Israel and Gaza (from 2023)

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

ISPT150724g

Location

حي الزهور، رفح, Al-Zahour neighbourhood, Rafah City, Rafah, Palestinian territories
In the evening of July 15th 2024, an alleged Israeli military bombardment killed two men from the same family, 56-year-old Kamel Ahmed Siam and 47-year-old Darwish Sharif Siam. The incident occurred in the Al-Zahour neighbourhood, north of Rafah City, the Gaza Strip, and was reported by multiple sources. Among these sources was the Safa Press…

Summary

Published
28 September 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
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

ISPT150724h

Location

مخيم النصيرات, Nuseirat camp, Deir al-Balah, Palestinian territories
Shortly before 20:34 on the evening of the 15th of July 2024, an alleged Israeli artillery attack reportedly killed two civilians, Dr. Anwar Shahada Nassar, a lecturer at the Al-Quds Open University and former director of the House of the Holy Quran and Sunnah, and his son, Ahmed Anwar Nassar, an engineer, on Al-Mufti street, north of…

Summary

Published
28 September 2024
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
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

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
IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential
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
Palestinian Militants, Israeli Military
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