Airwars assessment
An alleged Coalition strike at Hit in Anbar resulted in the deaths of four named civilians.
Hit News reported that Coalition strikes hit the area around the Khaled Saadoun mosque and a nearby industrial district “resulting in the deaths of a number of innocent citizens.”
In the first of their March 2020 civilian casualty reports, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible for civilian harm in this strike as “non-credible”, stating that after a review of all available records it was determined that, more likely than not, civilian casualties did not occur as a result of a Coalition action.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Family members (2)
- Saif Hassan Thabit Izz al-Din Age unknown male killed
- Hassan Thabit Adult male Father of Saif Hassan Thabit Izz al-Din injured
- Aues Fawzi Fathi Age unknown male killed
- Ahmed Nebras Haj Mohammed Al Ameri Adult male Lawyer killed
- Omar Ayed Jarjis Al Ameri Adult male killed
Summary
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Media
from sources (2) [ collapse]
US-led Coalition Assessment:
Civilian casualty statements
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Dec. 30, 2015, in Hit, Iraq, via Airwars report. After a review of all available records it was determined that, more likely than not, civilian casualties did not occur as a result of a Coalition action. 2875/CI171 38SKC966242
Original strike reports
The Coalition reported that on December 29th-30th 2015, “Near Hit, one strike struck an ISIL VBIED storage facility.”