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Incident Date

17 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT095

Location

دير البلح, Deir Al Balah, Deir Al Balah, Palestinian territories
Two children, Youssef Rafiq Ismail Al-Baz (13) and Ramadan Rafiq Al-Baz (16), were reported killed and between one and three civilians were reported injured in an alleged Isreali airstrike at approximately 12:40pm, in Deir Al Balah along Salah El-Din Road on May 17th, 2021. Local sources reported that, without prior warning, an Isreali aerial drone…

Summary

Published
17 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
1–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

17 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT093

Location

عبسان الجديدة, Absan Al Jadida, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
Ahmed Fayez Arafat (28-30), claimed by Ezzedeen Al Qassam Brigade to be a member, was killed and further civilian injuries, at least one, were reported in an Isreali drone strike in the farmlands in Absan Al Jadid on May 17,2021 at around 12:30 pm. Wada PS News reported on the Israeli attack, stating that Ahmed…

Summary

Published
17 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military actors reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

16 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT088

Location

المواصي, Al Mawasi , Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
At least four civilians, including one child, were injured in an alleged Israeli drone strike in Al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Younis, Gaza, May 16th 2021. One of the civilians was reported to be 49 year old Fayez Saad Qassem Al-Farra, who was hit by shrapnel from the missile attack and taken to a nearby…

Summary

Published
16 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

16 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT087

Location

بشارع عوني ضهير, Awni Daheer Street, Rafah, Palestinian territories
Two people were reported injured in a strike on the Al-Jinnah neighbourhood of Rafah in the Southern Gaza Strip, in the early hours of May 16th 2021. Various news outlets - including Al Kolfiya, SND Palestine, @News__Online - reported two injured in the Israeli strike on Awni Duhair Street, one of which was serious. Some…

Summary

Published
16 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported injured
0–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

16 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT086

Location

مصبح, Musbah, Rafah, Palestinian territories
Two men, likely to have been members of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), were killed and a civilian was injured in an alleged Israeli drone strike on agricultural land near to Mosbeh, north of Rafah in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, around 18:45 on the evening of May 16th 2021. Multiple sources reported the…

Summary

Published
16 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported injured
1
Military actors reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

16 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT084

Location

قرب دوار القرم, Vicinity of Al Qarm roundabout, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
One man was reported killed and up to four others were reported injured when an alleged Israeli airstrike struck a group of people near the Qurum roundabout, East of Jabalia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip in the early hours of 16 May. Al Qassam identified the man killed as being a member…

Summary

Published
16 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported injured
2–4
Military actors reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

15 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT076

Location

شارع الجميزة, ال القرا, Gemmayzeh Street, Al Qaraa, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
One man was injured in a missile or drone strike allegedly carried out by Israeli forces on Saturday 15 May 2021 in Gemmayzeh Street, Al-Qarara, north of Khan Younis in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. There are multiple reports of a young man being moderately injured in a missile strike while riding a…

Summary

Published
15 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

15 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT070

Location

المغازي, Al Maghazi, Deir Al Balah, Palestinian territories
One man was killed in an alleged Israeli drone strike while riding a motorcycle in the central part of the Gaza Strip on Saturday, 15 May 2021. Multiple sources have confirmed the death of Zaher Attia Muhammad Anbar, aged 37- 39, with the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), Al Mezan and the Meir Amit…

Summary

Published
15 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Military actors reported killed
0–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

15 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT069

Location

قيزان أبو رشوان, Qizan Abu Rashwan, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
Between one and seven civilians were injured in alleged Israeli airstrikes on the Qizan Rashwan area on May 15th, 2021. Multiple sources report a strike on a naval facility in the vicinity of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday 15 May 2021, amongst a series of strikes on the area. Multiple sources…

Summary

Published
15 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported injured
1–7
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

15 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT068

Location

مخيم الشاطئ, ِAl Shati camp, Gaza, Palestinian territories
Eight children and two women were killed in the early hours of Saturday 15 May when Israeli airstrikes struck a three-storey house in the Al Shati ‘Beach’ refugee camp, to the west of Gaza City in the Gaza Strip. Various sources have reported that two mothers, who were sisters-in-law, died in the strike, with each…

Summary

Published
15 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
10
Civilians reported injured
15
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

15 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT067

Location

البريج, Al Bureij Camp, Deir Al Balah, Palestinian territories
One man was killed in an Israeli drone strike on open land east of Al-Bureij refugee camp in Central Gaza around 12.10 p.m. on Saturday 15 May 2021. His status as a civilian or belligerent is contested among various sources. Various sources, including the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) and Al-Haq, both local human…

Summary

Published
15 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Military actors reported killed
0–1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

14 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT059

Location

الشيخ ناصر, Sheikh Nasser, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
Between two and seven civilians were reportedly injured in an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis on May 14th, 2021. A house belonging to the Abu Shakra family was hit in the incident. Many sources said it specifically belonged to Ziad Abu Shakra. Al Haq said this led to two injuries, while the Palestinian Centre for…

Summary

Published
14 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
2–7
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

14 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT056

Location

قرب مسجد عبد الرزاق قليبو ، بيت لاهيا, Vicinity of Abdul Razzaq Qalibo Mosque, Beit Lahiya, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
Up to two civilians were killed in Israeli airstrikes in Beit Lahia on May 14th, 2021, according to multiple sources. Scores of missiles reportedly hit the area around Qlabia Mosque in Glebo hill, destroying it and resulting in the casualties. Two other men identified as members of Al Qassam were also killed. A single source,…

Summary

Published
14 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
5–12
Military actors reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

14 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT054

Location

بلدة عبسان الكبرى شرق خان يونس, Abasan Al Kabira, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
A man was killed and one to two civilians were injured in an Israeli airstrike which targeted a group of people in a town east of Khan Younis, multiple sources reported. The man killed was identified as a member of the Islamic Jihad Movement. The man killed was identified as 23-year-old Walid Zuhair Mohammed Abu…

Summary

Published
14 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military actors reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

13 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT045

Location

أبراج الندى, Al Nada Towers, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
Two people, one a civilian and one a child identified to be a member of Mujahideen Brigades, were killed and seven others were injured in an alleged Israeli drone strike and/or artillery shelling near Nada 19, a high-rise building in Beit Hanoun, on May 13, 2021. Al Mezan reported that at around 1:45pm, "Israel’s air force…

Summary

Published
13 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike), Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
7
Military actors reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

13 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT043

Location

دير البلح, Deir Al Balah, Deir Al Balah, Palestinian territories
At least one man, identified as a member of the Mujahid Qassami, was killed and three others were injured in an alleged Israeli drone strike on Deir Al-Balah. According to Al Mezan, Mohammed Khaled Al-Tawashi, 21, a resident of Deir Al-Balah, was pronounced dead upon arrival at Al Aqsa Hospital at 8:30am. He was killed…

Summary

Published
13 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported injured
3
Military actors reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

13 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT042

Location

مخيم البريج, Al Bureij Camp, Deir Al Balah, Palestinian territories
Between two to three civilians, including one child, were killed and as many as three civilians were injured in alleged Israeli strikes on the Al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza on May 13th 2021. Two of the fatalities were named by local sources as Ahmed Rami Mahoud Al-Hwairi, 12, and Moayad Tayseer Al-Khateeb, 21. B'Tselem…

Summary

Published
13 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

12 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT035

Location

صالون الفسيس‎‎, Al Fasis barber shop (vicinity of Abu Qamar petrol station), North Gaza, Palestinian territories
Between two and four civilians, including two children, were injured in alleged Israeli airstrikes on a barber shop in Tal Al Za’tar on May 12, 2021. A barber shop belonging to Ibrahim Al-Fasis in Tel Al-Zaatar was bombed by Israeli planes, according to various sources. A post by Ehab Alda`afi on Facebook identified two light…

Summary

Published
12 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported injured
2–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

12 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT034

Location

شارع الأرنب, Al Arnab street, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
Between three and four civilians sustained minor wounds in alleged Israeli airstrikes and drone strikes on Al Arnab Street in Khan Younis on May 12, 2021. @AlWatenGaza reported that four civilians were injured in strikes on Al Arnab Street in Khan Younis. A tweet from @hudaa23914 added that the injuries were minor and that they…

Summary

Published
12 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported injured
3–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

12 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT033

Location

مبنى البنك الوطني الإسلامي, Islamic Bank Building, Deir Al Balah, Palestinian territories
At least three civilians were injured in an alleged Israeli strike on the Islamic National Bank on Salah El-Din Street on May 12, 2021. The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights reported that "at approximately 11:50, Israeli warplanes launched 2 missiles; the first launched by a drone, at the Islamic National Bank on Salah al-Deen Street,…

Summary

Published
12 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

12 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT029

Location

قرب مسجد الإحسان ، مخيم النصيرات, Vicinity of Al Ihsan mosque, Al Nuseirat Camp, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
Four combatants were killed and one to two other civilians were injured in airstrikes on Al Nusayrat camp on May 12, 2021. The men that were killed were identified as militants by the Islamic Jihad group, who posted a tribute to the "Mujahid martyrs". According to Al Jazeera, the four people were killed in Israeli…

Summary

Published
12 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military actors reported killed
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

12 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT020

Location

Vicinity of Al Awda bakery, Bani Suheila, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
Between two and three civilians were killed and two to three other civilians, including a child, were injured in alleged Israeli airstrikes on the town of Bani Suhaila on May 12, 2021. According to @GazaNewsOfficia, "two martyrs and two injured in the bombing of a civilian car in the town of Bani Suhaila". However, @drshebo put…

Summary

Published
12 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

12 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT022

Location

Hamoda Roundabout, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
Between three and five civilians were killed and another was injured in alleged Israeli airstrikes on a car near the Hamouda roundabout in Beit Lahiya on May 12, 2021. Sources refer to most of the men killed as members of Fatah but there is no direct association between them and militant activities. Only one of…

Summary

Published
12 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3–5
Civilians reported injured
1
Military actors reported killed
5–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

11 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT017

Location

مقبرة أبو الكاس, Vicinity of Abu Al Kas cemetery, Gaza, Palestinian territories
Al least one civilian, a child, was killed in alleged Israeli drone strikes on Shejaiya neighborhood on May 11th 2021. Hamza Mahmoud Yassin Ali, between 10 and 12 years old, was killed in the strikes on Shejaiya. @MahmOudEssaaM__ tweeted that he was killed when "he went out of the house to buy home supplies for…

Summary

Published
11 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

11 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT013

Location

قرب الشيخ أحمد ياسين الموسكي, Vicinity of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin Mosque, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
At least one civilian, a woman, was injured in a drone strike on Beit Lahiya on May 15th 2021. @pl24online reported that "reconnaissance planes launch a missile at a house in Beit Lahia, next to Sheikh Ahmed Yassin Mosque in the Shaima area" and Mezan News added that the house sustained damage. According to Mezan…

Summary

Published
11 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

11 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT009

Location

قرب دوار الدحدوح, Vicinity of Al Dahdouh roundabout, Gaza, Palestinian territories
Between one and two civilians were injured in alleged Israeli airstrikes or drone strikes on agricultural land near Al Dahdouh roundabout south of Gaza City on May 11, 2021. A tweet from @asefa2020 identified that "a young man was injured as a result of being targeted by a reconnaissance aircraft in the Dahdouh roundabout area, south…

Summary

Published
11 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

11 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT012

Location

ارض زراعية جنوب غربي دير البلح, Farmland, southwestern Deir Al Balah, Deir Al Balah, Palestinian territories
Two civilians were killed and another was injured in alleged Israeli drone strike on farmland west of Deir al-Balah on May 11th 2021. WAFA News reported that "the occupation planes targeted a group of citizens west of Deir al-Balah, which led to the death of a citizen and the serious injury of another." However, Al…

Summary

Published
11 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

10 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT003

Location

حي المنارة, Al Manara neighborhood, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
One militant was killed and three people were reported injured in an alleged Israeli drone strike in the Al-Manara neighborhood, east of Khan Yunis, Gaza on May 10th 2021, according to multiple sources. Sources were conflicted as to whether the injured people were civilians or militants. Ashraf Al-Qidra, the spokesman for the Ministry of Health…

Summary

Published
10 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike), Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
0–3
Military actors reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

10 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT002

Location

تلة الكاشف, Al Kashef Hill, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
Muhammad Saber Suleiman, a 15-year-old boy, and his father, Saber Ibrahim Suleiman, were killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike in Jabalia, northern Gaza on May 10th 2021, according to local reports. Saber Ibrahim Suleiman, 38, was reportedly a commander in the Izz ad-Din Al-Qassam brigades, according to the Defense for Children International Palestine report. This…

Summary

Published
10 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Military actors reported killed
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

4 May 2021

Incident Code

CS1958

Location

الشنان, Al Shanan, Deir Ezzor, Syria
At least one man was killed in an alleged US-led Coalition drone strike in al-Shanan village in eastern Deir Ezzor on May 4, 2021. While the majority of sources that reported on the incident claimed that the man killed was no longer part of any armed groups, a spokesman for the Coalition identified him as…

Summary

Published
4 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Military actors reported killed
0–1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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