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

3 November 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0842

Location

بالقرب من مجمع الشفاء الطبي، غزة, Vicinity of Al-Shifa Medical Complex, Gaza City, Gaza, Palestinian territories
On the afternoon of November 3rd 2023, at least 15 people were killed with reports of dozens of others injured as a result of an Israeli airstrike on an ambulance at the gates of Al-Shifa Medical Complex in the Rimal neighbourhood of Gaza City. Major news outlets and human rights groups linked the strike to…

Summary

Published
18 November 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
15–70
Civilians reported injured
26–200
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

18 November 2024

Incident Code

ISPT181124e

Location

منطقة العطار, المواصي, Al-Attar area, Al-Mawasi, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
Shortly before 2am on November 18th 2024, four people from the Al-Hassan family, including two children, were reportedly killed and “a number” of others were injured when an alleged Israeli military helicopter bombed tents sheltering internally displaced people in the Al-Attar area of the Mawasi camp in Khan Younis. Engineer Al-Waleed Khaled Abu al-Hassan, his…

Summary

Published
18 November 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
1–2
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

12 November 2023

Incident Code

ISPT1073

Location

بالقرب من روضة البسمة، مدينة غزة, Vicinity of Al Basma Kindergarten, Gaza City, Gaza, Palestinian territories
At dawn on November 12th 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike killed at least four civilians in the Al-Nakhal home on Abu Hasira Street in Gaza City. At least five others were injured, including two children. Four men were reported killed by local sources: 73-year-old father Mahmoud Hassan Mostafa al-Louh, his 36-year-old son Dr. Hammam Mahmoud…

Summary

Published
18 November 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Civilians reported injured
5–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

24 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0538

Location

القرارة, Al Qarara, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
At dawn on Tuesday, October 24, 2023, nine civilians were reportedly killed, including five children, three women and one man, and 10 others were injured, as a result of an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Al-Abadla family home in the Al Qarara area, north of Khan Younis, in the central Gaza Strip. Many sources including…

Summary

Published
12 November 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
9
Civilians reported injured
10
Military actors reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

23 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0534

Location

بالقرب من المستشفى الكويتي مدينة رفح, Vicinity of Kuwaiti Hospital, Rafah, Rafah, Palestinian territories
At least three identified civilian men, including a 61-year-old educator and his two nephews, were reportedly killed and up to three civilians injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike around 2:18 am on Monday, 23 October 2023, which struck the home of the Barhoum family behind the Kuwaiti Hospital in Rafah in the Gaza Strip. Photos…

Summary

Published
30 October 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential, IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Military actors reported killed
0–1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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