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

3 December 2023

Incident Code

ISPT1437

Location

مدرسة الفاخورة, al Fakhoura School, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
On the morning of December 3, 2023, a number of civilians were killed and injured, including a woman and a child, in an alleged Israeli strike at the gate of the Al Fakhoura School in the Jabalia Camp, located in North Gaza. Few specific details about the victims were publicly available. At 3:27 am, the…

Summary

Published
1 April 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Civilians reported injured
2–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

22 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0458

Location

Al Manara, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
On October 22nd 2023 at dawn, at least four people were reportedly killed by an alleged Israeli airstrike on their family home in the Al-Manara neighbourhood located southeast of Khan Yunis. All of the sources reported that four people had been killed in the strike. Reporting on the incident identified Salama Issa Muhammad Abu Taha…

Summary

Published
1 April 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
4–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

21 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0439

Location

المغازى, Al Maghazi camp, Deir Al Balah, Palestinian territories
During the evening of Saturday, October 21, 2023, a 66-year old man Haji Nayef Abdelmajid Abdelqader al-Hilah (Abu Ramez) was killed when the Al-Maghazi Camp in the central Gaza Strip was allegedly bombed by Israeli military. A Safa correspondent reported on “the targeting of al-Malghazi camp,” but no belligerent was explicitly named. Following the incident,…

Summary

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

22 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0459

Location

مخيم البريج, Bureij camp, Deir Al Balah, Palestinian territories
On Sunday, October 22nd 2023, a number of civilians were reportedly injured and killed, including a 24-year-old civilian named Salama Muhammad al-Owaidat, when an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the Abu Helou house located at Al-Awadhi junction of Block 7 in the Bureij Camp in the Gaza Strip. The precise number of victims remains unknown, and…

Summary

Published
1 April 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

18 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0353

Location

جوار مقبرة النصيرات, Vicinity of Nuseirat cemetery, Deir Al Balah, Palestinian territories
In the evening on October 18th 2023, between four and nine members of the al-Nadi family - including a journalist and at least two women - were killed and others were wounded in an alleged Israeli airstrike on their family home near the Nuseirat Camp cemetery, in the Gaza Strip. Safa news correspondents alleged that…

Summary

Published
1 April 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
4–9
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

21 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0439a

Location

المغازى, Al Maghazi Camp, Deir Al Balah, Palestinian territories
Around 6 PM on Saturday, October 21st, 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the al-Himidi family home in al-Maghazi Camp in the central Gaza Strip, reportedly injuring two civilians, according to multiple sources. According to a Twitter/X post by @quds_feed marked as urgent, the strike happened around 6:04 in the evening. No further details were…

Summary

Published
1 April 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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