Civilian Casualties

Agriculture

رطلة, Ratlah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

The Smart News Agency reported the death of “an old man” and the injuring of five other civilians following an airstrike on Ratla. The source did not identify the culprit, noting that the injured were taken to a field hospital. No further details are currently known.

Summary

المحفد, Mahfad, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

The morning of September the 20th 2012, two air strikes or drone strikes, which are believed to be either American or Yemeni, killed up to four militants and injured three others in the eastern outskirts of the town of Mahfad in the southern province of Abyan. Even though it cannot be ruled out, there are

Summary

US Forces, Yemeni Air Force

Suspected target

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

Belligerents reported killed

2–4

Belligerents reported injured

between the towns of Kansafra and Al-Fatira, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

A young man was reportedly injured by shrapnel from machine guns attributed to both Russian forces and the Syrian regime on May 24th 2023. The incident occured on agricultural land between the town of Kansafra and Al-Fatirah, in the southern countryside of Idlib. Reports from the Syrian Civil Defence, Halab Today TV and Twitter user

Summary

Agriculture

Small arms and light weapons

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

LOCATION

Mosul, Sekak, Iraq

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on November 30th 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on claims of civilian harm “near Mosul, Iraq” by Human Rights Watch. According to the Coalition report, “April 10, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via Human Rights Watch organization: After a review of available information and

Summary

ثل رفعت , Tal Rifaat, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

On Saturday July 29th 2023, in the early hours of the morning, the Tal Rifaat district in al-Shahba area in Syria was reportedly shelled by the Turkish forces, resulting in the injury of at least one civilian. Local news outlet ANF News reported the shelling and alleged it resulted in one civilian injury: citizen “Azad

Summary

IDP or refugee camp

1–2

مزرعة يعرب, Mazra'at Yarub, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Five civilians from the same family died and two others were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike which hit homes in the village of Mazra’at Yarub, according to local sources which all blamed the Coalition. According to Smart News, “Five civilians from one family were killed in most likely coalition air strike on a village

Summary

قرية البركة, Al Baraka village, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

On 25 August 2023, a man and wife and their child were reportedly injured by a ‘terrorist’ mortar missile in the village of Al-Baraka, located in the north-western Hama countryside. A Facebook post by a correspondent for Al Ghab valley in Hama reported that the injured child is 6 months old and that the family

Summary

3–1

Turkish Military

الحضر, Hatra, Kayrawan and Balij, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

A single source reported that about twenty civilians died when Iraqi forces, “backed by the Popular Populist militia and the US-led Coalition” launched an attack on Hatra, Qayrawan and Balij, South of Mosul, in Nineveh province.

Summary

ذيبان, Dhiban, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

A man, Ahmed Hamid al-Helu, was killed in the town of Dhiban on September 4th, 2023 as a result of an alleged SDF bomb dropped from a drone. Local source (@AlfratNda) stated that al-Helu was a resident of the town, and that the bomb had been dropped by an SDF-operated drone. This was corroborated by

Summary

Airstrike, Artillery, Drone Strike

دبسي عفنان, Debsi Afnan, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Between one and three civilians died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Debsi Afnan, according to local sources. The Smart News Agency reported the death of one non-combatant and injury of two more in a Coalition raid. However, according to Qasioun, three civilians died. It also pointed towards the Coalition.

Summary

(2 men)

خربة العدس , Khirbat Al Adas, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Between six and ten civilians were reported killed, including at least one member of the Palestinian Civil Defense and five children, when alleged Israeli missiles struck a Palestinian Civil Defense facility alongside the Dahir family home on October 21st, 2023. A number of other civilians, including Palestinian Civil Defense members, were also injured. The incident

Summary

Healthcare facility, Residential building

(5–8 children1 woman2 men)

6 – 10

4–11

Impact

6 named, 1 familiy identified

Neighbourhood/area

الرقة‎, Al Rumaila and Al Idkhar, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Smart reported that “according to local sources, warplanes likely belonging to the International Alliance targeted the neighborhood of Rumaila, killing four civilians and wounding others and destroying a car belonging to ISIL.” Al Araby also blamed the Coalition and put the death toll at four, though appeared to be citing from Smart. No additional details

Summary

1–2

قرب مسجد علي بن أبي طالب, Vicinity of Ali Bin Abi Talib Mosque, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 8th 2023, Israeli aircraft reportedly bombed a residential building in Al-Zaytoun, Gaza City, resulting in an unspecified number of civilians killed and wounded. While posts shared by Shehab News Agency and other social media users claim that people were inside the building at the time of the strike, no details are currently available

Summary

الشلالات, Mosul, Shalalat, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Residents and local media sources said that 34 civilians were killed and 77 (numbers reportedly mentioned by ISIL press agency) wounded after Coalition airstrikes and shelling by Iraqi government forces hit many neighbourhoods in West Mosul. @sh0_news said in a tweet that “more than 130 martyred civilians are the result of the bombing of the

Summary

مسجد القبة, Vicinity of Al Qubba Mosque, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

During the evening of Monday, October 9th, 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike struck the three-story Qannan family home located near the Al-Qubba Mosque in the Al-Mawasi area of the town of Khan Yunis, Gaza strip, killing up to 10 members of the family, including five children and three women, one of whom was pregnant. According

Summary

(5 children3 women2–3 men)

8 – 10

10 named, 1 familiy identified

Nearby landmark

بئر الهشم, Bir Al Hashem, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Between 12 and 18 civilians including eight children and four women – reportedly from the same family – died and dozens more were injured in an Coalition airstrike on the Al Hashem area north of Raqqa city, local media reported. Euphrates Post said that 12 non-combatants were killed in the Coalition strike, most of whom

Summary

12 – 18

(8 children4 women2 men)

12–24

7 named, 2 families identified

زنون, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

During the evening of Wednesday, October 11, 2023, eight civilians belonging to two different families, including six children and one woman, were killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Zanoun and al-Ajez family houses located in the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. A Watan correspondent reported that three residential apartments in

Summary

(6 children1 woman1 man)

8 named, 2 families identified

Belligerents reported killed

City

الباب, Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

The ISIS-affiliated media propaganda outlet Al A’amaq reported one civilian dead and others injured as a result of a Turkish bombardment of Al Bab. It wrote: “One person killed and eight injured following Turkish bombardment targeting al Bab in the Aleppo countryside this afternoon.” There are no other known details at this time.

Summary

Turkish Military

حي النجار, Mosul, Al-Najjar, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Sources said that an entire family was killed after airstrikes had hit their house in Najjar neighbourhood, in West Mosul. At the time of the attack Sawlf Ateka – a local Facebook group – called for help in a post: “The bombing of the house of Fayez Nazem Mohammed Anis Shandala since yesterday in the neighborhood

Summary

(2 women)

5 named, 1 familiy identified

خان يونس, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On the afternoon of Tuesday, October 10th, 2023, two Palestinian children were reportedly killed and several more civilians were injured as a result of an alleged strike carried out by the Israeli military on two homes located west of Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip. A video by Arab World News Agency shows the damaged

Summary

(2 children)

كفرعنطون, Kafar Anton village, Shahaba, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Three civilians from the al-Yousef family (a mother and her two children) died, and another two civilains, and up to ten more non-combatants were wounded in an alleged Turkish artillery bombardment of Kafar Anton village, Shahaba, Afrin, according to local media. Welat FM, citing Afrin hospital, named the fatalities. All other sources blamed Turkey for the civilian

Summary

3 – 5

(2 children1 woman)

4–10

Turkish Military

10 named, 1 familiy identified

الرويح, Al Ruweih, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

Four civilians, including two women, were killed and at least three more were injured in alleged Coalition airstrikes in Al Ruweih village, which lies in the countryside near Al Shadadi city, local media said. A number of local sources named three victims of the Al Alewi al Abd Family. A fourth member of the al Alewi

Summary

(2 women)

3–4

6 named, 1 familiy identified

عائلة الطهراوي شمال رفح, Al Tahrawi family north of Rafah, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At dawn on October 14th 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the al-Tahrawi family home on Hamid Street in the Beach Camp area, north of Rafah city in the Gaza Strip, reportedly killing three civilians: a grandfather, 64 year old Kamal Abdul Rahman al-Tahrawi, and his young grandsons, 18 year old Kamal Saher al-Tahrawi and 16 year

Summary

(1 child2 men)

3 named, 1 familiy identified

سراقب, Saraqib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Up to seven civilians including women and children died in an airstrike on Saraqib, according to local sources – though reports are conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Syrian regime. LCCSY reported that one civilian died and several more were injured in an alleged Russian airstrike. Fresh Syria also

Summary

4 – 7

(3 children4 women)

2–10

Unknown, Syrian Regime

4 named

حي الزنجيلي, Mosul, Zanjili, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local sources reported that ten civilians were killed, among whom an entire family, after heavy shelling in Zanjili neighborhood in West Mosul. Iraqi Spring Media Center said it was the work of the Iraqi government, while Yaqein Agency did not say who was responsible. Presently no further details are known.

Summary

محافظة خانيونس, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 20th 2023, a child was reportedly killed and at least three others were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Shaheen family home in Khan Yunis, located in the Gaza Strip. Reporting of the incident identified Shaheen Shaheen as the child who was killed. A series of Facebook posts by Amr Tabash

Summary

(1 child)

1 named

Province/governorate

حي بستان القصر, Bustan al Qasr (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian died and at least one was injured in an air or artillery strike on Bustan al Qasr, according to locals sources – though reports are conflicted as to whether Russia or the Syrian regime were responsible. The Shaam News Network, reported on alleged Russian raids with warplanes and helicopters across Aleppo and its

Summary

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

حي الزنجيلي, Mosul, Zanjili and Shifa, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local sources reported that more than twenty civilians were killed or injured after air strikes and artillery shelling hit their homes in Zanjili and Shifa neighborhood, in West Mosul. So far all sources blamed Joint Forces – a reference to both Iraqi and Coalition actions. A source had told Alaraby news that “the Iraqi forces

Summary

20 – 84

(27 children31 women)

2–103