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

28 May 2025

Incident Code

ISPT280525s

Location

شارع التينة، خان يونس, Al-Tina Street, Khan Younis, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
At around 9 AM on May 28th, at least six people were killed, and at least two others injured, when the Israeli military reportedly opened fire on a group of people trying to reach an aid distribution centre in the Muraj area, north of Rafah. The group was reportedly on Al-Tina Street, south of Khan…

Summary

Published
13 July 2025
Strike Type
Ground operation
Civilians reported killed
6
Civilians reported injured
2–15
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

18 March 2025

Incident Code

ISPT180325a

Location

المواصي، خان يونس, Al-Mawasi Camp, Khan Younis, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
Before dawn on  March 18, 2025, Hamas’ head of general security service in Khan Yunis, Ayman Salah Khalil Isleh, was killed along with 13 civilians from the Abu Al-Khair and Isleh families, including three women and seven children in declared Israeli airstrikes. At least one man was injured in the strikes on tents hosting displaced…

Summary

Published
13 July 2025
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
13
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military actors reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

23 March 2025

Incident Code

ISPT230325c

Location

شارع روني، المواصي، خان يونس, Rouni Street, Al-Mawasi, Khan Younis, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
Shortly after midnight on Sunday, 23 March 2025, a senior Hamas Political Bureau member, head of Hamas’ planning and development office in the southern Gaza Strip, 65-year-old Salah Al-Bardawil, and his wife, Umm Mohammed, were killed by a declared  Israeli airstrike on their tent on Roni Street in the al-Sumoud Camp for displaced people in…

Summary

Published
13 July 2025
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2–3
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

ISPT180325t

Location

شارع 5، خان يونس, Street 5, Khan Younis, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
On Tuesday, 18th March 2025, at around dawn, a senior member of Hamas' military wing Khamis Jumaa Barhoum (also known as Abu Obaidah) was killed alongside 17 family members from three generations, including six women and nine children, in an alleged Israeli strike on a tent housing the Barhoum family on Street 5 west of…

Summary

Published
13 July 2025
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
17
Civilians reported injured
2
Military actors reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

18 March 2025

Incident Code

ISPT180325l

Location

الشيخ رضوان، مدينة غزة, Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, Palestinian territories
Shortly before 2:41 AM on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, a declared  Israeli airstrike struck the home of Hamas’s deputy interior minister, 57-year-old Major General Mahmoud Abu Watfa, killing him and at least nine of his family members, including three women, one of whom was pregnant, and five children, and injuring a number of family members.…

Summary

Published
13 July 2025
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
10–11
Civilians reported injured
2
Military actors reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

18 March 2025

Incident Code

ISPT180325c

Location

مخيم النصيرات, Nuseirat Refugee camp, Deir al-Balah, Palestinian territories
At dawn on March 18th, 2025, a reported Israeli airstrike targeted a residential structure in the Nuseirat refugee camp, located in the central Gaza Strip. The strike resulted in the deaths of multiple members of the Abu Seif family. 25-year-old Shaimaa Mahmoud Ibrahim Wshah was killed, as was her brother-in-law, 26-year-old Ghassan Mahir Motar Abu…

Summary

Published
13 July 2025
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
5
Military actors reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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