Civilian Casualties

البنك الإسلامي – فرع جباليا, Vicinity of the Islamic Bank - Jabalia Branch, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 18th 2023, it was reported that up to 27 people were killed when an airstrike hit the house of the Dardouna family, near the Islamic Bank in Jabalia al-Balad, north of the Gaza strip. Where sources identified the belligerent, all sources attributed the strikes to Israeli forces. Ahmed posted on Facebook that as

Summary

10 – 27

الهيشة, Al Hishah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilians were reported killed and five others injured in an alleged Turkish forces drone strike on a group of civilians who worked in collecting cotton in Hishe/Kisha village, Ain Issa, Raqqa Governorate in Syria on November 9th, 2019 according to local sources. Hanî Ehmed Al-Rawî (25) was reported among the killed in the attack

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

(1–2 men)

الركايا, al Rakaya village, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Four civilians – ‘mostly children’ – were reportedly wounded in an airstrike on Al-Rakaya in Idlib Governorate on the 27th of April 2017. It is unclear which belligerent was responsible for the strike, as some sources blamed Russia while one other blamed the Syrian regime.

Summary

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

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

LOCATION

On October 20th 2023, 17 civilians – including five women and four children – of the ‘Abu Shuaib’ family were killed and several others were injured after an alleged Israeli airstrike on their residential home in the Deir Al Balah neighbourhood, Gaza. The Ministry of the Interior in Gaza identified the ‘Abu Shuaib’ residence as

Summary

(4 children5 women8 men)

17 named, 1 familiy identified

Town

سراقب, Saraqib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Three to seven people reportedly died during several alleged Russian or Syrian air strikes on the northern outskirts of Saraqib, east of Idlib on the morning of November 17th 2019. Estimates of the number of injured people went as high as seven. While some sources claimed that the casualties were civilians, others identified them as

Summary

3 – 7

(3 men)

5–7

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

Belligerents reported killed

0–7

مدرسة المغازي الاعدادية للبنين, Al Maghazi Preparatory School for Boys, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

During the afternoon of Tuesday, 17th of October, 2023, at least ten civilians were killed and dozens were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on an UNRWA school located in the al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip where 4,000 people were taking refuge. However, the death toll may be significantly higher as Twitter/X

Summary

10 – 24

12–24

Impact

Exact location (via Airwars)

برزان, Mount Butin, Erbil, Iraq

LOCATION

A 50-year-old male civilian died in an alleged Turkish airstrike on Barzan, according to multiple local sources. ANF reported: “Turkish fighter jets carried out a bombardment on Mount Bote located in Barzan region in the countryside of Hewler (Erbil) Governorate. “A 50-year-old civilian by the name of Kazım Eli was killed in the attack. The

Summary

(1 man)

محيط المستشفى الكويتي, Vicinity of Kuwaiti Hospital, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At dawn on Tuesday, October 17th 2023, between 17 and 26 civilians were reported killed, including at least seven women and five children, one of whom was an infant. Dozens of others, including children, were also reported wounded in the alleged Israeli airstrike on the home of the Abu Lebda family near the Kuwaiti Hospital

Summary

17 – 26

(6 children7 women4 men)

12–24

17 named, 1 familiy identified

Exact location (via Airwars)

الملالي, Al Malali, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Five civilians were reported killed and between three and 22 others including a child injured in alleged Turkish forces mortar, gunfire and drone strikes on Al Malali village in Ayn Issa – Syria on November 23rd 2019, according to local sources. ANF said that three civilians were injured when a Free Burma Rangers health team

Summary

Airstrike, Artillery, Drone Strike

3–22

Turkish Military

البشيري, , al Bsheiriya, Jisr al Shoughour, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Local media reported that an unspecified number of civilians were wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike on al Bsheiriya, Jisr al Shoughour.

Summary

منطف, Mantef, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

On Thursday, October 5, 2023, an artillery shelling was allegedly carried out by the Syrian regime forces and/or Russian military on the village of Mantaf in the southern countryside of Idlib, reportedly killing at least one civilian, a woman later identified as Sulaf Abido. The alleged attack was reported by the Syrian Civil Defense (SCD) as well as

Summary

(1 woman)

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

1 named

سراقب, Saraqib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

As many as three civilians, including two children and one teacher, were killed, and up to 11 civilians, including four children and women, were injured in a series of alleged airstrikes carried out by either the Syrian or Russian airforce which targeted the city of Saraqib on December 4th, 2019. The strikes hit residential areas

Summary

1 – 3

(1–2 children)

10–24

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

10 named

رفح, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At around 10 PM on Wednesday, 18th October, 2023, between 13 and 15 members of the Barika family were killed, including an elderly couple, five children and four women, among them a pregnant mother and her unborn baby, when an alleged Israeli airstrike hit their family home, west of the city of Rafah. At least

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Infrastructure

Residential

13 – 15

(5 children4 women4 men)

14 named, 1 familiy identified

City

عين عيسى, Ain Issa, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian was reported wounded with burns likely caused by Turkey’s use of White Phosphorus in Ain Issa, Aleppo in Syria on October 10th, 2019 according to a report by the Times. No further details available.

Summary

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

LOCATION

On Friday, 20th October 2023 at around 3.30am, a number of people were killed and others injured, when an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the Al-Kahlot family home in the Beit Lahia project area in the north of the Gaza Strip. Several news outlets and the Palestinian Ministry of Interior reported deaths and injuries that were

Summary

حدود البيضاء وشبوة, Border of Al Bayda and Shabwa, Al Bayda, Yemen

LOCATION

A US airstrike took place in Bayda governorate on March 28th 2019, a US Central Command spokesperson later told New America – one of six declared strikes that month. One local source, Huna Al-Bayda, reported that “three senior al Qaeda leaders were killed in an [US] airstrike by a drone on the border between al-Bayda

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

Known belligerent

US Forces

Known target

Belligerents reported killed

مدرسة الفاخورة شمال غزة, Al-Fakhoura School, Jabalia Camp, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Between 80 and “over 200” people were killed and dozens of others were wounded by an alleged Israeli airstrikes on the Al-Fakhoura School in the Jabalia Camp of Northern Gaza in the early morning of November 18th, 2023. Soon after the strike, the Ministry of Health reported that 50 people had been killed. Another ministry

Summary

80 – 201

(6 children4 women2 men)

12–24

Impact

12 named, 3 families identified

Exact location (via Airwars)

معصران, Masran, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources confirmed the death of five siblings in the village of Maasran on December 22nd. Four individuals were wounded with one eventually dying to raise the total of civilian deaths to six. The names of victims were released and confirmed by Civil Defense Service in Idlib. The dead were identified as Muhammad Abdullah Al-Agha,

Summary

5 – 6

6 named, 1 familiy identified

جسر الشغور, city of Jisr Al Shughour, western Idlib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

On Monday evening, 25 September 2023, between seven and 10 civilians, including two children and up to four women (one of whom was pregnant), were injured in missile strikes and artillery shelling allegedly by Syrian regime forces and/or Russian forces and/or Iranian forces on residential neighborhoods, the popular market and near the mosque in the

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Infrastructure

Water

7–10

Impact

Russian Military, Syrian Regime, Iranian Military

7 named

Near al Shaafah, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

In an event previously untracked by Airwars, the Coalition reported in its monthly civilian casualty report for September 2019 (published November 16th) that it had killed a civilian during an airstrike at Al Shaafah. The Pentagon later declared this to be a US action. According to the OIR report, “March 1, 2018, near Al Shafah,

Summary

صنعاء, Sanaa, Sana'a, Yemen

LOCATION

A number of civilians were reportedly killed and injured by alleged US-UK airstrikes in Yemen on March 22/23, 2024. The Houthi-run Human Rights Ministry, as quoted by Anadolu Agency and Saba News, “a number of civilians were killed and injured” by US-UK airstrikes in Yemen. No other information was available as to the number of

Summary

US Forces, UK Military

Suspected target

Houthi Forces

سجن الرويني, Al Ruwaini Prison, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

Two children were allegedly killed by LNA shelling on Ain Zara. Libya Alahrar TV reported: “Medical source to Al Ahrar: the death of two children from one family following the fall of a mortar shell fired by the gunmen of Haftar in Ain Zara.” The same source later published a picture of the victims saying

Summary

(2 children)

Libyan National Army

جورة اللوت, خان يونس, Jourat al-Lout area, Khan Yunis, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At dawn on Tuesday, October 17th 2023, between 23 and 27 members of the Sabah family including at least seven women, 10 children, and an infant were killed, and many others, including displaced civilians and at least five children, were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Sabah family home in the Jourat al-Lout

Summary

(11–13 children7–9 women3 men)

23 – 27

8–10

24 named, 1 familiy identified

Neighbourhood/area

جمعية بالا, Jama'ait Bala, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Five civilians of the same family, including three children, were killed and others were injured in alleged Russian airstrikes in the village of Jama’ait Bala, Aleppo governorate, in the night of January 17th to January 18th, 2020, according to local sources. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that “the children Dalal and Abdullah Sabouneh,

Summary

(3 children1 woman1 man)

5 named, 1 familiy identified

منزل لعائلة زعرب بمنطقة دوار زعرب في رفح, A house for Zorob family in the Zorob Roundabout area in Rafah, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 21st, 2023, at least 15 people were reportedly killed and 40 others were injured as a result of an alleged Israeli military bombing of a house for the Zorob family in the Zorob roundabout area in Rafah. Many local sources, including Facebook posts from Samer Zorob, Diwan Al Zaroub and Rami Saleh Zoroub,

Summary

15 – 16

(9 children4 women2 men)

15 named, 1 familiy identified

تلمنس, Telmens, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian died in an alleged Russian or regime air or artillery strike on Telmens, according to local media on January 22nd 2020. Edlib Media Centre reported: “The body of a young man who was martyred in a previous regime artillery shelling in Talmans town, south of Idlib, was found.” According to the Syrian Network

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

(1 man)

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

1 named

عائلة العطاونة بالمخيم الجديد غرب النصيرات, House for the Al-Atawneh family in the new camp, west of Nuseirat, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Thursday, October 26th 2023, at least nine civilians were killed and more than 25 civilians were injured, including children, when an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the Al-Atawneh family house located in the refugee camp in Nuseirat, Gaza Strip. The victims were members of the Al-Atawneh and Al-Bahtiti families and included at least three children.

Summary

(3–4 children5–6 men)

7–26

Town

عفرين, Afrin , Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

One child was killed and thirteen civilians, all adult males, were injured in alleged YPG artillery strikes on residential areas of the city of Afrin, Aleppo governorate, on January 29th, 2020, according to local sources. The Syrian Civil Defence reported the death of 13-year-old Ahmed Tammam Qatayerji. They listed the names of 13 injured men.

Summary

(1 child)

YPG, Turkish Military

14 named