Civilian Casualties

Agriculture

Small arms and light weapons

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

كفرنوران, Kafarnouran, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Between three and four civilians, including a child, were reported to have been killed and up to 11 others, including two children, a woman and an elderly man, were injured by shelling suspected by militants allied to the Syrian regime and/or Russian forces in the countryside village of Kafr Nouran on June 21, 2023. The

Summary

Marketplace

3 – 4

(1 child2 men)

7–11

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

11 named, 2 families identified

Belligerents reported injured

كفرنبل, Kafar Nabil, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Five civilians, including three women, were reported injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on Kafar Nabil, Idlib governorate, on August 12th, 2019, according to local sources. Syria Civil Defense stated that “five civilians, including three women, were injured in warplanes’ airstrikes on the houses of civilians in the centre of Kafar Nabil.” Shaam News Network reported

Summary

Maaret Al Nassan, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

On August 16th, 2023, at least one civilian was injured in shelling allegedly carried out by the Syrian regime and/or Russian forces in the Syrian village of Maarat Al-Nassan. The Syrian Civil Defense (@SyriaCivilDefe) reported that a civilian was injured by artillery shelling carried out by the Syrian regime and Russian forces, adding that their

Summary

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

Airstrike and/or Artillery

LOCATION

حيش, Hiysh, Idlib, Syria

At least one woman was killed and a woman and “others” were reported injured in airstrikes on Hiysh, Idlib, on August 16th. Syrian Network for Human Rights names Mrs. Eman Shahhoud al Azraq, from Khan Sheikhoun city, as the victim killed in airstrikes by the Syrian regime on Hiysh. Smart News reported, “Russian warplanes shelling

Summary

(1 woman)

2–3

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

1 named

مدرسة الفاخورة, Al-Fakhoura school, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 8th 2023, Israeli military aircraft were reported to have carried out an airstrike on the Al-Najjar family home in the Al-Fakhoura area of the Jabalia refugee camp in north Gaza, killing an unknown number of people and injuring at least four people. The Shehab Agency tweeted that there were “injuries as the [Israeli]

Summary

IDP or refugee camp, Residential building

أحسم, Ihsim, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

On Tuesday morning, August 22nd 2023, three civilians were injured, including one child, as a result of artillery shelling allegedly by the Syrian regime forces and/or Russia on the town of Ihsim in Jabal Al-Zawiya, in the countryside of Idlib. Many local sources including @SyriaCivilDefe and SY-24 news also reported that a fire broke out

Summary

School

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

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

LOCATION

On the evening of October 9th, 2023, up to 15 members of the al-Madhoun family, including two women and eleven children, were killed as a result of an alleged Israeli airstrike on the al-Madhoun family home located behind the Golden Hall in the Americana area west to the town of Beit Lahyia in the northern

Summary

(11 children1–2 women2 men)

Impact

15 named, 1 familiy identified

Town

الجرذي, Al Jarthi, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

On August 30th 2023, an alleged shooting by SDF military patrols hit civilians leaving a mosque in the town of Al-Jarthi al-Sharqi in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, Syria, killing between one and three civilians and injuring between eight and 12 civilians, including two children. Sources report different accounts of the toll on civilians.

Summary

Religious Institution

1 – 3

(1 man)

8–12

Small arms and light weapons

جوار مسجد ابو سليم, Vicinity of Abu Saleem mosque, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 10, 2023, 18 civilians, including five children and three women, were killed and 23 others were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the al-Najjar family house in Deir Balah in the central Gaza Strip. Amnesty International found that US-made munitions were likely used in the strike, which Amnesty called “unlawful”. In a

Summary

(5 children3 women9 men)

18 named, 1 familiy identified

Exact location (via Airwars)

Belligerents reported killed

مستشفى الاندونيسي, Indonesian Hospital, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On the evening of October 7th 2023, an ambulance was allegedly damaged by an Israeli airstrike, killing two paramedics and injuring two others at the Indonesian hospital located in Jabalia, Gaza Strip. Both paramedics were identified as 39-year-old Tariq Muhammad Ashour and 33-year-old Mahmoud Samih Abu Mashaykh. It has been reported that two other paramedics

Summary

Healthcare facility

(2 men)

Impact

2 named

Nearby landmark

البوكمال, Abu Kamal, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the death of a civilian and the injury of three others in an event near Abu Kamal. Their February 2018 civilian casualty report noted: “During a Coalition strike that destroyed Daesh weapons facility under and headquarters one civilian was unintentionally killed and three

Summary

Known belligerent

US-led Coalition

محيط الكلية الجامعية للعلوم التطبيقية, Vicinity of the University College of Applied Sciences, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

During the evening of Thursday October 12th, 2023, six civilians were reportedly killed and others wounded as a result of an alleged Israeli airstrike on a house located near the University College of Applied Sciences in the Tel Al-Hawa neighborhood, west of Gaza City, in the Gaza Strip. A Facebook post by Dcdgovps included photos

Summary

Exact location (via Airwars)

هجين, Hajin, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the injury of a civilian in an event near Hajin, Syria. The Pentagon later declared this to have been a US-caused incident. Their September 2019 civilian casualty report noted: “Coalition aircraft conducted an airstrike against Daesh terrorists. Regrettably, one civilian was unintentionally wounded

Summary

السطر الشرقي, al Satar al Sharqi, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On the evening of Sunday, 15 October 2023, five civilian members of the Al-Agha family, all men, were killed in an alleged Israeli strike in the vicinity of their family’s residence in Al-Satar, Al-Sharqi neighbourhood in Khan Yunis in southern Gaza. The sources differed in the description of the nature of the deadly strike. According

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

(5 men)

5 named, 1 familiy identified

Neighbourhood/area

مارع, Mare’, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

An unknown number of civilians were reportedly wounded after alleged YPG artillery strikes on the opposition-held city of Mare’ in the countryside of Aleppo. @shamelnews tweeted that the strike injured civilians, but it remains unclear how many. @so_ria98 also tweeted that civilian casualties had been reported after strikes from the “nearby headquarters of the Kurdish

Summary

Syrian Democratic Forces, YPG

مخيم البريج, Bureij camp, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Friday, October 13th 2023, at least 14 civilians were killed, all members of the Abu-Lashin family, including at least two women and at least five children and an infant, as a result of an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Abu Lashin family’s home in the Bureij camp. According to Safa news, the attack happened

Summary

IDP or refugee camp, Residential building

(5–6 children2 women6 men)

14 – 16

14 named, 1 familiy identified

Town

متينان, Metin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Three civilians were reported killed in alleged Turkish shelling on the village of Metin, east of the city of Kobane, on October 11th, 2019, as reported by local sources. @y_ozgurpolitika has identified one of the victims as Eidan Sheikh Ahmad, male, 60 years old, who was taken to the hospital a few hours after the

Summary

(3 men)

بلدة الحوايج, Al Hawaij, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Multiple civilians — including a family — were injured in Al Hawaij, Deir Ezor after an alleged strike by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on September 4, 2023. Various local media outlets reported that civilian casualties resulted from the attack, but the number of wounded or dead was not specified. A family was injured after

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

YPG

وادي الخورة, Wadi Khora, Shabwa, Yemen

LOCATION

A civilian, who most sources reported to be a 17-year old child, was reportedly killed by a US drone strike in Wadi Khora area in Shabwa, before sunset on May 25th 2018. In a later press release, US Central Command stated that a strike had been conducted on that day, citing three possible provinces. Since

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

(1 child1 man)

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

Known belligerent

US Forces

Known target

Belligerents reported killed

1 named

منزل عائلة درويش جودة بشارع العشرين بمخيم النصيرات, the home of the Darwish Jouda family on Al-Eshreen Street in Al-Nuseirat Camp, Gaza strip, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 10th 2023, it was reported that at least 14 civilians, including at least 11 children, were killed and up to 10 others were injured in an alleged Israeli air raid on the Darwish Jouda family home on Al-Eshreen Street in Nuseirat refugee camp in Central Gaza. A post from Farid Shaheen, which put

Summary

IDP or refugee camp, Residential building

(11–16 children3 women1 man)

14 – 20

20 named, 1 familiy identified

Town

Mosul, al Amil, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on September 1st 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment of civilian harm “near Mosul, Iraq” via an NGO report. According to the Coalition report, “March 8, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via NGO report: After a review of available information it was assessed that no

Summary

US-led Coalition

تفتناز, Taftanaz, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

A man and woman from the town of Binnish were killed and three of their children injured in an alleged Russian airstrike on a house in Taftanaz, Idlib governorate, on October 19th 2019, according to several local sources. @SyriaCivilDefe reported that Russian warplanes bombarded the outskirts of Taftanaz town in the morning. The victims have

Summary

(1 woman1 man)

2–4

Russian Military

5 named, 1 familiy identified

جوار مستشفى الشفاء, Vicinity of the al Shifa Hospital, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Around 11:15 in the morning of Wednesday, 18th October 2023, Israeli forces allegedly conducted an airstrike on the Haboush family home located behind al-Shifa medical hospital near the Gaza port, in the north of the Gaza Strip, killing at least 32 identified members of the extended Haboush family, including at least nine women and at

Summary

(19 children9 women4 men)

32 – 40

12–24

33 named, 4 families identified

Nearby landmark

راس العين, Ras Al Ayn, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

Three civilian men from the same family were reportedly shot in the street by YPG forces “after the National Army advanced in Ras al-Ain”, local media said. According to Mohamad.alothman.1291, the victims were found in a street and handcuffed. “They were shot several times in the head, days after their arrest, by #PYD militia on

Summary

Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

(3 men)

Small arms and light weapons

YPG

3 named, 1 familiy identified

رفح, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Fifteen members of the al-Zatmeh and Ghoneim families, including 11 children and two women, were killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the al-Zatmeh family home to the West of Rafah on October 22nd 2023. The house was situated next to Zaid mosque, between Badr and Al-Brahma camp. Initial reports by @ShehabAgency claimed “a large

Summary

Religious Institution, Residential building

(11 children2 women2 men)

12–24

15 named, 2 families identified

City

اعزاز, Azaz, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

At least one woman was injured after alleged YPG, PYD and/or SDF artillery strikes on the city of Azaz, Aleppo governorate, on October 27th 2019, according to local sources. @SyrianCoalition reported that one woman was injured by the artillery strikes. According to STEP Agency, the rocket-propelled grenades came from “Kurdish units stationed at Meng Airport

Summary

YPG

الطيانة, residential neighborhoods in the town of Al Tayana, east of Deir Ezzor, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

On Wednesday, September 6, 2023, at least one man named Abu Adham was injured by the mortar shelling of residential neignorhoods in the town of Al Tayana, east of Deir Ezzor, allegedly perpetrated by SDF or PYD militia. As reported by Al-Khabour correspondent, the injured man was displaced from the city of Al-Mayadeen. Most local sources,

Summary

كفرناها, Kafr Naha, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

An unspecified number of civilians were wounded in air and artillery strikes on Kafr Naha – though it was unclear whether Russia or the regime were to blame. Syria_ar noted that the “Al-Rahal Society” in the town was struck. According to the Step News Agency, “Russian air raids targeted Kafr Naha and its outskirts and

Summary

Russian Military, Syrian Regime