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

27 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0666

Location

بجوار مدرسة القرارة الثانوية، خان يونس, Vicinity of Al Qarara Secondary School, Khan Younis, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
At least two identified civilians, including a 17-year-old boy, were reportedly killed in an alleged Israeli drone strike on Al Abbara Street, west of the Al Qarara Secondary School in the Al Qarara area of Khan Younis, on Friday, 27th October 2023. Numerous sources, including the Gazan Shehab News Agency, reported that two people had…

Summary

Published
20 October 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

27 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0648

Location

منطقة معن، خان يونس, Ma’an area, Khan Younis, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
Around dawn on Friday, October 27, 2023, the Abu Shahma family home in the Ma’an area, east of Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, was hit by an alleged Israeli airstrike, resulting in at least five deaths, including three women, and several injuries. 28-year-old Magdy Tayseer Abu Shahma was killed alongside four-year-old Dahoud Tayseer Abu Shahma and…

Summary

Published
5 August 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
5–6
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

ISPT0667

Location

بالقرب من مسجد عسقلان، مخيم الشاطئ، مدينة غزة, Vicinity of Ashkelon Mosque, Al-Shati camp, Gaza City, Gaza, Palestinian territories
At least 30 civilians were likely killed and at least 11 others were wounded in an alleged Israeli airstrike on residential buildings on Hamid Street of the al-Shati refugee camp, near the Ashkelon Mosque in the Gaza Governorate, on the afternoon of Friday 27th October 2023. Shehab Agency was the first to report the incident…

Summary

Published
8 December 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential
Civilians reported killed
30
Civilians reported injured
11
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

27 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0649

Location

خان يونس, Khan Younis, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
Shortly before 6:28 AM on Friday, October 27th, 2023 two civilian men, one of them elderly, were killed and a number of civilians were injured when an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the Al-Alami family home on Al-Mashrou’ Road, west of Khan Younis. Two victims have been identified and a number of others were reported injured.…

Summary

Published
14 August 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
2
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

ISPT0669

Location

بيت لاهيا, Beit Lahia, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
On the afternoon of October 27, 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike/drone strike killed two people on a motorcycle in the Western Circle neighbourhood of Beit Lahia in North Gaza. Twitter user @PSLK1154 reported that the bodies of the two people were transferred to the Indonesian Hospital in Beit Lahia, and a Facebook post by Ahmad…

Summary

Published
23 October 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported killed
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

ISPT0663

Location

حي الأمل، خان يونس, Al-Amal neighbourhood, Khan Younis, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
On October 27, 2023, a house for the Mohsen family, located on Old Crescent Street in Al-Amal neighborhood, west of Khan Younis, was bombed in an alleged Israeli airstrike resulting in the deaths of at least four people, including a child not yet a day old, and numerous injuries. Initial reports by the Shehab Agency…

Summary

Published
8 August 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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