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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

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

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

M21ISPT080

Location

الفخاري, Al Fukhari, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
An Israeli missile struck an area adjacent to civilian homes in Al-Fukhari, east of Khan Yunis, resulting in the injury of two civilians according to multiple sources. Several sources reported the type of attack as a shelling, whilst two sources reported that an Israeli drone had launched a missile targeting a group of civilians. The…

Summary

Published
16 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike), Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
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

M21ISPT079

Location

المغازي, غزه, Al Maghazi, Gaza, Deir Al Balah, Palestinian territories
Between five and six people were reported wounded, including two women, in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza on May 16th 2021, according to local reports. The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights said the strike, which took place at approximately 02:10, targeted agricultural land belonging to the Al-Masdar family.…

Summary

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

16 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT082

Location

شارع الوحدة, Al Wahda Street, Gaza, Palestinian territories
As many as 49 civilians, including up to 18 children, were killed in the deadliest single event of the May 2021 Israeli - Palestinian conflict, which has become informally known as the ‘Wahda Street Massacre’. Dozens more were injured - as many as 50, according to Sana News - in a series of Israeli airstrikes…

Summary

Published
16 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
44–49
Civilians reported injured
50–60
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

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

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

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

M21ISPT072

Location

شارع سوق الجمعة, Souq Al Jouma Street, Gaza, Palestinian territories
Up to three people, potentially including one child, were killed and 13 others were injured in a pair of alleged Israeli airstrikes on the Friday Market (Souq al Juma’a) in Al Shujaiya, Gaza Strip on Saturday 15 May 2021. Multiple sources report that the first strike hit a group of citizens around 1.30 p.m., killing…

Summary

Published
15 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
13
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

15 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT071

Location

شارع العيون, Al Ayoun Street, Gaza, Palestinian territories
One civilian was reportedly killed and three others injured during alleged Israeli forces airstrikes in Sheikh Radwan, Gaza in the evening of May 15th 2021. The civilian killed in the attack was reported to be Saeed Khaled Abu Ghalioun. Most sources said he was 30 years old - although several placed his age younger, at…

Summary

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

15 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT073

Location

بيت لاهيا, Beit Lahia, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
One person was reported killed and up to 26 civilians reported injured by a single strike in a series of IDF airstrikes in the mid-afternoon on May 15, 2021. The strikes are reported to have struck the Beit Lahia area in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Several sources reported strikes leading to fires…

Summary

Published
15 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
26
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

15 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT074

Location

شارع غزة القديم, جباليا‎, Old Gaza Street, Jabalia , North Gaza, Palestinian territories
Between two and five people were injured by an alleged Israeli airstrike that struck a crowd of people on Old Gaza Street in Jabaliya in the Northern Gaza Strip. Both the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) and Al Mezan reported a single airstrike around 6.15 p.m. injuring five people, who were taken to the…

Summary

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

15 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT075

Location

شارع اليرموك, جباليا‎, Al Yarmouk Street, Jablia, Gaza, Palestinian territories
An alleged Israeli forces airstrike struck a four-story building in Central Gaza City around 1 a.m. on Saturday 15 May 2021, severely damaging the building and two other nearby buildings and injuring one civilian. The building, near the al-Sahabah medical complex in Al Yarmouk Street, Central Gaza City, was struck with four missiles in an…

Summary

Published
15 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

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

M21ISPT077

Location

مخيم الشاطئ, Al Shati Refugee Camp, Gaza, Palestinian territories
Two people were reported injured and a large number of fishing vessels were destroyed in an alleged naval bombardment by the Israeli navy on the Al Shati ‘Beach’ refugee camp to the West of Gaza City. Al Jazeera first reported the bombardment around 9.30 a.m. local time on Saturday 15 May 2021, which targeted buildings…

Summary

Published
15 May 2021
Strike Type
Naval bombardment
Civilians reported injured
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

M21ISPT065

Location

البريج, Al Bureij, Deir Al Balah, Palestinian territories
One man is alleged to have been injured in an Israeli airstrike on Al Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on Saturday 15th May 2021. According to Al Haq, the airstrike took place around 12.15 a.m., destroying the house of Abdul Karim Issa and causing partial damage to other neighbouring buildings. While Al…

Summary

Published
15 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

15 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT078

Location

المغازي, Al Maghazi, Deir Al Balah, Palestinian territories
A girl with disabilities was injured following an airstrike in the central section of the Gaza Strip around 11.50 p.m. on Saturday 15th May 2021. One source, a Palestinian journalist, was alone in reporting that three others were also injured in the strike. According to Al Haq, the child, named as Zeina Shady al-Saftawi fell…

Summary

Published
15 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Accidents related to conflict
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

15 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT066

Location

البريج, Al Bureij, Deir Al Balah, Palestinian territories
One person was reportedly injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike that hit open ground to the east of Al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. Only one source, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, reported the event, describing the strike as taking place around 1.20 p.m. and noting that the injured person had been…

Summary

Published
15 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

14 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT064

Location

المغازي, Al Maghazi camp, Deir Al Balah, Palestinian territories
Between two to three civilians, including at least one girl, had been reportedly injured by an alleged Israeli artillery attack or airstrike on the Al-Maghazi refugee camp during the evening of May 14th, 2021. Two civilians had been injured according to Safa Press Agency. Shehab Agency reported that three civilians had been affected in the…

Summary

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

14 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT053

Location

الشجاعي, Al Shujaiya, Gaza, Palestinian territories
At least two men were killed in Al-Shujaiya neighbourhood during alleged Israeli airstrikes in the area at around dawn on May 14th, 2021, multiple sources reported. They were identified as Husam Baker al-Hayya and Saqer Abdulmajid al-Hayya. Both Husam Baker al-Hayya and Saqer Abdulmajid al-Hayya’s deaths were announced on Hamas’ Telegram channel, which identified them…

Summary

Published
14 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
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

M21ISPT052

Location

بين حيي السلاطين والعطاطره, Street between Al Atatra and Al Salatin, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
Up to six civilians were killed, including a mother and her three young children, in an alleged Israeli airstrike in Beit Lahia on May 14th, 2021. Dozens of injuries were also reported by Wafa news. The family of four killed were identified as 28-year-old Lamya Hassan Mohammed Al-Atar, and her three children; Islam, aged seven,…

Summary

Published
14 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
4–6
Civilians reported injured
12–24
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

14 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT057

Location

مخيم البريج, Al Bureij camp, Deir Al Balah, Palestinian territories
A civilian was killed and up to 16 others injured in Israeli strikes targeting two houses in Gaza’s Al Bureij refugee camp, multiple sources reported. The civilian killed was identified as Mahmoud Muhammad Ismail Al-Khalidi. Two sources said he was passing by the house of Ayman Nofal when it was hit by at least four…

Summary

Published
14 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
8–16
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

14 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT058

Location

عمارة الربيع, Al Rabie Building, Gaza, Palestinian territories
Up to three civilians, including at least one child, were killed in an Israeli airstrike on an apartment building in Gaza city on May 14th, 2021, multiple sources reported. Up to ten injuries were also reported. The child was identified as 12-year-old Abdullah Ashraf Abdullah Jouda. A second individual, named as Adam Mohammed Al-Farawi, was…

Summary

Published
14 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
8–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

14 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT055

Location

ِشارع النزهه, جباليا, Nuzha Street, Jabalia, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
A six-year-old girl was killed by shrapnel while outside her house in Jabalia on May 14th, 2021, multiple sources reported. The majority of sources said the shrapnel resulted from nearby Israeli shelling, but Defence for Children International - Palestine and NGO Monitor reported that it came from a rocket-propelled grenade. Rocket-propelled grenades are commonly used…

Summary

Published
14 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military, Palestinian Militants
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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

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

M21ISPT060

Location

البلعي, Al Bal’i, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
Over 50 civilians were injured in a heavy aerial bombardment of Beit Hanoun by Israeli forces on May 14th, 2021, multiple sources reported. While all other sources only reported injuries, one source @QudsNen, reported four deaths but it seems that this is likely referring to the over deaths in North Gaza. No further information was…

Summary

Published
14 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
0–4
Civilians reported injured
40–51
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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