Civilian Casualties

حيّ الصعيدي, Saudi neighbourhood, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On the 22nd of October 2023, an alleged Israeli projectile hit the house of the al-Saidi family in the Saudi district, west of Rafah, reportedly killing one civilian man and causing injuries to others. Moataz Abu Talekh was reported as the young man killed in several posts. Multiple Facebook posts include photos alongside tributes to

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(1 man)

Борова, Borova, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

On April 14th 2022, at least seven and up to ten civilians were killed and between 13 to 30 were injured, including at least one child, when Russian forces shells and gunfire hit evacuation buses in the village of Borova, Izyum district of Kharkiv. Kharkiv Today reported that evacuation from the region began on April

Summary

Healthcare facility, Humanitarian evacuation

7 – 10

13–30

الثورة‎, Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Five civilians died and ten more were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on a mosque in Tabaqa, according to local media. Alfayha reported that “a Coalition warplane shelled near Fatima mosque in the Maghniya neighbourhood after Friday Prayers and killed five civilians and wounded 10 more. The death toll is likely to increase.” Smart

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قرية كالوته, Kalotah village, Shirawa district, Afrin countryside, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

During the night of Monday, October 16, 2023, a child, Muhammad Qushu Ali, was injured by alleged Turkish and Sham Legion military artillery shells in the village of Kalotah, in the Afrin countryside of northern Syria. Muhammad Qushu Ali’s age remains unclear: according to the Afrin post, the child was 3 years old. However, Efrin

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смт Золочів, Богодухівський район, Zolochiv, Bohodukhivsʹkyy district, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

Two civilians, both men, were reported injured on May 3rd 2022 when Russian forces’ shells allegedly hit Zolochiv in Kharkiv. Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group reported that Russian forces shelled this area “from the temporarily captured Kozacha Lopan” and that 25 residential buildings were damaged. It was the only source that reported that one civilian

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Agriculture

المنصورة, Al Mansoura, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Eight civilians from one family – displaced from Maskanah – died when an alleged Coalition airstrike hit their car in Mansoura, according to local sources. According to Jisr TV, six civilians from the same family died. Syria News Desk also reported: “The opposition media activist Mohammed Othman from al-Raqqa countryside told the Syria News Agency

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الشيخ رضوان, Sheikh Radwan, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Around 1:00 AM on Monday, October 23, 2023, at least one civilian was killed and a number of others were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Muhanna family home located on Al-Oyoun Street near the Al-Jisr area in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood, west of Gaza City. The names of the casualties are currently

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Василенкове, Vasylenkove, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

On May 6, 2022, five civilians, including a woman and a child, were reportedly killed by an alleged Russian-planted exploding mine when attempting to evacuate to Kharkiv by car from Kupyansk. According to a post shared by the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office’s Telegram channel, Ukrainian authorities first became aware of this incident when approached by

Summary

Humanitarian evacuation

(1 child1 woman3 men)

Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)

رطلة, Ratlah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

According to the Smart News Agency, Khelafa and Syriapc, five civilians including three children died and three others were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Ratla village and Al Akeirshi village. The injured were reportedly treated at a nearby field hospital. No additional details are presently known.

Summary

(3 children)

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

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الأبزمو, Al Abzimo, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Around midnight on April 16-17th artillery fire wounded five civilians in Al-Abizmo, a town west of Aleppo. The victims consisted of a woman and her four children. Local news agencies were conflicted as to whether the strike confirmed the strike was conducted by the Syrian regime, Russian forces or Iranian militias. A few of the

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Russian Military, Syrian Regime

الكالطة, Qaltah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources reported that one civilian was killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the village of Al Kalta. Revolutionary Forces of Syria said he died when his home was struck. There are no other details available at this time.

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طلال السلطان, Tal al Sultan, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Around 10:45 in the evening of Tuesday, October 24, 2023, the home of the Musa family in the Tal Al-Sultan neighbourhood in Rafah, south of Gaza Strip, was allegedly bombed, resulting in at least three people killed and one injury. Safa News reported that three martyrs and a wounded civilian were recovered “as a result

Summary

Israeli Military, Palestinian Militants

Geolocation

Neighbourhood/area

Saakow, Middle Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

A civilian was injured by alleged Kenyan or United Arab Emirates or US airstrike on Saakow in Middle Jubba on June 16/17, 2023. Horn Observer reported that a civilian was injured by airstrikes in Saakow, possibly carried out by Kenya, the United Arab Emirates, or the US. Hormuud, Somalia’s largest telecom provider, also announced that

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Power Station

Kenyan Military Forces, United Arab Emirates Military, US Forces

عنه, Anah, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later denied a social media claim that it had caused civilian casualties at Anah. According to its June report “April 12, 2017, near Annah, Iraq, via social media: No Coalition strikes were conducted on that day in the geographic area of the reported civilian casualties.”

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منزل لعائلة اللحام في منطقة حي المنارة بخان يونس, Al-Lahham family in the Al-Manara neighborhood in Khan Younis, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

A civilian woman was killed and three civilians were reportedly injured when the Al-Lahham family home in the Al-Manara neighborhood east of Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, was struck on Tuesday, 24th of October 2023 at 7:36 PM. According to Safa News and Basema Alfarra’s Facebook post, the bombardment resulted in one civilian death and three

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(1 woman)

Palestinian Militants, Israeli Military

1 named

الثورة‎, Al Tabaqa, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

In a second reported incident for the day, a single source, Smart News Agency, reported “warplanes targeted the Mohammed Al-Faris school in Al Tabaqa, killing two prisoners, one prisoner from SDF and the other a civilian, and wounding five others.” Smart said it was unable to identify the victims. A local source reported prisoners were

Summary

School

رسم العوايد, Rasim Awaed, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

On July 31, 2017, three civilians were reportedly killed, and others were wounded, in alleged Russian and or Syrian regime raids in Rasim Awaed, near Akirbat town in Hama, according to local media. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame. Baladi News blamed the Syrian regime, while all others attributed blame to Russia.

Summary

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

الرحيات, Al Rahiat, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

One woman died and several other civilians were wounded in an incident in Al Rahiyat, according to local media – though it was unclear whether the Coalition, the Syrian Democratic Forces or ISIL were responsible. Shaam News Network was the only source that named the Coalition as the culprit. Step News Agency instead blamed artillery

Summary

(1 woman)

US-led Coalition, Syrian Democratic Forces, ISIS

1 named

منزلا لعائلة أبو سيدو في شارع الأرنب وسط خانيونس, a house for the Abu Sido family on Al-Arnab Street in central Khan Younis, Gaza strip, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Shortly before 4:48 PM on Sunday, October 29, 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike hit a residential house of the Abu Sido family on al-Arnab Street in the centre of Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, killing at least three civilians – a mother and her sons – and injuring a number of other civilians.

Summary

(1 woman)

Israeli Military

3 named, 1 familiy identified

الدجة, Mosul, Dajah, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Two local sources reported on Facebook that twelve civilians – five children and seven women – died when airstrikes hit the Al-Waleed school in Dajah neighbourhood, in West Mosul. Reportedly, several houses in front of the school were destroyed, and residents reported that “people are still pulling the bodies from the rubble.”

Summary

School

(5 children7 women)

تفتناز, Taftanaz, east of Idlib, Syria, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Shortly before 12:20 PM on Tuesday, 7th November 2023, a civilian man was killed and five civilians, including at least two children, were injured, as a result of the alleged missile strikes perpetrated by the Syrian regime forces and/or the Russian military and/or Iranian military that hit a civilian car and civilian homes in the

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(1 man)

Russian Military, Syrian Regime, Iranian Military

3 named

الرطبة, Ar Rutbah, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

In a previously unknown allegation, the Coalition denied involvement in an incident that they said was reported on social media. In their July 2017 civilian casualty report, the Coalition wrote: “May 4, 2017, near Ar Rutbah, Iraq, via social media report: No Coalition strikes were conducted on that day in the geographic area of the

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0–1

الرفاعي, Mosul, Rifae, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

A father and son were caught in a bombing in western Mosul, according to local reports. Several sources, including Sawlf Ateka, reported that Dr. Nuri Saeed al-Rawaji was killed along with his son Omar in the Rifae neighborhood of western Mosul. Ajel Al Mosul blamed their deaths on Iraq security forces, as did Yaqein, which

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2 – 3

(3 men)

US-led Coalition, Iraq Government Forces

3 named, 1 familiy identified

قرية قباسين, Al Qabasin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

One named civilian male was reported by both Halab News Network and the Violations Documentation Centre as having been killed by ‘Coalition’ strikes or shelling at Al Qabasin, Syria. However Turkish forces and their FSA allies may also have been responsible, according to other local reports. TR Diplomacy tweeted a map on the 7th, reporting that

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(1 man)

US-led Coalition, Turkish Military

1 named

نزلة شحادة, Nazlat Shahada, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently reported that three civilians died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the area between the Two Bridges area in Raqqa. No further details are currently available. In September 2019 the Coalition announced that it had classed this allegation of civilian harm as non-credible. Their monthly civilian casualty report noted, “After

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تادف, Tadef, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between one and 11 civilians were reported killed in alleged air and artillery shelling on Tedef. Sources are conflicted as to who was to blame. According to Syrianewsdesk however, “the shelling on Tadef killed eight people, including five civilians and others belonging to the organisation (Turkish armed forces)”. Between six and ten civilians were wounded in

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1 – 11

(5 men)

6–10

Turkish Military, Syrian Regime, Russian Military

5 named

سهلة البنات, Sahlab al Banat, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

An August 2017 Amnesty International report documented the death of three civilians as a result of three strikes on their one-storey house in Sahlat al Banat on the evening of May 18th. Amnesty field researchers interviewed Hassan, a family member of the victims. “This strike killed the two boys as they were coming back into

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(2 children)

3 named, 1 familiy identified