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

2 November 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0837

Location

Vicinity of Rafah Crossing, Rafah, Palestinian territories
On November 2, 2023, at least four people were injured by an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Rumailat neighborhood, east of the Rafah crossing in the Gaza Strip. During the morning of November 2nd, various sources including the Palestinian Press Agency (Safa.ps) and Quds News reported “injuries after [Israeli military] aircraft bombed the Rumailat neighborhood,…

Summary

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

21 June 2024

Incident Code

ISPT210624p

Location

المواصي، خان يونس, Al-Mawasi Camp, Khan Younis, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
On July 8th 2024, the body of a young man named Amr Mohamed Shehada al-Barbari was found in the morgue at the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis after being reported missing for 11 days. Sources reported that he had been missing from al-Mawasi camps in Khan Younis, near Fash Farsh, Gaza Strip, since June 21.…

Summary

Published
8 December 2024
Strike Type
Unknown
Infrastructure
IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Unknown
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

31 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0797a

Location

شارع النديم بحي الزيتون، مدينة غزة, Al-Nadim Street, Al-Zaytoun neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, Palestinian territories
As many as 15 civilians, all from the Habib family, were reportedly killed and 25 others were wounded after Israeli aircraft allegedly bombed a four-storey building in the Zaytoun neighbourhood of Gaza City on October 31st, 2023. A video of a man holding two lifeless young children, bloodied and seemingly covered in dust from the…

Summary

Published
8 December 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential (Apartment Building)
Civilians reported killed
11–15
Civilians reported injured
25
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

3 November 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0847

Location

طريق البحر قرب وادي غزة, Al-Rashid Road, in the vicinity of Wadi Gaza, Gaza, Palestinian territories
On November 3, 2023, an alleged Israeli hit the coastal road near Wadi Gaza, killing at least eight children. Following the incident, it was reported that 11 deceased – most of them children – were taken to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al Balah. According to the Facebook page of “Egypt’s Tomorrow Newspaper”, Israeli forces…

Summary

Published
6 December 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
8–11
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

6 November 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0917

Location

الشابورة, Al-Shaboura, Rafah, Rafah, Palestinian territories
On November 6, 2023, six civilian members of the Labad family, including five women, were killed and dozens of others, including a child, were reportedly injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the al-Hamayda family home located in the vicinity of Al-Dakhni in the densely populated al-Shaboura area of Rafah in the Gaza Strip. 76-year-old…

Summary

Published
6 December 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
6
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

6 November 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0918

Location

مجمع الشفاء الطبي، مدينة غزة, Al-Shifa Medical Hospital, Gaza City, Gaza, Palestinian territories
On the afternoon of November 6, 2023, at least one civilian, a child, was killed and at least four other people, including a woman, were injured in an alleged Israeli strike on the fifth floor of al-Quds building of the al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City, Gaza Strip that hosted hundreds of displaced people At…

Summary

Published
6 December 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
1–4
Civilians reported injured
4–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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