Civilian Casualties

US-led Coalition, Iraq Government Forces

جباليا, Jabalia, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

In the early morning hours of Wednesday, October 18th 2023, at least 39 identified civilians, including 11 members of al-Ashqar family and eight members of al-Wardeh family, were killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the two houses in Jabalia al-Badad in the Northern Gaza Strip. Among the victims killed in the airstrike were at

Summary

(14–15 children7 women8–9 men)

38 named, 7 families identified

Town

الموصل: الزنجيلي, Mosul, Al-Zinjili, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Two sources reported that dozens of civilians from three families died when ‘joint forces aircraft’ (either the Coalition or the Coalition with ISF aircraft) hit Zanjili neighbourhood in West Mosul. Al Jazeera said that “local sources reported that dozens of members of three families were killed in the bombing of the Zanjili district of Mosul.”

Summary

12 – 24

US-led Coalition, Iraq Government Forces

مسجد علي بن أبي طالب, رفح, Vicinity of Ali mosque, Rafah, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At the dawn of Tuesday, October 17th, 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike hit a residential building located on Jame’ Ali Street north of Ali Mosque in the Al Shaout (Al-Shawut) neighborhood in the western part of Rafah city, south of the Gaza Strip, reportedly killing a brother-in-law of the Palestinian journalist Hatem Omar, his wife

Summary

(1 child1 woman1 man)

4 named, 1 familiy identified

Nearby landmark

الفرقة, District 17, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

The Smart News Agency reported that “warplanes, believed to belong to the Coalition, targeted a water transport vehicle belonging to the organization [IS], while it was heading to the ’17th Division’, which it controls, killing its driver, who works in the organization’s service brigades and his seven-year-old son”. No further details are currently available.

Summary

1 – 2

(1 child0–1 men)

US-led Coalition

مخيم مخمور, Makhmur Camp, Erbil Governorate , Kurdistan, Iraq

LOCATION

On October 7th, 2023, a civilian was killed and at least three civilians—a woman and two boys— were injured after an alleged Turkish drone strike on the Makhmour Camp in the Erbil Governorate of the Iraqi Kurdistan region. The woman, who remains unnamed, was reported to be 72-years-old (born in 1951), and appears to have

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Infrastructure

Religious

Turkish Military

هنيدة, Hunaida, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

According to the Smart News Agency, likely Coalition warplanes “targeted a a mosque in the town of Hunaida (36 west of the city of Raqqa), killing two civilians and wounding a third seriously.” The Syrian Network for Human Rights said that the Hamada al Elaywi mosque was destroyed in the afternoon Coalition raid. Other sources

Summary

US-led Coalition

السلام, Al Salam, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

In the morning of Saturday, 21 October 2023, the al-Shaer family home in the Al-Salam neighborhood of Rafah was hit in an alleged Israeli airstrike, resulting in the deaths of 10 identified members of the family and the injury of others. A post from Ismail Abu Ahmed identified 10 members of the al-Shaer family who

Summary

(5 children3 women2 men)

10 named, 1 familiy identified

Neighbourhood/area

حي الاسكندرية, Tabaqah, Ishtiqariyah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the injury of a civilian in a strike on ISIS headquarters in al Tabaqah. Their August 2017 civilian casualty report noted: “During a strike on an ISIS headquarters, after reviewing post-strike video, it was assessed that one civilian, who was not observed near

Summary

Known belligerent

US-led Coalition

مسجد شهداء الأقصى، مخيم النصيرات, Vicinity of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Mosque, Nuseirat refugee camp, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At least two people were killed and many more, including women and children, were reportedly injured on October 17th or 18th 2023, when the Al Aqsa Martyrs Mosque near the Ain Jalut towers in the Nuseirat camp, in the central Gaza Strip, was allegedly bombed by an Israeli military aircraft. Al Quds News Agency reported

Summary

12–24

العمادية, Amadiyah, Duhok, Iraq

LOCATION

Three civilians were reportedly injured in alleged Turkish airstrikes on Amadiyah, Iraq. Iraqhurr reported intensive bombing on PKK positions in the area and said that it “led to the wounding of three civilians.” Sputnik News also reported Turkish airstrikes in the area but did not mention civilian harm. No additional details are presently known regarding

Summary

الموصل: غرب/الجانب الأيمن, Mosul, West, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Multiple local sources and Al’Amaq [ISIL press agency] reported that up to 108 civilians were killed and 265 were wounded due to artillery shelling and airstrikes by the international Coalition, the Iraqi Joint Forces and popular militia over a number of days. A medical source had told Yaqein Agency in a press statement that “108

Summary

30 – 108

265

US-led Coalition, Iraq Government Forces, Iraq Irregular Forces

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

LOCATION

At about 7:30 pm on Saturday, October 14, 2023, the Cancer Diagnostic Center Treatment at Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City was allegedly struck by Israeli airstrikes, resulting in injuries to four hospital staff workers. The injured staff members were receiving medical treatment for their wounds at the time of reporting. Don Binder, Canon of St.

Summary

Impact

الباب, Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between one and five civilians were reportedly killed in alleged Turkish airstrikes on Al Bab, Syria. Al Bab Al Hadath said that “one person was killed due to Turkish bombardment near the big mosque in Al-Bab city.” According to LCCSY, eight people were killed in the Aleppo area and “the majority” of them in Al

Summary

1 – 5

(0–1 women2 men)

الرفاعي, Mosul, Rifae, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Multiple local sources reported that a family of four brothers and their uncle, as well as a man with his son, and a woman, were killed in Rifae neighborhood after missiles and airstrikes hit the area. The raids took place in the street near the Mufti Mosque, in front of the medical clinic, and near

Summary

(1 woman)

US-led Coalition, Unknown

2 named

شارع اليرموك، مدينة غزة, Al Yarmouk Street, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Friday, October 20, 2023, 10 members of the Al-Suwerki family and nine members of the Atallah family were killed when their houses in Yarmouk Street, near the Al Ghafri Junction, in Gaza City, were destroyed due to an alleged Israeli bombing. At least three people were also injured in the incident. Journalist Saed Al-Suwerki,

Summary

(4–6 children6 women7–9 men)

22 named, 2 families identified

كفر لوسين, Kafr Luseen, Turkish-Syrian borders, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

A single source, the Step News Agency, reported that “a child was wounded by bullets fired by the Turkish army is in the camp of Zahra_Gulf in the area of Kafr Luseen on the border with Turkey and was transferred to a nearby hospital.” No further details are currently available.

Summary

Turkish Military

دبسي عفنان, Dibsi Afnan, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

One woman and one girl were reportedly killed in Dabsi Afnan in Raqqa governorate, roughly 30km west of Tabaqah, but it was contested who was responsible. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS) and the Syrian Network for Human Rights alleged that the Coalition was responsible for the airstrikes, while Mohab Nasser, Euphrates Post and several

Summary

2 – 6

(1 child1 woman)

in the vicinity of the village of Yaq Dabel, Lower Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

On the 9th of February, 2024, U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) conducted an airstrike against Al-Shabaab near the village of Yaq Dabel, located to the west of the city of Kismayo in Lower Juba, Somalia. AFRICOM released a statement on the 14th of February regarding the strike which made reference to an initial post-strike assessment that

Summary

Belligerents reported killed

بزاعا, Bza'a village, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Up to four non-combatants died in alleged Russian airstrikes on the village of Bza’a, according to local sources. SY_Post said Russian warplanes conducted three raids on the village.

Summary

3 – 4

(1 woman1–3 men)

حارة البدو, Al Badou, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

An unspecified number of civilians died and one named civilian was injured in airstrikes and/or an artillery bombardment on Raqqa’s Bado neighbourhood, according to local sources. Mohammed Amiro was named as injured when an artillery shell fell behind the Directorate of Water in the Bado neighbourhood – though sources didn’t identify the culprit. RFS reported

Summary

بالقرب من دوار الزعرب، رفح , Vicinity of Zorob roundabout, Rafah City, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 21st, 2023, at least 15 people were reportedly killed and 40 others were injured as a result of an alleged Israeli military bombing of a house for the Zorob family in the Zorob roundabout area in Rafah. Many local sources, including Facebook posts from Samer Zorob, Diwan Al Zaroub and Rami Saleh Zoroub,

Summary

15 – 16

(9 children4 women2 men)

15 named, 1 familiy identified

اللطامنة, Ltamenah, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

An alleged Russian airstrike on a field hospital in northern Hama injured a number of people including medical staff and killed one, according to reports. Up to six rebels also died. “Russian warplanes launched a raid at the field hospital in the town of Al-Lataminah countryside north of Hama, which inflicted casualties among the medical

Summary

(1 man)

ِبني سهيلا, Bani Suhaila, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Shortly before 1:15pm on Wednesday, October 18th, 2023, at least one woman was reportedly killed and two civilians were injured after an alleged Israeli airstrike on a house belonging to the Al-Raqab family in the Salah al-Din neighborhood in the town of Bani Suhaila, east of Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip. At 1:15pm Safa News reported

Summary

1 – 2

(1 woman)

1 named

Town

Castello Road, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Four or five civilians died in an airstrike on Castello road, according to local sources – though it’s unclear rom reports whether Russia or the Syrian regime were responsible. A report by LCCSY said that five civilians died in an alleged Russian airstrike. But Almokhtasar, Syrianpc and LCCSY were among other sources who blamed the regime. RadioAlkul said that the regime carried

Summary

4 – 5

(1 man)

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

1 named, 1 familiy identified

دير البلح, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

During the evening of Tuesday, October 24th 2023, at least six civilians, including two women and two children, were reportedly killed and multiple people were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike which reportedly hit the al-Adini family home in Deir Al Balah, central Gaza Strip. The Palestinian Press Agency Safa, along with multiple other sources,

Summary

(2 children2 women2 men)

2–10

الهبيط, Al Habeet, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Up to five civilians including one or two children were reported killed in an alleged Russian airstrike at Al Habeet. The 9pm attack was said to involve high-explosive rockets, and three of the the dead, two men and a child were later named. Another child may also have died in the incident according to some

Summary

3 – 4

(1–2 children2 men)

4 named, 2 families identified

البوكمال, Abu Kamal, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Hashim Abdul Fattah Al-Ali, eight or 12-years-old, died of a heart attack after he was said to have heard a nearby Coalition airstrike in Abu Kamal, Deir Ezzor, local sources reported. Aletihadpress put Hashim’s age at 12 years, reporting that “according to local sources, 12-year-old Hashim Abd al-Fattah al-Ali was sitting with his family in

Summary

(1 child)

بالقرب من محطة وقود الأقصى، رفح, Vicinity of Al-Aqsa Petrol Station, Rafah, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

During the afternoon of Tuesday, October 24th 2023, 16 people were reportedly killed and 16 others were injured as a result of an alleged Israeli bombing on the home of the Zorob family, near Al-Aqsa station, west of Rafah, Gaza Strip. In multiple posts on social media, family members reported the names of 16 individuals

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Infrastructure

Residential

(9–12 children2–5 women2 men)

Impact

16 named, 1 familiy identified