Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

ISSY-010619

Incident date

June 1, 2019

Location

تل الشعار, Tal Al Sha’ar, Quneitra, Syria

Airwars assessment

At least three soldiers were killed and seven others were wounded in declared Israeli strikes on Tal Al Sha’ar in Quneitra on June 1, 2019.

Sputnik News reported that the Israeli strikes “led to the rise of three soldiers and wounding seven others in addition to material damage.” Syrian Arab News Agency also confirmed the death of “three martyrs and wounding seven soldiers were injured in addition to some material losses.”

A spokesman for the IDF tweeted “Israel defense sources targets a number of military targets in Syria # in response to the firing of two rockets at the # Jabal al-Sheikh north of Al Golan on Saturday evening. Among the targets: two artillery batteries and several monitoring and intelligence sites in the Golan area as well as a sa2 air defense battery.”

The incident occured at 04:10:00 local time.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Declared strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    No
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Known belligerent
    Israeli Military
  • Known target
    Assad regime
  • Belligerents reported killed
    3
  • Belligerents reported injured
    7

Sources (4) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (2) [ collapse]

Israeli Military Assessment:

  • Known belligerent
    Israeli Military
  • Israeli Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Original strike reports

Israeli Military

A spokesman for the IDF tweeted "Israel defense sources targets a number of military targets in Syria # in response to the firing of two rockets at the # Jabal al-Sheikh north of Al Golan on Saturday evening. Among the targets: two artillery batteries and several monitoring and intelligence sites in the Golan area as well as a sa2 air defense battery."

Summary

  • Strike status
    Declared strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    No
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Known belligerent
    Israeli Military
  • Known target
    Assad regime
  • Belligerents reported killed
    3
  • Belligerents reported injured
    7

Sources (4) [ collapse]