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Jabal Qlibo, North Gaza, Palestinian territories

جبل قليبو

One civilian was killed and another, a woman, was wounded after a missile shell allegedly launched by the Israeli Defense Forces fell on a house in Jabal Qlibo, North Gaza on May 10th 2023. One man who was killed was identified as 51-year-old Ahmed Muhammed Ghanmi Al-Shabaki by the Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights,…

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Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Israeli Military

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Al Shoka, Rafah, Palestinian territories

At approximately 3.10 pm on May 10th 2023, an Israeli warplane allegedly fired one missile on a group of citizens in the Abu Halawa area of al-Shoka, east of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, killing two civilians and injuring between one and three others. According to Wafa news, medical sources at the Abu Youssef…

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Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Israeli Military

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Abu Halawa, Rafah, Palestinian territories

أبو حلاوة

Up to two civilians, children, were killed and between 10 and 12 others, including two women and two children, were injured by alleged Israeli or Palestinian strikes on Al-Sahaba neighborhood in Gaza City on May 22, 2023. Al Mezan reported that at around 15:45, a missile struck the home of Jawdat Fathi Alyan (48 years…

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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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Al-Na'ima Street in the town of Beit Hanoun, North Gaza, Palestinian territories

شارع النعايمة ببلدة بيت حانون شمال قطاع غزة

On May 10, 2023, the town of Beit Hanoun in the North of the Gaza strip was reportedly hit by a bombardment. According to local reports, at least six civilians were injured as a result. Reporting on this event, Shehab shared two images appearing to show civilians, specifically a woman and a man, wounded during…

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Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Israeli Military

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Al Douali (international) building, in Al Rimal neighborhood, Gaza, Palestinian territories

عمارة الدولي بحي الرمال

Around dawn on May 9, 2023, a residential building in Gaza was reportedly hit by aerial bombing carried out by Israeli forces. According to available information, at least ten civilians, including three to four children and four women, died as a result. Three members of the The Al-Quds Brigades were reported to have been killed…

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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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Al Jeneina, Rafah, Palestinian territories

حي الجنينة

Two people were reportedly killed and up to six others were injured after an alleged Israeli military air raid on a house in Al Jeneina, Rafah, in the Gaza Strip, on May 9th, 2023. Local sources identified one of those killed as a member of Palestinian Islamic Jihad while the other victims were civilians. News…

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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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Al Tuffah, Gaza, Palestinian territories

حي التفاح

On the night of May 9th 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike killed five people, including four civilians, and injured six other civilians, including three children and two women, in the al Tuffah neighbourhood of Gaza City. According to local sources, bombs struck the two-storey house belonging to Khalil Salah Khaled al-Bahtini, a commander of the…

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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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Al Qarara, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories

Around 5:15 pm on May 9, 2023 a confirmed Israeli airstrike destroyed a car east of the town of Al-Qarara, east of Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip, killing two alleged militants: 34 year old Wael Muhammad Sabri al-Agha and 28 year old Sa'ed Jawad Abd Farwana and wounding two other people. However, the status…

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Airstrike (Drone Strike), Artillery

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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Al Shi’ab village, Al Suwayda, Syria

قرية الشعاب

The Jordanian military is suspected of conducting an airstrike that killed a family of eight, including up to six children and a woman, in Al-Shiab, a village near the Syrian/Jordanian border on May 8, 2023. Daraa 24 and other local sources reported that the victims were suspected drug smuggler Marai al-Ramthan, his wife Hind al-Ramthan,…

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Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Jordanian Military

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Qurqaniya, Idlib, Syria

قورقانيا

A 60 year old male civilian was killed by a declared US drone strike on the outskirts of Qurqaniya just before noon on May 3, 2023. At the time of the strike, US Central Command released a statement that they had targeted a senior Al Qaeda leader without any additional details. On May 2, 2024,…

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Airstrike (Drone Strike)

Civilians reported killed

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

U.S.-led Coalition

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Bahira, Al Hassakah, Syria

A 49 year old man was allegedly shot and injured by Turkish border guards in the village of Bahira on May 3, 2023. Hawar News reported that a civilian was wounded by live bullets fired by the Turkish army. A relative of the injured civilian told a Hawar reporter that live bullets fired between 14:00…

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Ground operation

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Small arms and light weapons

Turkish Military

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Beit Hanoun, North Gaza, Palestinian territories

ابيت حانون

On May 2, 2023, two missiles, allegedly either from the Israeli Iron Dome system or Palestinian misfired rockets, were reported to have fallen on or near the house of the Al-Masri family in Beit Hanoun in the Gaza strip, injuring five civilian members of the family including a child: Mamdouh Muhammad Fadl al-Masri. Multiple outlets…

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Airstrike and/or Artillery

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Israeli Military, Palestinian Militants

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On May 2nd 2023, Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) and Hamas fired rockets and mortars from the Gaza Strip to southern Israel, allegedly wounding at least three civilians in Sderot. According to the Jerusalem Post, PIJ and Hamas fired at least 32 rockets and mortars: three in the morning, 22 in the afternoon and several others…

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Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Palestinian Militants

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Al Safina, North Gaza, Palestinian territories

On the evening of May 2, 2023, Israeli forces reportedly bombed sites in Gaza. Among the areas affected was north of Al-Shati, a refugee camp situated along the Mediterranean coastline in the north of Gaza. According to news reports and social media users, a 58-year-old resident of the site named Hashel Mubarak was killed as…

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Airstrike and/or Artillery

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Israeli Military

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near Nungare, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

More than 40 al-Shabaab militants were killed during operations carried out by Somalia government forces and 'international partners' near Nungare/ Barire town in Lower Shabelle on May 2, 2023. The National Intelligence & Security Agency (NISA) @HSNQ_NISA tweeted that more than 40 al-Shabaab militants, including leaders and foreigners, were killed during an army operation in…

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Airstrike, Ground operation

Military actors reported killed

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

International Forces (Unknown)

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al-Nayrab, Aleppo, Syria

On May 1st 2023, at around 11:35 pm, Israel allegedly conducted airstrikes southeast of Aleppo near al-Nayrab, reportedly injuring up to seven people, and killing between one to seven others. Two civilians were among those injured. There were discrepancies amongst the casualty reports on how many of the affected were civilians as opposed to people…

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Airstrike and/or Artillery

Civilians reported injured

Military actors reported killed

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Israeli Military

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Homs, Homs, Syria

On April 29th 2023 the Israeli military reportedly launched missiles which Syrian air defence systems reportedly shot down around 12:55 am in the city of Homs, Syria. There were discrepancies in the accounts of the incident, with some sources reported that three civilians were injured while other reported that four Syrian soldiers were injured. Local…

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Airstrike and/or Artillery

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Israeli Military

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Ma’arablit, Idlib, Syria

A young woman was killed and four other civilians, including two children and a woman, were injured by alleged Syrian regime and/or Russian artillery shelling of Ma’arablit on April 25, 2023. Afrin Post reported that Noura Abdul Hamid Al-Ahmad, twenty years old, was killed by artillery strikes in Ma’arablit, and her family members, the infant Lyan…

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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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Ain Al Abd, Al Hassakah, Syria

عين العبد

Two young girls and a boy were killed and two other children were injured, all of which were from the same family, by alleged Turkish shelling of the village of Ain al-Abd on April 24, 2023. Hawar News reported that two young sisters were killed and two young brothers and a sister were injured by…

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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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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…

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Airstrike and/or Artillery

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)

Russian Military

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between Ugunji and Mubarak villages, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

At least 20 al-Shabaab militants were killed and "dozens" of others were injured by an operation carried out by the Somali government and 'international security partners' between the Ugunji and Mubarak areas of Lower Shabelle region on April 20, 2023. The National Intelligence & Security Agency (NISA) announced that 20 al-Shabaab militants, including a ring…

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Airstrike, Ground operation

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

International Forces (Unknown)

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16–17 April, 2023

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Al Abzimo, Aleppo, Syria

Around midnight on April 16-17th artillery fire wounded five civilians in Al-Abizmo, a town west of Aleppo. The victims consisted of a woman and her four children. Local news agencies were conflicted as to whether the strike confirmed the strike was conducted by the Syrian regime, Russian forces or Iranian militias. A few of the…

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Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Russian Military

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Kani Miran, Saliawah and Waryawh, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq

Two civilians were killed and two others were injured by alleged Turkish drone strikes on the villages of Kani Miran, Saliawah and Waryawh in Sulaymaniyah on April 15, 2023. The head of the local government in the province of Sulaymaniyah, Haval Abu Bakr, was quoted by a Facebook post from Adil Hamood as announcing that…

Summary

Airstrike (Drone Strike)

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Turkish Military

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Sarmin, Idlib, Syria

On April 9th, 2023, in the town off Sarmin, east of Idlib, multiple sources allege artillery fire from Syrian and/or Russian forces killed 15 year old boy Ibrahim Musab Al Haj Musa and injured between three to four others, including a six year old child named Malak Khalaf, a three year old named Abdul Salam…

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IDP or Refugee Camp

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Russian Military

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Al Kisswa, Damascus, Syria

On April 4th, 2023 at 12:15am, an airstrike either launched by Israeli forces or an air defense missile launched by the Syrian regime hit a glass factory in Al-Kisswa, south of Damascus, in Rif Dimashq, resulting in the death of up to two civilians. Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), a Syrian regime-controlled news source, reported…

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Airstrike and/or Artillery

Civilians reported killed

Military actors reported killed

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Israeli Military

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Termanin, Idlib, Syria

On the evening of March 30th, 2023, several sources reported alleged Russian and/or Syrian regime artillery shelling near Termanin, north of Idlib resulting in the injury of between one and two civilians. The Syrian Network for Human Rights and other sources report that one civilian was wounded while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and…

Summary

IDP or Refugee Camp

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Russian Military

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Dhiban, Deir Ezzor, Syria

On Friday March 24th, at 8:05 am, an Iranian militia allegedly launched rockets at Coalition forces at “Green Village,” an American base near al-Omar oil field east of Deir Ezzor. According to CENTCOM, the rockets missed the Coalition facility by approximately 5 km. Instead, they reportedly hit a house in Dhiban and injured two women…

Summary

Airstrike (Drone Strike)

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Iranian Military

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Al Abzimo, Aleppo, Syria

One civilian, a young man identified by sources as Ayman Mamoun Hijazi, was reportedly killed in the town of Al Abzimo, in the western countryside of Aleppo on March 24th 2023 after a contested attack as a result of Russian forces and/or Syrian regime artillery shelling hit the marketplace after midnight, according to the Syrian…

Summary

Commerce (Market)

Civilians reported killed

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Russian Military

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Atareb, Aleppo, Syria

Up to one civilian was killed, plus one woman and a man were reportedly injured as a result of contested action by Russian forces or the Syrian regime when a marketplace and a residential neighbourhood was hit by artillery and missile shelling in the city of Atareb, west of Aleppo, Syria. This attack took place…

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Russian Military

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