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

29 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0746

Location

منطقة نتساريم القريبة, Vicinity of Netzarim area, Gaza, Palestinian territories
On Sunday, October 29, 2023, four civil defense workers from the “Al-Zahraa Center” were injured in an alleged “double-tap” strike perpetrated by Israeli forces while they were responding to an earlier strike on the al-Hilu family home located west of the former Netzarim settlement in the central governorate of the Gaza Strip. According to the…

Summary

Published
20 October 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported injured
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

10 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0107a

Location

حي الشيخ رضوان، مدينة غزة, Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, Palestinian territories
On Tuesday, October 10, 2023, a Palestinian man named Ahmed Siam was killed during the bombing of the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood in Gaza City. Airwars' researchers identified two social media posts with information about the incident and shared an image of the killed man. As no explicit attribution to a belligerent has been made, the civilian…

Summary

Published
20 October 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

28 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0692

Location

قطعة 7، مخيم البريج, Block 7, Bureij camp, Gaza, Palestinian territories
On Saturday, 28th October 2023, at least seven members of the Aslan Family were reportedly killed and others wounded in an alleged Israeli attack against Block 7 of the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. The attack reportedly hit a house belonging to the family. According to several sources, IIham Al Malakh and her…

Summary

Published
20 October 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential
Civilians reported killed
4–10
Civilians reported injured
2
Military actors reported killed
0–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

23 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0536d

Location

the Gaza Strip, Palestinian territories
At dawn on Monday, the 23rd of October, 2023, 18-year-old Adnan Jihad Muhammed Abu Baraka was reportedly killed by an alleged Israeli shelling. The X/Twitter account ‘Martyrs of Gaza’ stated that Adnan Jihad Baraka was killed “in the Israeli shelling on Gaza”. Several online messages of condolence were shared via Facebook by his friends and…

Summary

Published
20 October 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

21 June 2024

Incident Code

ISPT210624a

Location

بلدة الفخاري, Al Fakhari, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
Three civilians were killed and others were reportedly injured by an alleged Israeli strike in the town of Al Fakhari, east of Khan Younis, on June 21, 2024. At 3am that day, the Palestinian Information Center wrote on Twitter/X that there had been a raid “targeting” Al Fakhari and other news sources referenced the bombing…

Summary

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

29 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0744

Location

شارع اللبابيدي، مدينة غزة, Lababidi Street, Gaza City, Gaza, Palestinian territories
At around 10 PM on Sunday, October 29th, 2023, 19 members of the Mushtaha family, including six women, one of them pregnant, were killed and dozens were reportedly injured after an alleged Israeli airstrike hit their home on Lababidi Street in Gaza City. The incident was reported by the Palestinian Information Centre on its official…

Summary

Published
18 October 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
19–24
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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