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Incident Date

30 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0757

Location

شارع المدرسة قرب صيدلية اليازوري خانيونس, Al-Madrasa Street, near Al-Yazouri Pharmacy, Khan Younis, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
On October 30th 2023, at least five men were killed and at least 15 others were injured by an alleged Israeli airstrike on a motorcycle and a car on al-Madrasa Street near al-Yazouri Pharmacy in the al-Amal neighborhood of Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip. The civilian or militant status of all five men was…

Summary

Published
30 October 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
0–5
Civilians reported injured
15–18
Military actors reported killed
0–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

30 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0761

Location

شارع صلاح الدين, Salah al Din Street, Deir al Balah, Palestinian territories
A car carrying civilians was allegedly hit by an Israeli Military tank that fired a shell at it on Salah al-Din Street in the Gaza Strip on the 30th of October 2023, killing between three and six people. While many sources reported that the car contained three civilians, Abderrahman.zoom reported that four civilians were in…

Summary

Published
8 August 2024
Strike Type
Ground operation
Civilians reported killed
3–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

29 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0735

Location

A bus on Street 10, South Gaza City, Gaza, Palestinian territories
During the morning of October 29, 2023, a bus on Street 10 south of Gaza City was allegedly struck by an Israeli airstrike while carrying civilians resulting in “a number” of  civilians killed and injured. A photo from Roya News showed the vehicle completely destroyed and burned with the windows broken and pieces of rubble…

Summary

Published
5 March 2025
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Vehicle
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

29 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0739

Location

الفاخورة, Al-Fakhoura area, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
Shortly before 7:52 AM on Sunday, 29 October 2023, two young men were reportedly killed in a motorcycle bombing in the Al-Fakhoura area of northern Gaza. Safa News reported the deaths of the two young men and this source was then widely reshared. @quds_feed posted on Twitter/X that the two young men had been taken…

Summary

Published
4 August 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
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

RS4858

Location

طريق نبش - تفتناز, Binnish -Taftanaz road, east countryside of Idlib, Idlib, Syria
Shortly before 9:51 AM on Monday, October 30, 2023, at least one civilian man was killed and two others were injured in a double strike with two guided missiles reportedly perpetrated by the Syrian regime forces and/or the Russian and/or Iranian military that hit a civilian car with medical personnel on the Binnish-Taftanaz road in…

Summary

Published
29 October 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
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

29 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0731

Location

Khan Younis, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
On 29 October 2023, Muhammad Muslim Muhammad Abu Nasira, an 18 year old man, was reportedly killed by a bombing while on his bicycle in the east of Khan Younis. Safa News reported the incident and many friends and family mourned Muhammad’s death via social media. Multiple family members shared photos of the young man on Facebook.…

Summary

Published
13 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, Palestinian Militants
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Incident Date

27 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0669

Location

بيت لاهيا, Beit Lahia, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
On the afternoon of October 27, 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike/drone strike killed two people on a motorcycle in the Western Circle neighbourhood of Beit Lahia in North Gaza. Twitter user @PSLK1154 reported that the bodies of the two people were transferred to the Indonesian Hospital in Beit Lahia, and a Facebook post by Ahmad…

Summary

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

27 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0672

Location

منطقة الزنة، خانيونس, Al Zana area, Khan Younis, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
On Friday October 27th of 2023, four farmers – two of them identified as Muhammad Saber Mahmoud Al-Buraim (17-19 years old) and Ahmed Jamil Abu Lihia (35-39 years old), the two other unnamed –  were reportedly killed and seven others (based on video evidence) were injured in an alleged Israeli aircraft strike in the Al…

Summary

Published
28 November 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
7
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

27 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0662

Location

منطقة المصدر شرقي دير البلح, Masdar neighbourhood, Deir Al Balah, Deir Al Balah, Palestinian territories
On October 27th, 2023 at around 6:13 AM, an alleged Israeli strike hit a civilian car in the Masdar neighbourhood, eastern Deir Al Balah, and killed two farmers. Shehab News reported the deaths of two civilians, but did not include their names or further biographical details. No injuries were reported as a result of the…

Summary

Published
5 August 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

5 September 2023

Incident Code

SDF00028

Location

العزبة, Al Azzba, Deir Ezzor, Syria
At least one person, a young male civilian who had been riding a motorcycle, was injured in the area of Al Izbah, north-east of Deir Ezzor when he was allegedly struck by a Syrian Democratic Forces sniper on Tuesday, September 5th 2023. According to a number of sources, when local residents tried to help him,…

Summary

Published
5 September 2023
Strike Type
Ground operation
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date

30 August 2023

Incident Code

SDF0009

Location

عطالة, Attale, Al Hassakah, Syria
Two civilian men, Ahmed Fathi al-Roudhan and Ahmed Ibrahim al-Okla, were killed when their car was reportedly struck with gunfire allegedly from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the village of Attale, in the southern countryside of al-Hasakah, at dawn on Wednesday August 30th 2023. Ninesixthree reported the incident took place at the al-Arisha SDF…

Summary

Published
30 August 2023
Strike Type
Ground operation
Civilians reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date

28 October 2022

Incident Code

RS4734

Location

دارة عزة, Darat Izza, Aleppo, Syria
Four civilians, three from the same family, were injured by repeated shelling carried out by the Syrian regime and/or Russian forces against the city of Darat Izza, Syria, on October 28, 2022. According to the @SyriaCivilDefe, four civilians, three of them from the same family, were wounded when two cars were hit by guided missiles…

Summary

Published
28 October 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Vehicle (Car)
Civilians reported injured
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

6 February 2022

Incident Code

USYEMBi006

Location

الكولة, Al Kawlah, Ma'rib, Yemen
On February 6th 2022, an alleged US drone strike was reported to have struck a car with Al-Qaeda members inside, possibly including a "suspected leader."  All passengers - reported as Al-Qaeda militants - in the car were reported to have been "killed and wounded", and civilian casualties were also reported of those "who were near…

Summary

Published
6 February 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Vehicle (Car)
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military actors reported killed
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

13 November 2021

Incident Code

USYEMBi004-C

Location

عقبة امقوة, Aqba Amkawa, Shabwa, Yemen
At least one civilian was killed and another civilian, a woman, was injured in alleged Saudi Coalition or US drone strikes on the Olaya Markha district of Shabwa governorate. Sources were conflicted about whether the other two to three people killed and two to three people wounded were civilians or members of Al Qaeda. A Facebook…

Summary

Published
13 November 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Vehicle (Car)
Civilians reported killed
1–4
Civilians reported injured
1–3
Military actors reported killed
1–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

16 March 2021

Incident Code

USYEMBi001-C

Location

حي جو النسيم, Jao Al Naseem, Ma'rib, Yemen
Local sources in Marib reported casualties among civilians as a result of a reported attack either by a US-drone on a car entering a popular market in Marib - or by a Houthi balluistic missile strike on the market - on March 16th, 2021. While @aalnaasi said the attack happened on Dahbeel station in Al-Naseem,…

Summary

Published
16 March 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Vehicle (Car), Commerce (Market)
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
7
Military actors reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

22 December 2019

Incident Code

RS4291

Location

خان السبيل, Khan Al Sabil, Idlib, Syria
Between one and three civilians were injured by alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on vehicles of displaced civilians on the international highway near the town of Khan al Sabil, Idlib governorate, on December 22nd, 2019, as reported by local sources. Local tweets included video of the bombing raid that injured civilians. Step News Agency…

Summary

Published
22 December 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture (Equipment / Machinery), Vehicle (Car, Motorcycle)
Civilians reported injured
1–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

27 November 2019

Incident Code

CS1939a

Location

قرب قرية الميلبية على طريق الشدادي, near Al Milbiya village on Al Shadadi road, Al Hassakah, Syria
SANA reported: "A number of civilians were injured when a convoy for US occupation forces hit a microbus on al-Shadadi road in Hasaka southern countryside. The SANA reporter said that a convoy for US occupation forces on Wednesday [Nov 25th] afternoon hit a microbus carrying civilians near al-Milbiyah village on al-Shadadi- Hasaka road in the…

Summary

Published
27 November 2019
Strike Type
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Accidents related to conflict
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

21 January 2019

Incident Code

USYEMTr186-C

Location

جعار, Ja'ar, Al Bayda, Yemen
One civilian, named as the elderly man Saleh Ahmed Mohammed al-Qaisi, was killed by a US drone strike in the vicinity of Ja'ar, in the Al Qayseen subdistrict, Sama'a district of Bayda governorate, at 10am on January 21st 2019. In April 2021, CENTCOM confirmed to the Yemen human rights group Mwatana that it had killed…

Summary

Published
21 January 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Vehicle (Car)
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

1 January 2019

Incident Code

USYEMTr184-C

Location

وادي عبيدة, Wadi Obeida, Ma'rib, Yemen
Jamal al-Badawi, an alleged 'legacy' AQAP militant, was killed by a US drone strike in Marib governorate on the morning of January 1st 2019, US Central Command stated, confirming earlier reports that he had been targeted by a strike in Wadi Obeidah, Marib. One civilian was locally reported injured in the attack - and the…

Summary

Published
1 January 2019
Strike Type
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground), Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Vehicle (Car)
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Civilians reported injured
1
Military actors reported killed
1–7
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

25 May 2018

Incident Code

USYEMTr168-C

Location

وادي الخورة, Wadi Khora, Shabwa, Yemen
A civilian, who most sources reported to be a 17-year old child, was reportedly killed by a US drone strike in Wadi Khora area in Shabwa, before sunset on May 25th 2018. In a later press release, US Central Command stated that a strike had been conducted on that day, citing three possible provinces. Since…

Summary

Published
25 May 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Vehicle (Motorcycle)
Civilians reported killed
1
Military actors reported killed
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

14 May 2018

Incident Code

USYEMTr166-C

Location

وادي الخورة, Wadi Khora, Shabwa, Yemen
At least two men were reportedly killed by a US drone strike in Wadi Khora, Merkhat area of Shabwa governorate, overnight from May 14th-15th 2018. Though most sources suggested that those killed were AQAP militants, a brother of one of the dead denied to Associated Press that either were members of AQAP or ISIS. A…

Summary

Published
14 May 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Vehicle (Car)
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Military actors reported killed
1–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

1–14 May, 2018

Incident Code

USYEMTr165-C

Location

شبوة, Shabwa, Yemen
An investigator indicated to the UK legal charity Reprieve that two men were killed by a US strike in Shabwa during early May 2018. No other known sources reported the strike. Reprieve shared its information on this reported strike with Airwars. According to the investigator, both men were mediating a tribal dispute in the area…

Summary

Published
1 May 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Vehicle
Civilians reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

22–23 April, 2018

Incident Code

USYEMTr163-C

Location

مفقه ,الحزم, Mafqa, Al Hazma, Shabwa, Yemen
Two young men, who pro-AQAP feeds indicated may have been civilians, were reportedly killed by a US drone strike in Al Hazm, in the Beihan area on the borders of Shabwa and Bayda governorates, overnight from April 22nd-23rd 2018. It was later suggested that they were instead killed by a Houthi landmine. Local language news…

Summary

Published
22 April 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Vehicle (Motorcycle)
Civilians reported killed
2
Military actors reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

29 March 2018

Incident Code

USYEMTr159-C

Location

العقلة, Al Uqlah, Al Bayda, Yemen
Four related civilians were reportedly killed, and at least one wounded, by a US drone strike against a vehicle in Al Mandhari village, in the Sama'a district of Bayda governorate, at around 2pm on March 29th 2018. According to Mwatana, the combatant status of the fifth man was unclear. A US Defense spokesperson initially stated…

Summary

Published
29 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Vehicle
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military actors reported killed
3–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

8–9 March, 2018

Incident Code

USYEMTr155-C

Location

على الحدود بين مديرية خب و الشعف و مديرية العبر, At the border between Khab wa Ash Sha'f the and the Al Abr district , Hadramaut, Yemen
Six civilians, including a teenage boy, were reportedly killed by a US drone strike while driving in the border region between Al-Jawf and Hadramout governorates, at around 3pm on March 8th 2018. The Yemeni Minister of Human Rights, Mohamed Askar, condemned the attack as "extrajudicial killings". A US Central Command spokesperson later told the Long…

Summary

Published
8 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Vehicle (Car)
Civilians reported killed
6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

5 March 2018

Incident Code

USYEMTr152-C

Location

الرويك, 60km from Al Ruwayk IDP Camp, Hadramaut, Yemen
A child was reported killed, and his older cousin injured, by a likely US drone strike in Al Abr, in Hadramout governorate, at around 4pm on March 5th 2018. A US Central Command spokesperson later told the Long War Journal that a strike had taken place in Hadramout on that date. CENTCOM also told the…

Summary

Published
5 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Vehicle
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

26–27 January, 2018

Incident Code

USYEMTr141-C

Location

المصينعه, Al Mushainaah, Shabwa, Yemen
Five civilians and two off duty Yemen soldiers from two local families, all men, were reportedly killed by a US drone strike in or near Al Mushainaah village, in the Saeed district of Shabwa governorate, at around midnight between January 26th-27th 2018. At the time of the strike, the men were reportedly searching for a…

Summary

Published
26 January 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Vehicle (Car)
Civilians reported killed
5–7
Military actors reported killed
7
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

22 December 2017

Incident Code

USYEMTr128-C

Location

يكلا‎, Close to Yakla village on road from Rada'a, Al Bayda, Yemen
A US drone strike reportedly killed one civilian in Yakla, in Bayda governorate, on December 22nd 2017, according to multiple local language sources. Tweets from news sources, including @7adramout_net, @yem_Breaking, and @yemenakhbar, suggested that the strike targeted the car of a Qat seller, killing him as he travelled through the area. No known sources suggested…

Summary

Published
22 December 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Vehicle (Car)
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

26 November 2017

Incident Code

USYEMTr122-C

Location

قيفه, Qifah, Al Bayda, Yemen
Three ISIS militants were killed by a US strike in Al Bayda governorate on November 26th 2017, a US Central Command spokesperson told the Bureau of Investigative Journalism. This confirmed earlier reports that a US drone strike had taken place in Qayfa in Al Bayda governorate on that night. However several local sources and news…

Summary

Published
26 November 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Vehicle (Car)
Civilians reported killed
0–5
Military actors reported killed
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

23 November 2017

Incident Code

USYEMTr120-C

Location

الأحماص او محاص , يكلاء, Al Ahmas or Mahhas area, Yakla, Al Bayda, Yemen
Two civilians, including a 14-year old boy, were killed in a US drone strike in Yakla, in the Qayfa area of Bayda governorate, on the evening of November 23rd 2017, according to several reports. In an email to the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, a US Central Command spokesperson confirmed that a strike took place in…

Summary

Published
23 November 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Vehicle (Motorcycle)
Civilians reported killed
2
Military actors reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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