Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Citations

In numbers: 200 days of Israel’s war on Gaza

In April 2024, Al Jazeera published a story examining the civilian toll of the war 200 days into the deadly campaign.

Airwars was interviewed in reference to the scale of the civilian toll compared to other conflicts documented over the last decade of work – which at the time exceeded the number of civilian casualty incidents compared to the US and allied campaign against ISIS in eight years in Iraq and Syria.

The piece highlighted a series of incidents to exemplify the high death toll.

Media
References 5 incidents
Published in Al Jazeera on 23 April 2024
5 incidents

Incident date

May 12, 2024

Incident Code

ISPT120524b

LOCATION

شارع كشكو في حي الزيتون,, Siam family home on Keshko street in Al Zaitoun neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

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-Zaytoun neighbourhood, east of Gaza City. Shehab Agency reported that the home belonging to the “Siyam” family on Kashko Street had been hit by Israeli military aircraft. A video

Summary

First published
September 2, 2024
Last updated
September 4, 2024
Strike status
Likely strike
Strike type
Airstrike
Civilian infrastructure
Residential building
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Cause of injury / death
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Airwars civilian harm grading
Fair
Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
Suspected belligerent
Israeli Military
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Incident date

November 2, 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0825

LOCATION

منزل الصحفي  إياد مطر, The home of Iyad Matar, Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Deir al Balah, the Gaza Strip

On November 2nd 2023, 48-year-old Iyad Tayeh Jamil Matar, a journalist for Al-Aqsa TV and his mother, were reportedly killed in an alleged Israeli bombing on their home in the centrally-located Deir al-Balah Governorate of the Gaza Strip. The alleged Israeli bombing of their home was reported by a number of news sources and social

Summary

First published
September 2, 2024
Last updated
September 4, 2024
Strike status
Likely strike
Strike type
Airstrike
Civilian infrastructure
Residential building
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
2
(1 woman1 man)
Cause of injury / death
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Airwars civilian harm grading
Fair
Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
Suspected belligerent
Israeli Military
Named victims
2 named, 1 familiy identified
Names matched with MoH IDs
1
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Incident date

November 2, 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0830

LOCATION

منزل لعائلة الغول في حي الشيخ رضوان, a house for the Al-Ghoul family in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, Gaza strip, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

On November 2nd 2023, at least six members of the al-Ghoul family, including three children, were killed when their home in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood of Gaza City was bombed in an alleged Israeli airstrike. A number of other family members were buried under rubble but survived “safely”. Local sources identified the names of the

Summary

First published
September 2, 2024
Last updated
September 4, 2024
Strike status
Likely strike
Strike type
Airstrike
Civilian infrastructure
Residential building
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
6 – 7
(3 children2–3 women1 man)
Cause of injury / death
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Airwars civilian harm grading
Fair
Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
Suspected belligerent
Israeli Military
Named victims
6 named, 1 familiy identified
Names matched with MoH IDs
5
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Incident date

June 7, 2024

Incident Code

ISPT070624i

LOCATION

منطقة القرية السويدية قرب الحدود الفلسطينية المصرية جنوبي غربي مدينة رفح, Swedish village area near the Palestinian-Egyptian border, southwest of the city of Rafah, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

On Friday, June 7th 2024, a number of people were reportedly killed and injured when Israeli forces allegedly entered the Swedish Village, west of the city of Rafah, near the Palestinian-Egyptian Border, in the south of the Gaza Strip. Although no source identified a number of victims killed, all sources referred to both killed and

Summary

First published
September 2, 2024
Last updated
September 4, 2024
Strike status
Single source claim
Strike type
Ground operation
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Cause of injury / death
Small arms and light weapons
Airwars civilian harm grading
Fair
Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
Suspected belligerent
Israeli Military
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Incident date

June 7, 2024

Incident Code

ISPT070624e

LOCATION

منطقة مخيم 2 بالنصيرات وسط قطاع غزة, Camp 2 area in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

On June 7th 2024, at approximately 8:00AM, two civilians, 40-year-old Muhammad Farid Al-Shafi’i and 41-year-old Ayman Taha Hegazy, were reportedly killed when an alleged artillery missile fired by Israeli forces struck a civilian car in the Camp 2/Al-Zawaideh area of the Nuseirat refugee camp in Central Gaza. The incident, which also resulted in an unspecified number

Summary

First published
September 2, 2024
Last updated
September 4, 2024
Strike status
Likely strike
Strike type
Artillery
Civilian infrastructure
IDP or refugee camp
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
2
(2 men)
Civilians reported injured
2
Cause of injury / death
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Airwars civilian harm grading
Fair
Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
Suspected belligerent
Israeli Military
Named victims
2 named
Names matched with MoH IDs
2
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