Civilian Casualties

Bacadweyne, Mudug, Somalia

LOCATION

Between five and 70 alleged al-Shabaab militants were killed by declared US airstrikes and/or Somali government ground actions near Bacadweyne in the Mudug of central Galmudug state on February 15, 2023. AFRICOM released a statement on February 16th that “At the request of the Federal Government of Somalia and in support of Somali National Army

Summary

Airstrike, Ground operation

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

Causes of injury / death

5–70

ترمانين, town of Termanin, north of Idlib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

From the evening of Friday, 6th October 2023, and into the morning of Saturday, October 7th, 2023, artillery strikes, with the use of “Smerch” missiles and cluster ammunition, allegedly perpetrated by Syrian regime forces and/or the Russian and/or Iranian military, hit residential neighborhoods and a medical facility in the town of Termanin, north of Idlib,

Summary

Healthcare facility

3 – 7

(1–5 children2 men)

9–30

Russian Military, Syrian Regime, Iranian Military

6 named

Cadaley, Middle Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

42 al-Shabaab militants were reportedly killed by Somali forces and “international partner” operations in Cadaley near Mahaday district in Middle Shabelle on February 21, 2022. Somali National News Agency @SONNALIVE announced that the Somali National Army supported by regional forces and International partners killed 42 al-Shabaab militants in Cadaley near Mahaday district. According to Islam Times

Summary

Airstrike, Ground operation

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

Causes of injury / death

منزل الحاج أبو درويش المغربي قرب مدينة غزة, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Friday, December 22nd 2023, the entire al-Maghribi family, including up to 81 civilians: at least 17 women, 49 children, and an employee of the United Nations Development Program, were killed by an alleged Israeli airstrike on the home of Hajj Abu Darwish al-Maghribi near Gaza City, in the Gaza Strip. Al-Arabiya news, the Associated

Summary

(49 children17–19 women15–16 men)

79 – 81

79 named, 1 familiy identified

City

البوكمال, Abu Kamal, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

One child was reportedly injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike targeting ISIL fighters in the “Old Corniche” area in the city of Abu Kamal, according to local sources.

Summary

US-led Coalition

مستكو, عفرين, Mastako, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

A civilian 64-year-old was wounded followed an alleged Turkish shelling of Mastako, Afrin, according to Rumaf. The source said that the victim had many shrapnel wounds in his thighs, hands and head. The Kurdish Red Crescent also listed the victim as wounded, though it said this occurred in Shya’ and it is not known whether

Summary

Коротич, Korotych, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

A man was killed and between five and six other civilians were injured by alleged Russian shelling of the village of Korotych the morning of April 22, 2022. The Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office reported on Telegram that a pre-trial investigation had been initiated into an incident where Russian forces shelling the village of Korotych, resulting

Summary

(1 man)

5–6

Russian Military

Exact location (via Airwars)

Kuntu Waarey District and the El-Wadalan area of the Galcad district, Lower Shabelle and Galgaduud provinces, Somalia

LOCATION

On the 17th of February, 2024, the Somali National Army (SNA) announced that they had conducted two airstrikes against Al-Shabaab militants with assistance from “international partners”. According to a statement from the Somali Ministry of Defense, one strike was conducted in the Kuntu Waarey District in Lower Shabelle and another was carried out in Galcad

Summary

Somali Military Forces, US Forces

Suspected target

Al-Shabaab

Belligerents reported injured

Уди, Udy, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

On 1st May 2022, at 11:30 am, the Russian armed forces reportedly shelled villages including Udy in the Bohodukhiv district of the Kharkiv region. Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group reported that the artillery shelling hit amongst other infrastructure a car, killing one women immediately and wounding the two other passengers, a man and another woman.

Summary

School

(1 woman)

رفح, the house of the Al-Hashash family in Hashashashin area in Rafah, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

During the morning of Tuesday, October 24th, 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the house of the Al-Hashash family located in Hashashashin area in Rafah, Gaza Strip, killing 11 members of the same family, including at least three women and three children, and reportedly injuring dozens of other civilians. Safa News initially reported that ten

Summary

(3 children3 women5 men)

2–24

11 named, 1 familiy identified

City

صحيان, Sahiyan, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

In this single-source event, Smart News Agency, reported that three civilians were left slightly wounded as an aircraft, “likely to be Russian”, carried out air raids on the highway in the town of Sihan, south of Idlib. The strikes reportedly struck a highway restaurant. Currently, there are no further details available.

Summary

Russian Military

الزربة, Zerba, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

According to local media, a 21-year-old civilian was wounded followed an alleged Turkish air and or artillery strike on the village of Zerba. It was reported that his wounds were critical and that as many as four other civilians were wounded, including critical cases. Sources reported that Turkish warplanes bombed the centre of Shirawa and

Summary

1–4

Лозівський район, Lozivsʹkyy district, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

On May 4th 2022, an 11 year-old boy was injured as a result of alleged Russian shelling in the Lozova district of Kharkiv. The Head of Kharkiv Oblast Oleg Sinegubov commented on Facebook: “Today, as a result of enemy shelling, an 11-year-old child was injured in the Loziv district”. According to Suspilne News, the boy

Summary

الشيخ رضوان, Sheikh Radwan, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On the evening of Monday, October 23rd 2023, a home for the Radwan family in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood west of Gaza City was bombed in an alleged Israeli airstrike. Mohamed Emad (Imad) Labd (Labad), a Palestinian journalist who worked for Al Resalah News website, was killed in this incident along with his 83-year-old grandfather

Summary

Residential building

(3 men)

3 named, 1 familiy identified

Neighbourhood/area

حلب, al-Nayrab, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

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

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

1–2

Assad regime, Iranian military

Suspected targets

Belligerents reported injured

1–7

منزل عائلة منصور برفح, Home of the Mansour family in Rafah, Gaza strip, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Tuesday, October 24th 2023, two people were reportedly killed and at least four others were injured, as a result of an alleged Israeli bombing on the home of the Mansour family in Tal Al-Sultan neighborhood, next to the Directorate of Social Affairs, in Rafah, Gaza Strip. Mahmoud Sami, Mahmoud Al-Aarsak and Mohammad n. Abu

Summary

Residential building

(2 men)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

الباب, Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Eight people were reportedly injured as a result of an alleged Turkish artillery shelling on Al Bab. Al Bab News and the ISIS-affiliated outlet Al A’amaq said that most of the wounded were women and children. There are currently no further details available.

Summary

Turkish Military

Saakow, Middle Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

A civilian was injured by alleged Kenyan or United Arab Emirates or US airstrike on Saakow in Middle Jubba on June 16/17, 2023. Horn Observer reported that a civilian was injured by airstrikes in Saakow, possibly carried out by Kenya, the United Arab Emirates, or the US. Hormuud, Somalia’s largest telecom provider, also announced that

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Power Station

Kenyan Military Forces, United Arab Emirates Military, US Forces

منزل عائلة النبيه في شارع الثلاثيني, Al-Nabih family house on Al Thalatheini street, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Shortly before 9:46 PM on Thursday, October 19th 2023, a number of civilians were injured as a result of an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Al-Nabih family house on al-Thalatheini Street in Gaza City, Gaza Strip. At 9:46 PM on October 19, the Palestinian Press Agency (Safa PS) reported “injuries as a result of [Israeli]

Summary

عزان, Azzan, Shabwa, Yemen

LOCATION

On September 7th 2012, a child was injured following the explosion of a live projectile from a previous airstrike allegedly by US forces in the city of Azzan, Shabwa governorate. Eyewitnesses told Al-Masdar Online that “a shell exploded while a child was passing by one of the buildings that was bombed by drones to target

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)

قرية قرموغ, Qarmogh (Qarmug) village east of Kobani, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

On Wednesday, January 24th, 2024, a child and a 24-year-old farmer named Marouf Khalil Muhammad were injured due to an alleged artillery attack by the Turkish military. Reportedly, the farmer was injured in his leg and/or foot while he was working on his land in the village of Qarmug (Qarmogh), east of the city of

Summary

Agriculture

جسر الشغور, Jisr Al Shogour, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

On August 5th 2023, between three and four civilian children were injured during shelling allegedly carried out by the Syrian regime and/or Russian forces on a residential neighborhood in the city of Jisr al-Shughur, Syria. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported a few days later that one of the children had died from their

Summary

(1 child)

3–4

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

3 named, 1 familiy identified

الشيفية في غرانيج, Al Shayfiyyah in Granij, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Up to three civilians were injured in crossfire allegedly between the SDF and Deir Ezzor Military Council on August 29th, 2023 in the Al-Shafiyyah area of Granij, a town east of Deir Ezzor. Naher Media (@nahermedia) stated the injured were farmers, with Euphrates Post (@euphratspost) identifying one as Ibrahim al-Hamid al-Abd al-Hay, a young man.

Summary

Agriculture

1–3

Small arms and light weapons

معرة حرمة, Ma'arat Horma, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Edlib Media Centre and @abo_aljod84 reported: “A woman was injured when Russian warplanes raided the town of Ma’arat Horma, south of Idlib”. However, later @MOHAMADJAPAS said that civilians were wounded as a result of alleged Russian airstrikes on Ma’arat Horma. No further details are currently available.

Summary

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

مجمع ناصر الطبي, Nasser medical complex, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 7, 2023, a paramedic was reportedly killed and a number of civilians and paramedics injured by an alleged Israeli strike on an ambulance near Nasser Medical Complex, East of Khan Yunis. Paramedic Marwan Abu Raida (54 years old), reportedly killed in the strike, was described by a social media source as a Khuza’a

Summary

Healthcare facility

(1 man)

1 named

Exact location (via Airwars)

العربان, Al Urban, Marqab, Libya

LOCATION

Two civilians were allegedly killed in a GNA airstrike on Al Urban. Al Mashhad reported: “Two civilians were killed by indiscriminate shelling of the Al Wefaq government forces in Al Urban, 30 km southeast of Gheryan, local sources said. The sources said that the young Issa ibn al-Hadi al-Jaafari was seriously injured by indiscriminate shelling

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

(2 men)

Government of National Accord

LOCATION

وادي الربيع, Wadi al Rabie, Tarabulus, Libya

Two civilians were injured because of an air or artillery strike in Wadi al Rabie in Tajoura. The Ambulance Services Libya reported: “Miloud Rashed and Sifaoy Al Mzughi of the Tajoura rescue team were injured due to aerial bombardment in Al Habayebiyah area in Wadi al Rabie.” Tk Yahrouq Kl shy only reported indiscriminate shelling

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

عفرين, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilians were wounded in the city of Afrin, Aleppo governorate, by alleged SDF shelling, according to local media. Al Araby said: “Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) militias bombed the city of Afrin in the northern countryside of Aleppo, resulting in two civilian casualties.” Further information is not available to Airwars at this moment.

Summary

Syrian Democratic Forces