Israel and Gaza

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

21 April 2025

Incident Code

ISPT210425c

Location

شارع روني، المواصي، خان يونس, Rouni Street, Al-Mawasi, Khan Younis, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
Before 10:30 a.m. on Monday, April 21, 2025, an Israeli SkyStriker drone, commonly known as a suicide drone, exploded near a tent sheltering displaced people, reportedly killing at least two, including a woman, and injuring five others. The strike occurred near the Al-Ihsan Mosque, close to the Karza Cafeteria on Roni Street in Al-Mawasi, Khan…

Summary

Published
25 July 2025
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

16 April 2025

Incident Code

ISPT160425o

Location

شارع الأسطبق, المواصي, خان يونس, Al-Istabil Street, Al-Mawasi, Khan Younis, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
Shortly before midnight, on the evening of April 16, 2025, at least 11 and as many as 16 civilians, mostly women and children, were killed and others were injured, including a pregnant woman, in an alleged Israeli "suicide drone" strike on the Abu al-Rous family’s tents in Mawasi refugee camp, Khan Younis in the Gaza…

Summary

Published
25 July 2025
Strike Type
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
11–16
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

18 March 2025

Incident Code

ISPT180325k

Location

مدينة غزة, Gaza City, Gaza, Palestinian territories
At dawn on Tuesday, March 18th, 2025, a declared Israeli airstrike hit the home of the al-Hatta family in Gaza City. The strike killed at least eight civilians from the same family, including Ahmed Omar Abdullah al-Hatta, a senior government official, his wife Fatima, and their six children. The Israeli Defense Forces declared the strike…

Summary

Published
25 July 2025
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
8
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

5 November 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0939d

Location

بالقرب من المسجد الأبيض، مخيم الشاطئ، مدينة غزة, Vicinity of White Mosque, Al-Shati Camp, Gaza City, Gaza, Palestinian territories
Nine members of the Noufal family, including six children and a woman, were killed and at least five children and a man were injured by an alleged Israeli airstrike that hit their family house in al-Shati camp, also known as Beach camp, near the White Mosque, west of Gaza City, on Sunday, November 5th, 2023. While…

Summary

Published
25 July 2025
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
9
Civilians reported injured
6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

7 November 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0954

Location

مخيم خان يونس, Khan Younis Camp, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
Shortly before 3:37 PM on Tuesday, 7th November 2023, a number of civilians were reportedly killed and three people reportedly injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the family home of former Palestinian prisoner Hassan Abdel Rahman Salama, in the Khan Younis Camp in the Gaza Strip. Lebanese news network Al-Mayadeen reported that “several” people…

Summary

Published
25 July 2025
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

7 November 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0956

Location

بالقرب من ملعب البلدية، مخيم النصيرات, Vicinity of Municipal Stadium, Nuseirat Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah, Palestinian territories
On 7 November 2023, at approximately 12:42 p.m. local time, an alleged Israeli airstrike hit  the home of the Hassan family located on Al-Mufti land, near the municipality stadium in the Nuseirat refugee camp, located in Deir al-Balah. The attack resulted in the deaths of 12 family members, including three women and four children, with…

Summary

Published
25 July 2025
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential, IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported killed
12
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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