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Incident Date
7 October 2023
Incident Code
ISPT0010
Location
محطة بنزين بهلول, Vicinity of Bahlul Petrol Station, Gaza, Palestinian territories
At 6:30am on the 7th of October, 2023 six members of the Shaaban family were reportedly killed after their family home in the Al Nasr neighbourhood of Gaza city was bombed by Israeli airstrikes. Those killed in the attack were identified as Nazir Shaaban (36 years old), his wife Enas Shaaban (35 years old) and their four…
Summary
Published
1 November 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date
7 October 2023
Incident Code
RS4842
Location
دارة عزة, Darat Izza, Aleppo, Syria
On the evening of Saturday, 7th October 2023, intense artillery shelling with the reported use of the internationally banned phosphorus shells allegedly carried out by the Russian military and/or Iranian military and/or Syrian regime forces resulted in the death of one or two civilians, including an elderly man, and the injury of two civilians in…
Summary
Published
7 October 2023
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
7 October 2023
Incident Code
ISPT0001
Location
رفح, Rafah, Rafah, Palestinian territories
On 7th October, 2023, a Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) paramedic Nazmi Abu Hadayed and PRCS volunteer Odeh Al-Kurdi from the Rafah Governorate EMS Center were injured by shrapnel as a result of an attack on an ambulance in Rafah. An ambulance driver, 35-year-old Mahmoud Hussein Othman, initially reported missing by some sources, was also…
Summary
Published
8 October 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Healthcare
(
Ambulance
)
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date
7 October 2023
Incident Code
ISPT0005
Location
مستشفى الاندونيسي, Indonesian Hospital, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
On October 7th, 2023 an alleged Israeli strike reportedly hit the courtyard of the Indonesian Hospital in Jabalia, in Beit Lahia at 2:30 pm. Multiple sources reported that 67-year-old Hosni Salha was killed when shrapnel hit him and Radio al-Zaitounia also reported that his son 39-year-old Yousra Hosni Salha was also killed. An unknown number…
Summary
Published
8 October 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date
7 October 2023
Incident Code
ISPT0006
Location
مستشفى الاندونيسي, Indonesian Hospital, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
On the evening of October 7th 2023, an ambulance was allegedly damaged by an Israeli airstrike, killing two paramedics and injuring two others at the Indonesian hospital located in Jabalia, Gaza Strip. Both paramedics were identified as 39-year-old Tariq Muhammad Ashour and 33-year-old Mahmoud Samih Abu Mashaykh. It has been reported that two other paramedics…
Summary
Published
1 December 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date
7 October 2023
Incident Code
ISPT00012
Location
مجمع ناصر الطبي, Nasser medical complex, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
On October 7, 2023, a paramedic was reportedly killed and a number of civilians and paramedics injured by an alleged Israeli strike on an ambulance near Nasser Medical Complex, East of Khan Yunis. Paramedic Marwan Abu Raida (54 years old), reportedly killed in the strike, was described by a social media source as a Khuza'a…
Summary
Published
8 October 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date
6–7 October, 2023
Incident Code
RS4835
Location
ترمانين, town of Termanin, north of Idlib, Idlib, Syria
From the evening of Friday, 6th October 2023, and into the morning of Saturday, October 7th, 2023, artillery strikes, with the use of “Uragan” missiles and cluster ammunition, allegedly perpetrated by Syrian regime forces and/or the Russian and/or Iranian military, hit residential neighborhoods and a medical facility in the town of Termanin, north of Idlib,…
Summary
Published
6 October 2023
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
3–7
Civilians reported injured
9–30
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
5–6 October, 2023
Incident Code
RS4828
Location
دارة عزة, Darat Izza, west of Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
From the evening of Thursday, October 5th, 2023, and during the morning of Friday, October 6th, 2023, the repeated artillery bombardment with contested responsibility allegedly perpetrated by the Syrian regime forces and/or regime-associated militias or Russian and/or Iranian militias struck a residential neighborhood in Darat Izza, west of Aleppo, Syria, reportedly killing up to four…
Summary
Published
5 October 2023
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Religious
,
Commerce
(
Market
)
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
7–15
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
5 October 2023
Incident Code
TS640
Location
مستشفى كورونا, Corona Hospital, Al Hassakah, Syria
On 5th October 2023, it was reported by Hawar News and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Press Center that two hospital workers were injured when Turkish airstrikes hit the Corona Hospital in the village of Tel Fara ("Kri Fara" village in Kurdish), within the Derik District. According to Roz Press and RIC Arabic, the hospital…
Summary
Published
5 October 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
30 November 2022
Incident Code
USYEMBi007
Location
حدبا العوشان, Hadba Al Awshan, Ma'rib, Yemen
Between one to three civilians, including a woman and two children, were reported killed and up to five others, including a woman, a child and two paramedics, were injured in alleged US drone strikes on a home in the Al-Hadba area of Al-Wadi, Marib on November 30, 2022. A member of Ansar al-Sharia (AQAP) who…
Summary
Published
30 November 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Civilians reported injured
2–5
Military actors reported killed
0–1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
17 July 2021
Incident Code
RS4598
Location
سرجة, Sarja, Idlib, Syria
At least three civilians, including a White Helmet volunteer and an elderly woman, were killed, and two other civilians, both White Helmets volunteers, were injured in alleged Russian or regime strikes on the village of Sarja, Syria, on July 17, 2021. Syrian Today reported that "three volunteers from the Civil Defense were hit by laser-guided…
Summary
Published
17 July 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
13 October 2019
Incident Code
LC218
Location
Yarmouk camp, قصر بن غشير, Tarabulus, Libya
On Sunday, October 13, 2019, serveral medical personnel were reported killed by an alleged Libyan National Army airstrike near the Yarmouk camp in Qasr Bin Gashir. Libya Alahrar TV reported: "Hafter warplanes bombard a field hospital in Khallet Al Furjan, leaving dead and wounded. The field commander in the axis of the airport road, Mohammed…
Summary
Published
13 October 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
26 June 2019
Incident Code
RS3844
Location
خان شيخون, Khan Sheikoun, Ma'arat al-Numan, Syria
Two volunteers for the Syria Civil Defense were reported killed, and four to five others injured, in the second of a "double tap" airstrike allegedly perpetrated by the Russian military and/or Syrian regime forces on the Al Beira neighborhood in the east of Khan Sheikoun city, Idlib, Syria, on June 26th, 2019. The strike allegedly…
Summary
Published
26 June 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare
(
Ambulance
)
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
4–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 May 2018
Incident Code
RS3411
Location
كفرزيتا, Kafr Zita, Hama, Syria
One woman was reported killed and several other civilians injured, all believed to be medical staff, in alleged Russian airstrikes on Kafr Zita Specialized Hospital in Kafr Zita, Hama, Syria on May 2nd, 2018 according to local sources. Baladi News said the hospital was targeted with four raids. SMART News reported that "Russian warplanes bombed…
Summary
Published
2 May 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
9 September 2017
Incident Code
USYEMTr098-C
Location
السرو ، بالقرب من قريضة, Al Saru, in the vicinity of Quraidah, Al Bayda, Yemen
Two US drone strikes in the Al Saru area of the Sama'a district in Bayda governorate, on the afternoon of September 9th 2017, reportedly killed at least one alleged AQAP militant and as many as four civilians, according to some sources. In a later email to the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, a US Central Command…
Summary
Published
9 September 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Infrastructure
Vehicle
(
Motorcycle
)
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Military actors reported killed
1–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
20 October 2015
Incident Code
RS0063
Location
سرمين, Sarmin, Idlib, Syria
On October 20, 2015, the alleged Russian airstrikes killed at least 14 non-combatants, according to multiple accounts. The first strike at 1 p.m. hit near a school and a field hospital in the town of Sarmin run by the Syrian-American Medical Society (SAMS.) A secondary strike, or "double tap" – captured on camera, – showed…
Summary
Published
20 October 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare
(
Hospital
),
Education
Civilians reported killed
14–17
Civilians reported injured
28–30
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
18 March 2012
Incident Code
USYEM052-C
Location
جعار, Ja'ar, Abyan, Yemen
One civilian was reported injured and eight militants were killed in alleged Yemeni or US airstrikes carried out on the city of Jaar on March 18th 2012, in the governorate of Abyan. According to an Associated Press (AP) report published in the Washington Times, the civilian was injured when a post office being used as…
Summary
Published
18 March 2012
Strike Type
Naval bombardment
,
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Communications
Civilians reported injured
1
Military actors reported killed
8
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
5 September 2011
Incident Code
USYEM033-C
Location
مشفى الرازي في جعار, Al-Razi Hospital, Jaar, Abyan, Yemen
Dozens of Al Qaeda linked militants were killed and injured during an alleged airstrike conducted by the Yemeni armed forces targeting the al-Razi hospital in Jaar on September 5th, 2011. Up to two civilians may have been killed in this attack. AFP quoted a medical official in Al-Razi hospital in Jaar, who confirmed the toll…
Summary
Published
5 September 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Infrastructure
Healthcare
(
Hospital
)
Civilians reported injured
0–2
Military actors reported killed
12–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
5 July 2011
Incident Code
USYEM021-C
Location
جعار, Jaar, Abyan, Yemen
Between two and six civilians were killed and up to seven others were injured in alleged Yemeni or US airstrikes on Ja’ar on July 5, 2011. Four militants were also reportedly killed. The numbers of dead and wounded varied, as @NoonArabia tweeted that three civilians were killed and seven people were wounded. According to @AdenLang,…
Summary
Published
5 July 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Infrastructure
Residential
,
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
2–6
Civilians reported injured
4–7
Military actors reported killed
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Yemeni Air Force
,
U.S. Forces
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