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

25 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0596

Location

Abasan al Kabira, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
Six people were reportedly killed on October 25th 2023, when an alleged Israeli airstrike hit a group of farmers in Abasan Al-Kabira to the east of Khan Yunis. Four of the people who died in the attack were from the Abu Mustafa family: 39-year old Adel Ibrahim Abu Mustafa, 35-year old Muhammad Salim Abu Mustafa, 25-year…

Summary

Published
1 June 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture
Civilians reported killed
6–9
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

25 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0613

Location

دوار الشهداء, مخيم جباليا, Vicinity of Martyrs' roundabout, Jabalia camp, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
On October 25th 2023, between 11 and 14 civilians, including at least three children, were killed and between 25 and 36 others were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Al-Kahlot family home in Jabalia camp. The home was located in the center of Jabalia camp near the Martyrs’ Roundabout/Al-Qimma area in the northern…

Summary

Published
30 July 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential, IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported killed
11–14
Civilians reported injured
25–36
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

25 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0587

Location

بالقرب من برج التاج 3، مدينة غزة, Vicinity of al-Taj Tower 3, Gaza City, Gaza , Palestinian territories
Around 4 p.m. on Wednesday, October 25, 2023, a devastating airstrike carried out by the Israeli military on the Yarmouk Square west of Gaza City, and all of its eight apartment buildings,  including Al-Taj residential building, killed at least 114 civilians, including at least 48 children and 37 women, among them two female journalists, and…

Summary

Published
1 December 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Commerce (Bakery), Residential (Apartment Building)
Civilians reported killed
119–120
Civilians reported injured
100–260
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

25 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0597

Location

Vicinity of Al-Ihsan Mosque, Nuseirat Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah, Palestinian territories
On Wednesday, 25 October 2023, at least eight identified civilians, including a woman and a child, were killed and at least 10 others were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike that struck the Abdel Wahed and Al Qatshan family homes opposite Al-Ihsan Mosque in the Nuseirat refugee camp near Deir Al Balah in the middle…

Summary

Published
8 August 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential, IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported killed
8
Civilians reported injured
10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

25 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0614

Location

مخيم المغاز, Al Maghazi, Deir Al Balah, Palestinian territories
During the morning of Tuesday, October 25th 2023, a house for the Musa family in Al Maghazi camp, Gaza Strip, was allegedly bombed by the Israeli military, resulting in at least nine civilian deaths, including multiple children. 34-year-old Ahmed Jamal Hassan Musa was killed alongside his wife Asma Rizqa, his two sons, 6-year-old Muhammad Ahmed Jamal…

Summary

Published
30 July 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Civilians reported killed
9
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

25 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0624b

Location

مخيم البريج, Al-Bureij Camp, Deir al-Balah, Palestinian territories
Twenty-one people were reported killed and at least one was injured after an alleged Israeli strike on their family home in Block 6 of the Al-Bureij Camp in Gaza’s Deir al-Balah on the evening of 25 October, 2023. Most of the casualties were members of the Abu Shamala family. The patriarch of the family, 63-year-old…

Summary

Published
5 March 2025
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential
Civilians reported killed
21
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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