Civilian Casualties

أبو دلال النصيرات مول, Abu Dalal Al Nuseirat Mall, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Tuesday, October 24th, 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the Abu Dalal al-Nuseirat Mall and a house next to it in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip, reportedly killing at least 21 civilians and injuring at least 80 more, according to multiple sources. @ShehabAgency initially reported on “10 martyrs and a large

Summary

Humanitarian aid distribution, IDP or refugee camp, Marketplace, Residential building

(9 children2 women7 men)

Impact

23 named, 4 families identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Geolocation

Exact location (via Airwars)

عفرين, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilians were injured in an alleged Turkish artillery raid on Afrin. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that an alleged Turkish shelling on Afrin “injured two citizens. One of them is a child. Additionally, a fighter of YPG was killed in the shelling.” There are no reports of civilian casualties. RT and Bas

Summary

Turkish Military

معسكر الحازمية السلفي, Salafiya Al Hazmiya Camp, Al Bayda, Yemen

LOCATION

A number of US drone strikes reportedly targeted pro-government fighters in Hazmiya district in Bayda governorate, on March 25th 2019, killing at least five and injuring eight others. A few sources instead indicated that a UAE drone had conducted the strikes, and one suggested that a Houthi ballistic missile was responsible for reported casualties. Though

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

US Forces, Saudi-led Coalition, Yemeni Air Force

Suspected target

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

Belligerents reported killed

5–7

Belligerents reported injured

المنارة, al Manara, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

A civilian woman was killed and three civilians were reportedly injured when the Al-Lahham family home in the Al-Manara neighborhood east of Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, was struck on Tuesday, 24th of October 2023 at 7:36 PM. According to Safa News and Basema Alfarra’s Facebook post, the bombardment resulted in one civilian death and three

Summary

(1 woman)

Palestinian Militants, Israeli Military

LOCATION

Mosul, Al Hermat, Nineveh, Iraq

One civilian was injured in a mortar strike by an unknown party on al Hermat in West Mosul, according to an eyewitness. Amnesty International provided the following field report to Airwars citing an eyewitness: “At the time of the explosions and the bombings, the windows would shatter, and shrapnel would fly everywhere. Because of this,

Summary

US-led Coalition, Unknown

تل منس, Tal Menes, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

In one of two incidents in Tal Menes on December 21-22, 2019, civilians were wounded in alleged Russian or regime airstrikes on the village the morning of December 21st, 2019, according to local sources. Both @ShahbaPress and a Facebook post by Mustafa.alshekh78 identified civilians injured in the strikes but did not provide a number. A

Summary

الأبزمو, Al Abzemo, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

On the evening of Sunday, 8th October 2023, an alleged bombardment with missiles reportedly carrying incendiary ammunition by the Syrian regime and/or Russian military caused moderately serious injuries to three civilians: a father Salwan al-Yousef, his 13-year-old daughter Fatima Salwan Al-Yousef, and his infant son Mohamed Salwan Al-Yousef who was only three months old. The

Summary

3 named, 1 familiy identified

بلبلة, Bulbul, Afrin, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

In a private report, the Kurdish Red Crescent listed one civilian was wounded followed an alleged Turkish shelling of Bulbul, Syria. The type of weapon is unknown. No additional details are presently known.

Summary

ابي الاشهر, Bilash'har, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

According to Libya Al Ahrar, a student at the Freedom Martyrs School in Abi Al-Shahr area in Tajura was injured in a bombardment by Haftar that targeted a farm adjacent to the school. No further details are available at the moment.

Summary

قرية شعالة, Sha’ale ( Shaala) village, Al-Shahba District, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

In the afternoon of Wednesday, January 17th, 2024, an alleged Turkish artillery strike on the Shaala (Sha’ale) village in Al-Shahba District in Aleppo’s northern countryside, Syria, injured three civilians, among them a woman and a child. Multiple sources, including Afrin News, Fox Press, SOHR, and others, reported that the artillery bombardment attributed to the Turkish

Summary

Turkish Military

3 named, 1 familiy identified

هيكجة, Heikja, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Afrin Now reported the injury of one civilian, “Hussein Suleiman, 37 years old, from the village of Heikja, Shih district” in an alleged Turkish shelling near his home in Heikja village. There are no other details at this time.

Summary

دير الشرقي, Deir Al Sharqi, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Civilians were reportedly wounded by alleged Russian airstrikes on the village of Deir Al Sharqi, Idlib governorate, on January 5th, 2020. Various local sources, including @MolhamKaied, reported that “injuries” resulted from airstrikes on Deir Al Sharqi but did not mention how many were injured. The majority of sources attributed airstrikes and the resulting injuries in

Summary

محيط مشفى الاندونيسي, vicinity of the Indonesian Hospital, in Bait Lahia, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Shortly before 2:44 AM on Sunday, 29 October 2023, a Palestinian photojournalist, New Press correspondent in the northern Gaza Strip, Fadi Al-Wahidi, was slightly injured in his hand by shrapnel from an alleged Israeli bombardment near the Indonesian Hospital located in Bait Lahia in North Gaza. The Palestinian press agency, Safa, reported the incident saying

Summary

الاتارب, Atarib, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Several civilians were injured due to an alleged Russian airstrike on the city of Atarib in the morning of January 17th, 2019, Four alleged airstrikes targeting the city of Atarib have resulted in the injury of several people, according to the Frmedianetwork and HalabTodayTV reported that “several civilians were injured as a result of four

Summary

Russian Military

سرمين, Sarmeen [Sarmin], Idlib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

On Sunday, November 19th, 2023, two civilians, including at least one child, were injured as a result of an alleged missile strike by the Syrian regime forces and/or the Russian military in residential neighborhoods of the city of Sarmin, east of Idlib, Syria. One of the children was reportedly injured after falling from a high

Summary

Causes of injury / death

الموصل: غرب/الجانب الأيمن, Mosul, West Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

In its July 2017 civilian casualty report, the Coalition reported that it did not carry out strikes in the area of where civilian casualties were alleged in social media reports. This allegation was previously unknown to Airwars. The report stated as follows: “May 23, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via social media: The report contained insufficient

Summary

0–1

US-led Coalition

الحميرة, Al Humaira, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian died and two or three more were wounded in alleged Russian or regime air or artillery strikes on Al Humaira, according to local media. The Step News Agency and other local sources reported one civilian killed and the injury of three more; they all blamed “Russian airstrikes”. But Smart said that regime artillery

Summary

2–3

تجمعا للمواطنين بمحيط ديوان جندية بمنطقة المنطار في حي الشجاعية شرق مدينة غزة, the vicinity of a soldier’s office in the Al-Mantar area in the Al-Shujaiya neighborhood, east of Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Friday, October 27, 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike hit civilians gathered in the vicinity of a “soldier’s office” (or Diwan Jundiyya) in the al-Shujaiya neighbourhood in the east of Gaza City, injuring and killing a number of civilians, as reported by Jenin News and Daqiqah News. No sources available to Airwars included the names

Summary

عفرين, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

At least one child and one woman were killed in alleged YPG artillery strikes on the city of Afrin, Aleppo governorate on January 20th, 2020. Up to five civilians, including two children, were injured, as reported by local sources. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that “the child Muhammad Mar’i and Mrs. Turfah Meqdeh

Summary

2 – 4

(1–2 children)

2–5

YPG

5 named, 1 familiy identified

مدينة حمد السكنية, Hamad Residential Town, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At the dawn of Monday, 23 October 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the lawyer Mohamed Sammour’s home located at the entrance to His Highness Sheikh Hamad City from the eastern side, opposite the O towers northwest of Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, causing minor injuries to a number of civilians living in a neighboUring house.

Summary

IDP or refugee camp, Residential building

Impact

Exact location (via Airwars)

Geolocation

بنين,, Benin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

One man was wounded by an alleged Russian or regime airstrike against the village of Benin on January 25th 2020. Local residents reported that two air raids struck Benin. Baladi News reported that Benin was one village that was a target of over 200 airstrikes carried out by the Assad regime. Ariha Today noted one

Summary

حي الزيتون, eastern area of al-Zaytoun neighborhood, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On June 21, 2024, at least two civilians, 35-year-old Hamid Nimr al-Dous and Rami Yassin, were killed in an alleged Israeli bombing of the eastern part of the al-Zaytoun neighbourhood in Gaza City. At 17:06 on June 21, the Palestinian Press Agency (Safa) reported that “the young man Hamid al-Dous was martyred in an Israeli

Summary

(1 man)

Names matched with MoH IDs

2 named

الهضبة البدري, Al Hadaba Al Badri, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

Between one and two civilians were allegedly killed and up to five more injured by LNA shelling on the Hadaba Al Badri neighbourhood of Tripoli. Al Wasat said: “The media advisor to the Ministry of Health in the Government of Al-Wefaq, Amin Al-Hashemi, announced in a statement to Al Wasat ‘the death of a civilian

Summary

1 – 2

(1 man)

3–5

منزل عائلة الخور في حي الصبرة قرب مسجد عبد الله عزام, al-Khor family home near to Abdullah Azzam Mosque, al-Sabra neighbourhood, near to Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Sunday, 29 October 2023, between 30 and 33 civilians, including at least eight children and three women, were killed as a result of an alleged Israeli attack on their home located near to Abdullah Azzam Mosque in the al-Sabra neighbourhood, near to Gaza City, in the Gaza Strip. 61-year-old Sheikh Juma al-Khor was killed in the

Summary

(8–14 children3 women5 men)

30 – 33

12 named, 1 familiy identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

الشيخ عقيل, Sheikh Akeel, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

A single source reported that alleged Russian warplanes “launched more than five air raids of various types of ammunition on the village of Sheikh Akeel, leaving a number of injured and a large destruction in the residential buildings”. There are no other details at this time.

Summary

Russian Military

أبين سمعان, Abin Samaan, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Three civilians were killed and six others were injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on the village of Abyan Samaan, Aleppo governorate, on February 12th, 2020, according to local sources. An employee for the media office of the Directorate for the Civil Defence, Hamza Al Youssef, told SMART News that the six injured civilians were taken

Summary

Russian Military

مدرسة حسن سلامة بحي النصر, Hassan Salama School and Al-Nasr School, Al-Nasr neighbourhood, Gaza strip, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At least 26 civilians were killed and many others were wounded by a declared Israeli airstrike on two UN-run schools, the Hassan Salama School and Al-Nasr school on August 4th 2024. The two schools appear to have been targeted at the same time, and geographically are very close to each other. The Palestinian Chronicle, quoting

Summary

School, UN facility

(5–18 children3–6 women5–15 men)

26 – 27

12–24

26 named, 5 families identified

Belligerents reported killed

0–1

الخبر, Al Khabr, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

One local language source, Aden al-Hadath, reported that according to local residents, a drone strike had targeted a school in Khabr al-Maraqisha, Abyan governorate, on March 2nd 2017. There were no known reports of civilian casualties. On the same day, multiple US airstrikes and alleged troop landings were reported, as part of a combined arms

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

School

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

US Forces

Suspected target