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منطقة صعدة القريبة, Vicinity of Sadaa, Sadaa, Yemen

One civilian was killed and between three and four others were injured by alleged US airstrikes on a "citizen's farm" within or on the outskirts of Sadaa city, Yemen on March 28, 2025. A Facebook post from "Majd Al-Madani Saada" reported that one person had been killed and three others were wounded by a US…

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Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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مديرية خولان, Khawlan District, Sanaa, Yemen

At least two civilians were killed and three others were injured by alleged US airstrikes on a stone quarry in the Al-Arqoub area of Khawlan District, Sanaa, Yemen on March 26, 2025. Houthi-affiliated source @TvAlmasirah reported on "Two martyrs and two wounded as a result of the US aggression on a stone quarry in the…

Summary

Resources, Vehicle (Truck)

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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in the vicinity of the Golis Mountains, Puntland, Somalia

At night on Tuesday, 25 March 2025, 35 alleged Daesh (ISIS) militants were killed in the vicinity of the Golis Mountains of the Bari Region in Puntland State, Somalia, in airstrikes declared by US Africa Command (AFRICOM) forces in collaboration with the Federal Government of Somalia. No civilians were officially reported as injured or killed…

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Airstrike (Drone Strike)

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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مستشفى الرسول الأعظم لأورام السرطان، مدينة صعدة, Al-Rasoul Al-Aazam Hospital for Cancer Tumors, Sadaa, Sadaa, Yemen

A number of injuries resulted from an alleged US airstrike on Al-Rasoul Al-Aazam Hospital for Cancer Tumors in Saada city, Yemen on March 24, 2025. The al-Jomhory General Hospital Authority of Sanaa posted a video of a young man being treated in a medical facility, with the caption reporting that the man was being treated…

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Healthcare (Hospital)

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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منطقة حشاشين، رفح, Al-Hashashin area, Rafah, Rafah, Palestinian territories

In a series of deadly shootings starting in the early hours of Sunday, March 23, 2025, and continuing till at least 5:45 a.m., eight Palestinian paramedics and an UNRWA employee were allegedly shot dead in the Al-Hashashin area in the Tal al-Sultan neighbourhood of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip; a remaining paramedic was arrested…

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Ground operation

Healthcare (Ambulance)

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Small arms and light weapons

Israeli Military

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بالقرب من مدرسة أبو بكر الصديق، مديرية معين، صنعاء, Vicinity of Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq School, Ma'in District, Sanaa, Sanaa, Yemen

At least one civilian, a child, was killed and up to fifteen others wounded - including five children and two women - by an alleged US airstrike on a residential building in the Ma’in District of Yemen’s capital, Sana’a during the evening of 23 March, 2025. The strike reportedly hit the building in front of…

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Commerce (Market), Vehicle, Residential

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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منطقة الحشاشين في حي تل السلطان في رفح, Al-Hashashin area in the Tal al-Sultan neighborhood of Rafah, Rafah, Palestinian territories

In a series of deadly Israeli shootings in the early hours of March 23, 2025, six Civil Defense members were shot dead in the Al-Hashashin area in the Tal al-Sultan neighborhood of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. All the victims had been dispatched to help Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) members who had gone…

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Ground operation

Emergency Services, Healthcare (Ambulance)

Civilians reported killed

Causes of Death / Injury

Small arms and light weapons

Israeli Military

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مدينة الثورة في صنعاء, Al-Thawra neighbourhood, Sanaa, Sanaa, Yemen

At least nine civilians, seven women and two children, were injured by two alleged US airstrikes on a wedding reception hall in the Al-Thawra District of Sana'a, Yemen at around 7:30 PM on March 19, 2025. Houthi-affiliated news @TvAlmasirah reported on the "US aggression's bombing of a residential neighborhood in Al-Thawra District in the capital,…

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Commerce, Vehicle (Car), Residential

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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مدرسة التابعين في حي الدرج بمدينة غزة, Al-Tabi'in School, Al-Daraj neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, Palestinian territories

At least 25 civilians, including at least two women and three children, were killed and a number of civilians were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on Al-Tabi'in School, which hosted hundreds of displaced people at the time of the strike in the Al-Daraj neighborhood of Gaza City around 2 am on Tuesday, March 18,…

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Education (Secondary School)

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Israeli Military

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جباليا البلد, Jabalia Al-Balad, Gaza Strip, North Gaza, Palestinian territories

At dawn on Tuesday, 18 March 2025, a declared Israeli airstrike on Jabalia Al-Balad located north of Gaza City targeted the Director General of Hamas’s internal security forces, 55-year-old Commander Major General Bahjat (Bahajat) Hassan Abu Sultan (Abu Al-Baraa), killing him along with his nine-year-old son, Amir Bahjat Hassan Abu Sultan. The Israeli military declared…

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Civilians reported killed

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Israeli Military

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حي الصبرة، مدينة غزة, Al-Sabra neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, Palestinian territories

At dawn on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, a declared Israeli airstrike killed a prominent member of the Hamas’ political bureau and Head of the Emergency Committee of Hamas, Muhammad Daoud al-Jamasi, along with eight members of his family, including three women and four children, when the strike hit the home of the al-Jamasi family in…

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Civilians reported killed

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Israeli Military

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حي التفاح، مدينة غزة, Al-Tuffah neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, Palestinian territories

At least thirteen civilians and one militant were killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike on a family home in the early hours of March 18th, 2025. The strikes were among those that signalled the end of a ceasefire agreement in Gaza, which had been in place since January. Three women and nine children were reported…

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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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منطقة طابة زارع، مدينة رفح, Tabat Zare'i area, Rafah, Rafah, Palestinian territories

At least 18 civilians, including seven children and four women, were reportedly killed by an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Jarghon family home in the Tabat Zarea area east of Rafah at dawn on 18 March, 2025. 72-year-old Eid Mansour Jarghon, was killed with his sons, 38-year-old Jihad Eid Jarghon and 41-year-old Mohammed Eid Jarghon,…

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Civilians reported killed

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Israeli Military

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شارع وادي العرايس، الشجاعي، مدينة غزة, Wadi Al-Arais Street, Shujaya neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, Palestinian territories

At least 30 members of the Qreiqeh family were killed and others, including a young girl, were wounded by alleged Israeli airstrikes on their family homes on Wadi Al-Arayes Street in Shujaiyya neighborhood, Gaza on March 18, 2025. Tweets from @PalinfoAr initially reported "martyrs and injuries" from the bombing of homes belonging to the Qreiqeh…

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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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مديرية الصقايق, Al-Sahqeen district, Sadaa, Yemen

One civilian was killed and at least one other was injured by alleged US airstrikes on a home in the Al-Sha'af area of Al-Sahqeen district of Sadaa, Yemen, on March 16, 2025. The home reportedly belonged to Abdul Rab Jarfan, a member of the Houthi Movement's intelligence wing, who was also reportedly killed. The US…

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Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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حي عطان في صنعاء, Attan neighborhood, Sana'a, Sana'a, Yemen

At least five civilians, including women and children, were reported injured by alleged US airstrikes on the Attan neighborhood of Sana’a, Yemen on March 16, 2025. The US military released a statement that "On March 15, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) initiated an operation consisting of precision strikes against Iran-backed Houthi targets across Yemen in order…

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Residential (Apartment Building), Commerce, Healthcare (Hospital)

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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150 kilometers northeast of Mogadishu, Somalia

On Saturday, March 15 2025, six alleged al-Shabaab militants were killed 150 kilometers north east of Mogadishu, Somalia, in an airstrike declared by US Africa Command (AFRICOM) forces in collaboration with the Federal Government of Somalia. In a statement released on March 17, AFRICOM confirmed the airstrike which was “at the request of the Federal…

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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حي الجراف في مديرية الشعوب، صنعاء, Al-Jaraf neighborhood, Al-Shu’ub district, Sana'a, Sana'a, Yemen

At least nine civilians were reported killed and up to 18 others were injured by alleged US airstrikes on a home in Bir Zaid neighborhood of Al-Jiraf area, Shu’ub District, Sana'a, Yemen on March 15, 2025. At least two women and two children were among those injured. Most sources referred to strikes on the Al-Jaraf…

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Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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15–16 March, 2025

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منطقة قحزة، صعدة, Qahza area, Sadaa, Sadaa, Yemen

At least ten civilians, including a woman and nine children, were reported killed and at least 10 others, including women and five children, were injured by alleged US airstrikes on the home of the al-Ruqa'a [Roga'ah] family in the Qahza area of Saada, Yemen during the night on March 15/16, 2025. The US military released…

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Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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in the vicinity of Ceel Baraf, Middle Shabelle, Somalia

At night on Saturday, 1 March 2025, at least five alleged al-Shabaab militants in the vicinity of Ceel Baraf, Middle Shabelle, Somalia, were killed in two airstrikes declared by US Africa Command (AFRICOM) forces reportedly at the request of the Federal Government of Somalia. No civilians were officially reported as injured or killed in the…

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Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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25 February 2025

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al-Kowthar village, Middle Shabelle, Somalia

On Tuesday, 25 February 2025, up to 19 alleged al-Shabaab militants were killed in the al-Kowthar region, in an airstrike declared by US Africa Command forces in collaboration with the Federal Government of Somalia. US AFRICOM released a statement terming the airstrike as “collective self-defense” at the request of the Somali government, and that the…

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Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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21–22 February, 2025

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Caal Miskeed Mountains, Puntland, Somalia

Beginning at around 9pm on Friday through midnight into Saturday, 21st and 22nd February 2025, at least three alleged ISIS-Somalia militants were killed in two successive airstrikes declared by US Africa Command (AFRICOM) forces in collaboration with the Somali federal government. No civilians were officially reported as injured or killed in the strikes. The official…

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Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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20 February 2025

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in the vicinity of Bulo Burti (Buloburde), Hiran, Somalia

On Thursday, February 20 2025, airstrikes were declared by US Africa Command (AFRICOM) forces in collaboration with the Somali National Army, reportedly against al-Shabaab forces near Bulo Burte district in the Hiraan region of Hirshabelle state. No civilians or militants were officially reported as injured or killed in the strikes. The strikes were officially confirmed…

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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16 February 2025

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Northeast Somalia, Calmiskaad (Al-miskat) Mountains, Puntland, Somalia

On Sunday afternoon, February 16 2025, at least two alleged Daesh (ISIS) militants in the Darar Madobe/Godka Kunle area of the Cal Miskaad Mountains, Bari, in Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland, were killed in an airstrike declared by US Africa Command (AFRICOM) forces in a joint operation with the Federal Government of Somalia and Puntland regional security…

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Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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16 February 2025

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منطقة الشكوى في رفح, Al-Shakwa area of Rafah near the airport, Rafah, Palestinian territories

Shortly before 8:58 AM on Sunday, February 16th 2025, three Palestinian police officers working to secure the entry of aid into the Gaza Strip were killed alongside one person, and four people, including one police officer, were injured as a result of an Israeli artillery and/or drone strike on a police security vehicle in the…

Summary

Airstrike (Drone Strike)

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Israeli Military

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13 February 2025

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مخيم النصيرات,, east of Al-Bureij camp and/or Al-Nuseirat camp, block C, Deir al Balah, Palestinian territories

Shortly before 3:47 PM on Thursday, 13 February, 2025, fourteen-year-old boy Salem (Hamouda) Alaa Badr Sauod was killed when a piece of unexploded ordnance was triggered in the Block C area of al-Nuiserat camp in the center of the Gaza Strip and/or east of al-Bureji camp, killing the teenager. Airwars’ researchers are also identifying potential names…

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Airstrike and/or Artillery

IDP or Refugee Camp

Civilians reported killed

Causes of Death / Injury

Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)

Israeli Military

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12 February 2025

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Sheebaab area of the Calmiskaad mountains, Puntland, Somalia

On the evening of February 12, 2025 in the Sheebaab region of the Cal Miskaad mountains of the northern Puntland province of Bari, over 30 ISIS militants were killed in two joint airstrikes allegedly conducted by the US and UAE militaries, according to media and military sources. The militants, “most of whom were foreigners” of…

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Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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5 February 2025

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رفح, al-Shawka Area, East of Rafah City, Rafah, Palestinian territories

Two civilians, both guarding humanitarian aid, were allegedly shot and killed by Israeli forces in the al-Shawka area, east of Rafah, on the morning of Wednesday, 5th February, 2025. Those identified as killed in the incident were named by multiple sources as Muhammad Awda Awad al-Dabari and Abdullah Subhi al-Saadini. Whilst Qatari network Al Araby…

Summary

Ground operation

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Small arms and light weapons

Israeli Military

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4 February 2025

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المغراقة, Al-Maghraqa, Rafah, Palestinian territories

A single source, @Sa7atPlBreaking, reported that two people were injured when a "suspicious object" exploded in a group of in Al-Maghraqa, Rafah, in Gaza on February 4, 2025. As there was no attribution of who was responsible for the explosion, this incident has been graded as "contested" until further information comes to light.

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Ground operation

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)

Israeli Military

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28 January 2025

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Sixna area, rural Qandala district , Puntland, Somalia

Four civilians, two women and two children, were killed and at least one other, a child, and up to six others were injured by an alleged US drone/air strike in the Sixna area of the Qandala district of Puntland on 28 January, 2025. Those killed were from the Reer Yusuf Mohamud Salah family; amongst them…

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28 January 2025

Residential, Agriculture (Livestock)

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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