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

22 August 2024

Incident Code

ISPT220824o

Location

بالقرب من مستشفى شهداء الأقصى دير البلح, Vicinity of Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, Deir Al Balah, Deir Al Balah, Palestinian territories
Two people, one of them Ramiz Madhat Abu Ajina "Abu Madhat", were killed by an alleged Israeli quadcopter drone that fired shots at a school housing displaced people in Deir Al Balah on August 22nd, 2024. Multiple sources– Sa7atPIBreaking, AJA Palestine, Voice of Palestine Radio, and Naimat Alsalam–reported the alleged killing of the two individuals,…

Summary

Published
28 September 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
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

1 November 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0813

Location

منطقة الشيخ عجلين، مدينة غزة, Sheikh Ajilin area, Gaza City, Gaza, Palestinian territories
On Wednesday November 1st 2023, at least three civilians were reportedly injured as a result of an alleged Israeli artillery and/or airstrike attack on an UNRWA vehicle near the coastal road in the Sheikh Ajilin area, southwest of Gaza City. Three civilians were reported injured by several sources. While Abu Omar Zourob states that three…

Summary

Published
28 September 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery, Naval bombardment
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

1 November 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0814

Location

مخيم النصيرات, Nuseirat camp, Deir al-Balah, Palestinian territories
Between two and six civilians were reportedly killed and a number of civilians were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on a civilian parked car in the Ard Al-Mufti area of the Nuseirat Refugee Camp located in central Gaza, next to a boys’ school used as a shelter. The strike happened shortly before 2pm on…

Summary

Published
28 September 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported killed
2–6
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

1 November 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0816a

Location

مخيّم النصيرات, Al Nuseirat Camp, Deir al Balah, Palestinian territories
On Wednesday, November 1st 2023, twenty-nine-year-old journalist Majd Fadl Muhammad Arandas, a member of the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate and a reporter for the Al-Jamahir News website, was killed when an area near his house in the Nuseirat Refugee Camp was bombed in an alleged Israeli airstrike. According to a post by the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate…

Summary

Published
28 September 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

3 August 2024

Incident Code

ISPT030824e

Location

مدرسة حمامة بحي الشيخ رضوا، مدينة غزة, Hamama school, Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, Palestinian territories
On Saturday, August 3rd 2024, at least 16 civilians, including three women and at least four children, were killed and at least 60 others injured in a declared Israeli airstrike on the Hamama School located in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood of Gaza City, Gaza Strip. Israeli forces confirmed the strike, claiming they were targeting a…

Summary

Published
28 September 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
16–17
Civilians reported injured
60–63
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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