Civilian Casualties

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

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

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

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

4 named, 1 familiy identified

مخيم الشاطئ, al Shati camp, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At least seven people were killed–spanning three generations–in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Baroud family home on Wednesday, October 25th, 2023; “a number” of others were reported wounded. The matriarch of the family, 81-year old Halima Baroud was killed with her younger brother, 61-year old Dr. Naeem Baroud who was the former dean of

Summary

IDP or refugee camp, Residential building

(2 children1 woman4 men)

Impact

7 named, 1 familiy identified

Neighbourhood/area

كفروما, Kafarouma, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

One person was killed and several civilians wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Kafarouma, Idlib Governorate on December 16th, 2019, according to local sources. Iskenderun Arabic reported Russian aircraft struck the town four times between 20:38 and 20:55 on December 16th, 2019. According to the source, strikes on Kafarouma and the town

Summary

2–4

الناصر, al Nasr, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Thursday, October 19th, 2023, two brothers, 39-year-old Khalil Ibrahim Abu Athrah and 33-year-old Moaz Ibrahim Abu Athrah, were reported killed after an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Al-Nasr neighbourhood, north of Rafah in the Gaza Strip. Khalil, who worked as a cameraman for the Hamas-affiliated Al-Aqsa TV, was remembered by his colleagues, who called

Summary

(2 men)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

Neighbourhood/area

الواقعة بين قرية الهلبة ومعر شمارين, area between al Hlubba village and Ma’ar Shamarin, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

A least one civilian, a journalist, was killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on the area between al Hlubba village and Ma’ar Shamarin on December 19, 2019. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, Milad Ahmad al Fares, from al Hlubba village in the eastern suburbs of Idlib governorate, was killed in an alleged Russian airstrike

Summary

(1 man)

منزلاً لعائلة "السعافين" بمخيم النصيرات وسط القطاع, “al-Saafin” family home in the Nuseirat camp, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Shortly before 2:29 AM on Monday, October 23, 2023, at least twelve identified civilians, including four women and five children, were killed and many civilians were reportedly injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the al-Saafin family home located in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. On the day of the alleged

Summary

IDP or refugee camp, Residential building

(5–6 children4–5 women2 men)

12–24

12 named, 1 familiy identified

Vicinity of Kunyo Barrow, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

In retaliatory strikes against al Al Shabaab for a mass casualty bombing in Mogadishu a day earlier, the United States said that it had conducted three strikes against al Shbaab commanders, killing four people in total. This entry relates to one of two strikes in the vicinity of Kunyo Barrow in Lower Shabelle. According to

Summary

Belligerents reported killed

محطة الريفي، مدينة غزة , Vicinity of Al Rifi Petrol Station, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Around midnight on Thursday, October 26th 2023, at least 12 civilians, including at least three women, were reportedly killed and a number of others were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike that hit homes of the Abu Hasira and Abdel Latif families on al-Nafaq Street, near the al-Tawhid and Sunnah Mosque and “al-Ashi” carpentry in

Summary

(0–6 children3–8 women2–5 men)

12 – 49

Impact

11 named, 1 familiy identified

Nearby landmark

أريحا, Ariha, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

In a major incident, 14 civilians including children and women were reported killed and between 23 and 30 injured in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime forces airstrikes on the western neighborhood of Ariha city in Idlib, Syria on January 5th, 2020. Macro Media Center (MMC) reported that airstrikes were launched by a SU-24 warplane

Summary

School

(3–8 children1–2 women5–8 men)

23–30

Suspected targets

Assad regime, Unknown

42 named, 3 families identified

محيط معبر رفح, In the vicinity of Rafah crossing, Gaza strip, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Sunday May 12th 2024, a 43 year old man, Muhammed Misbah Hassan Abu Hamda, was reportedly killed as a result of alleged Israeli gunfire in the vicinity of the Rafah crossing. In a tweet sharing news of various incidents from the same day, the account @az_za98 posted to X/ Twitter to further report the

Summary

(1 man)

Small arms and light weapons