Israeli Military in Syria & the Gaza Strip

شارع فلسطين, Tabaqah, Palestine Street, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Eighteen civilians including 11 children and three women, died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Filastin Palestine Street, Al Tabaqa. There is, however, uncertainty about the date ofthe incident: Mohab Nasser puts it at April 28th and eyewitnesses told Human Rights Watch that the attack happened in late April. The Syrian Network for Human Rights

Summary

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

(11 children3 women)

Cause of injury / death

18 named, 2 families identified

Named victims

دبسي فرج, Dibsi Faraj, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Between three and seven civilians died including two children and one woman in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the villages of Dibsi Faraj and Al Bu’A’ass. The Step News Agency and Damascustodaysy put the death toll at three. However, according to the Smart News Agency, seven non-combatants died, including two children and one woman –

Summary

3 – 7

(2 children1 woman)

المنصورة, Al Mansoura, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Journalist Mohab Nasser reported the death of three children in a Coalition airstrike on Mansoura. Euphrates Post, also blaming the Coalition, said that three civilians died in the strike of which two were children.

Summary

(2–3 children)

رقة السمرة, Raqqa al Samra, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

The Smart News Agency reported that “warplanes likely belonging to the Coalition shelled the villages of Hamra Buwittiya and Al-Raqqa Al-Samra both near the town of Karama, 20 kilometers east of the city of Raqqa, killing four civilians in the first and one in the second, and wounding nine others in both.” Al Araby also

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1–9

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

According to the Smart News Agency, a “likely” Coalition airstrike on the municipal stadium in Raqqa killed two members of ISIL who were in a car which was destroyed, and wounded five civilians who were in buildings overlooking the stadium. No further details are currently available.

Summary

الفرقة, District 17, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

The Smart News Agency reported that “warplanes, believed to belong to the Coalition, targeted a water transport vehicle belonging to the organization [IS], while it was heading to the ’17th Division’, which it controls, killing its driver, who works in the organization’s service brigades and his seven-year-old son”. No further details are currently available.

Summary

1 – 2

(1 child0–1 men)

الثورة‎, Tabaqah, Ar Raqqah, Syria

LOCATION

The Smart News Agency reported that “earlier today, a number of civilians were killed and wounded by the SDF and an aerial bombardment, likely to be by the Coalition on the town of Al Tabaqa (55 km west of Al-Raqqa), which they are trying to gain control over.” Giving context, Qasioun reported that “Coaltion aircraft

Summary

1 – 2

(1 man)

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

1–2

Cause of injury / death

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

According to Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently a 13- years-old female civilian died from fright following the sounds of air raids on the city of Raqqa at dawn today.” RFS reported that “in Al Raqqa, the 13-year-old girl…died of heart attack as a result of fear of the bombing of Al Raqqa city by Coalition

Local media reported the death of one named adult-male civilian – a blind man – in an alleged Russian airstrike on the Ubaida ibn al-Jarrah mosque in Kafr Zita. According to SHRC, Russian warplanes initially targeted a hospital next to the mosque – and then returned to strike the mosque itself. Smart reported: “A journalist

Summary

Civilian infrastructure

Healthcare facility

(1 man)

السلمية مغيزيل, Mgheizal village, al Silmiya district, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

A woman and two children were killed in alleged Russian raids on Mghezel, east of Hama, according to a single source. Three other civilians were reportedly wounded during strikes on civilian houses in the village controlled by ISIS. Some were later rushed to hospital in the city Deir Ezzor. No further details are currently available.

Summary

(2 children1 woman)

سرمين, Sarmin, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

A child was killed and up to 20 other civilians were injured in alleged Russian and Syrian missile strikes on the town of Sarmin, local media reported. Sources on the ground reported two others were killed by land-to-land cluster bombs. A total of three died and 10 were wounded as a result of Syrian ballistic

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1 – 3

(1 child1 woman)

1–20

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Suspected belligerents

سرج,, Sarja, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

On April 28th, Alhuralhalabi reported “the death of a woman injured by a previous Russian air raid on the village of Sarja in the southern countryside of Idlib.” According to RFS Media Office, “Huda Ahmed Haj Musa was martyred from the town of Sarja in Jebel al-Zawia in rural Idlib because of the injuries she

Summary

(1 woman)

خربة قيس, Kherbit Qais village, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

A woman and a child died following alleged Russian airstrikes in the village of Kherbit Qais in eastern Idlib, according to sources on the ground. Warplanes launched two raids at dawn, according to local sources.

Summary

(1 child1 woman)

البوعاصي, Al Bu A'ssi, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilians died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Bu A’ssi village, according to the Smart News Agency. No further details are currently available.

Summary

حي الرميلة, Rumaila, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Eleven civilians were killed in Coalition airstrikes in Raqqa in the northern district of Rumaila, a number of local sources reported. According to Al Araby and the Revolutionary Forces of Syria’s media office, the strikes took place “near the headquarters of al-Hesba” – the base of ISIL’s religious police. The same two sources said a

Summary

(2 men)

المنصورة, Al Mansoura, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

According to the Smart News Agency, four civilians including a teacher died in an alleged Coalition airstrike near the Badia school. Three houses were also reportedly destroyed. No further details are currently available.

Summary

دبسي عفنان, Debsi Afnan, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Between one and three civilians died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Debsi Afnan, according to local sources. The Smart News Agency reported the death of one non-combatant and injury of two more in a Coalition raid. However, according to Qasioun, three civilians died. It also pointed towards the Coalition.

Summary

(2 men)

درعا البلد, Dara al Balad, Daraa, Syria

LOCATION

Six civilians were wounded, some critically, on the 27th of April 2017 by airstrikes allegedly carried out by Russian warplanes in Daraa al-Balad, according to the Smart News Agency. Aaswat said that the Assad regime also carried out strikes on Dara al Balad.

Summary

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Suspected belligerents

كفرسجنة, Kafr Sajna, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Alleged Russian airstrikes killed between one and two civilians and injured two others in Kafr Sanja in Idlib Governorate on the 27th of April. Multiple sources reported that one of the martyrs was a child, and one source identified the other civilian killed as the child’s father.

Summary

1 – 2

(1 child1 man)

التمانعة, al Taman’a, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilians were reportedly killed and one other was wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on Al-Tamana in Idlib Governorate on the 27th of April 2017, according to local media.

Summary

الركايا, al Rakaya village, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Four civilians – ‘mostly children’ – were reportedly wounded in an airstrike on Al-Rakaya in Idlib Governorate on the 27th of April 2017. It is unclear which belligerent was responsible for the strike, as some sources blamed Russia while one other blamed the Syrian regime.

Summary

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Suspected belligerents

خان شيخون, Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Between three and five civilians – one woman and her children – were killed, and a further two were injured in alleged Russian airstrikes in Khan Sheikhoun on the 27th of April 2017, according to sources on the ground. Multiple sources said the victims were displaced people from Helfaya in Hama Governorate. Some sources said

Summary

3 – 5

(2 children1 woman)

2–3

سرمين, Sarmin, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

An unspecified number of civilians were reportedly wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on Sarmin in Idlib Governorate on the 27th of April 2017, according to local media. The Syrian Network for Human Rights was among the majority of sources pointing to Russia. It reported that “ suspected Russian warplanes fired two missiles on al Daraj

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سرجة,, Sarja village, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

‘Intensive air raids’ allegedly conducted by Russian warplanes resulted in the deaths of two sisters and wounded three other civilians in Sarja on the 27th April 2017, according to sources on the ground. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, “The girls Aisha and Maryam Idris al Ashqar, from Sarja village in Idlib governorate

Summary

(2 children)

2–3

2 named, 1 familiy identified

Named victims

كفرزيتا, Kafr Zita, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

According to the Step News Agency, “a woman was killed and several of her children injured following Russian raid targeting Kafr Zita in northern countryside of Hama.” The Violations Documentation Centre also named one woman as killed by Russian forces. No further details are currently available.

Summary

(1 child)

عويجل , Ouweijal, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Two children died and seven other civilians were wounded in an alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Ouweijal in western Aleppo, according to local sources. The Smart News Agency reported the planes were likely bombing a hospital in the town. Three houses collapsed, according to the Syrian News Desk.

Summary

Civilian infrastructure

Healthcare facility

(2 children)

البارة, Al-Bara, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Civilians were reportedly wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike in al Bara, Idlib, according to a local media source. Whilst other sources have reported that Russian warplanes conducted a strike in al Bara on this day, only one mentioned civilian harm. Edlib Media Centre reported “wounded fall as a result of the targeting of the

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1–2