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Incident Date
11 May 2021
Incident Code
PALIS007
Location
גבעת שמואל, Givat Shmuel, Tel Aviv, Israel
One civilian died of a heart attack during a rocket barrage by alleged Hamas militants in Giv’at Shmuel, west of Tel Aviv on May 11th, 2021, according to local reports. Ron Vered was going for a jog with friends when an air raid alarm sounded shortly after 20:30, reported Ono News. According to the source Mr…
Summary
Published
11 May 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Causes of Death / Injury
Accidents related to conflict
Military Actor
Palestinian Militants
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Incident Date
11 May 2021
Incident Code
M21ISPT010
Location
شارع الطواحين, Al Tawahin Street, Gaza, Palestinian territories
Between one and two civilians were killed and three others were injured in alleged Israeli strikes on Al Tawahin street in the eastern Shejaiya neighborhood on May 11th 2021. According to Al Mezan center for Human Rights, "at approximately 9pm, Israel’s air forces targeted a group of people in the Shejaiya neighborhood in eastern Gaza…
Summary
Published
11 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date
11 May 2021
Incident Code
PALIS006
Location
اسدود, אשדוד, Ashdod, Southern, Israel
An alleged Palestinian rocket struck a private home in the city of Ashdod, southern Israel on May 11th, 2021 injuring between two and nine civilians, including a child, according to local reports. Ashdod Net said rescue workers and staff at the Assuta Hospital attended to nine patients with minor injuries, including one child. @manniefabian reported…
Summary
Published
11 May 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2–9
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Palestinian Militants
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Incident Date
10 May 2021
Incident Code
M21ISPT002
Location
تلة الكاشف, Al Kashef Hill, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
Muhammad Saber Suleiman, a 15-year-old boy, and his father, Saber Ibrahim Suleiman, were killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike in Jabalia, northern Gaza on May 10th 2021, according to local reports. Saber Ibrahim Suleiman, 38, was reportedly a commander in the Izz ad-Din Al-Qassam brigades, according to the Defense for Children International Palestine report. This…
Summary
Published
10 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Military actors reported killed
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date
10 May 2021
Incident Code
M21ISPT003
Location
حي المنارة, Al Manara neighborhood, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
One militant was killed and three people were reported injured in an alleged Israeli drone strike in the Al-Manara neighborhood, east of Khan Yunis, Gaza on May 10th 2021, according to multiple sources. Sources were conflicted as to whether the injured people were civilians or militants. Ashraf Al-Qidra, the spokesman for the Ministry of Health…
Summary
Published
10 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
),
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
0–3
Military actors reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date
10 May 2021
Incident Code
M21ISPT004
Location
مسجد الرحمن, Al Rahman Mosque, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
One man was killed, and as many as 13 people were injured, in an alleged Israeli airstrike in Beit Hanoun, North Gaza on May 10th 2021, according to multiple sources. Ibrahim Ahmed Khamis al-Shenbari (20), was killed and 13 others, including 4 women and 2 children, were wounded, according to the Palestinian Centre for Human…
Summary
Published
10 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
13
Military actors reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date
10 May 2021
Incident Code
PALIS002
Location
النقب الغربي, שער הנגב, Western Negev, Southern, Israel
A missile, allegedly fired from Gaza, struck an ambulance injuring the driver in the Western Negev region of Israel on May 10th 2021, according to local reports. The Magen David Adom medical service, which operates the ambulance, said the vehicle was struck by a rocket whilst traveling to attend to a call. The driver was…
Summary
Published
10 May 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Palestinian Militants
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Incident Date
10 May 2021
Incident Code
PALIS001
Location
نير عام, ניר עם, Nir Am, Southern, Israel
One Israeli civilian was reported injured when a guided missile, allegedly fired from Gaza, struck a vehicle in the town of Nir Am in the western Negev region of southern Israel on May 10th 2021, according to local reports. Quds 10 said: "A settler was injured and an Israeli vehicle was set on fire by…
Summary
Published
10 May 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Palestinian Militants
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Incident Date
10 May 2021
Incident Code
ISSY018
Location
عين التينة, Ain Al Tinah, Rif Dimashq, Syria
At least one man was injured in alleged Israeli strikes on Ain al-Tinah on May 10, 2021. Local sources are conflicted as to whether he is a civilian or militant and one source reported that he later died of his wounds. According to Step News, "the Israeli army targeted a person near the border fence…
Summary
Published
10 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Civilians reported injured
0–1
Military actors reported killed
0–1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date
5 May 2021
Incident Code
ISSY017
Location
اللاذقية, Latakia, Latakia, Syria
At least one civilian was killed and and six others, including one to three children and a woman, were injured in alleged Israeli airstrikes on various locations in Latakia in the early morning hours on May 5, 2021. Images posted by @SAMSyria0 show three different children, a woman, and an elderly man being treated for…
Summary
Published
5 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
5–16
Military actors reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date
4 May 2021
Incident Code
CS1958
Location
الشنان, Al Shanan, Deir Ezzor, Syria
At least one man was killed in an alleged US-led Coalition drone strike in al-Shanan village in eastern Deir Ezzor on May 4, 2021. While the majority of sources that reported on the incident claimed that the man killed was no longer part of any armed groups, a spokesman for the Coalition identified him as…
Summary
Published
4 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Military actors reported killed
0–1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
3 May 2021
Incident Codes
IRS007 RS4558
Location
الفوعة, Al Fu'ah, Idlib, Syria
Up to four civilians, including two children and a woman, were killed and up to 11 others, including five children to six children and three women, were wounded in an alleged Iranian or Russian drone strike on a weapons depot near the Al-Furousiya camp for the displaced, in the vicinity of the town of Al-Foah…
Summary
Published
3 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
1–4
Civilians reported injured
6–11
Military actors reported killed
2–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
,
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
Iranian Military
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Incident Date
2 May 2021
Incident Code
YS104
Location
عفرين, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
At least one civilian, a child, was killed and two others, including a woman, were injured in alleged Kurdish or regime strikes on Afrin in the northern countryside of Aleppo on May 2, 2021. The Syrian Civil Defense reported "the killing of the child “Alia Rahim, 5 years old, and the wounding of a woman…
Summary
Published
2 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
24 April 2021
Incident Code
ISSY016
Location
بانياس, Off the coast of Baniyas, Tartus, Syria
At least three young men on an oil tanker were killed in alleged Israeli drone strikes off the coastal city of Baniyas on April 24, 2021 according to local sources. A tweet from @SAMSyria0 reported that "the body of the young man, Ahmed Amin, from Arwad Island - Tartous, who is a crew member of…
Summary
Published
24 April 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date
19 April 2021
Incident Code
TS468
Location
صيدا, Sayda, Raqqa, Syria
At least three civilians were injured in alleged Turkish artillery shelling on the village of Saida in Ain Issa on April 29, 2021. According to Almasirah, "a number of civilians were injured as a result of the Turkish occupation forces and their mercenaries... with artillery shells on the perimeter of the town of Ain Issa."…
Summary
Published
19 April 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
14 April 2021
Incident Code
IRI003
Location
جيدو, Gedo, Nineveh, Iraq
At least one civilian, a child, was injured in addition to a Turkish soldier being killed in alleged Iranian-affiliated militia strikes on the village of Gedo in Kurdistan Iraq on April 14, 2021. According to Rudaw, the Turkish Ministry of Defense announced "a missile attack was carried out on the village of Gedo in Bashiqa,…
Summary
Published
14 April 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Military actors reported killed
1
Military Actor
Iranian Military
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Incident Date
30 March 2021
Incident Code
YS103
Location
طريق اعزاز - عفرين, Azaz - Afrin road, Aleppo, Syria
At least one civilian, a child, was injured from a strike that was allegedly launched by the YPG on the Azaz - Afrin road, north of Aleppo on March 30, 2021. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that a child was injured by a "rocket-propelled grenade" while a tweet from @k_alsameh identified a guided missile…
Summary
Published
30 March 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
19 March 2021
Incident Code
LC425
Location
زمزم, Zamzam, Benghazi, Libya
Eight children were allegedly injured by artillery shelling from an unknown belligerent in Benghazi. Libya Alahrar TV wrote: "Al-Galaa Hospital for Surgery and Accidents in Benghazi announced that eight children were injured yesterday, Friday, as a result of a shell landing in the Zamzam neighborhood. The hospital added in a statement on Saturday that the…
Summary
Published
19 March 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
8
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
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Incident Date
19 March 2021
Incident Code
TI057
Location
سنين, Seneen, Erbil, Iraq
Two civilians were reportedly injured in a Turkish airstrike or helicopter attack on a car, according to local reports. According to Rudaw News, "Turkish warplanes targeted a civilian vehicle in northeastern Erbil province late on Friday, injuring two passengers, a local official and a border guard told Rudaw. A civilian vehicle carrying four passengers was targeted…
Summary
Published
19 March 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
19 March 2021
Incident Code
TS467
Location
الحيدريات, Al Hadaryat, Raqqa, Syria
A 12 year old child was among three civilians killed, with up to four others injured, in what was described as a Turkish rocket or artillery strike on the village of Al-Hadaryat. According to NPA, Turkish strikes had begun in retaliation for the firing of two missiles into Turkey's Kilis province by alleged Syrian regime…
Summary
Published
19 March 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
18 March 2021
Incident Code
YS102
Location
حزوان, Hazwan, western Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria
At least one civilian was injured in an alleged Kurdish counterstrike during an exchange between the SDF and a Turkish base in the village of Hazwan, west of the city of Al Bab on March 18th, 2021. A tweet from @HalabTodayTV reported that there was an "exchange of artillery shelling between the SDF and a…
Summary
Published
18 March 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
14 March 2021
Incident Code
TS466
Location
الزنفل, Al Zanfil, Aleppo, Syria
A child was reported killed and others injured, also including children, in alleged Turkish or pro-Turkey militants shelling on Zankil village, east of Manbej, Aleppo on March 14th. The child victim was identified as Yamen Ali Ayntabi. It was reported that the shelling took place in the morning. North Press Agency said that the Turkish…
Summary
Published
14 March 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
14 March 2021
Incident Code
YS101
Location
الحمران, Al Hamran, Aleppo, Syria
A woman and her child were reported killed and five others injured allegedly by YPG missiles on Tuwayjat farm near Al Hamran village on March 14th. The victims were identified as Bakr Shehadeh aged 12, and his mother Ammoun al Muhammad, aged 48. Their bodies were transferred to Jarablus' hospital by the Syrian Civil Defence.…
Summary
Published
14 March 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2–5
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
5 March 2021
Incident Code
RS4551
Location
معرة الإخوان, Maaret Al Ikhwan, Idlib, Syria
One civilian was reported injured as a result of an alleged Russian airstrike on Ma'aret Al Ikhwan in Idlib on March 5th. @jisrtv tweeted "Russian bombing raids with cluster rockets on the outskirts of the town of Maarat al-Ikhwan, northwest of the city of Maarat Misrin in the northern countryside of Idlib." Edlib Media Center…
Summary
Published
5 March 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
17 February 2021
Incident Code
YS100
Location
عفرين, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
Up to 13 civilians including women and children were injured in an alleged Grad rocket attack by YPG on residential areas in Afrin on February 17th, 2021.Local sources said that between four and six rockets fell on Villat street in Afrin in the evening. However, some sources like the Syrian Civil Defence said that the…
Summary
Published
17 February 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
13
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
16 February 2021
Incident Code
YS099
Location
أم عدسة, Um Adasa, Aleppo, Syria
Local sources reported that one civilian was killed and others injured in alleged YPG shelling on Um Adasa village in Al-Bab countryside in Aleppo, Syria. The Syrian Network for Human Rights named the victim as Amer Mustafa aged 63. Baladi News said that "one civilian was killed and four others were wounded by artillery shelling…
Summary
Published
16 February 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2–4
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
16–17 February, 2021
Incident Code
LC424
Location
سوق النملة, Vicinity of Al Namla Market, Sabha, Libya
A child was reported killed and up to 30 others including children injured when a shell landed in a square in the Mansheya area of Sabha where a group of people were celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Libyan revolution on February 16th/17th. Some of those injured remain in a critical condition. Sabha News reported…
Summary
Published
16 February 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
9–30
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Unknown
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Incident Date
10 February 2021
Incident Code
TS465
Location
الدشيشة, Al Darisha, Al Hassakah, Syria
A number of civilians including a 6-year-old child were reported injured in Turkish or pro-Turkey forces shelling on residential areas in Tal Tamr in Hasakah, Syria on February 10th, 2021. @baze_kurd said the child was seriously injured. The child was identified by local sources as Yazan Mohammad Ali, while one source had a different variation…
Summary
Published
10 February 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
10–14 February, 2021
Incident Code
TI056
Location
جبل غارا, Mount Gara, Duhok, Iraq
Thirteen Turkish nationals being held captive by the PKK in a location close to village Siyane in the Gare/Gara region in northern Iraq were killed - either during an alleged Turkish airstrike, or executed by the PKK, according to conflicting Kurdish and Turkish sources. There was however broad agreement that some of those killed were…
Summary
Published
14 February 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
,
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
7–13
Military actors reported killed
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
,
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
YPG
,
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
8 February 2021
Incident Code
YS097
Location
الباب, Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria
One child was killed and nine civilians injured in alleged YPG or Syrian regime artillery shelling on the city of Al Bab, Aleppo governorate on February the 8th. At the start, local sources reported that at least nine civilians, including at least four children and three women, were injured in alleged YPG or Syrian regime…
Summary
Published
8 February 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
9–14
Military Actor
YPG
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