Civilian Casualties

(1 man)

Russian Military

شعث, Shaath, Baalbek District, Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon

LOCATION

On the night of September 25th, 2024, four family members were reportedly killed due to an alleged Israeli raid on the town of Shaat in the Bekaa, Lebanon. The family members were identified as grandparents Zainab Zaiter, Afif Zaiter and their two grandchildren, Karar Turki Zaiter and Muhammad Turki Zaiter. Numerous social media sources confirmed the strike

Summary

(0–1 children3–4 men)

Israeli Military

4 named, 1 familiy identified

Town

تفتناز, Taftanez, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Up to 11 civilians including one named women, and children, died and as many as 25 more were wounded in an airstrike on Taftanaz, local media reported. Reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. RFS media office and Halab Today TV were among sources that blamed

Summary

3 – 11

(1 woman)

10–25

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

1 named

Exact location (via Airwars)

حي طريق الباب, Tareeq al-Bab (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Two or three civilians died and several more were wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike on Aleppo’s Tareeq al Bab neighbourhood, according to sources on the ground. LCCSY put the death toll at two, though the Step News Agency and the Syrian Network for Human Rights were among the majority of sources saying that at

Summary

2 – 3

Russian Military

شارع المنصورة، حيّ الشّجاعية, Al-Mansoura Street, Shujaiya Neighborhood, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Shortly after 8pm on November 5th, 2023, a number of Palestinian civilians were reportedly killed and injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on a home in Al-Mansoura Street in Shujaiya neighbourhood, east of Gaza City. Sources such as Najah FM and Al-Watan Voice reported that the home belonged to the Obaid family. The sources did

Summary

Israeli Military

الزربة, Al Zirba, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Up to eight civilians died in alleged Russia or regime airstrike on the city of al Zirba, Aleppo, according to local media. Some sources said that the strikes only caused damage and no civilian harm. For example, the Smart News Agency reported that “Russian warplanes shelled in Zirba in the southern western countryside of Aleppo

Summary

0 – 8

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

خان شيخون, Khan Shaykhun, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilians died in a strike on farmland near Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib, according to sources on the ground – though reports were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Syrian regime were to blame. Step News Agency, LCCSY, @Sy_Reporter and Shahba Press all blamed Russia – and put the number of civilians killed at

Summary

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Town

الأتارب, Al-Atareb, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

On Tuesday evening, October 15th, 2024, an artillery shelling with contested responsibility allegedly carried out by the Syrian regime, and/or Russian and/or Iranian “militias” reportedly struck the town of Al-Atareb, in the Aleppo Governorate, Syria, killing a 23-year-old man, Muhammad Abdul Karim Ubaid, and a child, Ibtisam Joubra’il, and injuring at least six and up to

Summary

2 – 3

(1–2 children1 man)

6–8

Syrian Regime, Russian Military, Iranian Military

8 named, 2 families identified

حاج علي, Hajj Ali, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Two civilians were reported by medical sources in the city to have been “accidentally killed” in an airstrike on a “Daesh stronghold in Qayyarah, Mosul“. However the Wameedh Sabah blog reported a security source as saying that the casualties were inflicted by an Iraq Army airstrike. Up to 81 alleged militants were also reported killed

Summary

US-led Coalition, Iraq Government Forces

حريتان, Hraytan, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

On July 5th 2016, alleged shelling by either Russian and/or Syrian regime warplanes, killed up to four civilians. According to Step News and Al Jazeera there were no reported casualties, however Janoubia News reported one female casualty, and Halab Today named one male civilian casualty – yet the age is not specified. Further to this,

Summary

1 – 4

(1 woman)

Unknown, Syrian Regime

1 named

بالقرب من مستشفى النجار، حي الجنينة، رفح, Vicinity of Al-Najjar Hospital, Al-Geneina neighbourhood, Rafah, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Shortly before 18:47 on Saturday, November 4, 2023, three workers on a poultry farm in the vicinity of the Al-Najjar Hospital in Al-Geneina neighbourhood east of the city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip were killed and one was injured by an alleged Israeli airstrike on the farm facility. The workers killed were named by

Summary

Agriculture, Livestock

(3 men)

Israeli Military

3 named, 1 familiy identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Nearby landmark

الموصل‎, Mosul, Al Wehda, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local residents reported that an “international airstrike” involving three missiles had struck houses killing and injuring civilians. NINA claimed that five women from one family were among the dead.

Summary

(5 women)

قطاع غزة, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

code: ISPT0914a
incident_date: 2023-11-05
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair

Summary

(1 woman)

Impact

الموصل‎, Mosul, multiple neighbourhoods, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

According to a single source, local eyewitness claimed one unnamed civilian was killed and five others were severely injured after the coalition allegedly bombed several areas in Makhmoor, south of Mosul

Summary

10 km southwest of Quyno Barrow, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

The United States announced an airstrike against Al-Shabaab militants in the Lower Shabelle region on 24 December, 2024. The strike, which took place approximately 10 km southwest of Quyno Barrow, reportedly killed two Al-Shabaab members, including a lead commander, Mohamed Mire. AFRICOM released a statement on December 26th announcing that “In coordination with the Federal

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Belligerents reported killed

متراس, Mitras, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Reported Coalition airstrikes at 11 am on the village of Mitras killed three civilians, according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights. These were identified as an adult male, a teenager and a child. This event bears a resemblance to an April 19th incident at the same location (CS063) in that the victims are from

Summary

(2 children1 man)

3 named, 1 familiy identified

Bulo Haji, Lower Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

In an alleged civilian harm event previously unrecorded by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, a declassified AFRICOM report obtained in Spring 2019 identified a claimed event near Kismayo in October 2018. According to Casimada, “The strike against Al-Qaeda linked Al-Shabaab group was conducted in Bulo-Haji area near the town, killing at least 3 children, a

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

(3 children)

تل الرمان, Tal Al-Rumman, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

A child was killed and two women were wounded by airstrikes on Tal Al-Rumman on October 24, 2017, local media reported. All sources blamed Russian warplanes for the strikes. One source reported there were a number of injured civilians, but did not specify a number, however Smart News alleged two women were wounded in the

Summary

(1 child)

LOCATION

Mahmoudiya, Kirkuk, Iraq

Although reporting was confused, there were claims of a fresh coalition airstrike in the vicinity of Hawija which killed a number of civilians. A Facebook page calling itself Hawija Now said that five women and 2 children died in the nearby village of Mahmoudiya. One extremely graphic image appears to show a woman survivor of

Summary

5 – 7

(2 children5 women)

6–13

مقبرة ماجل الدمة، حي الصافية، صَنْعَاء‎, Majel Ad-Damna Cemetery, Al-Safiyah District, Sanaa, Sanaa, Yemen

LOCATION

Two civilians, a young man and his daughter, were injured when alleged US airstrikes struck the Majel Ad-Damna cemetery in the Al-Safiyah neighborhood of Sana’a, Yemen the evening of April 19, 2025. A Houthi leader was also reportedly killed in the strike. @TvAlmasirah reported that one person was wounded by a US strike on the

Summary

Car, Cultural Site, Vehicle

Belligerents reported killed

طرابلس‎, Tripoli, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

One civilian was reportedly injured by indiscriminate shelling on Tripoli. The Center for Field Medicine and Support said that Dr. Mohammed Al-Khitouni was wounded when a shell dropped near his hospital. The page posted a picture of him recovering at the hospital. Local reports of shelling point at the GNA or LNA as the perpetrator

Summary

Government of National Accord, Libyan National Army

1 named

السجن الاحتياطي، صعدة, Remand Detention Center, Sadaa, Sadaa, Yemen

LOCATION

code: USYEM250428a
incident_date: 2025-04-28
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair

Summary

47–65

US Forces

Exact location (via Airwars)

الرطبة, Ar Rutbah, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

The marketplace in Ar Rutbah was hit in an alleged Coalition airstrike according to reports, killing up to five people and injuring eight more. An adult male and a young male child were pictured among the dead. Iraqi Revolution for example reported that “heavy shelling targeted Rutba focused on the market and fuel station and

Summary

3 – 5

(2 children1 man)

السلام, Mosul, Al Salam, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

In the afternoon of 8 November, an airstrike reportedly hit al-Salam neighbourhood of eastern Mosul City killing 14 civilians, including three children and five women, and wounding another 11 civilians, including two women and a child. No additional details are presently known. In their May 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that

Summary

(3 children5 women)

US Forces

لمنزل في دير البلح وسط قطاع غزة, the Sabah and al-Jarjawi family houses in the al-Masha'la neighborhood in Deir al Balah, Deir al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

code: ISPT0908
incident_date: 2023-11-05
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair

Summary

15 – 16

12–24

القائم, Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

Six civilians were reported killed and 27 injured in an alleged Coalition strike at al Qaim in Anbar province.

Summary

حرمك, Near Kunya Barrow, Middle Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

Two civilians including a named woman were reported injured by a US airstrike near Kunya Barrow. Halgan Media noted: “A pro militant mouthpiece dubbed Somali Memo claimed a mother of 5 children was wounded in the drone strike, when reigned down on there home overnight. According to Somali Memo, the victim has been identified as

Summary

الرمادي, Ramadi, Warrar, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

Local sources claimed that at least five civilians – mostly children and women from two displaced families – were killed and six to 12 wounded after an aerial bombing of their home in the Warrar area of Ramadi. Al Samaria quoted what it said was an anonymous source in the Daesh-occupied city: “Two missiles from

Summary

5 – 7

(1–4 children3 women)

6–12

بين أبو زوير وحدود حي الحديثة, Between Abu Zuwair and the Al Haditha district border, Salah Al Din, Iraq

LOCATION

Up to four civilians were reported killed in Abu Zuwair, Baiji in Iraq on June 30th, 2020 when a US-led coalition drone bombed them after they carried wreckage of a US-led coalition drone that had crashed earlier on that day. Local reports said that the raid resulted in killing up to four shepherds and the

Summary

2 – 4

(2–4 men)

الهزيمة, Al Hazimah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Eight children and three women were widely reported killed, in what most sources claimed to be a Coalition airstrike. While Raqqah is Being Slaughtered and Radio Alkul did not attribute the attack, the Syrian Observatory blamed the Coalition: “Eight children and three citizen women were killed in a bombing by the international coalition’s warplanes on

Summary

11 – 12

(8 children3 women)