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

24 September 2024

Incident Code

ISPT240924g

Location

محيط النادي الاهلي معسكر النصيرات, Vicinity of Al Ahly Club, Al Nuseirat Camp, Deir Al Balah, Palestinian territories
On September 24, 2024, at around 17:00, Israeli aircraft allegedly bombed the house of the Al-Wasify family near the Al Ahly Club in Nuseirat Refugee Camp in the middle of the Gaza Strip. Sixteen civilians, from multiple families, were reported killed with sources reporting that 11 other civilians were injured in the incident. Local sources…

Summary

Published
11 January 2025
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Residential, IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported killed
16
Civilians reported injured
11
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

24 September 2024–4 October 2025

Incident Code

ISPT041024v

Location

خان يونس أو رفح, Khan Younis or Rafah, Khan Younis or Rafah, Palestinian territories
On October 4, 2024, Salah Sheikh al-Eid passed away after succumbing to his injuries sustained in an earlier attack. Al-Eid had been caught up in a bombing or shelling that had occurred either a week or 10 days previously in Rafah or Khan Younis. The date of this incident has therefore been put as September…

Summary

Published
29 March 2025
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

23 September 2024

Incident Code

ISPT230924a

Location

Khalid bin al-Walid School, Al Nuseirat Camp, Deir Al Balah, Palestinian territories
Around 1 AM on the 23rd of September 2024, a declared Israeli strike hit a group of civilians sheltering in the Khaled bin al-Walid School, in the Al Nuseirat Refugee Camp, in Deir al-Balah, the Gaza strip. The strike injured civilians and killed a young married couple, their daughter, and one of their sons. Some…

Summary

Published
27 November 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported killed
4–6
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

22 September 2024

Incident Code

ISPT220924j

Location

مدرسة كفر قاسم بمخيم الشاطئ, Kafar Qasem school, Al-Shati refugee camp, Gaza, Palestinian territories
On Sunday morning, just before 11:00 am, on September 22, 2024, an Israeli aircraft struck the Kafar Qasem school in Al-Shati camp, also known as Beach camp, west of Gaza City, killing at least seven people and injuring many more, some of whom were left in critical condition. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed the…

Summary

Published
3 March 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Education, IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported killed
6
Civilians reported injured
2–19
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

21 September 2024

Incident Code

ISPT210924f

Location

مدرسة الزيتون حي الزيتون، مدينة غزة, Al-Zeitoun C School, Al-Zeitoun neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, Palestinian territories
Shortly before 10:45 AM on Saturday, September 21st 2024, the Israeli military conducted at least two airstrikes on a school building complex which includes Al-Falah school and Al-Zeitoun C school located in Al-Zeitoun neighbourhood, southeast of Gaza City. Displaced people were reportedly sheltering in the complex, mainly women and children. Israeli forces declared the strike,…

Summary

Published
15 December 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
24–26
Civilians reported injured
29–30
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

21 September 2024

Incident Code

ISPT210924c

Location

قريب كلية تطبيقية، المواصي, Vicinity of University College of Applied Sciences, Al Mawasi, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
Between four and eight people, including up to three children, a woman, and an elderly man, were injured in an alleged Israeli attack that struck the guard room of the University College of Applied Sciences, which was sheltering displaced people in the Al Mawasi area, west of Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip on September…

Summary

Published
15 December 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike), Artillery
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported injured
4–8
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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