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

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

31 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0797e

Location

بيت لاهيا, Beit Lahia, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
During the morning of October 31st 2023, 20-year-old Moamen Akram Saber Arab Al-Muqayid was killed as a result of an alleged Israeli bombing on Beit Lahia. Hamza Hammad, who referred to Moamen as his cousin, posted on social media that he was killed when their house was bombed. A picture of Moamen circulated on social media,…

Summary

Published
15 December 2024
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

27 July 2024

Incident Code

ISPT270724q

Location

بالقرب من تقاطع مصبح أو ميراج، رفح, Vicinity of Musbah or Miraj junction, Rafah, Rafah, Palestinian territories
Three civilians, including a child and two men, were killed and seven to eight civilians were injured in an alleged airstrike carried out by the Israeli military on the house of the Abu Hamid family in the Musbah/Miraj junction north of Rafah, Gaza Strip. The strike reportedly took place during the afternoon of Wednesday, the…

Summary

Published
15 December 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
7–8
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

1 August 2024

Incident Code

ISPT010824n

Location

مخيم البريج, Al-Bureij camp, Deir al-Balah, Palestinian territories
Around 2:30 PM on Thursday, August 1st, 2024, an Israeli quadcopter drone allegedly injured at least two people by dropping a hand grenade on Al-Jami' Al-Kabir Street near Bureij Refugee Camp, Deir Al Balah. The Palestinian Information Center first reported the incident through its Twitter / X account (@PalinfoAr), stating that a “bomb” launched from…

Summary

Published
15 December 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

24 July 2024

Incident Code

ISPT240724i

Location

Vicinity of Hamad City, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
Four people, a father and three children, were killed and five others injured by an alleged Israeli airstrike on an internally displaced persons camp near Hamad Towers, close to Hamad City, northwest of Khan Younis. The incident occurred on July 24th, 2024 and was reported by multiple sources. The victims of the airstrike on the…

Summary

Published
15 December 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

1 August 2024

Incident Code

ISPT010824l

Location

منطقة سطر الغربي، خانيونس, Al-Satar Al-Gharbi area, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
In the late evening of August 1st, 2024, an Israeli airstrike/drone strike allegedly struck the al-Agha family home on al-Badaw street in the Al-Satar Al-Gharbi area killing at least one civilian and injuring another. 69-year-old Rajha Yahya Isaeed al-Agha was killed in the strike, while her husband Mazid Hamdi Mallahi al-Agha, was hit in the…

Summary

Published
15 December 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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