Citations Israel and Gaza Litigation Citation

GLAN and Al Haq take the UK Government to court over weapons supplies to Israel

In December 2023, the Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) and Palestinian human rights group Al Haq initiated legal proceedings against the UK Government over the supply of weapons to Israel. Their case argues that weapons supplies violate international law and UK export licencing rules.

The skeleton argument presented in April 2024 relied heavily on Airwars documentation of civilian harm incidents, listing 29 cases identified where civilians were reported killed in residential buildings.

References 29 incidents
7 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0004

Location

منزل لعائلة الدوس  في حي الزيتون جنوب مدينة غزة, home of the Al-Dous family in Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, south of Gaza City., Gaza, Palestinian territories
An alleged Israeli airstrike using several missiles struck a residential building in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood of Gaza in the evening of October 7th, 2023. Fifteen members of the al-Dous family, including seven children and three women, were reportedly killed due to the destruction of their three-storey home. Juma al-Dous posted that “more than 15 people”…

Summary

Published
1 November 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
15
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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8 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0032

Location

جوار مسجد عبد العزام, Vicinity of Abdel Azzam Mosque, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
On October 8th 2023, at around 12:30pm, the Al Zaneen family house located near Abdel Azzam Mosque in Izbet Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip, was allegedly bombed by an Israeli warplane. At least 21 members of the large Al Zaneen family were killed across three generations: 66-year old Jamil Hassan Muhammad Al Zaneen…

Summary

Published
1 December 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Civilians reported killed
21–22
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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8 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0031

Location

مخيم النصيرات 5, Al Nuseirat Camp 5, Deir Al Balah, Palestinian territories
On October 8th 2023, a civilian home in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip was reportedly hit by an Israeli airstrike killing between four and five civilians from the same family, including at least two children, and wounding between 21 and 22 others. According to Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights, the Israeli…

Summary

Published
1 November 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Civilians reported injured
21–22
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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8 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0011

Location

ابيت حانون, Beit Hanoun, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
On October 8, 2023, Israeli forces reportedly bombed the Shabat family home in Beit Hanoun, killing at least 19 civilians, including 13 children and three women, and trapping an unknown number of others under rubble. Two sources, Khalid Abdel Rahman alongside Mezan, reported the bombing on October 7 without indicating the time of the attack,…

Summary

Published
1 November 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
19
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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8 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0036

Location

مخيم النصيرات, Nuseirat camp, Deir al-Balah, Palestinian territories
An alleged Israeli airstrike that hit the civilian home of the Younis family in Nuseirat refugee camp on the 8th of October 2023 killed six members of the family, five of them civilians, and injured a child. While reports immediately after the strike reported a lower death toll, later reports were agreed that six civilians…

Summary

Published
1 November 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
1
Military actors reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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8 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0024

Location

عمارة أبو زهري بمدينة رفح, Abu Zuhri Building, Al Shaboura, Rafah, Palestinian territories
On October 8th, 2023 at around 9:50pm, an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the Abu Zuhri apartment building in the Al-Shaboura refugee camp, Rafah City, in the Gaza strip, and killed between four and five civilians, among them 36-year-old Jasser (Salman Mohammad) Marjouna, Jasser Marjouna's wife, 25-year-old Abdulnaser (Mohammad Mahmoud) Shabanah, and an infant and woman whose…

Summary

Published
1 December 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Civilians reported injured
20–55
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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8 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0027

Location

الشيخ عجلين, Sheikh Ijlin, Gaza, Palestinian territories
At least 10 members of the Shamlakh family, including three children, were reportedly killed when an alleged Israeli aircraft bombed their home on Street 10, south of Gaza City, on October 8th, 2023. The strike is believed to have occurred at approximately 8:30pm. Grandfather Abdulnaser Asaad Shamlakh was 56 years old, and was reportedly killed…

Summary

Published
1 November 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
10–12
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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9 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0062

Location

ابراج النسماوي, Al Nasmawi towers, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
An alleged Israeli airstrike that hit the residential apartment of the Abu Shamala family in the Al-Nasmawi neighbourhood of Khan Yunis during the evening of October 9th 2023 killed between four and five members of the family, including at least three children, and injured up to seven others. Several local sources reported that multiple members…

Summary

Published
1 December 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Civilians reported injured
7
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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9 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0051

Location

بجوار محطة بنزين عصفور, Vicinity of Asfour petrol station, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
On October 9th 2023, Israeli Defence Forces allegedly conducted an airstrike on a residential building located in Bani Suhalia in Khan Yunis. The strike reportedly killed members of the Al-Najjar family: Ramadan Ibrahim Al-Najjar (45 years old), his wife Nadiya, his brother Mazen Fawzi Al-Najjar (34 years old) and his niece Salma Hamouda Al-Najjar (6 years old). WAFA News…

Summary

Published
1 November 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
4–8
Civilians reported injured
7
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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9–10 October, 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0097

Location

مخيّم الشاطئ, Al-Shati refugee camp, Gaza, Palestinian territories
On October 9 or October 10, 2023, one woman identified as Haifa Al-Tatar (61 years old) and her son Abdelrahman Al-Tatar (35 years old), respectively the wife and son of the former director of Al-Shifa hospital Dr. Nasr Al-Tatar, were reportedly killed in their home following alleged Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip. Initial reporting…

Summary

Published
8 October 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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10 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0096

Location

جوار مسجد ابو سليم, Vicinity of Abu Saleem mosque, Deir Al Balah, Palestinian territories
On October 10, 2023, 18 civilians, including five children and three women, were killed and 23 others were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the al-Najjar family house in Deir Balah in the central Gaza Strip. Amnesty International found that US-made munitions were likely used in the strike, which Amnesty called "unlawful". In a…

Summary

Published
1 December 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
18
Civilians reported injured
23
Military actors reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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10 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0092

Location

الأمل, Al Amal, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
At least seven people from three generations of the Awad family were killed and seven others were injured when the Awad family's five-storey home, in the Al-Amal neighborhood of western Khan Yunis, in the south of the Gaza Strip, was reportedly bombed by an Israeli military aircraft on Tuesday, October 10th 2023. Al-Ahram News reported…

Summary

Published
1 December 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
7
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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10 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0102m

Location

عبسان الكبيرة, Abasan Al Kabira, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
On October 10th, 2023, at least 14 people were killed, including five children and two women, while three others were injured after an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the Qadeeh residence in the Abasan area east of Khan Yunis. Those killed and injured were members of the Qadeeh family: Rajab Qadeeh (69 years old) was killed…

Summary

Published
1 December 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
14–50
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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11 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0117

Location

جوار مسجد صلاح الدين, Vicinity of Salah al Din Mosque, Gaza, Palestinian territories
On Wednesday, October 11, 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike on the residential home of the al-Sarhi family located opposite the Salah Al-Din Mosque in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood of the Gaza City killed at least 10 identified civilians, among them at least two children and one woman, and injured at least one person. According to the…

Summary

Published
1 January 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
10
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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12 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0173

Location

جوار مسجد البحبسة, Vicinity of Al Bahabsa Mosque, Rafah, Palestinian territories
On October 12th 2023, it was reported that at least nine civilians, including at least one young child, were killed and up to ten others injured after an alleged airstrike on the Al-Zimili family home, east of Rafah. Where sources identified the belligerent, all sources attributed the strikes to Israeli forces. Manal Al-Zamili was reportedly…

Summary

Published
1 December 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
9
Civilians reported injured
2–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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12 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0155

Location

مخيم النصيرات 2, Al Nuseirat Camp 2, Deir Al Balah, Palestinian territories
On October 12th 2023, at approximately 3:30 PM, an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the Kafina family house in Camp 2 of the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, killing a child named Hussain Muhammed Kafina (14), and a child named Anas Abu Zarqa (13). Additionally, Safa News, Alalam News, and Shehab Agency all reported that…

Summary

Published
1 December 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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12 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0149

Location

برج G6، أبراج مدينة حمد, Tower G6, Hamad Town Towers, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
During the evening of Thursday, October 12th 2023, up to four Palestinian civilians, including a four-month old girl, were killed and from eight to 25 civilians were injured as a result of an alleged Israeli airstrike on a residential apartment building in the Hamad Towers in the town of Hamad, in Khan Yunis in the…

Summary

Published
1 December 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
8–25
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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12 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0135

Location

شارع العودة, Al Awda Street, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
On the afternoon of October 12th 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike hit several houses in Jabalia in northern Gaza, killing between 55 and 63 civilians, including up to 24 children, and injuring at least six others, including a child. One Islamic Jihad leader was also reportedly killed, and many of the other individuals killed in…

Summary

Published
1 December 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
55–63
Civilians reported injured
6
Military actors reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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12 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0148

Location

برج المصرى, Al Masry Tower , Rafah, Palestinian territories
On Thursday, October 12, 2023, a residential apartment building in Al-Masry Tower in the centre of the city of Rafah was reportedly hit by an alleged Israeli strike killing the four young children of Yasser Al-Bardawil - two sons and two daughters - and injuring a further 28 civilians, according to a Shehab Agency correspondent.…

Summary

Published
1 December 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
28
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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12 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0136

Location

دير البلح, Deir Al Balah, Deir Al Balah, Palestinian territories
At least 26 civilians were killed across three generations of an extended family, including 12 children, in an alleged Israeli strike on the al-Azayza family home on October 12th. A "large number" of others were also injured in the attack in the Deir al-Balah neighbourhood of the Gaza Strip. The deceased were members of three…

Summary

Published
1 December 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
26
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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12 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0150

Location

شارع النخيل, Al Nakhil Street, Deir Al Balah, Palestinian territories
On October 12th 2023, at least 11 civilians were reportedly killed, with 15 others injured, in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Al-Zari’i family home on Al-Nakhil Street in Deir Al-Balah, located in the central Gaza Strip. All 11 of the victims have been identified, including seven members across multiple generations of the Al-Zari’i family.…

Summary

Published
1 December 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
11–12
Civilians reported injured
15
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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15 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0230

Location

وادي الشيخ داود, Wadi Sheikh Daoud, Deir Al Balah, Palestinian territories
On Sunday, October 15th 2023, between seven and eight members of the Zidan family, including two women and four children, were killed, and dozens of others were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the house of the Zidan family behind the al-Aqsa hospital in the Wadi Sheikh Daoud area in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza…

Summary

Published
1 January 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
7–8
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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15 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0221

Location

مخيم النصيرات 5, Al Nuseirat Camp 5, Deir Al Balah, Palestinian territories
On Sunday, October 15th 2023, at least 22 civilian members of the Al-Taweel family, including nine women and seven children, were reportedly killed and an unknown number were wounded in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the house of the al-Taweel family in Camp 5, Nuseirat, central Gaza strip. Khalil al Ghafari stated that the house…

Summary

Published
1 January 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
22
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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16 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0247

Location

قيزان النجار, Qaizan al Najjar, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
Between 19 and 22 people were killed and a number were injured, including serious injuries, on the morning of Monday, October 16, 2023, when the home of the Zaqmat family, in the Qaizan Al-Najjar neighbourhood, in southern Khan Younis, in the Gaza Strip, was reportedly bombed by an Israeli military aircraft. The Palestinian Civil Defence…

Summary

Published
1 February 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
19–22
Civilians reported injured
2–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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17 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0302

Location

محيط المستشفى الكويتي, Vicinity of Kuwaiti Hospital, Rafah, Palestinian territories
At dawn on Tuesday, October 17th 2023, between 17 and 26 civilians were reported killed, including at least seven women and five children, one of whom was an infant. Dozens of others, including children, were also reported wounded in the alleged Israeli airstrike on the home of the Abu Lebda family near the Kuwaiti Hospital…

Summary

Published
1 February 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
17–26
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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17 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0300

Location

محيط ملعب برقة, Vicinity of Burqa Stadium, Rafah, Palestinian territories
On October 17th 2023, 12 civilians from the same family, including five women and three children, were reportedly killed and an unknown number of others were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Al-Khawaja family home located in Al-Shaboura refugee camp in central Rafah near Burqa Stadium. Safa News reported that "more than 10…

Summary

Published
1 February 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Civilians reported killed
12
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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18 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0352

Location

محيط مقبرة بني سهيلا, Vicinity of Bani Suhaila cemetery, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
Shortly before 11am on Wednesday, October 18th 2023, at least 26 Palestinian civilians, including at least seven women and seventeen children, one of them a 4-month-old infant, were reportedly killed and between 35 and 44 civilians were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on two homes, the Abu Ishaq family home and the Fafsis family…

Summary

Published
1 March 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
26
Civilians reported injured
35–44
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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19 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0360

Location

منزل عائلة الهندي في شارع القوس قرب مسجد فاطمة الزهراء قرب مفترق الشعبية بغزة, al-Hindi family home on Al-Qaws Street, Gaza, Palestinian territories
On Tuesday, October 24th, 2023, the al-Hindi family home was allegedly struck, leading to reports of “people under the rubble.” No identifying details of potential victims have been released, and neither did any source specify a belligerent. The Palestinian Information Center, posting on Twitter/X, located the residence on Al-Qaws street, near both the Fatima al-Zahraa…

Summary

Published
1 February 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Residential
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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31 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0784

Location

برج المهندسين, al Muhandeseen Tower, Deir al Balah, Palestinian territories
On October 31st 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike on the multistorey Al-Muhandeseen Tower (the 'Engineers Tower') located east of Nuseirat Camp, Central Gaza, killed between 133 and 164 civilians, including a likely estimate of 67 children. Airwars was able to identify 133 civilians belonging to 14 different families, including 131 individuals where gender and ages…

Summary

Published
1 March 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Civilians reported killed
133–164
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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