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

28 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0692

Location

قطعة 7، مخيم البريج, Block 7, Bureij camp, Gaza, Palestinian territories
On Saturday, 28th October 2023, at least seven members of the Aslan Family were reportedly killed and others wounded in an alleged Israeli attack against Block 7 of the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. The attack reportedly hit a house belonging to the family. According to several sources, IIham Al Malakh and her…

Summary

Published
20 October 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Residential, IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported killed
4–10
Civilians reported injured
2
Military actors reported killed
0–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

28 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0677

Location

حي الفالوجا, Al Faluga, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
On October 28th 2024, an alleged Israeli strike reportedly hit the Afana family home in the Al Faluga area, north of the Gaza Strip, killing at least two female civilians, both children and injuring at least two people, including an infant. The two civilians killed were identified as 17-year-old Saja Shaaban Mohammed Afana and 1-year-old Nesreen Mohamed…

Summary

Published
24 October 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

28 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0691

Location

حي الصبرة جنوبي مدينة غزة, Al-Sabra Neighborhood, south of Gaza City, Gaza, Palestinian territories
At least six civilians, including a child and an infant were killed, and multiple civilians were injured as part of a series of alleged Israeli airstrikes that occurred in the night on October 28, 2023, in the Al-Sabra neighborhood south of Gaza City. This is likely a significant undercount, with some sources putting the death…

Summary

Published
8 June 2025
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Communications (Internet), Residential
Civilians reported killed
6–120
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Incendiary
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

28 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0675a

Location

بالقرب من المستشفى الأندونيسي، بيت لاهيا, Vicinity of Indonesian Hospital, Beit Lahia, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
Multiple civilians were reportedly injured in the courtyard of the Indonesian Hospital in North Gaza as a result of an alleged Israeli airstrike and/or artillery shelling in the late evening of Saturday 28th October 2023. Numerous sources, including the Palestinian Shehab News Agency, reported that multiple people in the courtyard of the Indonesian hospital were…

Summary

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

27 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0657

Location

بئر النجا, Bir al Naj, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
Around lunchtime on Friday, October 27, 2023, at least 20 civilians were killed and at least one child injured following an alleged Israeli bombardment on the Al-Majdalawi residence in the vicinity of Abu Ali Mustafa roundabout, possibly near the Falouja UNRWA School, in the Bir Al-Naja area in northern Gaza. Some sources put the death…

Summary

Published
30 July 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
20–37
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

27 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0646

Location

خان يونس, Khan Younis, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
Israeli forces allegedly bombed the home of the Abu Namous family located in a refugee camp to the west of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, during the pre-dawn hours of Friday, October 27th, 2023. 55-year-old mother Nima Ibrahim Attiya Abu Namous was killed alongside her 32-year-old son. Nima's son, Yasser Sobhi Hassan Abu Namous, was reportedly…

Summary

Published
14 August 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential
Civilians reported killed
1
Military actors reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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