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

7 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0002

Location

خزاعة, Khuza’a, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
On October 7, 2023, seven members of the al-Najjar family, including two children and three women, were killed and four others were wounded in their three-storey house in Khuza’a, east of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, by an alleged Israeli airstrike. One member of the family appears to have been a militant. The…

Summary

Published
1 December 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
6
Civilians reported injured
4
Military actors reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

7 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0003

Location

مسجد البراء بن عازب, Al-Baraa Mosque, Gaza, Palestinian territories
On the 7th October 2023, Nouruddin Ihab Kahil (24 years old), a prominent member of the support committee of the Palestinian Volleyball Union and son to Ihab Kahil, Chairman of the Competitions Committee of the Palestinian Volleyball Federation, was killed as a result of an alleged airstrike by Israeli forces on a residential home occupied by…

Summary

Published
1 November 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

7 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0010

Location

محطة بنزين بهلول, Vicinity of Bahlul Petrol Station, Gaza, Palestinian territories
At 6:30am on the 7th of October, 2023 six members of the Shaaban family were reportedly killed after their family home in the Al Nasr neighbourhood of Gaza city was bombed by Israeli airstrikes. Those killed in the attack were identified as Nazir Shaaban (36 years old), his wife Enas Shaaban (35 years old) and their four…

Summary

Published
1 November 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

7 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0004

Location

منزل لعائلة الدوس  في حي الزيتون جنوب مدينة غزة, home of the Al-Dous family in Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, south of Gaza City., Gaza, Palestinian territories
An alleged Israeli airstrike using several missiles struck a residential building in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood of Gaza in the evening of October 7th, 2023. Fifteen members of the al-Dous family, including seven children and three women, were reportedly killed due to the destruction of their three-storey home. Juma al-Dous posted that “more than 15 people”…

Summary

Published
1 November 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
15
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

7 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0017

Location

الشابورة, Al Shaboura, Rafah, Palestinian territories
On October 7, 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike which struck the home of the Abu Qouta family reportedly killed up to 27 civilians, including up to 19 members of the Abu Qouta family and at least five neighbors, and up to eight children and at least one woman, in addition to injuring 25 others. The…

Summary

Published
1 November 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
19–27
Civilians reported injured
25
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

7 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0019

Location

عبسان الكبيرة, Abasan Al Kabira, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
On October 7th 2023, at least one civilian woman was killed and at least five civilians were injured in an alleged Israeli bombing on the home of the Abu Daqqa family in the town of Abasan al Kabira in the Gaza Strip. Sources on social media named the victim as 59-year-old Jawaher Qadeeh (Umm Alaa).…

Summary

Published
1 December 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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