Civilian Casualties

Russian Military

الشيخ سنديان, Al Shekh Sindian village, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Shortly before midnight on Saturday, October 21, 2023, a civilian man was injured after a wall of his house collapsed due to an airstrike allegedly perpetrated by the Russian military in the Al Shekh Sindian village in the western countryside of Idlib, Syria. The Syrian Civil Defense reported on the incident at 12:16 AM on

Summary

Russian Military

النصيرات, Nuseirat, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

During the morning of Saturday October 21st 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike killed at least four civilians and wounded numerous others, after the bombardment hit the Abu Marahil residence on al-Eshreen Street, in the Nuseirat camp, central-west of the Gaza Strip. The deceased were members of the Abu Marahil family: 64-year old Issa Suleiman Abu

Summary

IDP or refugee camp, Residential building

(2 women2 men)

4 named, 1 familiy identified

Town

عضو المكتب السياسي للحركة في غزة أسامة المزيني, home of Osama Al-Muzaini, Gaza Strip, Gaza Strip, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On the evening of Monday, October 16th 2023, the head of the Hamas Shura Council, Osama al-Muzaini (Abu Hammam), and his two sons, the eldest 27-year-old son Hammam (Hummam) Osama Atiya al-Muzaini and 23-year-old Muhammad Osama Atiya al-Muzaini, were killed in a declared Israeli airstrike on his home in the Gaza Strip. 57-year-old Osama al-Muzaini was a senior

Summary

2 – 3

(2–3 men)

Known belligerent

2 named, 1 familiy identified

Belligerents reported killed

0–1

مقهى ريو في خانيونس, Rio Café at the end of Jalal Street in Khan Yunis, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

An alleged Israeli airstrike shortly before 10:55 PM on Saturday October 21st 2023, killed at least 13 civilians and injured 17 others sheltering in a café in Khan Younis. Shehab Agency was the first to report the incident at 10:55 PM, sharing images of the injured men being transported on stretchers. At 11:32 PM Safa

Summary

13 – 18

(1 child9–12 men)

Impact

13 named, 2 families identified

عائلة عليوة في حي الزيتون, Eliwa Family House in the Al-Zaytoun neighbourhood, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On either late October 19th or the early hours of October 20th, between 14 and 28 people were killed and others were injured when the house of the Eliwa family, in the Al-Zaytoun neighbourhood, south of Gaza City was bombed in an alleged Israeli airstrike. Palinfo reported that people were killed and injured and that

Summary

Religious Institution, Residential building

(3 children3 women4–5 men)

14 – 28

14 named, 4 families identified

Belligerents reported killed

قرية الشيخ عيسى, Sheikh Esa, the Al-Shahba area, Aleppo countryside, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

On Friday, October 20th, 2023, an alleged Turkish artillery shelling in the village of Sheikh Esa, located in the Al-Shahba area in the northern countryside of Aleppo, injured a young man. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the 22-year-old man, named as Ali Radwan Ahmed, was taken to hospital for treatment for injuries suffered

Summary

قرية عقيبة , Akaybah/Ogaybah, Shirawa, Afrin countryside, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

On Friday, October 20th, two civilians were injured as a result of alleged Turkish military bombing on the town of Akaybah (Ogaybah in Kurdish). They were injured while working in the fields surrounding the town, and were taken to the closest medical center for treatment. One civilian was identified as 29-year-old Shaima Muhammad Rajab Talib.

Summary

Agriculture

The Gaza Strip, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Friday, October 20th, 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike killed at least one civilian in the Gaza Strip; it is unknown whether others were killed or injured. The victim was identified as 22-year-old Louay al-Zuhairi. Louay was the first in his family to attend university, and was close to graduating at the time of his

Summary

منزل لعائلة "حسونة" بحي الشجاعية, a house for the “Hassouna” family in the Shujaiya neighbourhood, Gaza Strip, Gaza City, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 19th 2023, an unknown number of people were killed and injured by an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Hassouna family home in the Shujaiya neighbourhood. The Palestinian Ministry of Interior reported on “Martyrs and wounded” resulting from an Israeli airstrike on “a house for the “Hassouna” family in the “Shujaiya neighbourhood”. Other sources

Summary

بيت لاهيا, Beit Lahia, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Shortly before 1:38pm on Wednesday October 18th 2023, seven identified members of the Abu Jalhoum family, including a mother with her five children, were killed and seven others were reportedly injured when an alleged Israeli airstrike hit their home in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip. At 1:38 PM the Palestinian News Agency Safa

Summary

(5 children1 woman1 man)

7 named, 1 familiy identified

Town

ِبني سهيلا, Bani Suhaila, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Shortly before 1:15pm on Wednesday, October 18th, 2023, at least one woman was reportedly killed and two civilians were injured after an alleged Israeli airstrike on a house belonging to the Al-Raqab family in the Salah al-Din neighborhood in the town of Bani Suhaila, east of Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip. At 1:15pm Safa News reported

Summary

1 – 2

(1 woman)

Town

سرمين, Sermin (Sarmin), Idlib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

On Wednesday, October 18th, 2023, two women and a man were reportedly injured as a result of the bombardment allegedly perpetrated by Russian military and/or Syrian regime forces on a residential neighborhood in the city of Sermin (Sarmin), east of Idlib, Syria. No further details on the identity of the injured civilians have been reported

Summary

Causes of injury / death

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

ترمانين, Termanin, north of Idlib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Around 9 PM on Wednesday, October 18th, 2023, three civilians, including a child, were reportedly injured as a result of an alleged artillery attack in Termanin, north of Idlib, Syria. The attack was reportedly perpetrated by the Syrian regime and/or the Russian military and/or by the Iranian military. Allegedly, the attack hit a residential neighborhood

Summary

Causes of injury / death

Russian Military, Iranian Military, Syrian Regime

دير البلح, Deir al Balah, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At approximately 7:30pm on Wednesday, October 18th 2023, a home sheltering the Musa family on Abu Arif Street in Deir al-Balah collapsed due to alleged Israeli airstrikes, killing between eight and more than 30 people. 65-year old Hiam Musa was, at the time of writing, the only person to be named as having been killed

Summary

(2–18 children2–18 women)

8 – 31

City

قرية كاني كندي , Kani Kindi village, Koya District, Kurdistan, Iraq

LOCATION

On Tuesday, October 17th, 2023, one man was killed and up to three other civilians, women, were injured after an alleged Turkish drone strike on a car in the Kani Kindi village in the Koya district of Kurdistan, Iraq. The car was reported to have belonged to citizens of the Makhmour refugee camp; the driver

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

1–3

جورة اللوت, Sabah family home, Jouret al-Lout, Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At dawn on Tuesday, October 17th 2023, between 23 and 27 members of the Sabah family including at least seven women, 10 children, and an infant were killed, and many others, including displaced civilians and at least five children, were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Sabah family home in the Jourat al-Lout

Summary

(11–13 children7–9 women3 men)

23 – 27

8–10

24 named, 1 familiy identified

محافظة دير البلح, Deir al Balah Governorate, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Tuesday, October 17th, 2023, at least ten civilians were killed by an alleged Israeli airstrike on Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip. The identified casualties were members of the Radwan family. Nebal Mohammad was killed with six of her children. Her five daughters, 21-year old Duha Radwan, 14-year old Maryam Radwan, Saha Radwan, 6-year old

Summary

(3–4 children5–6 women1 man)

10 named, 1 familiy identified

Province/governorate

مستشفى الأهلي المعمداني, al Ahli Al Mamadani hospital, Gaza strip, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

In perhaps the most well-known, and hotly debated, incident from the war in Gaza, civilians were killed while sheltering at the Al Ahli hospital on October 17th 2023. The incident was widely-reported, with a fierce dispute as to whether the civilian casualties were caused by a Palestinian militant rocket fired at Israel that fell short

Summary

Healthcare facility

(12–27 children11–16 women16–19 men)

63 – 471

14–314

Impact

Israeli Military, Palestinian Militants

52 named, 8 families identified

قرية كالوته, Kalotah village, Shirawa district, Afrin countryside, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

During the night of Monday, October 16, 2023, a child, Muhammad Qushu Ali, was injured by alleged Turkish and Sham Legion military artillery shells in the village of Kalotah, in the Afrin countryside of northern Syria. Muhammad Qushu Ali’s age remains unclear: according to the Afrin post, the child was 3 years old. However, Efrin

Summary

مخيم مخمور, Makhmur camp, Erbil Governorate , Kurdistan, Iraq

LOCATION

A woman was injured after an alleged Turkish drone strike hit a home in the Makhmur camp at approximately 9:25AM on October 13th, 2023. The woman, 50-year-old Aisha Muhammad Ahmed, was a resident of the camp, which houses between 10,000 to 12,000 displaced Kurds. Her injuries, many of which look to be on her face

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

IDP or refugee camp

جبل الأربعين, Jabal Al Arbaeen, Ariha, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Shortly before midnight of Friday, October 13th, 2023, the mother of the SCD volunteer Ahmed Mahdi Ahmadou was killed and his father was injured, but later succumbed to his injuries, in the bombardment of their house reportedly perpetrated by the Russian military in the Jabal Al Arbaeen area near Ariha city, in the southern countryside

Summary

(1 woman1 man)

Russian Military

3 named, 1 familiy identified

كفرعمة, Kafar Ammad [Kafr Amma/Kafr Amah/Kafar’ama], Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

On Thursday, October 12th, 2023, a 39 year-old-man was killed and a number of civilians were injured due to an alleged artillery attack conducted by the Russian military and/or the Syrian regime in the village of Kafar Ammad [Kafr Amma/Kafr Amah/Kafar’ama] in the western countryside of Aleppo, Syria. Reportedly, a 39-year old man named Izz

Summary

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

مرعيان, Marayan, Jabal al-Zawiya in the southern countryside of Idlib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

On Wednesday, October 11, 2023, a civilian was injured by an artillery shelling allegedly perpetrated by Syrian regime forces and/or the Russian military in the town of Marayan in Jabal al-Zawiya in the southern countryside of Idlib. According to @baladi Twitter/X user, the injured man was taken to a hospital nearby for treatment. Syria TV,

Summary

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

مخيم يابنا, Yabna camp, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 11th, 2023, an airstrike in Yabna Refugee Camp, Rafah killed Muhammad Fayez Yousef Abu Mattar, a 28 year old photojournalist. Multiple sources, including Iyad Abu Zubaida, reported that there were “no casualties” in the Abu Shamala family home in Yabna Camp. However, journalist Adel Zourob posted on Facebook that “without warning, [Israeli] aircraft

Summary

IDP or refugee camp, Residential building

Neighbourhood/area

منزل أبو مئكور, home of the Abu Mathkour family in Al-Shouka neighbourhood of Rafah, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

During the afternoon of Tuesday, October 10th, 2023, a home of the Abu Mathkour family located in the Al-Shouka neighbourhood, east of Rafah in the Gaza Strip, was hit by an alleged Israeli airstrike, killing at least five identified men, three of whom’s civilian status is contested. Rafah Municipality shared images of the rescue efforts

Summary

2 – 5

(2–5 men)

Belligerents reported killed

0–3

شارع الصحابة في حي الدرج مدينة غزة, Hijazi, al-Safadi, Atallah, and al-Sik family homes, Al-Sahaba Street in the Al-Daraj area, east of Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At 5:15 pm on Tuesday, October 10th 2023, 16 civilians, including at least nine members of the Hijazi family, were killed, and at least three children were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the residential homes belonging to the Hijazi, al-Safadi, Atallah, and al-Sik families located in al-Sahaba street in the al-Daraj area east

Summary

(3–5 children2–3 women7–11 men)

13 named, 1 familiy identified

منزل عائلة اسليم في الشجاعية, Aslim family house in al-Suja’iya neighborhood, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

During the afternoon of October 10th 2023, six civilians, most of whom were children, were killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Aslim family home, located in the al-Suja’iya neighborhood in the Gaza Strip. Alaa Ahmed Zaino (30) and her children, Yahya Muhannad Sami Aslim (12), Hala Muhannad Sami Aslim (10), Majda Muhannad Sami Aslim (5), and Anas

Summary

(4 children1 woman1 man)

6 named, 1 familiy identified