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

4 December 2023

Incident Code

ISPT1454

Location

بالقرب من مسجد حليمة في خان يونس, Vicinity of Halima Mosque, Khan Younis, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
Six people were reported killed and at least eight others injured after an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Shurrab family home in Khan Younis on 4 December, 2023. The bombardment of the home, located near the Halima Mosque, resulted in deaths across three generations of family members. The patriarch of the family, 57-year-old Muhammad Rashid…

Summary

Published
10 January 2025
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
6
Civilians reported injured
8
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

3 December 2023

Incident Code

ISPT1437

Location

مدرسة الفاخورة, al Fakhoura School, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
On the morning of December 3, 2023, a number of civilians were killed and injured, including a woman and a child, in an alleged Israeli strike at the gate of the Al Fakhoura School in the Jabalia Camp, located in North Gaza. Few specific details about the victims were publicly available. At 3:27 am, the…

Summary

Published
1 April 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Civilians reported injured
2–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

3 December 2023

Incident Code

ISPT1480a

Location

مركز حمودة الطبي، بيت لاهيا, Hamouda Medical Center, Beit Lahia, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
Shortly after 7:15 a.m. on Sunday, December 3rd, 2023, a series of alleged Israeli airstrikes on the Hamouda family's house in Beit Lahia killed at least 14 civilians, including two women and seven children, and injured eight others. 67-year-old Dr. Ahmed Atta Hamouda was killed alongside his sons, 36-year-old Atta Ahmed Hamouda and 27-year-old Dr.…

Summary

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

2 December 2023

Incident Code

ISPT1406

Location

مسجد أنس بن مالك, Anas bin Malik Mosque, Deir Al Balah, Palestinian territories
At least four children were injured by an artillery strike on the Anas bin Malik Mosque in the afternoon of December 2nd, 2023. It appears the casualties occurred at the neighboring Deir al-Balah Martyrs School, though this reportedly was not the target of the strike. Abeer Al Banna Press specified that four children had been…

Summary

Published
1 January 2024
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Religious
Civilians reported injured
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

2 December 2023

Incident Code

ISPT1390

Location

مربع سكني في حي الشجاعية بغزة, A residential square in the Shujaiya neighborhood in Gaza, Gaza strip, Gaza, Palestinian territories
On December 2nd 2023, hundreds of civilians are reported to have been killed and injured by a declared Israeli airstrike on a residential square in the Shujaiya neighbourhood of the Gaza Strip. The exact number and names of victims is not known at this time; however, 50 homes were destroyed in the strike, resulting in…

Summary

Published
30 July 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
300–501
Civilians reported injured
12–200
Military actors reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

2 December 2023

Incident Code

ISPT1410

Location

جوار منزل عائلة مشتهى, Vicinity of Mushtaha family home, Gaza, Palestinian territories
On the afternoon of December 02, 2023, a home for the Mushtaha family on Nazir Street in the Shujaiya neighbourhood, east of Gaza City was bombed in an alleged Israeli airstrike, killing at least 20 civilians, many of them members of the Mushtaha family. According to @SafaPs, 11 people were killed in the bombing of…

Summary

Published
1 April 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
20
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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