Israel and Gaza (from 2023)

Following the Hamas-led assault into southern Israel on October 7th 2023, the Israeli military began a major bombing campaign and later ground invasion of Gaza. The resultant ongoing war has seen large-scale destruction and loss of life.

Airwars has documented allegations of civilian harm from Israeli actions since October 2023, and has produced a number of major investigations and research outputs on the allegations and harm.

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Incident Date

3 November 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0858

Location

مقبرة بيت لاهيا, Beit Lahia cemetery, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
On Friday, November 3, 2023, between seven and 10 people were killed in an alleged Israeli bombardment that hit the Beit Lahia cemetery during a funeral in the Northern Gaza Strip. Ihab Salah Ayoub was killed alongside his brothers Hassan Salah Ayoub and Mohamed Salah Ayoub. Multiple sources including @AJA_Palestine reported that the death toll of…

Summary

Published
24 December 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
7–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

2 November 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0825

Location

Deir Al Balah, Palestinian territories
On November 2nd 2023, 48-year-old Iyad Tayeh Jamil Matar, a journalist for Al-Aqsa TV and his mother, were reportedly killed in an alleged Israeli bombing on their home in the centrally-located Deir Al Balah Governorate of the Gaza Strip. The alleged Israeli bombing of their home was reported by a number of news sources and…

Summary

Published
2 September 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
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

2 November 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0826a

Location

مخيم جباليا, Jabalia Refugee Camp, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
On November 2nd 2023, two members of the Civil Defense working as rescuers were injured after an alleged Israeli drone strike hit their excavator vehicle while they were attempting to rescue casualties from under a house in Jabalia refugee camp. The Shehab Agency reported that they were injured by a “reconnaissance plane” bombing their excavator.…

Summary

Published
2 September 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

2 November 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0827

Location

UNRWA school, Al Shati camp, Gaza, Palestinian territories
Early in the morning of November 2nd 2023, five civilians, including two children, one of them 5-year-old Hala Khalil Fayez Barakat and her mother Rudiynah, were killed and dozens of others were injured while sheltering at the Abu Assi school which is affiliated with the United Nation Palestinian relief agency, UNRWA, after reports of Israeli…

Summary

Published
28 September 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

2 November 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0828

Location

Vicinity of Al Shafi’i Mosque, Al Zeitoun neighbourhood, Gaza, Palestinian territories
On November 2nd 2023, the Shehab News Agency reported on the deaths of several people and “a number of missing persons” under the rubble of the Al-Dahshan family home; at least two people were reported injured. The family home, located in the Al Shafi’i Mosque Area in the Al Zeitoun neighbourhood was allegedly hit by…

Summary

Published
13 August 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
15–30
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

2 November 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0829

Location

منازل في شارع النصر، مدينة غزة, Al-Nasr Street, Gaza City, Gaza, Palestinian territories
In the morning on November 2nd, 2023, an alleged Israeli bombing hit civilian homes on al-Nasr Street, west of Gaza City. At least one civilian was killed and at least four civilians, two women and two children, were injured. According to a Facebook post shared by Flora Naaman Ibrahim al-Masri, ambulance crews were unable to…

Summary

Published
2 September 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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