Civilian Casualties

(4 children3 women)

8 named, 1 familiy identified

برج الساعة المجاور للحي رقم 3, Clock tower adjacent Neighbourhood No. 3, Surt, Libya

LOCATION

According to various sources mostly affiliated with the Gaddafi regime, family members residing in neighbourhood number 3 in front of Al Sa’a (clock) tower, Sirte, were injured and some killed due to an attack launched by NATO in September 25th 2011. It is unclear due to contradicting sources, whether Sarah Ahmed Abd al-Mawli Yunus and Muhammad

Summary

3 – 5

(2–4 children)

2–3

6 named, 1 familiy identified

مسكن مصطفى ناجي المرابط, Gidwar family residence, Surt, Libya

LOCATION

Three civilians were allegedly killed and up to four more injured by a NATO airstrike on the Ghardabiya area of Sirte. A Human Rights Watch investigation found: “On September 23, 2011, around 4 p.m., NATO struck a new house on a farm belonging to the Gidwar family in Gurdabiya, about 20 kilometers east of Sirte.

Summary

(2 children1 man)

3–4

8 named, 1 familiy identified

LOCATION

سرت‎, Sirte, Surt, Libya

One child was allegedly killed by NATO airstrike on Sirte. Nour al din Al Nasser Al Zanki remembered his death in 2015 saying: “Mohammed Khaled Al-Rayani, 6 years, killed 23/9/2011. A shrapnel hit the head in his father’s car.” Azden.sert also commemorated his death posting a picture of him. NATO on that day reported hitting

Summary

(1 child)

الجيزة البحرية, Al Giza Al Bahriya, Surt, Libya

LOCATION

Two civilians, including one child were allegedly injured by a NATO airstrike on the Al Giza Al Bahriya area of Sirte. Ahmed Itbiga said the two were killed by a NATO strike on a condolence page on Facebook. A nurse in a video confirms their deaths. Other pages published similar posts. NATO reported striking “1

Summary

(1 child1 man)

مستشفي ابن سينا, Ibn Sina Hospital, Surt, Libya

LOCATION

Three civilians, including one doctor, were allegedly injured by a NATO airstrike on Sirte. Surt Son posted a video on Youtube saying that two civilians and one Ukranian doctor were injured by an airstrike on the main hospital in Sirte. Libya Realmadrid posted a similar report. NATO on that day reported hitting one “Ammunition Storage

Summary

Unknown

بني وليد, Bani Walid, Misrata, Libya

LOCATION

At least four people were killed by Gaddafi forces in Bani Walid on September 21, 2011 according to News.sar5t.libya and Al Jazeera. According to both sources, the four people were executed for raising the flag of independence.

Summary

الحي رقم 3, Neighbourhood No. 3, Surt, Libya

LOCATION

On September 18th, 2011, three children were reported to have died from NATO bombardment in the third residential area of Sirte. Nour al-Din Nasser al-Zanki reported the deaths of two children, while a Facebook page from a father reported the death of another child on the same day. NATO confirmed airstrikes on “1 Military Facility,

Summary

2 – 3

(2–3 children)

3 named, 1 familiy identified

الشعبية, Al Sha'biya, Surt, Libya

LOCATION

On September 17th, 2011, it was reported that there were four civilian casualties in a NATO airstrike in Al-Sha’biya near Sirte. An al-Gadafia Martyr’s post reported four deaths on September 19th, 2011, Sirte Martyrs reported the same amount of deaths. Nour al-Din Nasser al-Zanki reported that the deaths were the result of a bombing on

Summary

(1–2 children2–3 women)

القبيبة, Al Qubeiba, Surt, Libya

LOCATION

On September 17th, 2011, it was reported that there were two civilian casualties in a NATO airstrike near Al Qubeiba, west of Sirte. A Nour al-Din Nasser al-Zanki post reported one death and one injury, both women, from bombings. The Surt Son Youtube page reported the death of an unnamed Sudanese woman at the same

Summary

(2 women)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

عمارة التأمين , Al Tam’een buildings, Surt, Libya

LOCATION

On September the 16th, 2011, NATO allegedly bombed a residential building in Sirte called Al Ta’amin building which led to at least two killed and two injured. According to an Amnesty International report: “At least two residents were killed in two apartments in different parts of the building. ‘Aisha Abdul Jalil al-Mazughi, a mother of

Summary

(1 woman1 man)

2–3

الحي رقم 3, Neighbourhood No. 3, Surt, Libya

LOCATION

A boy and his mother were killed by NATO bombing in the third residential area in Sirte in September 16th 2011. Various condolence pages reported their death without providing further details. NATO on that day reported striking “5 Command and Controle Nodes, 3 Radar Systems, 4 Armed Vehicles, 8 Air Missile Systems” near Sirte.

Summary

(1 child1 woman)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

الحي رقم 2, Neighbourhood No 2, Surt, Libya

LOCATION

Between 30 and 64 civilians were allegedly killed in a NATO airstrike on neighbourhood No 2 in Sirte. Mustafa Al Fitouri wrote in his book, naming 46 civilians: “The seventh air strike took place in Sirte on 15th September at 7pm where the warplanes targeted a gathering of civilian vehicles inside and near it a

Summary

(2 children4 women27 men)

30 – 64

64 named, 3 families identified

LOCATION

بنغازي‎, Benghazi, Libya

Dozens of people (between 24 to 36) people were killed in Benghazi on September 10, 2011 when they were demonstrating their support of Bani Walid according to a Facebook posts from Ahmed Azzawi Mahmoud and Fedayeen Muammar Gaddafi in southern Tunisia

Summary

24 – 36

Libyan rebel forces

ابالحنيوة, Al Haniyah, Surt, Libya

LOCATION

One child was reported killed by a NATO or Rebel forces airstrike on the Al Haniyeh neighbourhood of Sirte. Nour Al Din Nasser Al Zanki said that “he suffered full body and face burns, cut wounds to the right leg, and amputation of a toe on the right foot. He died several days later.” Sirte

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

1 – 2

(1 child1 man)

NATO forces, Libyan rebel forces

Suspected belligerents

LOCATION

التسعين, Al Tes'een, Surt, Libya

On September 7th, 2011 NATO forces bombed the Al Tes’seen near Sirte, killing a 60 year old woman and injuring two children, a four year old girl and nine year old boy. Another unnamed woman was shown on video in the hospital, but it was unclear if she had died as a result of the

Summary

1 – 2

(1–2 women)

2–3

الكود, Al Kud, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

At least four people, three women and a man, were killed in alleged Yemeni strikes on Al-Kud on September 2, 2011. On the second of September, a tweet from @YemenLatestNews reported that four people from the same family were killed as part of a Yemeni airstrike against suspected Al Qaeda operatives. Barakish.net also reported that

Summary

(3 women1 man)

Suspected belligerent

Yemeni Air Force

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

Named victims

4 named, 1 familiy identified

Geolocation

Town

وادي الأحمر, Wadi Al Ahmar, Surt, Libya

LOCATION

At least 45 people, including men and women, were found dead in September in a mass grave in the Red Valley near Sirte after being tortured and killed by Gaddafi’s forces. One person survived and was left with the dead in the grave.

Summary

(2 women2 men)

بني وليد, Bani Walid, Misrata, Libya

LOCATION

Up to 19 civilians were allegedly killed by a NATO airstrike on Bani Walid. Riyad Jaber said: “The martyr Salah Saad Barnous was martyred on the 29th of Ramadan by the NATO bombing.” Mustafa Al Fitouri wrote in his book: “On the night of 29th-30th August Salah Sa’ed Barnous 23 years old, an university student

Summary

(4 children12 men)

مشفى أبو سليم, Abu Salim Hospital, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

Between 39 and 200 civilians died in Abu Salim hospital in Tripoli on August 26, 2011 according to multiple news sources, including Al Jazeera and BBC News. A video by Al Jazeera shows Abu Salim hospital in Tripoli full over more than 100 dead bodies in the intensive care unit after the majority of the

Summary

39 – 200

(2 children2 women2 men)

باب العزيزية, Bab Al Aziziyah, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

At least 29 people were killed at a camp site outside the Bab Al Aziziyah compound in Tripoli on August 25, 2011 that may have housed a makeshift medical clinic and was alleged to be supervised by Gaddafi supporters. According to BBC News, two of those killed had strips of green cloth, indicating that they

Summary

(1 man)

Unknown

باب عكاره, Bab Akkara, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

Between 15 and 19 men, including three medical personnel, were killed and at least six others were injured between Gargur and the Gaddafi compound at Bab al-Aziziyah in Tripoli on August 23, 2011. A member of the rebel forces witnessed 15 bodies, all in civilian clothes and all of them handcuffed behind the back with electric

Summary

15 – 19

(15–19 men)

خلة الفرجان, Warehouse in Khallet Al Furjan, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

Between 63 and 170 prisoners were killed in the early evening in Yarmouk prison under the control of Gaddafi forces in a warehouse in Khallet al Furjan on August 23, 2011. According to the UN Report Source, in the early evening, prison guards at the facility threw between 6 and 8 grenades into the warehouse

Summary

64 – 170

(4 men)

غرغور, Gharghour, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

At least 21 people, including at least three men, were killed and two men were injured in a detention facility run by the Revolutionary Guard in Gargur, south of Bab Al-Aziziyah, on August 23, 2011 according to UN Report Source Page 72. According to witnesses and family members, most of those being held in the

Summary

(3 men)

طرابلس‎, Tripoli, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

Between seven and 16 people, including three belligerents, were killed on Abu Salim Highway in Tripoli by Gaddafi snipers on August 22, 2011. A young man from the Abu Salim area told Libyans that 30 Gaddafi supporters were stationed on the bridge and another group were stationed under the bridge off the highway and they

Summary

4 – 13

(4 men)

Belligerents reported killed

باب العزيزية, Bab Al Aziziya Prison, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

At least 25 prisoners were killed in Bab Al-Aziziyah prison on August 21, 2011 by Gaddafi forces according to Facebook posts from Al Mashashiya Youth and Shahd Omar. According to Al Mashashiya youth’s post, Ezz Al-Din Muhammad Hassan Al-Mashay, who was killed, and his father were arrested and detained for more than 20 days the

Summary

(1 man)

كوبرى الهضبة الشرقية , Eastern Hill Bridge, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

Between 60 and 72 people were killed near the Eastern Hill Bridge on a highway in Tripoli by Gaddafi forces on August 21, 2011 according to multiple posts and videos, including Gharyan Radio and Libyan People Youtube. A video posted by Wasat Al Bilad shows multiple men with guns blocking a road and interacting with

Summary

60 – 72

(2 men)

LOCATION

سرت‎, Sirte, Surt, Libya

Five or more civilians were allegedly killed by a NATO airstrike on Sirte. Sirte martyrs posted the victims’ names and said: “These heroes were martyred by the NATO bombing in Sirte on 20 Ramadan of the Nakba year corresponding to 08-20-2011.” Al Gharib Al Ajli wrote: “Meanwhile, 5 NATO missiles collapsed on our house, 5

Summary

5 – 24

(5 men)

5 named, 2 families identified

Known belligerent

NATO forces

Named victims

إقامة عائلة جفارة, Residence of Jfara family, Misrata, Libya

LOCATION

Between five and six civilians were allegedly killed by a NATO airstrike on Bani Walid. A Human Rights Watch investigation found: “During the night of August 29 or the early morning of August 30, 2011, NATO aircraft struck two adjacent homes belonging to Fathi Abdulsalam Jfara and his son Farid Fathi Jfara in the town

Summary

5 – 6

(1 child2 women2–3 men)

7 named, 1 familiy identified