Civilian Casualties

عناصر تأمين المساعدات شرق رفح, East Rafah, Gaza Strip, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

In the early afternoon of Friday, July 5, 2024, at least one civilian was reportedly shot dead by the alleged Israeli military vehicles in East Rafah in the Gaza Strip. Social media users helped Airwars to identify the name of the victim as 33-year-old Sufyan Alian Baraka (Al-Siou), adding that he was shot while getting

Summary

(1 man)

مستشفى القدس في حي تل الهوا غرب غزة, Al-Quds Hospital in the Tal Al-Hawa, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Shortly before 3:00pm on Friday November 10th, 2023 one person was killed and at least 20 others, including many children, were injured when alleged Israeli snipers opened fire on Al-Quds Hospital, in the Tel-al Hawa Neighbourhood, west of Gaza. Medical staff, patients and more than 14,000 displaced people were reportedly sheltering in Al-Quds Hospital, when

Summary

Artillery, Ground operation

Infrastructure

Healthcare, Hospital

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

20–28

Causes of injury / death

مدينة الدريهمي في محافظة الحديدة, Ad-Duraihimi, Al-Hudaydah, Yemen

LOCATION

On December 21st, 2024 four children were reportedly injured when a previously unexploded ordinance detonated in Ad-Duraihimi City in Al-Hudaydah Governorate, Yemen. Some sources reported that the munition was “left behind by the US-Saudi aggression”, with others writing that the ordinance was planted by the “Houthi militias”. On December 25th, 2024, the Human Rights Office,

Summary

Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)

US Forces, Saudi-led Coalition, Houthi Forces

Suspected belligerents

4 named, 1 familiy identified

City

مفترق التوام, Al Tawam Junction, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

One person was reportedly killed and two others wounded after an alleged Israeli “explosive device” denoted near the Al-Tawam Junction in Northern Gaza on 22 January, 2025, days after a ceasefire was announced on January 19th 2025. No further information on the deceased or injured has been made available. Due to the cyclical nature of

Summary

Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)

مدرسة حليمة السعدية في جباليا النزلة, Halima al-Sadia School school in Jabalia Al Nazla, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On December 2, 2024, a girl was killed and another person was injured by tank fire allegedly from the Israeli military which hit Halima al-Sadia School, in Jabalia Al-Nazla in the north of the Gaza strip. Multiple local sources, including @qudsn, reported that a girl was killed when Israeli tanks fired on Halima al-Sadia School.

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike, Ground operation

Infrastructure

Education

طريق الرشيد الساحلي, Al-Rashid Road, Deir al-Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Around midday on Friday, November 3rd, 2023, an alleged shelling from Israeli tanks and/or naval boats hit displaced families on the Al-Rashid Al-Bahri coastal road in the Gaza Strip. This shelling, occurring amid attempts by civilians to flee to the southern regions of Gaza from the north, resulted in the deaths of at least 14

Summary

Ground operation, Naval bombardment

(7 children2 women1 man)

12–24

10 named, 3 families identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Exact location (other)

شارع 5، خان يونس, Street 5, Khan Younis, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Saturday, August 24, 2024, Mohammed Izzat bo Ouda, a 48-year-old man, was killed when he was shot by alleged Israeli gunfire. Three others were also injured in the incident as the Israeli forces reportedly opened fire on IDP tents on Street 5, west of Khan Younis. Mohammed and the wounded were taken to the

Summary

(1 man)

العلاشل, village of Al-Olashli, Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

On the evening of Wednesday, March 20, 2024, Nawar Mahmoud Al-Hanano, a young boy, was killed by sniper fire allegedly from the SDF militia in the village of Al-Olashli, Al Bab, east of Aleppo, Syria. The sniper attack occurred near the Western Mosque as civilians were leaving following Tarawih prayers during Ramadan. Twitter user @Wolveri07681751

Summary

Fiiqaay forest, Middle Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

According to the Somali government, more than 35 militants were killed by operations carried out by the Somali military and “international partners” in Fiiqaay forest, Middle Shabelle on March 24, 2024. The Somali Ministry of Defence (@MoDSomaliya) announced on X/Twitter that “Somali National Army neutralised 80+ Khawarij (al-Shabaab) militants, including leaders, were eliminated in planned

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery, Ground operation

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

Causes of injury / death

International Forces (Unknown)

Suspected target

Al-Shabaab

Belligerents reported killed

مدرسة أبو حسين الابتدائية للذكورجباليا, Abu Hussein Elementary School for Boys, Jabalia, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

In the early afternoon of Thursday, October 17, 2024, alleged Israeli forces (either through artillery strikes or tank fire) hit the Abu Hussein Elementary School for Boys affiliated with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) located in the Jabalia Refugee Camp, North Gaza, reportedly killing at least 18 civilians, including

Summary

Artillery, Ground operation

Infrastructure

Education, Food/Water Distribution, Humanitarian, IDP or Refugee Camp, Primary School

(2–10 children1–5 women12–15 men)

18 – 35

150

19 named, 4 families identified

Exact location (via Airwars)

بالقرب من دوار بني سهيلة، خان يونس, Vicinity of Bani Suhaila roundabout, Khan Younis, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Shortly before 7:58 AM on July 24, 2024, two civilians, including a child, were killed and a number of civilians were injured by alleged Israeli sniper fire near the Bani Suhaila roundabout in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip. According to the journalist Hani Al Shaer’s Facebook and Telegram accounts, one more civilian was also killed at

Summary

1 – 3

دوار أبو حميد، خان يونس, Abu Hamid roundabout, Khan Younis, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On July 24 2024, an alleged Israeli military shooting injured a number of people. The incident occurred at the centre of Khan Younis, close to the Abu Hamid roundabout in the city centre, and was reported by eight sources. Among these sources were the Safa News Agency and the social media agency, Echo of the

Summary

يحمر الشقيف, Yahmar al Shaqif, Nabatieh District, Lebanon

LOCATION

On Monday, September 23rd 2024, at least four civilians, including a woman and two children, were reportedly killed and several civilians were injured following an alleged Israeli attack in the town of Yahmar Al-Shaqif in al-Nabatieh governorate of southern Lebanon. The exact number of casualties was not widely reported, however based on the number of

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery, Ground operation

(2 children1 woman1 man)

4 named, 1 familiy identified

Town

مدرسة عيلبون بلدة القرارة, Eilabun school, Al-Qarara, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On July 24th, 2024, 45-year-old Osama Marzi Abu Lahia and 54-year-old Adel Omar Tafesh were killed and a number of others wounded in an alleged Israeli sniper attack inside the Eilabun School, located in the town of Al-Qarara, east of Khan Yunis, in the Gaza Strip. The school had been serving as a shelter for

Summary

(2 men)

Names matched with MoH IDs

2 named

دير البلح, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

While seeking shelter in a school located in Deir Al Balah, a woman was reportedly injured by an alleged Israeli sniper shortly before 3:15 PM on August 24th, 2024. Many sources such as the Palestinian Refugee Portal and the Palestine Post reported on the sniper shooting, however all the sources repeated the same information. Therefore,

Summary

منطقة بئر النعجة, Bir Al Naja area, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On February 5th, 2024, two brothers, one of them a child, were reportedly injured by an alleged Israeli shooting while inspecting their house in the Bir Al Naja area in the northern Gaza Strip. According to an Instagram post by @Tariq_al_deqes on February 5th, Obaida Abu Safiya, a 16-year-old boy, and his older brother were

Summary

2 named, 1 familiy identified

Neighbourhood/area

قرب مجمع مدارس العودة ببلدة عبسان الكبيرة, Vicinity of Al Awda Schools Complex, Abasan Al Kabira, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On July 24th 2024, one child was killed and another seriously injured when an alleged Israeli sniper shot the children near the Al Awda Schools Complex in the town of Abasan Al Kabira. The two young siblings were reportedly returning to the school when they were hit. The victims were identified as 7 year old

Summary

2 named, 1 familiy identified

Al-Quds Hospital in Tal Al-Hawa, west of Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Two displaced people were wounded in the chest and abdomen when Israeli forces allegedly fired bullets in front of the Al-Quds Hospital in the Tal Al-Hawa neighbourhood, located west of Gaza City. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported that the two people injured by the gunshots were a child and a young man. It said

Summary

دوار النابلسي، شارع راشد، مدينة غزة, Al-Nabulsi Roundabout, Rashid Street, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

In the early hours of February 29th 2024, more than a hundred civilians were killed at a humanitarian distribution point when attempting to collect flour. The deaths were said by local sources, including eyewitnesses, and UN experts to have resulted from Israeli forces opening fire on a large crowd gathered at the collection point. Israeli

Summary

127 – 150

(2 children27 men)

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

760–1000

Causes of injury / death

28 named, 1 familiy identified

بجوار مسجد صلاح طريق صلاح الدين, Vicinity of Salah Mosque, Salah al-Din Road, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Sunday, November 19th 2023, two civilians, including prominent journalist Bilal Jadallah, were killed in an alleged Israeli strike on a car on Salah al-Din Road, near the Salah Mosque, in the Zeitoun neighbourhood, in Gaza City. Bilal Jadallah, or ‘Abu Muhammad’, a Palestinian journalist and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Press

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery, Ground operation

(2 men)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

رفح, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On the morning of Friday 7th of June 2024, at least one civilian was killed and four others were injured in an alleged Israeli ground operation with snipers who attacked the Fisherman’s port in the west of the city of Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip. The one civilian death was identified as

Summary

(1 man)

Names matched with MoH IDs

1 named

City