, Marwah, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Six civilians, all members of the same family, were killed in an alleged Coalition strike on the Daesh-occupied town of Al Mourouj (or Al Mourwah) according to multiple reports. Saudi newspaper Asharq al Awsat reported that “six civilians were killed on Friday evening [August 14th] after an international Coalition plane bombed the village of Al

Summary

(0–1 children6 men)

12–24

6 named, 1 familiy identified

السواني, Al Swani, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

Between one and 12 civilians were allegedly killed by indiscriminate shelling on Al-Swani. Tripoli Now reported: “Indiscriminate shelling of innocent people and their homes in Al-Swani axis, which led to the death of two families. Another family was injured and 12 civilians were killed so far.” Libya Alahrar TV said one civilian was killed in

Summary

1 – 12

5–20

Government of National Accord, Libyan National Army

حي الثورة في مدينة إدلب, Al-Thawra neighborhood, Idlib City, Syria, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

code: R4751
incident_date: 2024-12-02
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Contested

Summary

5 – 6

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

An internally displaced person, a young girl named as Fatima Hasan Al Steif from Aleppo, was allegedly killed by a Coalition strike according to sources. Fatima was said to be the daughter of Hasan Al Steif, and the family had been displaced from the town of Al Safira, in Aleppo province, to Raqaa. In its

Summary

المصرف التجاري, Commercial Bank, Al Mayadeen, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

After midnight, alleged Coalition airplanes carried out a number of strikes on areas in Al-Mayadeen city which was under ISIS control at the time of the attack. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the airstrikes targeted the area where the Commercial Bank is located and struck a house in which an Iraqi family

Summary

(2 children1 woman)

US-led Coalition, Unknown