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Incident Date

13 February 2025

Incident Code

ISPT130225b

Location

مخيم النصيرات,, east of Al-Bureij camp and/or Al-Nuseirat camp, block C, Deir al Balah, Palestinian territories
Shortly before 3:47 PM on Thursday, 13 February, 2025, fourteen-year-old boy Salem (Hamouda) Alaa Badr Sauod was killed in the Block C area of Al-Nuiserat camp in the center of the Gaza Strip and/or east of Al-Bureji camp. Some sources reported that Salem was killed when an unexploded ordnance was triggered or 'war remnant', left by…

Summary

Published
8 June 2025
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

4 February 2025

Incident Code

ISPT040225a

Location

المغراقة, Al-Mughraqa, Rafah, Palestinian territories
A single source, @Sa7atPlBreaking, reported that two people were injured when a "suspicious object" exploded in a group of in Al-Mughraqa, in Gaza on February 4, 2025. As there was no attribution of who was responsible for the explosion, this incident has been graded as "contested" until further information comes to light.

Summary

Published
8 June 2025
Strike Type
Ground operation
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

27 January 2025

Incident Code

ISPT270125d

Location

جسر وادى غزة الجنوبى, الطريق الساحلي, Southern Wadi Gaza Bridge, Al-Rashid street, Gaza, Palestinian territories
At least three people were reportedly injured around 6 p.m. on January 27th, 2025, only days after a ceasefire was announced on January 19th, when an alleged Israeli explosive remnant, left behind, detonated on Al-Rashid Street near the Netzarim junction, close to the Wadi Gaza Bridge in Gaza City. Twitter/X account of Safa news agency…

Summary

Published
9 August 2025
Strike Type
Ground operation
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

27 January 2025

Incident Code

ISPT270125a

Location

القرارة, Al-Qarara, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
Seventeen people were reported injured after an alleged Israeli device detonated at on the afternoon of 27 January, 2025 in the town of Al-Qarara in Khan Younis. Many of the wounded were members of the Abdel Ghafour family. Forty-one-year-old Yahya Abdel Samee’a Abdel Ghafour was injured with his son, 18-year-old Mohammed. 36-year-old Alaa Abu Jamiza,…

Summary

Published
10 July 2025
Strike Type
Ground operation
Civilians reported injured
17
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

22 January 2025

Incident Code

ISPT220125b

Location

بالقرب من دوار التوأم، جباليا, Vicinity of Al-Tawam Junction, Jabalia, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
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

Published
10 March 2025
Strike Type
Ground operation
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

20 January 2025

Incident Code

ISPT200125a

Location

رفح, Rafah, Rafah, Palestinian territories
Three children were injured after an alleged Israeli ordnance exploded in Rafah on 20 January, 2025; this occurred a day into the Israeli-Hamas ceasefire in early 2025. One of the wounded was identified as Waseem Abu al-Hussin. Early sources reported two injuries, a figure that subsequent reports later increased to three. Waseem’s father, Sadi Abu…

Summary

Published
29 March 2025
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

20 January 2025

Incident Code

ISPT200125e

Location

رفح, Rafah, Rafah, Palestinian territories
On Monday, January 20, 2025, in the early morning hours, Mahmoud Mohammad Marzouq Abu Muammar, a 13-year-old child, was killed and other civilians were injured by the detonation of an unexploded ordnance allegedly left behind by the Israeli military near the Sufa crossing east of Rafah in the Gaza Strip. Fityan Muammar turned to Facebook…

Summary

Published
9 August 2025
Strike Type
Ground operation
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

19 January 2025

Incident Code

ISPT190125b

Location

شارع القرمان, Al-Qarman street, Beit Hanoun, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
On January 19, 2025, dozens of internally displaced people were injured and a number killed when they returned to a reportedly booby trapped home, triggering an explosive allegedly rigged by the Israeli military along al-Qarman Street in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza. A social media post described “dozens” injured in the explosion, and another referred to…

Summary

Published
9 August 2025
Strike Type
Ground operation
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

26 December 2024

Incident Code

ISPT261224l

Location

بالقرب من مستشفى كمال عدوان، مخيم جباليا, Vicinity of Kamal Adwan Hospital, Beit Lahia, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
Throughout the night on 26 December 2024, Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia was reportedly attacked multiple times by the alleged detonation of Israeli military "robots" - remote controlled vehicles carrying boxes of explosives. One medical staff member, Hassan Rasim al-Dabous, was killed, while another medic was injured. The hospital suffered extensive damage. According to…

Summary

Published
13 July 2025
Strike Type
Ground operation
Infrastructure
Healthcare (Hospital)
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

23 December 2024

Incident Code

ISPT231224v

Location

بالقرب من مستشفى كمال عدوان، بيت لاهيا, Vicinity of Kamal Adwan Hospital, Beit Lahia, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
On 23rd December 2024, at least 20 people, including five medical staff members, were injured, after alleged Israeli booby traps located outside Kamal Adwan Hospital in Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip exploded. The explosives reportedly caused significant damage to Kamal Adwan Hospital and the surrounding streets. Several news outlets, including Safa News, Al Jazeera,…

Summary

Published
4 July 2025
Strike Type
Ground operation
Infrastructure
Healthcare (Hospital)
Civilians reported injured
20
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

21 December 2024

Incident Code

USYEMBi031

Location

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

Published
24 March 2025
Strike Type
Ground operation
Civilians reported injured
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

22 September 2024

Incident Code

RS4910

Location

كللي, Kalali (Killi), Idlib, Idlib, Syria
On the morning of Sunday, 22nd September 2024, a 25-year-old civilian man named Ahmed Al-Jalali and his seven-year-old son, Tamim Ahmed Al-Jalili, were killed, while his 30-year-old wife, Hiba Al-Jalali, and his two-year-old daughter, Taiba Ahmed Al-Jalali, were injured by an explosion of an unexploded ordnance reportedly deployed earlier by the Syrian Regime and/or the Russian military,…

Summary

Published
23 May 2025
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

28 August 2024

Incident Code

TS707

Location

حي العنترية, Near the industrial garage in the vicinity of the Heart and Eye hospital in the Al_Anariyah neighborhood OR near the eastern post office, Qamishli city, Al Hassakah, Syria
During the afternoon of Wednesday 28th August 2024, a civilian car was reportedly hit by an alleged Turkish drone strike (or a Turkish convoy or explosion from a planted device) near the industrial garage in the vicinity of the Heart and Eye Hospital in the Al Anariyah neighborhood or near the eastern post office in…

Summary

Published
28 August 2024
Strike Type
Ground operation, Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Vehicle (Car)
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO), Small arms and light weapons, Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date

27 July 2024

Incident Code

RS4902

Location

أرض زراعية  على أطراف بلدة بداما في ريف إدلب الغربي, agricultural land on the outskirts of the town of Badama (Bdama), west of Idlib, Idlib, Syria
An explosion of a cluster bomb remnant reportedly left from previous shelling by the Russian military and/or the Syrian regime forces and/or the Nusayri regime militias affiliated with the Syrian regime resulted in the killing of a young civilian man on the agricultural land in the outskirts of Badama (Bdama) town located in the western…

Summary

Published
27 July 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Agriculture
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

15 July 2024

Incident Code

ISSY049

Location

سيارة رجل الأعمال محمد براء القاطرجي,, the car of the Businessman Mohammad Baraa Qaterji, on the road to the Lebanese border, Saboura area, Damascus, Damascus, Syria
Two men with a contested civilian status were killed inside a car by an airstrike and/or drone strike and/or detonation of an explosive device allegedly carried out by the Israeli forces shortly before 6:52 PM on Monday, July 15, 2024, in the Saboura area on the road to the Lebanese border in Damascus, Syria. One…

Summary

Published
31 December 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Military actors reported killed
0–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

18 November 2023

Incident Code

RS4864

Location

قباسين, village of Al-Kandarliya, north of Al-Massa camp, city of Qabaseen area, eastern countryside of Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
Shortly before 4:37 PM  on Saturday, November 18, 2023, one child was killed and three children were injured, two of them seriously, from a Shoabo 0.5 cluster bomb explosion that had been left over from a previous bombing allegedly perpetrated by the Russian military and/or Syrian regime forces to the north of Al-Massa camp in…

Summary

Published
18 November 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

24 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0576

Location

مخيم الشابورة، رفح, Shaboura Camp, Rafah, Rafah, Palestinian territories
A civilian was reported to have been killed and dozens of civilians were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Abu Rukba family home in the Shaboura Camp in Rafah, Gaza Strip, shortly before 6:26 AM on Tuesday, October 24th, 2023. Initially, Al-Aqsa Voice Radio reported that an unexploded Israeli missile had caused minor…

Summary

Published
1 July 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

6 September 2023

Incident Code

USSOM403

Location

Oodweyn, Mudug, Somalia
Up to seven civilians, including up to five children and a woman, were killed and up to five others, including children, were injured during an operation that has been declared by the Somali government. The US has denied directly participating in the operation despite accusations of US drone/air strikes, while the Somali government has denied…

Summary

Published
6 September 2023
Strike Type
Ground operation, Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Agriculture
Civilians reported killed
1–7
Civilians reported injured
1–5
Military actors reported killed
2–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

23 April 2023

Incident Code

RS4765

Location

بداما, Badama, Idlib, Syria
On Sunday 23rd April 2023, during the daytime, a woman and her two children were injured by a detonator contained in the remnants of a bomb in Badama, a town in northwest Syria. It is unclear who was responsible for the explosive as there are thousands of unexploded ordnance scattered across Syria from the Syrian…

Summary

Published
23 April 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

3 December 2022

Incident Code

TS576

Location

المجيبرة, Al Mujaibra, Al Hassakah, Syria
Four children were reportedly injured on December 3rd 2022 as a result of an unexploded ordnance, a previous Turkish shell, which exploded in the village of al-Mujaibra in the countryside of the town of Tel Tamr, north of Al-Hasakah, in Syria.  The shell was reported to have hit the village that morning, but did not…

Summary

Published
3 December 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date

20 November 2022

Incident Code

RS4744

Location

جسر الشغور, Jisr Al Shughur, Idlib, Syria
A child was killed when an unexploded cluster bomb originally launched by the Syrian regime and/or Russian forces exploded in agricultural land on the outskirts of the city of Jisr Al Shughur on November 20, 2022. The @SyriaCivilDefe reported that a child was killed when a cluster bomb from a previous bombing, attributed to the…

Summary

Published
20 November 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Agriculture
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

15 November 2022

Incident Code

YS157

Location

قرية العلوش, Al Alloush, Aleppo, Syria
Two men were killed by a landmine allegedly placed by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the village of Al Alloush on November 15, 2022. Shaam News reported that a landmine exploded in the village of Al Alloush as a civilian car was driving by, killing two civilians. @manbij_today1 provided the names of the two…

Summary

Published
15 November 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Agriculture
Civilians reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date

13 November 2022

Incident Code

YS156

Location

مقطع حجر كبير, Maqtaa Hajar Kabir, Aleppo, Syria
Two young men were killed when a mine allegedly planted by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) exploded in the village of Maqtaa Hajar Kabir on November 13, 2022. According to @nahermedia, two young men named Hassan Al-Junaid and Hamid Ibrahim Al-Dheeb were killed by remnants of a mine that exploded in the village of Maqtaa…

Summary

Published
13 November 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Agriculture
Civilians reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date

16 August 2022

Incident Code

RS4714

Location

كنصفرة, Kansafra, Idlib, Syria
At least two people were killed and between one and two others were injured when a previous shelling remnant exploded in the town of Kansafra, south of Idlib on the 16th of August 2022. The Syrian Civil Defense reported that two people were killed and another was injured. According to Syrian Network for Human Rights,…

Summary

Published
16 August 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

15 August 2022

Incident Code

RS4712

Location

بلدة قسطون جنوبي ,ادلب, Qastoun, Idlib, Syria
An eleven-year-old boy called Abdul-Wahhab Ibn Hassan Al-Hanawi was reportedly killed as a result of the explosion of the remnants of a cluster bomb in the town of Qastoun, west of Hama, on August 15th, 2022. According to the Syrian Civil Defense, the killing of Abdul-Wahab marks the second death through unexploded remnants within three…

Summary

Published
15 August 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

13 August 2022

Incident Code

RS4710

Location

بالقرب من بلدة النيرب بريف إدلب الجنوبي الشرقي, Near the town of Neirab in the southeastern countryside of Idlib, Idlib, Syria
One civilian, Amer Hussein al-Asmar, from the town of Halfaya, was killed by a landmine explosion of the remnants of the battles near Jubas while he was collecting figs near the town of Neirab in the southeastern countryside of Idlib on August 13th, 2022. Local media sources state that the victim was married and left…

Summary

Published
13 August 2022
Strike Type
Ground operation
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

10 May 2022

Incident Code

RUK189

Location

Циркуни, Tsyrkuny, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On May 10th 2022 two civilians, both women, were killed when a reported Russian mine exploded in Tsykunny in Kharkiv. Sergey Bolvinov reported on Facebook that "investigators and forensic experts of the Investigative Department, investigators of the Lipetsk Police Department, together with explosive experts, conducted an inspection under the bridge near the village of Tsykuny,…

Summary

Published
10 May 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

6 May 2022

Incident Code

RUK179

Location

Василенкове, Vasylenkove, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On May 6, 2022, five civilians, including a woman and a child, were reportedly killed by an alleged Russian-planted exploding mine when attempting to evacuate to Kharkiv by car from Kupyansk. According to a post shared by the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office’s Telegram channel, Ukrainian authorities first became aware of this incident when approached by…

Summary

Published
6 May 2022
Strike Type
Ground operation
Infrastructure
Humanitarian (Evacuation Route)
Civilians reported killed
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

23 April 2022

Incident Code

RUK142

Location

Чорноглазівка, Chornohlazivka, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Two civilian men were reported killed by an alleged Russian anti-tank mine when a car drove over it on April 23rd 2022 in Choronohlazivka, Bododugiv district of the Kharkiv region. This was first reported by sources citing Viktor Kovaleno, the "head of the community", who reported that "in the afternoon, two men in their 30s…

Summary

Published
23 April 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

16 April 2022

Incident Code

RUK124

Location

Нововодолазька, Nova Vodolaga, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Three demining employees were killed and four other employees were injured - all men - by the explosion of munitions, including cluster munitions, near Nova Vodolaga in Kharkiv on April 16, 2022. The Novovodolazka council announced on Facebook that three employees of the Interregional Center for Humanitarian Demining and Rapid Response of the State Emergency…

Summary

Published
16 April 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Russian Military
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