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

29 September 2024

Incident Code

ISPT290924j

Location

مدرسة أم الفحم، بيت لاهيا, Umm Al Fahm school, Beit Lahia, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
On September 29, 2024, a declared Israeli airstrike on Umm Al Fahm School in the Al Salateen area of Beit Lahiya killed four civilians, including a child and a journalist, and injured 15 others. Israel Defense Forces said that they were targeting "terrorists who were operating inside a Hamas command and control center" that was…

Summary

Published
29 September 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
15
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

6 November 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0921

Location

جوار مسجد الرحمة، حي الأمل، خان يونس, Vicinity of Al-Rahma Mosque, Al-Amal neighbourhood, Khan Younis, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
On the morning of  Monday November 6th, 2023, the Shaqura family home located west of Al-Rahma Mosque in the Al-Amal neighbourhood, west of Khan Yunis, was hit by an alleged Israeli airstrike that killed at least nine members of the Shaqura family, including two women and five children, and injured seven others. Ibrahim Hussein Shaqura was…

Summary

Published
28 September 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
9
Civilians reported injured
7
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

6 November 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0920

Location

بالقرب من مسجد الشهداء، مخيم النصيرات, Vicinity of Martyrs’ Mosque, Nuseirat camp, Deir al-Balah, Palestinian territories
Shortly before 14:15 on Monday, November 6th, 2023, two civilians were reportedly killed in what most sources described as an "attack" in the Al-Assar house located behind the Martyrs’ Mosque in the Nuseirat camp, in the region of Deir al-Balah, the Gaza Strip. Thirteen different sources reported on the incident, but so far, the two…

Summary

Published
28 September 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

6 November 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0928

Location

مدرسة بنات بيت لاهيا, Khalifa Bin Zayed School, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
At 9:52 am on Monday morning November 6th, 2023, an artillery shell allegedly launched by the Israeli forces robbed Mahmoud Adel al-Masry of his life and injured nine others who were sheltering in the Khalifa bin Zayed School in the Northern Gaza Beit Lahia project area. Despite being advised against doing so by his family, Mahmoud…

Summary

Published
28 September 2024
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
9
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

15 July 2024

Incident Code

ISPT150724h

Location

مخيم النصيرات, Nuseirat camp, Deir al-Balah, Palestinian territories
Shortly before 20:34 on the evening of the 15th of July 2024, an alleged Israeli artillery attack reportedly killed two civilians, Dr. Anwar Shahada Nassar, a lecturer at the Al-Quds Open University and former director of the House of the Holy Quran and Sunnah, and his son, Ahmed Anwar Nassar, an engineer, on Al-Mufti street, north of…

Summary

Published
28 September 2024
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

15 July 2024

Incident Code

ISPT150724g

Location

حي الزهور، رفح, Al-Zahour neighbourhood, Rafah City, Rafah, Palestinian territories
In the evening of July 15th 2024, an alleged Israeli military bombardment killed two men from the same family, 56-year-old Kamel Ahmed Siam and 47-year-old Darwish Sharif Siam. The incident occurred in the Al-Zahour neighbourhood, north of Rafah City, the Gaza Strip, and was reported by multiple sources. Among these sources was the Safa Press…

Summary

Published
28 September 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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