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

15 July 2024

Incident Code

ISPT150724i

Location

المخيم 1، مخيم النصيرات, Camp 1, Nuseirat Refugee Camp, Deir al Balah, Palestinian territories
At least 11 members of the Hamad family were killed and others were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on their home on Al-Zohour Street, in Camp one of Nuseirat Refugee Camp in Deir al-Balah on July 15, 2024. The deceased family members were identified as: grandfather Misbah Hussein Hamad “Abu Muhammad”, 61-62; grandmother Zuhur…

Summary

Published
24 December 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential, IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported killed
11
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

15 July 2024

Incident Code

ISPT150724j

Location

محيط شركة الكهرباء، مخيم النصيرات, Vicinity of power plant, Al-Nuseirat camp, Deir al-Balah, Palestinian territories
On Monday, July 15th, 2024, alleged artillery shelling by Israeli forces hit civilians near the power plant (electricity generation station) located north of Nuseirat Refugee Camp, central Gaza Strip, injuring a number of civilians, including a child. Sources, including Al-Jazeera and Radio Alam, reported a number of civilians being injured by the strike. Lebanon Now…

Summary

Published
15 December 2024
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

15 July 2024

Incident Code

ISPT150724k

Location

بالقرب من مدرسة أبو الحلو، مخيم البريج, Vicinity of Abu Helou school, Al-Bureij camp, Deir al-Balah, Palestinian territories
A young man was injured by shrapnel that fell in the vicinity of Abu Helu school in Bureij Refugee Camp in the central Gaza Strip on the 15th of July 2024. The young man was inside the school when an alleged shell fell in the yard and injured him. According to Mohamed Awad, he was…

Summary

Published
15 December 2024
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

15 July 2024

Incident Code

ISPT150724l

Location

بالقرب من بيت لاهيا, Vicinity of Beit Lahia, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
On July 15th, 2024, ambulance and emergency services reported to have recovered the bodies of two civilians in the Bedouin village northeast of Beit Lahia city in the northern Gaza Strip. This information was tweeted by numerous Twitter/X users, including Safa and Quds news agencies around 1:23 PM, but it was not clear whether the…

Summary

Published
15 December 2024
Strike Type
Unknown
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
Israeli Military, Palestinian Militants
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Incident Date

15 July 2024

Incident Code

ISPT150724m

Location

حي التفاح، مدينة غزة, Al-Tuffah neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, Palestinian territories
In the early morning of July 15, 2024, four members of the Al-Sharfa family - a married couple with their two small children - were killed by an alleged Israeli bombardment on their home in the Al-Tuffah neighbourhood, east of Gaza City. Lawyer Ibrahim Hamdi al-Sharafa was killed alongside his wife Sally Yassin al-Sharafa, their…

Summary

Published
15 December 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

14 July 2024

Incident Code

ISPT140724i

Location

مدرسة أبو عريبان مخيم النصيرات, Abu Oreiban School, Al Nuseirat refugee camp, Deir al Balah, Palestinian territories
At least twelve identified civilians, two of whom were women, were killed, alongside at least one identified militant in airstrikes conducted by the Israeli military that hit the United Nations-run Abu Oreiban School in the Nuseirat Refugee Camp in Deir al-Balah governorate in central Gaza on Sunday 14 July 2024 at around 15:02 local time.…

Summary

Published
9 January 2025
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
12–15
Civilians reported injured
71–87
Military actors reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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