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

7 November 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0944

Location

الفاخورة, مخيم جباليا, Al-Fakhoura area, Jabalia Refugee Camp, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
During the evening of November 7, 2023, one woman was killed, and “a number of” other women and children were injured by airstrikes allegedly deployed by the Israeli military on the al-Dhabous family home in the Al-Fakhoura area, west of the Jabalia Refugee Camp in North Gaza. Reports of the attack first surfaced just after…

Summary

Published
3 March 2025
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

4 November 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0878

Location

النصر, Al-Nasr, Rafah, Palestinian territories
Shortly before 2 AM on Saturday, 4 November 2023, a 59-year-old woman named Mona Ghanem Abu al-Hussain al-Maani (Umm Tamer) was reportedly killed and three others were injured when Israel forces allegedly carried out an airstrike on the home of the Abu al-Hussein family in the al-Nasr neighbourhood of Rafah. Twitter/X user @20_allmz reported the…

Summary

Published
3 March 2025
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
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

4 November 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0864

Location

Vicinity of Al-Basateen Street, Asqoula area, Al-Zeitoun neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, Palestinian territories
On November 4, 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Al-Khawli family home, located near Al-Basatin Street in the Asqoula area of the Al-Zeitoun neighborhood in Gaza, east of Gaza City, resulted in the deaths of at least nine civilians, including up to five women and three children, all from the same family. Several others…

Summary

Published
28 February 2025
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
9–10
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

26 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0631

Location

المعسكر الغربي غرب خانيونس, Western Camp, Khan Younis, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
During the morning of Thursday, October 26, 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Abu Shamala family residency and neighbouring homes on al-Bair street in the Western Camp, Block 6, west of the city of Khan Younis, resulted in at least 51 civilians killed, including at least 18 children and 19 women, and more than…

Summary

Published
28 February 2025
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential, IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported killed
51
Civilians reported injured
101
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

2 November 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0818

Location

بالقرب من مسجد الشمعة، حي الزيتون، مدينة غزة, Vicinity of Al-Shamaa Mosque, Al-Zeitoun neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, Palestinian territories
On November 2nd 2023 at least 81 civilians, but as many as 90, from five families were reportedly killed and a large number of others wounded when an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the homes of the Abu Samaan, Al-Awadi, Al-Borai, Al-Qishawi, and Barakat families near the Al-Shamaa Mosque in the Al-Zaytoun neighbourhood, south of Gaza…

Summary

Published
28 February 2025
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
81–90
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military actors reported killed
0–1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

13 November 2024

Incident Code

ISPT131124w

Location

مدرسة الشهيد ياسر عرفات الثانوية للموهوبين و الموهوبات، حي الشيخ رضوان، مدينة غزة, Martyr Yasser Arafat Secondary School for Gifted Boys and Girls, Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, Palestinian territories
On 13th November 2024, an alleged Israeli quadcopter/drone attack on the Al Mawhoubin Gifted School housing displaced people in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, west of Gaza City injured three civilians. The incident was reported by Al Jazeera who also shared photos of Red Crescent volunteers transporting an injured man to the hospital in a stretcher,…

Summary

Published
26 February 2025
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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