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

ISPT0586

Location

النصيرات, Nuseirat, Deir Al Balah, Palestinian territories
On October 25th 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike reportedly hit a house where the Al-Dahdouh family were taking refuge, in the Nuseirat Refugee Camp in Central Gaza, killing at least 13 named family members of Wael Al-Dahdouh, bureau chief for Al-Jazeera in Gaza, including nine children. At least five other family members sustained injuries in…

Summary

Published
25 October 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential, IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported killed
13–21
Civilians reported injured
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

25 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0615

Location

بالقرب من مسجد الاسراء برفح, Vicinity of Al-Isra Mosque, Rafah, Rafah, Palestinian territories
In the afternoon of October 25th 2023, seven identified members of the al-Shaer family, including one woman and at least one child, were killed, and up to 10 others were injured when an alleged Israeli airstrike hit a house for the al-Shaer family on Aed Al-Bashiti Street behind Al-Isra Mosque in the Al-Geneina neighbourhood in…

Summary

Published
30 July 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Religious, Residential
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
7–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

25 October 2023–27 October 2024

Incident Code

ISPT0733

Location

رفح, Rafah, Rafah, Palestinian territories
Two civilians, a father and son, were reportedly killed by an alleged Israeli bombing of their home next to Rabaa al-Adawiya, west of Rafah in the Gaza Strip likely on or before 27th October 2023, when reports on the casualties began to emerge online. Abdul Rahman Essam Salah, posting on Facebook, named those killed as…

Summary

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

25 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0588

Location

نزل أبو عريبان بجوار صالة الاهرام في مخيم النصيرات, Vicinity of Al Ahram Hall, Deir Al Balah, Palestinian territories
On October 25th 2023, at least 15 members of the Abu Oreiban family were killed and 53 others were reported injured, including children, after an alleged Israeli airstrike hit a residential home near Al-Ahram Hall, in Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. Lawyer Mona Abo Ereban's Facebook post has helped identify 15 of…

Summary

Published
1 July 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
15–17
Civilians reported injured
53
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

24 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0577

Location

رفح, the house of the Al-Hashash family in Hashashashin area in Rafah, Rafah, Palestinian territories
During the morning of Tuesday, October 24th, 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the house of the Al-Hashash family located in Hashashashin area in Rafah, Gaza Strip, killing 11 members of the same family, including at least three women and three children, and reportedly injuring dozens of other civilians. Safa News initially reported that ten…

Summary

Published
1 July 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
11
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

24 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0617

Location

Khan Younis, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
On the evening of October 24th, 2023, a civilian, 28-year-old Samir Ziad Kamal Al-Qudra, also known as Abu Ziad, was reportedly killed as a result of an alleged Israeli bombing on his house in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip. The Palestinian press agency, Safa, reported on October 25th that Samir was killed in “the bombing of…

Summary

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