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Incident Date

23 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0519

Location

خان يونس, Khan Younis, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
On Sunday, October 23, 2023, at least six civilians were killed, including four women, in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Al-Astal family home near Al-Majmaa Street close to the park in the centre of Khan Younis, Gaza Strip. The strike also reportedly injured “a number” of others. The exact number of injuries is unknown.…

Summary

Published
5 August 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
6
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

ISPT0710

Location

النصيرات, Nuseirat, Deir Al Balah, Palestinian territories
In the early afternoon of Sunday, October 29th 2023, eight members of the al-Nuwairi family, including a pregnant woman and  three children, were reportedly killed and three family members were injured when an alleged Israeli airstrike hit their three-story home to the west of Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip without prior warning. Alaa…

Summary

Published
1 August 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
8
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

4 November 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0871

Location

مدرسة الفاخورة، مخيم جباليا, Al Fakhoura School, Jabalia Refugee Camp, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
During the morning of Saturday, November 4th 2023, between 12 and 15 people, including at least six children, were killed and between 54 and 70, including at least four children and one woman, were wounded in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the UNRWA-administered Al Fakhoura School in the Jabalia Refugee Camp in northern Gaza. Sources…

Summary

Published
30 July 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Education, IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported killed
12–15
Civilians reported injured
54–70
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

18 November 2023

Incident Code

ISPT1198

Location

مدرسة الفاخورة شمال غزة, Al-Fakhoura School, Jabalia Camp, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
Between 80 and "over 200" people were killed and dozens of others were wounded by an alleged Israeli airstrikes on the Al-Fakhoura School in the Jabalia Camp of Northern Gaza in the early morning of November 18th, 2023. Soon after the strike, the Ministry of Health reported that 50 people had been killed. Another ministry…

Summary

Published
30 July 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Education, IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported killed
80–201
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

27 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0657

Location

بئر النجا, Bir al Naj, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
Around lunchtime on Friday, October 27, 2023, at least 20 civilians were killed and at least one child injured following an alleged Israeli bombardment on the Al-Majdalawi residence in the vicinity of Abu Ali Mustafa roundabout, possibly near the Falouja UNRWA School, in the Bir Al-Naja area in northern Gaza. Some sources put the death…

Summary

Published
30 July 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
20–37
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

29 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0702

Location

الزوايدة, Al Zawaida, Deir Al Balah , Palestinian territories
On Tuesday, October 29th 2023, at least 21 members members of the Thabet family, including four women and ten children, were killed and several civilians were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Thabet family home near Abu Jaber roundabout in the Al Zawaida area of the central Gaza Strip. Airwars identified 21 family…

Summary

Published
30 July 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
21–35
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

12 December 2023

Incident Code

ISPT1697b

Location

ِبني سهيلا, Bani Suhaila, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
On Tuesday, December 12th 2023, seven members of the Abu Libdeh family were reported missing. According to messages posted on social media, the family had been besieged in their home since December 4th, when the IDF entered the area of Bani Suhaila, east of Khan Younis. Three bodies - believed to be those of Duwaila…

Summary

Published
1 July 2024
Strike Type
Ground operation
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
3–7
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons, Denial of access to/destruction of objects indispensable to survival
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

24 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0552

Location

شارع الترانس، حي الأمل، خانيونس, Trans Street, Al-Amal Neighbourhood, Khan Younis, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
On October 24th 2023, between 22 and 25 civilians, including at least 11 children, were reportedly killed and 50 others were injured by an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Aslim family home on Trans Street in the Al-Amal neighbourhood of Khan Younis. The Aslim family lost at least five family members in the attack. Imad…

Summary

Published
1 July 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
22–25
Civilians reported injured
50
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

19 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0385

Location

Home of Jamila Al-Shanti, the Gaza Strip, Palestinian territories
At dawn on Thursday, October 19th 2023, multiple sources reported the death of Dr. Jamila Abdullah Taha Al-Shanti, a 66-year-old (according to some sources, 68-year-old) member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, as a result of an alleged Israeli airstrike on her home in the Gaza Strip. The exact location of the strike is unknown. Osama…

Summary

Published
1 July 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

19 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0379

Location

خان يونس, Khan Younis, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
Shortly before 6.50am on Thursday, October 19th 2023, five people, including two women, were killed and one other was injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the al-Astal family home in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip. 55-year-old Yusra Hamdan and her 17-year-old son, Abdel Rahman Muhammad Ahmad al-Astal were killed, along with 58-year-old Suleiman Muhammad Suleiman al-Astal and his…

Summary

Published
1 July 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

9–11 October, 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0134c

Location

محيط جامعة الأزهر, Vicinity of al Azhar University, Gaza, Palestinian territories
On Monday, October 9th 2023, at least one young man, a civilian named Khaled Ramez Abu Kwaik, was trapped under rubble for at least three days when the Al-Dahdouh building near Al-Azhar University in Gaza City collapsed in Tal al-Hawa. On October 11th 2023, relatives reported his death on social media. The precise details of…

Summary

Published
1 July 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military, Palestinian Militants
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Incident Date

25 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0593

Location

Jaffa Street, Al-Daraj neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, Palestinian territories
An alleged Israeli airstrike reportedly killed between 15 and 30 civilians and injured more than 35 others as it destroyed the homes of the Akhlil and Zaino families, on Jaffa Street in the Al-Daraj neighbourhood, east of Gaza City, on the morning of Wednesday, October 25th 2023. Maher Saeed identified Abu al-Mundhir Zaino and his…

Summary

Published
1 June 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential (Apartment Building)
Civilians reported killed
15–30
Civilians reported injured
36
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

25 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0594

Location

al Shati camp, Gaza, Palestinian territories
At least seven people were killed–spanning three generations–in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Baroud family home on Wednesday, October 25th, 2023; “a number” of others were reported wounded. The matriarch of the family, 81-year old Halima Baroud was killed with her younger brother, 61-year old Dr. Naeem Baroud who was the former dean of…

Summary

Published
1 June 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

22 December 2023

Incident Code

ISPT1881a

Location

منزل الحاج أبو درويش المغربي قرب مدينة غزة, Gaza City, Gaza, Palestinian territories
On Friday, December 22nd 2023, the entire al-Maghribi family, including up to 81 civilians: at least 17 women, 49 children, and an employee of the United Nations Development Program, were killed by an alleged Israeli airstrike on the home of Hajj Abu Darwish al-Maghribi near Gaza City, in the Gaza Strip. Al-Arabiya news, the Associated…

Summary

Published
1 June 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
79–81
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

19 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0389

Location

دوار الخربة، رفح, Vicinity of Khirbet Al Adas Junction, Rafah, Rafah, Palestinian territories
Around dawn on Thursday, October 19th 2023, the home of the Dhair family in Musabah area, near the Khirbet Al Adas junction, north of Rafah, the Gaza Strip, was allegedly bombed by Israeli military aircraft, resulting in at least 19 civilian fatalities, and injuring a number of others, including one victim who was seriously injured.…

Summary

Published
1 June 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
19–23
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

24 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0544

Location

البريج, Bureij, Deir Al Balah, Palestinian territories
At dawn on October 24th 2023, at least 22 members of the Al-Behbahani family, including 12 women and 6 children, were killed and a number of others were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on their home in the Bureij refugee camp, located in Central Gaza. Multiple sources reported that the entire family was killed…

Summary

Published
1 June 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
22
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

24 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0550

Location

بالقرب من محطة وقود الأقصى، رفح, Vicinity of Al-Aqsa Petrol Station, Rafah, Rafah, Palestinian territories
During the afternoon of Tuesday, October 24th 2023, 16 people were reportedly killed and 16 others were injured as a result of an alleged Israeli bombing on the home of the Zorob family, near Al-Aqsa station, west of Rafah, Gaza Strip. In multiple posts on social media, family members reported the names of 16 individuals…

Summary

Published
1 June 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
16
Civilians reported injured
16
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

24 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0558

Location

Vicinity of Saad bin Abi Waqas Mosque, Tal Al Sultan area, Rafah, Palestinian territories
Shortly before 1:48 AM on October 24th 2023, 21 members of the Mukhaimer family, including at least eight women and one child, were killed and at least several family members, including an infant, were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on their home located in the Tal Al-Sultan area, west of Rafah, in the southern…

Summary

Published
1 June 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
21
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

13 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0178

Location

حي الجنينة، رفح, Al Geneina neighborhood, Rafah, Rafah, Palestinian territories
Shortly before 8:56 AM on Friday, October 13th 2023, three houses, among them a house of the Al-Khayyat family, located in the Al Geneina neighborhood of Rafah, Gaza Strip, were destroyed in an alleged Israeli airstrike, killing at least 16 civilians, including four women, eight children, and an infant boy, and injuring a number of…

Summary

Published
1 June 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
16–18
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

24 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0569

Location

حيّ الصعيدي, Saudi neighborhood, Rafah, Palestinian territories
Shortly before 8:18 PM on Tuesday, October 24th 2023, at least seven identified members of the Al-Hams family, including two women, one of whom was pregnant, and three children, were reportedly killed and at least five civilians, including three children and two women, were injured when an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the family’s home in…

Summary

Published
1 June 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

23 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0530

Location

جوار مدرسة محمد يوسف النجار، حي البرازيل، رفح, Vicinity of Mohamed Yousef An-Najjar School, Brazil neighborhood, Rafah city, Rafah, Palestinian territories
At least 16 people, including 11 children, were killed and a number of others injured after an alleged Israeli bombardment on the al-Naja residence in the Brazil neighbourhood of Rafah at dawn on October 23rd, 2023. The patriarch of the family, 59-year-old Hosni Abu al-Naja was killed along with his wife, 49-year old Yasmine Mahmoud…

Summary

Published
1 April 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
16
Civilians reported injured
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

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

13 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0145k

Location

هبة زقوت, Gaza Strip, Gaza Strip, Palestinian territories
On Friday, October 13, 2023, prominent Palestinian visual artist Heba Zaqout (39 years old) was killed, with two of her sons Adam and Mahmoud, in an alleged Israeli strike on the house she was staying in, in a residential area of the Gaza Strip. Her last message to her friend @danielmkovalik was “We are sitting with…

Summary

Published
1 April 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
3–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

1 April 2024

Incident Code

RS4895

Location

سرمين, residential neighbourhoods, the market area, and the Abdo Salama School in the city of Sarmin, east of Idlib, Idlib, Syria
One woman and two children were killed, and at least ten and up to 12 civilians, including five children and two women, were injured as a result of missile strikes carried out by the Syrian regime and/or Russian military and/or Iranian military on residential neighbourhoods, the market area, and the Abdo Salama School (outside working…

Summary

Published
1 April 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential, Commerce (Market), Education
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
10–12
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military, Iranian Military
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Incident Date

17 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0332a

Location

خان يونس, Khan Younis, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
Four members of the al-Masry family were reportedly killed and three others were injured by an alleged Israeli bombardment in Khan Yunis during the dawn hours of the 17th of October, 2023. The killed and injured civilians came from three generations of the al-Masry family. 5-year-old Amir Hammam Salem Samara al-Masry, his mother, 30-year-old Asmaa…

Summary

Published
1 April 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

17 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0288

Location

الحي الياباني, Japanese quarter, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
On Tuesday, October 17th 2023, at least 10 civilians were reported killed, including children, and another 35 were reported injured, including at least three children, in an alleged Israeli airstrike on a house in the Japanese Quarter, west of Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip. Shehab Agency reported that “more than 10 civilians” were killed in the…

Summary

Published
1 March 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
10–16
Civilians reported injured
35
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

18 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0320

Location

جوار مدرسة أحمد عبد العزيز, Vicinity of Ahmed Abdul Aziz School, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
In the evening of Wednesday, October 18th 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike on a yard outside the Ahmed Abdul Aziz School funded by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) and located in the al-Hawoz area of the Khan Younis Camp, near the Nasser Hospital, killed at least five civilians, including…

Summary

Published
1 March 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported killed
5–24
Civilians reported injured
40–60
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

21 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0418

Location

جوار مدرسة الشيخ جبر, Vicinity of Sheikh Jabr School, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
On Saturday, October 21, 2023, seven civilians, including two infants, were reported killed and dozens injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the house of the Al-Najjar family next to Sheikh Jabr School in Khan Yunis refugee camp, south of the Gaza Strip. Among the seven killed were Elham Arafat Ashour (45), her three daughters Janne…

Summary

Published
1 March 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
45
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

22 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0454

Location

دير البلح, Deir al Balah, Deir Al Balah, Palestinian territories
During the night or early morning of Tuesday, October 22nd 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the al-Naouq family home located in the center of the town of Deir Al-Balah, Gaza Strip,  killing 21 identified members of the al-Naouq family, including 14 children and three women, and up to 30 civilians, and wounding at least…

Summary

Published
1 March 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
21–30
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 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0537

Location

Tal al-Sultan, Rafah, Palestinian territories
During the morning of Tuesday, October 24th 2023, seven civilians were killed and 10 others were seriously injured, including a father and two of his children, as a result of an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Abu Artema family home in Tal al-Sultan, west of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. Ahmed Abu Artema, a…

Summary

Published
1 March 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Unknown
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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