Civilian Casualties

بني سهيلا, Bani Suheila, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 13th 2023, 16 year old Amani Musab Youssef Muhammad al-Raqab, 33 year old Nizam Saad Abdul Qadir al-Qara, and his one month old nephew Ibrahim Ammar Saad al-Qara were killed and eight others were injured by an alleged Israeli airstrike that hit the Qara family home in Bani Suhaila, east of Khan Yunis. According

Summary

(2 children1 man)

3 named, 1 familiy identified

Town

البديع, Bedî, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Three civilians were killed in alleged Turkish airstrikes on the village of Bedî, south of the town of Tal Abyad/Girê Spî, Raqqa governorate, as reported by local sources. Yeni Özgür Politika (@y_ozgurpolitika) stated on Twitter that Turkish warplanes were responsible for the airstrikes and reported that “many” were injured, but the exact number of wounded civilians

Summary

2–5

Turkish Military

حي الجزائر, Algeria region, Hilla, Babylon Province, Babil, Iraq

LOCATION

On the 25th of December, 2023, a declared U.S. airstrike was conducted against the headquarters of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) in Hilla, central Iraq, reportedly injuring two female civilians: Shadhadan Karim Mirza, and Wasnah Maher Kahem. One member of the PMF was also killed and up to 19 other members of the PMF and

Summary

Known belligerent

US Forces

Known target

Iraqi militias (PMUs)

Belligerents reported killed

2 named

Belligerents reported injured

18–19

Kızıltepe, Mardin, Turkey

LOCATION

Two or three civilians from the same famiy were reported killed and 11 or 12 others injured in an alleged YPG mortar attack on the village of Taşlıca in the Kızıltepe district in Mardin, Turkey, on October 15th 2019, according to local media sources. According to Nusaybinden.com, the attack was launched from the Syrian side

Summary

2 – 3

10–12

YPG

3 named, 1 familiy identified

Exact location (via Airwars)

دير سنبل, Deir Sinbol, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least one woman was injured after alleged Syrian regime and/or Russian artillery hit the town of Deir Sinbol on October 5th, 2023. Neither the woman’s name, nor other identifying characteristics, have been made available. @MohamadDaba9966 reported that the strike hit an armed vehicle, “killing and wounding” those inside the car “on the #Hantoutin-#Dersanbel road”

Summary

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

بوشيوخ, Beshioukh, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian was reported injured in an alleged Turkish forces airstrike and/or artillery strike on Beshioukh village, Kobane in Aleppo Governorate on October 9th, 2019, according to the local sources. The injured civilian was named as Mohammad Ahmad Aljasm, age 22. No other information available to Airwars. No further details are currently available.

Summary

الصفطاوي, al Saftawi, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Shortly before 4:50 AM on October 21, 2023, four civilians, including two children, were killed and a number of civilians were injured by an alleged Israeli airstrike on the al-Hanawi family home located in the Al-Saftawi area in the northern Gaza Strip. 61-year-old Hamdi Al-Hanawi, was killed along with his son, 35-year-old Hassan Al-Hanawi, and

Summary

(2 children2 men)

4 named, 1 familiy identified

Neighbourhood/area

الصعيد, Al Said, Shabwa, Yemen

LOCATION

Multiple sources alleged that four al-Qaeda militants were killed in a US drone strike in al-Saeed, Shabwa province. Al Arabi for example reported that a car was targeted in Shabwa at dawn on March 2nd 2017, as it was travelling “towards the road linking the towns of Ahur and Shakra”. There were no known reports

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

US Forces

Suspected target

Belligerents reported killed

near to Jilib, Middle Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

On the 17th of December, 2023, a declared U.S. airstrike reportedly killed an Al-Shabaab leader, Maalim Ayman, near Jilib in southern Somalia. On the same day as the airstrike, United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) released a statement on its website, stating that the airstrike had been conducted “in coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia,

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Belligerents reported killed

قصر بن غشير, Qasr Bin Gashir, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

One civilian was allegedly killed by an airstrike on Qasr Bin Gashir. On October 8th Tk Yahrouq Kl shy reported: “The death of the young Mohammed Abdulmoula Khamid Al-Atrash caused by wounds as a result of warplanes shelling 3 months ago on Al-Sharif Hotel area in Qasr Bin Ghashir.” Tarhouna 24 published a carbon copy

Summary

(1 man)

أبو حمام, Abo Hamam, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

On Monday, September 11th 2023, an alleged drone strike by SDF military patrols hit civilians in the town of Abu Hamam, east of Deir Ezzor, west Syria, injuring two civilians, a man and a child. Sources including Al Araby, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, and @alkhabour21 twitter account accounted for two civilians being injured

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

YPG

أم المياذن, Um Almayathen, Daraa, Syria

LOCATION

A single source reported that “seven civilians from one family, including two children, were seriously injured, following the destruction of their home by Russian air strikes on the town of Um Almayathen. The civil defence team brought the wounded from the rubble and helped them to nearby field hospitals.” There are no other details at this

Summary

راس العين, Ras Al Ain, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

The Kurdish Red Crescent reported that up to seven civilians, including two children, were injured in an alleged Turkish forces attack on Ras Al Ayn, Hassakah in Syria on October 16th, 2019.

Summary

الشيخ ناصر, Sheikh Nasser, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Friday 20th of October 2023, at least two civilian members of the Hadayed family, an infant and a woman, were killed, and a number of others were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Hadayed family home in the Sheikh Nasser neighbourhood in Khan Yunis, South of the Gaza Strip. The Hadayed Family

Summary

(1 child1 woman)

بلدة السحارة, Sahara town, western Aleppo countryside, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

As many as eight civilians, including children and women, died and up to 29 more were wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on civilian homes and adjacent locations in Sahara town, western Aleppo countryside at noon on November 6, 2019, according to sources on the ground. The New York Times later geolocated the event. The lowest

Summary

(1–2 children1–2 women5 men)

2 – 8

12–29

21 named, 1 familiy identified

دير البلح, Deir al Balah, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Around dawn (local time) on Saturday, October 21, 2023, nine civilians, including one woman and six children, were killed, and a number of civilians were injured by an alleged Israeli airstrike in the al-Hawajri family home in Deir Balah, Gaza Strip. Those killed include four brothers Hamza Ahmed Zidan al-Hawajri (aged 21 or 22), Harith

Summary

(6 children1 woman2 men)

1–2

10 named, 1 familiy identified

City

Various locations in Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

A single source, the Shaam News Network, reported that “Russian planes launched raids on the villages of Zeitan, al Zirba, Al Karassi, Khan Tuman, Al I’ss, Jib Kass and Aleppo – Damascus road – leading the fall of civilian martyrs and wounded.” No further details are currently available.

Summary

معرة حرمة, Ma’aret Harma, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

One woman was reportedly killed and three male civilians were injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Ma’aret Harma, Idlib governorate, on November 11th, 2019, according to local sources. Activists told Smart News Agency that a woman was killed in an alleged Russian rocket strike. Moataz Al Ali, director of the Civil Defence Center

Summary

(1 woman)

البشرية, the village of Al-Bashiriya, al-Hasakah, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

In the morning hours of Monday, October 9th, 2023, at least five civilians, including four women and a child, were injured by an alleged Turkish bombardment while working in cotton fields in the village of Al-Bashiriya located in the Al-Darbasiyah district of Al-Hasakah in northeastern Syria. According to the Hawar news agency and Aso news,

Summary

Agriculture

5–8

درعا البلد, Dara al Balad, Daraa, Syria

LOCATION

Six civilians were wounded, some critically, on the 27th of April 2017 by airstrikes allegedly carried out by Russian warplanes in Daraa al-Balad, according to the Smart News Agency. Aaswat said that the Assad regime also carried out strikes on Dara al Balad.

Summary

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

تيري, Tayri, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

At least one young woman was reported injured in eastern Kobane, after allegedly being hit by a Turkish-Russian patrol vehicle during on-going protests by locals against the presence of foreign forces in the area. ANF reported that “the people protested against the patrol by throwing stones. A young woman was hit by a vehicle of

Summary

1–2

Use of objects and other means

Turkish Military, Russian Military

LOCATION

القرارة, Al Qarara, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

Around 19:00 in the evening of Sunday, October 22, 2023, the home of the Abu Habis family in Al-Qarara located northeast of Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, was allegedly bombed by the Israeli military, resulting in five civilians killed, including at least three women, and a number of injuries. A man in his 40s named Rabie

Summary

(0–1 children3–4 women1 man)

5 named, 1 familiy identified

Town

اعزاز, Azaz, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Two or three civilians were reported injured in an alleged YPG artillery attack on Azaz, Aleppo governorate in Syria, on November 23rd, 2019, according to local sources.

Summary

2–3

YPG

قرية عون الدادات, Awn Al-Dadat Village, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

On the evening of Monday, November 20th, 2023, at least 13 identified civilians, including one woman, and up to 20 civilians were injured, and a number of civilians were reportedly killed in an artillery strike allegedly carried out by Turkish forces in the village of Aoun Al-Dadat, north of Manbij in Syria. Initial reports cited

Summary

13–20

السجن المركزي, Central prison, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

According to local sources, between three and seven civilians, including one women and her two children, were reported killed, and up to 28 others including four children and four women were reported injured allegedly when Russian or Syrian regime warplanes targeted the Central Prison, in western Idlib in Syria on December 2nd 2019. A local

Summary

3 – 7

(2 children1 woman)

13–28

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

4 named, 2 families identified

بئر النعجة, Bir Al Na’jah, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

An alleged bombing by the Israeli military on the house of the Nabhan family located in Bir al-Naja on Sunday, October 22nd 2023, led to injuries among civilians. Safa News reported this incident coupled with three social media posts containing similar information. Multiple reports describe injuries at the scene, but no other identifying factors have

Summary

ابو قاطور, Abu Qator, Homs, Syria

LOCATION

A single source reported that “activists pointed out that the raids targeted a prison near the village of Abu Qatour, belonging to the area of Jab Jarrah (about 55 km east of Homs), killing six members of the organisation and wounding four prisoners [civilians] who were transferred to hospitals in Deir Ezzor province.” The source

Summary

بلدة البارة, Al Barah, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least four civilians, including one child and two women, were killed and up to dozens were wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes that coincided with Syrian regime artillery strikes in the city centre of Al Barah on December 7th, 2019, according to local sources. Step News Agency reported that Russian raids targeted the main street

Summary

School

4 – 5

(1 child2 women1 man)

2–24

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

4 named, 1 familiy identified