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

18 September 2024

Incident Code

ISPT180924f

Location

مدرسة ابن الهيثم، الشجاعي، مدينة غزة, Ibn Al Haytham School, Al Shuja’iyya neighborhood, Gaza City, Gaza, Palestinian territories
Around midday on Wednesday, September 18th 2024, at least seven civilians, including two women and four children, were reportedly killed, and dozens of others, including a child along with his father, were injured, in a declared Israeli airstrike which hit the Ibn Al Haytham School located at the end of Omar Al Mukhtar Street in…

Summary

Published
15 December 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
7–10
Civilians reported injured
12–24
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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Incident Date

3 November 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0860b

Location

قطاع غزة, Gaza Strip, Palestinian territories
Five civilians, including four members of the Abu al-Sibah family, were killed by an alleged Israeli airstrike that hit their family house in Sar and Khash-Sham in Gaza on November 3rd or 4th 2023. Local sources identified the names of the killed family members as: 34-year-old Professor Hamza Mohammed Abu al-Sibah, his brother 29-year-old Belal…

Summary

Published
15 December 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

14 September 2024

Incident Code

ISPT140924h

Location

مدرسة شهداء الزيتون التي تؤوي نازحين في محيط مسجد الشافعي بحي الزيتون, Shuhada Al-Zeitoun School, which shelters displaced people in the vicinity of Al-Shafi’i Mosque, Gaza, Palestinian territories
Just before 5pm on September 14th 2024, the Shuhada Al-Zeitoun School, sheltering displaced people in the vicinity of Al-Shafi’i Mosque, southeast of Gaza City, was struck by a declared Israeli airstrike which resulted in the killing of up to five people and the injury of six others. Israeli forces said that the strike was targeting…

Summary

Published
15 December 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
2–5
Civilians reported injured
6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

3 November 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0855

Location

جامع الصحابة، ِبني سهيلا, Vicinity of Sahaba Mosque, Bani Suhaila, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
An alleged Israeli airstrike on the Abu Jamous family home, near the Sahaba Mosque and in the Armida area of Bani Suhaila, Khan Younis, killed two women and injured many others during the early afternoon on November 3rd 2023. The two victims were 62-year-old Raeesa Juma Abu Jamous and her daughter or niece 30-year-old Asma Fawzi Abu…

Summary

Published
15 December 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
5–10
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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