Civilian Casualties

4 – 5

الشيخ عجلين, Sheikh Ajleen, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Between 30 and 42 people, from a three month old to a 77 year old, were killed and a large number were injured when the home of the Saqa Allah family was reportedly bombed in what was reported to be a “double tap” Israeli airstrike during the night of Wednesday, October 18th 2023. The home

Summary

(4 children9–11 women10 men)

30 – 42

12–24

Impact

16 named, 1 familiy identified

Geolocation

Neighbourhood/area

دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

At least one child was killed in Douma according to local sources – though reports are conflicted as to whether this was a Russian airstrike or the result of regime artillery. Shaam News, reported: “Russian planes carried out raids on Douma neighbourhoods which was preceeded by artillery shelling. One civilian was killed and others were

Summary

1 – 2

(1 child)

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

1 named

جامع الصفا, Dar’iya neighbourhood, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Initially this incident was reported on by several sources as an alleged airstrike or artillery shelling in the Dar’iya neighbourhood in the city of Raqqa, in which 1 or 2 cilivilians died. During investigations of this event for the April 2019 joint Airwars and Amnesty report War in Raqqa: Rethoric versus Reality (www.raqqa.amnesty.org), Amnesty field

Summary

(1 child3 men)

محيط مسجد الأمان, Vicinity of Aman Mosque, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Friday, October 20th, 2023 one person was reportedly killed and at least one person was injured when a residential apartment opposite Aman Mosque in Gaza City was allegedly bombed by an Israeli military aircraft. All sources reported that the bombing resulted in one death, and many sources including @ShehabAgency, @ArabsEvent and @Alsharawmo tweeted that

Summary

Religious Institution, Residential building

1–2

كفر حمرة, Kafr Hamra, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Eight to 13 civilians including three women and three children were reported killed – and dozens injured – in an airstrike on Kafr Hamra according to multiple sources. Reports were conflicted as to whether the attack was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. The Shaam News Network said Russian forces were responsible and had pounded

Summary

(3 children3 women1–2 men)

8 – 13

12–24

Unknown, Syrian Regime

8 named, 1 familiy identified

الزعير, Al Zaer, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian was reportedly killed in an airstrike on Al Za’er village in Deir Ezzor, but it was not clear who was responsible, Smart News Agency reported. As the local agency noted, “The activist Mohammed Hassan, who relies on information from local sources said, that unidentified warplanes launched raids on the village, which led to

Summary

جوار مسجد الجولاني, Vicinity of al Julani Mosque, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At dawn on Saturday, October 21st, 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the al-Bahtini’s family home located in front of al-Julani Mosque in the al-Tuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza City, reportedly killing at least 23 civilians spanning three generations and causing an unknown number of injuries, according to sources. Among those killed in the strike

Summary

(2–3 children3 women4–5 men)

23 – 34

10 named, 1 familiy identified

Geolocation

Nearby landmark

اللطامنة, Ltamenah, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

A civilian neighbourhood was targeted in Ltamenah – allegedly by Russia – which killed approximately 10 civilians. According to Shaam “10 civilians (three of them from one family) were killed, and five wounded, as a result of Russian aircraft targeting civilian homes with vacuum missiles.” Violations Documentation Center later named Khaled Abdulhameed al-Jahem as having

Summary

(2 children1 man)

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

Marketplace, Water station

Unknown

7–10

Impact

Russian Military, Syrian Regime, Iranian Military

7 named

مسكنة, Maskanah, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

The Al A’maq agency (linked to so-called Islamic State) produced multiple reports on alleged Russian airstrikes which targeted the city of Maskaneh. They stated that two raids hit a popular market in the city, killing 25 civilians, injuring 33 (including 10 in critical condition) and causing destruction of property. But the Syrian Network for Human Rights

Summary

(2–3 children2 women6 men)

24 – 25

30–35

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

10 named, 2 families identified

معدان, Ma'adan, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian male was reportedly killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes on Ma’adan, Raqqa, local sources reported. Euphrates Post and Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently identified the victim by name. Al Ragga Truth reported that a total of 15 strikes took place and several sources shared images of some of the destruction – which included the

Summary

Gaza Strip, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Tuesday, October 10th, 2023, an alleged Israeli strike killed two civilians, a 32-year old man named Ahmed Nahid Hasan Masoud and his 4-year old daughter, Suzan Ahmed Nahid Masoud, at their home in the Gaza Strip. Social media posts shared by relatives expressed a deep sense of loss and grief for both Ahmad and

Summary

(1 child1 man)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

سقبا وحموريه, Between Saqba and Hamouriya, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

Seven civilians were killed including four children – and dozens of people injured – following an alleged Russian or Assad regime air raid on neighbourhoods in an area linking the towns of Saqba and Hamouriya. The White Helmets and Radio Al Kul blamed Russia, while VDC and the Syrian Free Army said the attack was

Summary

(4 children2 women1 man)

Unknown, Syrian Regime

7 named

الموصل: غرب, Mosul, West, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Several local sources reported that a family of five was killed and one of the sons – a 4-year-old boy – severely injured after alleged Coalition airstrikes on their house in West Mosul (exact location presently unknown). Iraqi Spring Media Center quoted MP Riabar Taha of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), who reported the

Summary

طراف مدينة إدلب, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

On the evening of Saturday, October 7th, 2023, at least one civilian man was wounded on the outskirts of Idlib, Syria, in the bombardment allegedly perpetrated by the Russian military and/or Syrian regime forces. However, some sources reported that a number of civilians were injured. The Syrian Civil Defense, also known as the White Helmets,

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Unknown

1–2

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

تدمر, Palmyra, Homs, Syria

LOCATION

One unidentified civilian male was killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Palmyra, according to the Violations Documentation Center. Activists told Shaam News Network that Russian warplanes targeted a bus carrying passengers from Damascus to Deir ez-Zor “near the third stop near Palmyra, which led to the death of one civilian and several wounded.” Syriapost1

Summary

Russian Military

الدشيشة, Al Dashaisha, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

One or two civilians died and four were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Dashasisha village, according to local sources. Baladi – blaming the Coalition – put the death toll at one, with more wounded. According to Zaman Alwasl, “Coalition aircraft bombed an Islamic State prison in the town of Dashaisha east of

Summary

1 – 2

الصبحة, Al Sabha, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

At least one man was killed in an alleged Coalition and Syrian Defense Forces airdrop operation in the town of Al-Sabha on November 8th, 2021. Sources were conflicted as to whether the man killed was a civilians or a militant. According to Euphrates Post, the Coalition and the Syrian Defense Forces carried out an airdrop

Summary

Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

0 – 1

Small arms and light weapons

US-led Coalition, Syrian Democratic Forces

Suspected target

ISIS

Belligerents reported killed

0–1

الهزيمة, Al Hazimah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian died at midday on June 18th, after incurring injuries from alleged Russian airstrikes on Hazima village, northern Ar Raqqah, local media reported. Baladi News said that the man died, “as a result of military aviation targeting al Hazima village” in the midst of “great destruction in the region”. Though Baladi did not specify that the

Summary

(1 man)

مخيّم النصيرات, Nuseirat camp, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 21, 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike killed 34-year-old Islam Omar Al Ashqar, a Dutch citizen and wife of Palestinian journalist Khaled Al Ashqar, and injured Haya Al Ashqar and Sham Al Ashqar, Islam and Khaled’s daughters, and Umm Hadi Al Ashqar, Islam’s mother, in the Nuseirat refugee camp in Deir al Balah, Gaza.

Summary

IDP or refugee camp, Marketplace

(1 woman)

Impact

4 named, 1 familiy identified

منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilians were killed and nine injured in an alleged Russian airstrike on Manbij, according to Al A’maq News and Shaam News Network. SNN reported that the raid came as other areas in the countryside of eastern Aleppo (Maskaneh, Deir Hafer and Al Bab) faced Russian shelling but noted that despite these cities being under IS control the

Summary

Russian Military

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilians were reportedly killed and several others injured in alleged Coalition airstrikes or artillery fire, according to local sources. The victims identified were reportedly from the same family as others who were injured, which was said to be displaced from Palmyra.

Summary

(1 woman)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

جباليا, Jabalia, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 24th, 2023, two infant twins, Sarah Hassan and Omar Hassan were reportedly injured as a result of an alleged Israeli bombardment on the Hassan family home in the Jabalia camp, north of Gaza. Many local sources, including Facebook posts from users Iman Hareedy, and Mosad Bakr, along with the Shehab News Agency claimed

Summary

IDP or refugee camp, Residential building

Unknown

2 named, 1 familiy identified

Geolocation

Town

غرناطة, Garnata, Homs, Syria

LOCATION

The Violations Documentation Center reported that two adult male civilians, Ahmad al-Kurdi and Yehya al-Omar, were killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Garnata. The Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies lists just al-Omar as a victim in Garnata, reporting that he was “killed by indiscriminate” Russian shelling. In a dispatch, Al Jisr TV reported that Garnata

Summary

(0–1 children0–1 women2–1 men)

2 – 4

الميدان, Al Maydan, Mosul, Old City, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

A number of local sources reported that 300 civilians were killed and 400 more were wounded – said to be mostly women and children – following alleged Coalition and Iraqi government airstrikes in the Al Maydan neighbourhood of Mosul. All four sources who reported the deaths alleged that both the Coalition and the Iraqi government

Summary

300

400

US-led Coalition, Iraq Government Forces

منزل الصحفي في إذاعة صوت القدس محمد مقاط, Home of journalist at Sawt al-Quds Radio Muhammad Maqat and his family, on Al-Ghubari Street in the city of Jabalia, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Tuesday, October 24th 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike killed the father, mother and sister of the journalist Muhammad Maqat, in their family home on Al-Ghubari Street in the city of Jabalia, north of the Gaza Strip. Others were reportedly injured. The following day the Palestinian news agency Safa reported that the father of Muhammad

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

(1 woman1 man)

3 named, 1 familiy identified

أم القرى, Um al Qura, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

One adult male civilian, Ali Al Akhras, was killed in an airstrike on Um Al Qura town, according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights. SN4HR reported that he died when Russian warplanes allegedly fired missiles on Um Al Qura. The Violations Documentation Center listed him as killed “due to Russian air forces shelling” but did

Summary

(1 man)

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

1 named

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

A female identified as the daughter of Khalil Ibrahim al Khalif was killed following “shelling of the city” of Raqqa, local sources reported. All three sources did not specify what type of shelling took place. The slain victim was reportedly displaced from Al Abu Amer in the eastern outskirts of Deir Ezzor, before coming to

Summary

(1 woman)