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In the vicinity of Dhaardaar, approximately 81 km southeast of Bosaso, Somalia

In conjunction with the Somali government, U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) conducted a strike against Islamic State militants on 31 May, 2024 in “a remote area in the vicinity of Dhaardaar”. AFRICOM reported that the strike had killed three IS militants, “with no civilian casualties”. X/Twitter user @ZakeriyeAxmed reported that the strike targeted IS leader and…

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Military actors reported killed

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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30–31 May, 2024

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مستشفى الثورة العام، الحديدة, Vicinity of Al-Thawra Hospital, Al-Hudaydah, Al-Hudaydah, Yemen

Around midnight on May 30th-May 31st, 2024, at least two civilians were killed and up to 18 civilians were injured, including journalists, as a result of declared US-UK airstrikes on the Hudaydah Radio building located in front of Al-Thawra Hospital in Al Hudayah, Yemen. Four attacks that had been allegedly perpetrated on the building destroyed…

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Media (Radio Station)

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Military actors reported killed

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

U.S. Forces, UK Military

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30–31 May, 2024

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ميناء الصليف, Al-Sulayf seaport, Al-Hudaydah, Yemen

Around midnight on May 30th-May 31st, 2024, 14 civilians, including a sailor named Ayoub Abdullah Hassan Zaidan, were killed and 25 other civilians were injured, including one heavily injured sailor, as a result of the declared US-UK airstrike on the Coast Guard building located in the Salif (Al Sulayf) seaport in the Al Hudayhah Governorate,…

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Transportation (Port)

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

UK Military, U.S. Forces

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30–31 May, 2024

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صنعاء, Sanaa, Sanaa, Yemen

One civilian was injured as a result of the declared raids perpetrated by US and UK military on Sanaa, Yemen, around midnight on May 30th-May 31st, 2024. According to the statement issued by the Yemeni Armed Forces and posted by the Facebook user Murtada Ahmad Al Mahtouri, four strikes on the capital Sanaa allegedly perpetrated…

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Civilians reported injured

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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عمارة سكنية في حي الكورنيش الجنوبي بمدينة بانياس, a residential building in the southern Corniche neighborhood of the city of Banyas, Tartous, Syria

At approximately 7:30 pm on Wednesday, 29th May 2024, an airstrike and/or artillery strike with contested responsibility allegedly perpetrated by the Israeli military or the Syrian regime forces on a residential building in the southern Corniche neighborhood of the city of Banyas, Tartous governorate, Syria, killed one young girl and injured at least twelve identified…

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31 December 2024

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Israeli Military

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بالقرب من مستودعات الأونروا الرئيسية، تل السلطان، رفح, Vicinity of UNRWA warehouses, Tal al-Sultan neighbourhood, Rafah, Rafah, Palestinian territories

At least 46 civilians, including at least 12 women and 13 children, were killed by a declared Israeli strike on displaced persons tents called the Kuwaiti Peace Camp near a UNRWA warehouse in the Tel al-Sultan area of Rafah on May 26, 2024. Hundreds more were reported injured. The IDF spokesman Avichay Adraee announced that…

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29 September 2025

Residential, IDP or Refugee Camp, Warehouse

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Military actors reported killed

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Israeli Military

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Calmadow/Almadow Mountains, Puntland, Somalia

Over 20 Al-Shabaab militants, including three high-level members, were allegedly killed and dozens injured by airstrikes conducted by the Somali government and "international partners" on 26 May, 2024 in the Calmadow mountains of Puntland. The strikes were reported to have targeted a “terrorist camp” and “disrupted a terrorist plot targeting civilians”. Multiple parties denied involvement;…

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Military actors reported killed

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

International Forces (Unknown), United Arab Emirates Military

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قرية ام السطح, villages of Ousjali Saghir and Um Al-Satih, Manbij countryside, Aleppo, Syria

Around dawn on Thursday, May 23, 2024, an alleged Turkish artillery attack on the Ousjali Saghir, Umm al-Satih, and other villages in the western countryside of the Manbji province, Syria, killed a woman and injured five citizens, including three children. Hawar News reported that 55-year-old Fateem Al-Dandan from the village of Umm Al-Satih in the western…

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Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Turkish Military

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سد الشهباء, Al-Shahba Dam vicinity in the north of Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

An artillery or drone strike reportedly perpetrated by the Turkish military on the morning of Saturday, May 18th, 2024, resulted in the death of a child and the injury of three other children on an agricultural land in the Al-Shahba Dam vicinity located in the northern countryside of Aleppo Governorate, Syria. The victim, Fares Khalaf Ibrahim, a…

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Airstrike (Drone Strike), Airstrike and/or Artillery

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Turkish Military

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village Al-Tokhar, northeastern countryside of Manbij, east of Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

On the morning of Saturday, May 18, 2024, an alleged artillery strike carried out by Turkish forces and allied factions on the civilian homes located in the Syrian village of Al-Tokhar in the northeastern countryside of Manbij, northeast of Aleppo, injured three civilians, including a child. According to local sources referencing the Manbij Military Council,…

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Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Turkish Military

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Ali Hayle area of Middle Shabelle, Galmudug, Somalia

An airstrike reportedly carried out by the Somali government and “international partners” on 15 May, 2024 on the Ali Hayle area of the Middle Shabelle resulted in the deaths of several militants. Along with the al-Shabaab members killed, the strike destroyed a water tank, according to Halqabsi News. The Facebook page for Baraawe TV, reporting…

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Vehicle, Water (Water tank)

Military actors reported killed

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

International Forces (Unknown)

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قرية أم جلود, village Umm Jaloud in the Manbij countryside, east of Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

On Tuesday, May 14th, 2024, one civilian was reportedly injured as a result of an alleged Turkish artillery shelling in the Manbij countryside, to the east of Aleppo, Syria. The village of Umm Jaloud and the surrounding area were struck by mortar shells allegedly coming from the Turkish military base in the village of Al-Yashli.…

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Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Turkish Military

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شارع كشكو في حي الزيتون, مدينة غزة, Kishko street, Al-Zeitoun neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, Palestinian territories

Shortly before 16:00 on Sunday, May 12th 2024, one civilian was killed and two were injured following an alleged airstrike by the Israeli military on the Al-Zeitoun neighbourhood, east of Gaza City. Shehab Agency reported that the home belonging to the “Siyam” family on Kishko Street had been hit by Israeli military aircraft. A video…

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2 September 2024

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Israeli Military

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بالقرب من مدرسة فاطمة الخطيب، مخيم بشيت، جنوب رفح, Vicinity of Fatima Al Khatib School, Bishit Refugee Camp, Rafah, Rafah, Palestinian territories

On May 12th 2024, a 23-year-old man, likely a militant, named Adham Karam Abu Sharkh was reported killed and three other people were injured by an alleged Israeli drone strike on the Bishit Refugee Camp in Rafah, Gaza Strip. A Facebook post by Laith.achouri1 indicated that Adham was a member of a militant organization, writing…

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Airstrike (Drone Strike)

IDP or Refugee Camp

Civilians reported injured

Military actors reported killed

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Israeli Military

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مركز بيسان الطبي، مخيم البريج, Bisan Medical Center, Bureij Camp, Deir al-Balah, Palestinian territories

On the evening of May 12th 2024, a child named Hani Arafat Abu Jalal was killed and at least 10 others were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Bisan Medical Center, located in the Bureij Refugee Camp in central Gaza. On May 12th, the Palestinian Press Agency (Safa.ps) reported “Injuries as the [Israeli…

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Healthcare, IDP or Refugee Camp

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Israeli Military

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شارع النزهة، جباليا, Al Nuzha Street, Jabalia, North Gaza, Palestinian territories

On Sunday May 12th 2024 at approximately 1pm, two men - Abdul Rahman Musa Shehab and Muhammad Obaid - were reportedly killed in an alleged Israeli drone strike and artillery strikes on homes in the centre of Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza. Reports also claimed that others were wounded in the alleged attack. Multiple…

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Israeli Military

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مخيم جباليا, Jabalia Refugee Camp, North Gaza, Palestinian territories

On Sunday May 12th 2024, Dr Safia Hamdan was reportedly killed by an alleged Israeli drone strike at the entrance to Azbet Malin in Jabalia, northern Gaza. A colleague of Dr Safia’s, Eid Sabah, posted to Facebook mourning the loss of Dr Safia Hamdan and reporting that they were killed by a "Zanana" missile. A…

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Airstrike (Drone Strike)

Civilians reported killed

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Israeli Military

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شارع رقم 8، حي الزيتون، مدينة غزة, Street 8, Al-Zeitoun neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, Palestinian territories

On Sunday, May 12th 2024, at least 39 civilians from at least five different families were killed and dozens were reportedly injured, including very young children, in an alleged Israeli airstrike that struck the Daloul building, on Street 8, in the Al-Zeitoun neighbourhood in Gaza City in the Gaza Strip. Alhawyah Channel reported on the…

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4 September 2024

Residential, IDP or Refugee Camp

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Israeli Military

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الزيتون، مدينة غزة, Al-Zeitoun neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, Palestinian territories

On May 12, 2024, a Palestinian civilian male Fathi Shanioura (Abu Rushidi) was allegedly killed when Israeli forces reportedly invaded the Al-Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza City in the Gaza Strip. The precise circumstances surrounding the incident remain unclear. Friends and family members took to social media to mourn the loss and commemorate Fathi Shanioura as a…

Summary

Ground operation

Civilians reported killed

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Israeli Military

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قرب مسجد الاستجابة في حي الصبرة، مدينة غزة, Vicinity of Al-Istijabah mosque, Al-Sabra neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, Palestinian territories

In the afternoon of Sunday May 12th, 2024, two civilians were reportedly killed and several civilians were injured as a result of an alleged Israeli airstrike on the house for the Al-Haddad family near Al Istijabah mosque in Al Sabra neighbourhood of Gaza City. At least two militants were likely also killed in the incident.…

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4 September 2024

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Military actors reported killed

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Israeli Military

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شارع السكه, مخيم جباليا, Al-Sikka Street, Jabalia Refugee Camp, North Gaza, Palestinian territories

On the evening of Saturday May 11th, 2024, an alleged Israeli airstrike on three houses belonging to Asaliya extended family located on Al Sikka Street in the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip killed at least 32 members of the Asalia family, many of them women and children. Some reports put the death…

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4 September 2024

IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Israeli Military

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مخيم أرض الأمل, Ared Al Amel (Land of Hope) IDP camp, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria, Aleppo, Syria

Shortly before 11:46 AM on Wednesday, 8th May 2024, between two to three women, including a pregnant woman, were injured in an artillery bombardment with contested responsibility allegedly perpetrated by the Syrian Democratic Forces and/or the Syrian regime forces on the Land of Hope refugee camp in the Khalidiya area in the Afrin countryside, north…

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11 September 2025

IDP or Refugee Camp

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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قرية الشيخ ناصر, Al-Sheikh Naser, Al Bab area, east of Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

In the evening of Thursday, May 9th, 2024, a man and child were moderately injured as a result of the alleged bombing which originated from the areas jointly controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces and Syrian regime forces. The casualties took place in the village of Sheikh Nasser in the al-Bab area in the countryside…

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11 September 2025

Civilians reported injured

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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Furuqley village near Qoryoley District , Lower Shabele, Somalia

A double tap airstrike allegedly conducted by the Somalia government with international partners on 7 May, 2024 reportedly caused “casualties” amongst Al-Shabaab in the village of Furuqley near the Qoryoley District in the Lower Shabelle region. Exact figures were not made available. While Caasimada Online claimed no civilians were impacted - “civilians [...] had come…

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Military actors reported killed

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

International Forces (Unknown)

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الأبزمو, Al Abzimo, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

On the evening of Saturday, May 5th, 2024, artillery shelling allegedly conducted by Syrian regime forces and/or Russian forces and/or Iranian forces hit a residential neighborhood in the town of Abzimo, in the western countryside of Aleppo, killing a child and injuring his mother. Twelve-year-old Qais Haj Shaban and his mother were transported to a…

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Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Russian Military

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الغوز, Al Ghouz, Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria, Aleppo, Syria

On Saturday, May 4, 2024, a man named Nawaf Haj Hussein Al-Junaid Al Abrizi was killed and a child was seriously injured as a result of an artillery shelling allegedly by the Kurdish-affiliated militia Syrian Democratic Forces and/or PKK in Al Ghouz and Al-Al-Kafir, villages west of the city of Al Bab, in the eastern…

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Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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قرية الصيادة, al-Sayadah village, countryside of the city of Manbij, Aleppo, Syria

On Thursday evening of May 2, 2024, a civilian man named Ahmad al-Ali was injured as a result of an artillery strike allegedly carried out by the Turkish military in the al-Sayadah village in the northwestern countryside of the city of Manbij which is located in the Aleppo governorate, in northern Syria. 20-year-old Ahmad al-Ali…

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Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Turkish Military

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قرية بينة, village of Beina in the countryside of Sherawa, district of Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

On Sunday, April 28, 2024, two male civilians, Ibrahim Berro and Arif Saeed Sheikh, were injured by alleged Turkish artillery shelling on the residential neighborhoods in the village of Beina, Sherawa district, in the northern countryside of Aleppo, Syria. According to Hawar News reporters, the two men were working in agricultural lands when the incident occurred and…

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Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Turkish Military

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قجبال برادوست, Mount Bradost, Erbil, Iraq

On Sunday, April 28th, 2024, two civilian men, Ahmed Haidari and Rasoul Yunus, were killed and one civilian was reportedly injured in an airstrike allegedly perpetrated by Turkish aircraft in the Bradost mountains located in the east of the Erbil Governorate, Iraq. According to the American CPT organization quoted by the Kurdistan Revolution in Arabic Facebook…

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Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Turkish Military

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برجكة, Barjaka, Aleppo, Syria

Shortly after midnight on Sunday, 28 April 2024, a 20-year-old man named Ahmad Hussein Taha Al-Haboun was killed and his 43-year-old father Hussein Taha Al-Haboun was injured when a guided anti-armor missile which was launched from the area under the joint control of the regime forces and the Kurdish-affiliated militia Syrian Democratic Forces struck the car they…

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Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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