Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

R4740

Incident date

December 1, 2024

Location

قرية الكريدية في ريف مدينة بزاعة,, home of Hamid Al-Jasem in Al Karidiya village, Bazaa Countryside, Aleppo, Syria

Airwars assessment

On the night of Sunday, December 1st, 2024, two alleged Russian airstrikes reportedly killed a man, Hamid Al-Jasem, and injured his wife and two children when the strikes hit his family home in the village of Al-Karidiyah, in Bazaa countryside, east of Aleppo, Syria.

A tribute to Al-Jasem was posted on Facebook by @News of Northern Syria, moment by moment, and noted that Al-Jasem’s family home was hit in the airstrike. The post included a photo of Al-Jasem, a middle-aged man. He was pictured with a beard and dark hair, wearing a plain T-shirt. The image is cropped from a larger photograph that included a young child.

The White Helmets (@SyriaCivilDefe on twitter/X) noted the incident at 11:15 AM local time, which implied that the incident took place before 9:15 GMT. However, in its tweets, the SCD noted that the incident happened at night.

@Levant24_ar and @ibra_him_7_5 on Twitter/X reported that the belligerent was the Russian military. This aligns with multiple reports from @SyriaCivilDefe across social media.

The incident occured during the night.

The victims were named as:

Family members (4)

Hamid Al-Jasem حامد الجاسم
Adult male killed
wife of Hasem زوجة هاشم
Adult female injured
child of Hasem ابن حاسم
injured
child of Hasem ابن حا
injured

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    3
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military

Sources (10) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (1) [ collapse]

  • Source: News of northern Syria, moment by moment

Russian Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military
  • Russian Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    3
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military

Sources (10) [ collapse]