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

26 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0636

Location

بالقرب من مستشفى الكويت رفح, Vicinity of Al-Kuwaiti Hospital, Rafah, Rafah, Palestinian territories
On the night of Thursday, October 26, 2023, 12 civilians, all of them children and women, were killed and several were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike that struck the al-Hamayda family home in the Shaboura camp in western Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip. The house was reported as being opposite the…

Summary

Published
5 August 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential, IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported killed
12
Civilians reported injured
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

29 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0740

Location

بالقرب من المستشفى الإندونيسي، بيت لاهيا, Vicinity of Indonesian Hospital, Beit Lahia, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
Shortly before 2:44 AM on Sunday, 29 October 2023, a Palestinian photojournalist, New Press correspondent in the northern Gaza Strip, Fadi Al-Wahidi, was slightly injured in his hand by shrapnel from an alleged Israeli bombardment near the Indonesian Hospital located in Beit Lahia in North Gaza. The Palestinian press agency, Safa, reported the incident saying…

Summary

Published
5 August 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

31 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0788

Location

تل الهوى، مدينة غزة, Tal Al Hawa, Gaza City, Deir Al Balah, Palestinian territories
On October 31, 2023, shortly before 7:45 AM, an alleged Israeli airstrike hit Tal Al Hawa, a neighbourhood in the south of Gaza City, and injured a number of civilians. Al Jazeera, the Shehab Agency, and all other sources available to Airwars reported that the strike injured multiple civilians, but none of them specified an…

Summary

Published
5 August 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

29 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0716

Location

Jabalia refugee camp, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
On October 29, 2023, between five and seven people were killed and up to four others were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Odeh family home in the center of the Jabalia refugee camp, located in the northern Gaza Strip. 61 year-old Hassan Hussein Mohammed Odeh and his wife, 53 year-old Nabila Nesbah Yassin…

Summary

Published
5 August 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
5–7
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

27 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0652

Location

Vicinity of UNWRA School, Jabalia Refugee Camp, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
On October 27th 2023, a home for the Abu al-Fahm family, opposite an UNRWA school in Jabalia Refugee Camp, was allegedly hit by an Israeli airstrike, causing several injuries. Anas Alsareef posted to Facebook images depicting a heavily damaged building with mass crowds surrounding it, with one showing the crowds parting for ambulances to make…

Summary

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

31 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0789

Location

محافظة شمال غزة, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
On October 31st, 2023, one civilian was killed and several wounded civilians were reported as a result of an alleged Israeli airstrike on the home of Al-Aqsa Channel correspondent Muhammad Arab, who was not among those killed/injured, in the northern Gaza Strip. Shehab News Agency posted on Twitter/X about the attack, reporting one death and injuries.…

Summary

Published
5 August 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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