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

30 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0771

Location

حي الجنينة شرقي رفح, Al-Geneina neighbourhood, Rafah, Rafah, Palestinian territories
In the early afternoon of Monday, October 30, 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the Rizq family home in the Al-Geneina neighbourhood, east of Rafah, in the Gaza Strip, killing at least 13 identified civilians, including at least four women and at least six children, and injuring 40 civilians, among them children. Local sources reported…

Summary

Published
8 August 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential, IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported killed
13–24
Civilians reported injured
40
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

30 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0774

Location

شارع المدرسة، حي الأمل، خان يونس, Al-Madrasa Street, Al-Amal neighbourhood, Khan Younis, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
Shortly before 3 PM on Monday, October 30th, 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the apartment of the Shakshak family, injuring at least eight civilians, most of them children, and rendering the building uninhabitable. Multiple sources reported “injuries” without specifying a toll. The strike occurred on Al-Madrasa Street in the Al-Amal neighbourhood, west of Khan…

Summary

Published
4 August 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential (Apartment Building), IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported injured
8
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

30 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0775b

Location

منطقة نتساريم، جنوب مدينة غزة, Netzarim area, south of Gaza City, Gaza, Palestinian territories
On Monday, 30th October, 2023, a young Palestinian civilian, a successful entrepreneur and a father of newborn twin daughters, Mahmoud Anwar Abu Shawish, was killed in in the Netzarim area about 5 kilometers southwest of Gaza City in an alleged Israeli strike or ground operation in Gaza. The exact circumstances and time of Mahmoud’s death…

Summary

Published
5 August 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike, Ground operation
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Unknown
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

30 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0775a

Location

بالقرب من مسجد صلاح الدين, Vicinity of the Salah Al Din Mosque, Gaza, Palestinian territories
On the night of October 30, 2023, at least 78, and up to 175, people from the same large extended family, including a journalist, 16 women, and 38 children, were killed and at least four others were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike, reportedly using a “one tonne” munition, on the Kashko family home located…

Summary

Published
14 August 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
78–175
Civilians reported injured
4–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

30 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0747

Location

مخيم جباليا, Jabalia refugee camp, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
Around midnight on October 30th, 2023, at least nine civilians, including children, were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike that destroyed the Nofal family house in the Jabalia refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip. Among the injured were photographers Riyad Nofal and his son, Ibrahim Nofal. An ambulance was damaged as a consequence of the alleged…

Summary

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

30 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0748

Location

حي الزيتون بغزة, Al Zaytoun neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, Palestinian territories
On the night of Monday, October 30, 2023, at least 15 people were killed and a number of others injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Habib family home, a four-storey building, at the Habib Junction, in the Al Zaytoun neighbourhood of Gaza City, Gaza Strip. Many of the civilians killed were women and…

Summary

Published
22 September 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Civilians reported killed
15
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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