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Incident Date

18 October 2023

Incident Code

RS4851

Location

الكفير, Al-Kafir, western countryside of Idlib, Idlib, Syria
During the evening of Wednesday, 18th October 2023, Russian warplanes allegedly launched an airstrike that hit an out-of-service tank and a hay warehouse in a nearby building on the outskirts of Ishtabrag in the western countryside of Idlib, Syria, according to the Syrian Civil Defense. This led to the injury of a woman in the…

Summary

Published
18 October 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Accidents related to conflict
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

7 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT00013

Location

مجمع ناصر الطبي, Nasser medical complex, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
On October 7, 2023, one journalist and a number of civilians - including paramedics and media crew - were reportedly injured by an alleged Israeli strike on a Ministry of Health ambulance close to the Nasser Medical Complex, Khan Younis, Gaza. The vehicle was reportedly severely damaged by the blast. The journalist was identified by…

Summary

Published
18 October 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare (Ambulance)
Civilians reported injured
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

18 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0359a

Location

دير البلح, Deir al Balah, Deir Al Balah, Palestinian territories
At approximately 7:30pm on Wednesday, October 18th 2023, a home sheltering the Musa family on Abu Arif Street in Deir al-Balah collapsed due to alleged Israeli airstrikes, killing between eight and more than 30 people. 65-year old Hiam Musa was, at the time of writing, the only person to be named as having been killed…

Summary

Published
18 October 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
8–31
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

17 October 2023

Incident Code

TI099

Location

قرية كاني كندي, Kani Kindi village, Koya District, Kurdistan, Iraq
On Tuesday, October 17th, 2023, one man was killed and up to three other civilians, women, were injured after an alleged Turkish drone strike on a car in the Kani Kindi village in the Koya district of Kurdistan, Iraq. The car was reported to have belonged to citizens of the Makhmour refugee camp; the driver…

Summary

Published
17 October 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date

17 October 2023

Incident Code

RS4848

Location

محيط بلدة الشيخ يوسف, the “‘Al-Qaswa”’ IDP camp in the vicinity of Sheikh Yousef area, Idlib, Idlib, Syria
In the early morning and in the afternoon of Tuesday, 17th October 2023, ten airstrikes allegedly perpetrated by Russian forces on the “Al-Qaswa” IDP camp and civilian homes in the outskirts of the town of Sheikh Youssef in the western countryside of Idlib, Syria, injured four civilians, including two women and two girls. The Syrian…

Summary

Published
17 October 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential
Civilians reported injured
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Accidents related to conflict
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

17 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0332e

Location

جورة اللوت, خان يونس, Jourat al-Lout area, Khan Yunis, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
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

Published
17 October 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
23–27
Civilians reported injured
8–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

17 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0332c

Location

محافظة دير البلح, Deir Al Balah, Deir Al Balah, Palestinian territories
On Tuesday, October 17th, 2023, at least ten civilians were killed by an alleged Israeli airstrike on Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip. The identified casualties were members of the Radwan family. Nebal Mohammad was killed with six of her children. Her five daughters, 21-year old Duha Radwan, 14-year old Maryam Radwan, Saha Radwan, 6-year old…

Summary

Published
17 October 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

17 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0278

Location

المستشفى الاهلي العربي, al Ahli Arab Hospital, Gaza, Palestinian territories
In perhaps the most well-known, and hotly debated, incident from the war in Gaza, civilians were killed while sheltering at the Al Ahli hospital on October 17th 2023. The incident was widely-reported, with a fierce dispute as to whether the civilian casualties were caused by a Palestinian militant rocket fired at Israel that fell short…

Summary

Published
17 October 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
63–471
Civilians reported injured
14–314
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Palestinian Militants, Israeli Military
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Incident Date

17 October 2023

Incident Code

TS649

Location

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

Summary

Published
16 October 2023
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date

13 October 2023

Incident Code

TI098

Location

مخيم مخمور, Makhmur camp, Erbil Governorate , Kurdistan, Iraq
A woman was injured after an alleged Turkish drone strike hit a home in the Makhmur camp at approximately 9:25AM on October 13th, 2023. The woman, 50-year-old Aisha Muhammad Ahmed, was a resident of the camp, which houses between 10,000 to 12,000 displaced Kurds. Her injuries, many of which look to be on her face…

Summary

Published
13 October 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date

13 October 2023

Incident Code

RS4847

Location

جبل الأربعين, Jabal Al Arbaeen, Ariha, Idlib, Syria
Shortly before midnight of Friday, October 13th, 2023, the mother of the SCD volunteer Ahmed Mahdi Ahmadou was killed and his father was injured, but later succumbed to his injuries, in the bombardment of their house reportedly perpetrated by the Russian military in the Jabal Al Arbaeen area near Ariha city, in the southern countryside…

Summary

Published
13 October 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

12 October 2023

Incident Code

RS4846

Location

كفرعمة, Kafar Ammad [Kafr Amma/Kafr Amah/Kafar’ama], Aleppo, Syria
On Thursday, October 12th, 2023, a 39 year-old-man was killed and a number of civilians were injured due to an alleged artillery attack conducted by the Russian military and/or the Syrian regime in the village of Kafar Ammad [Kafr Amma/Kafr Amah/Kafar’ama] in the western countryside of Aleppo, Syria. Reportedly, a 39-year old man named Izz…

Summary

Published
12 October 2023
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

11 October 2023

Incident Code

RS4845

Location

Marayan, Jabal al-Zawiya in the southern countryside of Idlib, Idlib, Syria
On Wednesday, October 11, 2023, a civilian was injured by an artillery shelling allegedly perpetrated by Syrian regime forces and/or the Russian military in the town of Marayan in Jabal al-Zawiya in the southern countryside of Idlib. According to @baladi Twitter/X user, the injured man was taken to a hospital nearby for treatment. Syria TV,…

Summary

Published
11 October 2023
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

11 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0134f

Location

مخيم يابنا, Yabna camp, Rafah, Palestinian territories
On October 11th, 2023, an airstrike in Yabna Refugee Camp, Rafah killed Muhammad Fayez Yousef Abu Mattar, a 28 year old photojournalist. Multiple sources, including Iyad Abu Zubaida, reported that there were “no casualties” in the Abu Shamala family home in Yabna Camp. However, journalist Adel Zourob posted on Facebook that “without warning, [Israeli] aircraft…

Summary

Published
11 October 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

10 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0102q

Location

حي الشوكة، رفح, Al Shouka neighbourhood, Rafah, Rafah, Palestinian territories
During the afternoon of Tuesday, October 10th, 2023, a home of the Abu Mathkour family located in the Al Shouka neighbourhood, east of Rafah in the Gaza Strip, was hit by an alleged Israeli airstrike, killing at least five identified men, three of whom's civilian status is contested. Rafah Municipality shared images of the rescue…

Summary

Published
10 October 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
2–5
Military actors reported killed
0–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

10 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0101

Location

شارع الصحابة, Al Sahaba Street, Gaza, Palestinian territories
At 5:15 pm on Tuesday, October 10th 2023, 16 civilians, including at least nine members of the Hijazi family, were killed, and at least three children were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the residential homes belonging to the Hijazi, al-Safadi, Atallah, and al-Sik families located in Al Sahaba street in the Al Daraj…

Summary

Published
10 October 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
16
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

10 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0098

Location

الشجاعي، مدينة غزة, Al Shujaiya neighborhood, Gaza City, Gaza, Palestinian territories
During the afternoon of October 10th 2023, six civilians, most of whom were children, were killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Aslim family home, located in the Al Shujaiya neighborhood in the Gaza Strip. Alaa Ahmed Zaino (30) and her children, Yahya Muhannad Sami Aslim (12), Hala Muhannad Sami Aslim (10), Majda Muhannad Sami Aslim (5), and…

Summary

Published
10 October 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

9 October 2023

Incident Code

TS647

Location

البشرية, the village of Al-Bashiriya, al-Hasakah, Al Hassakah, Syria
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

Published
9 October 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Agriculture
Civilians reported injured
5–8
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date

9 October 2023

Incident Code

TS648

Location

قرية المستور, Al-Mastoor village, near Ain Essa district, Hasakah, Al Hassakah, Syria
In the afternoon of Monday, October 9th, 2023, an alleged Turkish artillery strike reportedly killed two children -  a girl named Nadia Mohsen Al-Ayyash (aged 8-10, according to different sources) and a boy named Ali Ahmed Al-Ayyash (aged 6-9) in the village of Al-Mastour located in the western outskirts of the city of Ain Issa,…

Summary

Published
9 October 2023
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date

15 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0231

Location

تل الهوى, Tal Al Hawa , Gaza, Palestinian territories
On 15th October, 2023, Dr. Omar Saleh Farwana (Farwaneh), his wife Umm Saleh Farwana, his children and grandchildren were all reported killed as a result of an alleged Israeli airstrike. They were in their home in Tal al-Hawa neighborhood, southwest of Gaza City. The attack happened in early morning hours when members of the large…

Summary

Published
8 October 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
14–15
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

8 October 2023

Incident Code

RS4843

Location

الأبزمو, Al Abzemo, Aleppo, Syria
On the evening of Sunday, 8th October 2023, an alleged bombardment with missiles reportedly carrying incendiary ammunition by the Syrian regime and/or Russian military caused moderately serious injuries to three civilians: a father Salwan al-Yousef, his 13-year-old daughter Fatima Salwan Al-Yousef, and his infant son Mohamed Salwan Al-Yousef who was only three months old. The…

Summary

Published
8 October 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

9 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0075a

Location

عبسان الكبيرة, Abasan Al Kabira, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
On October 9th, five Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) paramedics sustained minor injuries after an alleged Israeli strike hit close to PRCS ambulances in Abasan, Khan Younis. PRCS reported that the paramedics were harmed by Israeli bombing while they were working to treat injured civilians following former strikes on two civilian homes, after PRCS received…

Summary

Published
8 October 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported injured
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

9 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0070

Location

قرب دوار الترنس, Vicinity of Al Trans roundabout, Jabalia, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
On October 9th 2023, ambulance driver Khaled Issa was allegedly injured, and one local source added that crew members were allegedly killed, after Israeli aircrafts reportedly hit three ambulances at Naser al Trans roundabout, Jabalya, in the Gaza strip. Multiple sources corroborated that there were three ambulances struck in the attack and that they were…

Summary

Published
8 October 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

9–10 October, 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0097

Location

مخيّم الشاطئ, Al-Shati refugee camp, Gaza, Palestinian territories
On October 9 or October 10, 2023, one woman identified as Haifa Al-Tatar (61 years old) and her son Abdelrahman Al-Tatar (35 years old), respectively the wife and son of the former director of Al-Shifa hospital Dr. Nasr Al-Tatar, were reportedly killed in their home following alleged Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip. Initial reporting…

Summary

Published
8 October 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

10–11 October, 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0125

Location

البريج, Bureij, Deir Al Balah, Palestinian territories
On October 10 at night or on October 11 at dawn, alleged Israeli strikes on civilian homes in Bureij refugee camp, near the Dabas Junction, in central Gaza, killed between 33 to 34 civilians, including at least 14 children*, eight women and 11 men. Among the victims, local sources documented five entire family units allegedly…

Summary

Published
8 October 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential, IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported killed
33–34
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

8 October 2023

Incident Code

RS4844

Location

ادلب المدينة, Al-Khamara Street, Idlib City, a camp for displaced persons in the outskirts of Idlib, Idlib, Syria
Shortly before 8:04 AM in the morning and once again in the afternoon of Sunday, October 8th, 2023, the center (in particular, an area around Al-Khamara Street) and outskirts of the city of Idlib, Syria, were hit by heavy artillery bombardment attributed to Syrian regime forces and/or Russian military. The strikes resulted in at least…

Summary

Published
8 October 2023
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Healthcare, Residential, IDP or Refugee Camp, Commerce (Market)
Civilians reported killed
5–6
Civilians reported injured
12–31
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Accidents related to conflict
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

12–13 October, 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0169

Location

مخيّم النصيرات, Nuseirat camp, Deir Al Balah, Palestinian territories
A professor, Dr. Tayseer Kamel Ibrahim (50 years old), was killed by alleged Israeli bombing on either October 12th or 13th, 2023, in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip. Shehab Agency stated that Dr. Ibrahim was a lecturer at the Islamic University, and local source Mohammed Muhareb specified that Dr. Ibrahim was the…

Summary

Published
8 October 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

11 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0102a

Location

Vicinity of Al Nada towers, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
On October 11, 2023, three male paramedics belonging to the Palestinian Red Crescent were killed while carrying out humanitarian work in the Al-Nada Towers vicinity area after the ambulance vehicle was directly hit by an alleged Israeli airstrike. The victims - Khalil Al-Sharif (28 years old), Ahmad Dahman (33 years old), and Yisri Al-Masri (58…

Summary

Published
8 October 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

13 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0187

Location

قرب دوار الكويت, Vicinity of Kuwait roundabout, Gaza, Palestinian territories
On October 13th 2023, a male paramedic was injured by alleged Israeli airstrikes while rescuing other injured civilians near the Kuwait roundabout located in the Gaza Strip. Local sources reported that he died of his wounds either on October 14 or October 15. He was identified by his relatives on social media as volunteer paramedic…

Summary

Published
8 October 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

11 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0102b

Location

قرب معبر كارني, Vicinity of Karni crossing, Gaza, Palestinian territories
On October 11, 2023, a paramedic Hatem Awad (48 years old) was killed by an alleged Israeli bombing of the ambulance near Karni crossing, east of Gaza Governorate. Nader AlBuhaisy wrote in his Facebook post that Hatem Awad died after a direct attack on the ambulance. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society specified that the paramedic was…

Summary

Published
8 October 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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