Civilian Casualties

16 – 18

(9 children4 women3 men)

Impact

17 named, 1 familiy identified

Geolocation

Neighbourhood/area

ديرسنبل, Deir Sunbul, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

A teacher and his wife were killed, and a number of civilians were wounded, in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the town of Deir Sunbul, Idlib governorate, in the morning of December 19th, 2019, according to local sources. Some sources, among them Baldi News, reported initially that only one woman had been killed

Summary

(1 woman1 man)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

منطقة أبو حليمة غرب بيت لاهيا بغزة, Abu Halima area, west of Beit Lahia, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 25, 2023, a number of civilians were killed and several others were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike in the Abu Halima area, west of Beit Lahia. According to one source, a Facebook account titled ‘Expatriate women in Palestine,’ there was one civilian death and two civilians injured, but no names were mentioned. Due

Summary

1 – 2

البوكمال, Al Bukamal, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Around ten people were killed and an unknown number wounded in alleged Coalition artillery strikes that reportedly targeted Iranian and Lebanese militias in the city of Al Bukamal, Deir Ezzor governorate, on December 25th, 2019, according to local sources. It is unclear if those killed were civilians or belligerents. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights

Summary

0 – 3

0–2

Belligerents reported killed

US-led Coalition

7–10

Belligerents reported injured

محافظة دير البلح, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

In the morning of Thursday, October 19th 2023, seven members of the family of the journalist Hazem bin Saeed, including two women and three children, were reportedly killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike on their home located in the Deir Al Balah area of the Gaza Strip. 70-year-old Hassan Ali Hassan bin Saeed was killed alongside

Summary

IDP or refugee camp, Residential building

(3 children2 women2 men)

7 named, 1 familiy identified

Geolocation

Province/governorate

معرة النعمان, Ma'arat Al Nu'man, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilians were “lightly injured” in an artillery bombardment of Ma’arat Al Nu’man. While most sources blamed the regime, there was also an allegation against Russia. Footage shows a medical team rushing to the scene immediately after the strike as search operations begin for civilian casualties. None were reported. Another video published shows dogs are

Summary

Suspected target

الزربة, Al Zurba, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

At least one civilian was reported wounded as a result of Russian forces attack with rockets, or Syrian regime forces attack with machine guns on Al Zurba town in Aleppo, Syria, on January 5th, 2020, according to local sources. The Zurba Media office announced that Mahmoud Abdel Fattah Hammoud was wounded. The individual was an

Summary

1–3

مستشفى الصداقة التركي بغزة, Turkish Friendship Hospital in the Gaza Strip, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 30th, 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital just south of Gaza City. It is unclear whether injuries occurred directly from the strike. While Shehab Agency said civilians were wounded, MSF reported “no patients were harmed.” The strike nevertheless put great strain on the hospital and patients’ well-being, ultimately reportedly

Summary

Healthcare facility

Denial of access to/destruction of objects indispensable to survival, Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

0–2

Causes of injury / death

Impact

Near Bangeeni, Lower Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

A US airstrike was called in to support a Somali forces unit under attack from al Shabaab, AFRICOM reported the next day. According to the official press release, “In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. Africa Command conducted an airstrike against al-Shabaab terrorists who engaged Somali National Army Danab Unit near Bangeeni, Somalia,

Summary

Belligerents reported killed

تفتناز, Taftanaz, east of Idlib, Syria, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Shortly before 12:20 PM on Tuesday, 7th November 2023, a civilian man was killed and five civilians, including at least two children, were injured, as a result of the alleged missile strikes perpetrated by the Syrian regime forces and/or the Russian military and/or Iranian military that hit a civilian car and civilian homes in the

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Residential building

(1 man)

Russian Military, Syrian Regime, Iranian Military

3 named

شعيب الذكر, Sho'aib Al Zakir, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Two local sources reported that Coalition airstrikes allegedly took place in Shoai’b Al-Zake on the outskirts of Dabsi Afnan, injuring several civilians. The village lies roughly 30km west of Tabaqa, and lies on the main road connecting the city and Aleppo. No civilian deaths have been reported and no further information is available at this

Summary

US-led Coalition

بلدات متعددة, Several towns, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Shaam Network reported that “Russian warplanes launched airstrikes targeting the towns and villages of Mardikh, Khan Al-Sabl, Masran, Al-Ghadfa, Abu Juraif, Dadekh, Hantoutin, and Benin, causing a number of civilian casualties.” No further details are available at the moment.

Summary

2–3

Russian Military

بمخيم النصيرات, Nuseirat Refugee Camp, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At least 11 civilians were reportedly killed and 15 others were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Suwaidan family home in the Nuseirat Refugee Camp on Friday, 27th of October, 2023. 43-year-old Hani Jamal Suwaidan was killed, along with his son 17-year-old Muhannad Hani Suwaidan and his brothers 31-year-old Mahmoud Jamal Suwaidan, 36-year-old

Summary

IDP or refugee camp, Residential building

(3 children1 woman6 men)

Impact

11 named, 2 families identified

Geolocation

Town

جنديرس, Rajo, Afrin, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

In a private report, the Kurdish Red Crescent named three civilians who were injured following an alleged Turkish shelling of Rajo, Syria. The type of weapon is unknown. No additional details are presently known.

Summary

في الطريق إلى سرجة, on the way to Sarja, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

One member of the Syrian Civil Defense was killed, and two more injured, by alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the village of Sarja, Idlib governorate between January the 27th and 28th 2020, according to local media reports. The unit of volunteers was reportedly on its way to the aftermath of another bombing when

Summary

(1 man)

3 named

منطقة نتساريم، جنوب مدينة غزة, Netzarim area, south of Gaza City,, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Monday, 30th October, 2023, a young Palestinian civilian, a successful entrepreneur and a father of newborn twin daughters, Mahmoud Anwar Abu Shawish, was killed in in the Netzarim area about 5 kilometers southwest of Gaza City in an alleged Israeli strike or ground operation in Gaza. The exact circumstances and time of Mahmoud’s death

Summary

Airstrike, Ground operation

معبطلي, Ma'abatli village, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Six civilians were wounded in an alleged “Turkish bombardment of an olive oil factory”, according to Afrin Now. The victims were named by Afrin Now, Afrin Media Centre and Basnews. According to PYD news, “the Turkish army bombed a factory for the olive industry in Moubata, ‘Maabtli’, which led to the injury of five workers

Summary

عنجارة, Ainjara, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

One man his wife were killed and four children injured in an alleged Syrian regime or Russian artillery strikes on the night of February 4th to February 5th, 2020, according to local sources. The Syrian Civil Defence reported that “Mr. Ahmad Rostom was killed and his family – his wife and four children were injured

Summary

(1 woman1 man)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

Belligerents reported injured

سيارة تقل مزارعين في منطقة الزنة شرق خانيونس جنوب القطاع, Al-Zana area, east of Khan Younis, in the south of the Gaza Strip, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Friday October 27th of 2023, four farmers – two of them identified as Muhammad Saber Mahmoud Al-Buraim (17-19 years old) and Ahmed Jamil Abu Lihia (35-39 years old), the two other unnamed – were reportedly killed and seven others (based on video evidence) were injured in an alleged Israeli aircraft strike in the Al-Zana

Summary

(0–1 children1–2 men)

2 named

عفرين, Afrin city, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Rumaf reported that Turkey shelled the city centre of Afrin resulting in “many wounded.” Alaraby reported that “Turkish warplanes bombed Kurdish militia positions in the Hikkah and Ankla hills north of Afrin, while artillery continued to bombard the positions of militias in various parts of the area” – though the source made no mention of

Summary

3–5

Turkish Military

حيان, Hayyan, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

At least one civilian, a woman, was reported killed and between three and four civilians, including three children and a woman, sustained injuries during alleged Russian or Regime airstrike or artillery shelling on civilian homes in the Town of Hayyan in the northern countryside of Aleppo on February 6, 2020. Anadolu Agency noted that Hayyan

Summary

1 – 2

(1 woman)

1 named

منزل لعائلة الأشرم بالقرب من مسجد السلام بحي الصبرة جنوب مدينة غزة, Ashram family home, near the Al Salam mosque, Al Sabra neighbourhood, southern Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At dawn on June 7th, 2024, an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the Al Ashram family’s home near the Al Salam mosque in the Al Sabra neighbourhood of southern Gaza City, killing between two to three civilians and injuring six other civilians. The bombing killed the Imam and Judge Mohammad Al Ashram along with his daughter Toulin

Summary

Residential building

2 – 3

(1 child1 man)

أورم الكبرى, Urma Al Kubra, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

On February 11, 2020 three civilians, including a child, were injured during airstrikes upon the town of Urma Al Kubra by Russian warplanes. Smart News reported that three civilians, including a child, were injured in the town of Urma Al Kubra. The Violations Documentation Center provided data that a child was killed and nine others

Summary

Russian Military

منطقة بئر النعجة, Bir al-Naja area, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On February 5th, 2024, two brothers, one of them a child, were reportedly injured by an alleged Israeli shooting while inspecting their house in the Bir al-Naja area in the northern Gaza Strip. According to an Instagram post by @Tariq_al_deqes on February 5th, Obaida Abu Safiya, a 16-year-old boy, and his older brother were the

Summary

Small arms and light weapons

2 named, 1 familiy identified

بلدة السحارة,, Al Sahara Village, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Four to five civilians died, including one girl, and one Syrian Civil Defence volunteer was wounded in an alleged Russian double airstrike on Al Sahara village, according to local media. The second strike happened as the volunteers were undergoing the rescue mission. The White Helmets reported: “Four people were killed and a civil defense volunteer

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

4 – 5

1–2

شمال بيت لاهيا شمال القطاع, North of Beit Lahia, north of the Gaza Strip, Gaza strip, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Friday June 7th, 2024, 44-year-old Tayseer Hani Sweilem (Abu Hani) was reportedly killed as a result of alleged Israeli gunfire from a Quadcopter aircraft north of Beit Lahia, north of the Gaza Strip. Many local sources, including Kalefalgtiea, Khaled Mohammad and Rania Alkhodary reported on the incident and identified Tayseer Sweilem as the young

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

(1 man)

Small arms and light weapons

1 named

جسيمة, Jasima, Al Bayda, Yemen

LOCATION

Multiple sources reported that US airstrikes targeted alleged AQAP militants in al-Jasima, in the Qaifa area of Bayda governorate, overnight from March 1st to March 2nd. Mareb Press reported that the strikes killed one and wounded another, apparently with reference to alleged militants. There were no known reports of civilian casualties. The reported strikes were

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

US Forces

Suspected target

Belligerents reported killed

Belligerents reported injured

قرب ملعب اليرموك, Gaza strip, at the Municipality Garage, near Al Yarmouk stadium, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Friday, June 21, 2024, at least six civilians were reportedly killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Gaza Strip. The attack struck the Gaza Municipality garage near Al Yarmouk Stadium and occurred at approximately 10:40 am. Zaher Hamdi Al-Haddad (41 years old), Sherif Omar Al-Gendy (33 years old), Ibrahim Zuhair Abu Khater (32

Summary

Water station

6 – 7

(6 men)

6 named

حيي النهضة, Nahdah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the injury of a civilian in an event in the Nahdah neighbourhood in Raqqa. Their September 2017 civilian casualty report noted: “During a strike on an ISIS vehicle, it was assessed that one civilian was unintentionally injured.” The Coalition provided Airwars with the

Summary

Known belligerent

US-led Coalition

أبلين, Ableen, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilians were killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the town of Ableen, Idlib governorate, on February 26th, 2020, according to Shaam News Network. Shaam reported that “Russian and Assad’s air forces launched dozens of airstrikes amid artillery and missile shelling, which led to the fall of four martyrs in the village

Summary