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Incident Date
16 May 2025
Incident Code
ISPT160525zt
Location
بحر غزة, Gaza City sea area, Gaza, Palestinian territories
On May 16th, 2025, reports emerged of an incident at sea west of Gaza City in which two fishermen were reportedly attacked by alleged Israeli naval activity involving live fire and missiles. The men were later identified as the missing 26-year-old Hassan Muhammad Abu Odeh and deceased 36-year-old Rami Ibrahim al-Najjar. According to Facebook posts…
Summary
Published
22 August 2025
Strike Type
Naval bombardment
Civilians reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
,
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date
9 May 2025
Incident Code
ISPT090525f
Location
بحر غزة, مخيم الشاطئ, Gaza City sea area, Al-Shati Camp, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
On the morning of Friday, May 9, 2025, fisherman Ahmed Ali Othman Muqdad, aged 26, was reportedly killed and his brother Muhammad Ali Othman Muqdad, also a fisherman and aged 32, was seriously injured after Israeli naval forces allegedly fired shells and live rounds at their fishing boat off the coast of the northern Al-Shati…
Summary
Published
22 August 2025
Strike Type
Naval bombardment
Infrastructure
Vehicle
(
Boat
)
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date
8 May 2025
Incident Code
ISPT080525f
Location
بحر مدينة خان يونس, Khan Younis sea area, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
Shortly before 7 a.m. on Thursday 8th May 2025 at least two fishermen were injured by alleged Israeli naval fire whilst fishing in the sea near Khan Younis. The victims have not yet been identified. Information about the incident first appeared at 7.03 a.m. in a report made by an Al-Mayadeen correspondent which detailed two…
Summary
Published
22 August 2025
Strike Type
Naval bombardment
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date
3 May 2025
Incident Code
ISPT030525z
Location
بحر غزة, Gaza City sea area, Gaza, Palestinian territories
On the morning of Saturday, May 3, 2025, Israeli warships allegedly fired on a fishing boat in the Mediterranean Sea, west of the al-Baidar area, killing 66-year-old fisherman Ramadan Hassan Zidane and injuring another man on board, Ahmed Ahmed Zidane. The incident was reported by several social media accounts, including Palestine Today TV Channel and…
Summary
Published
22 August 2025
Strike Type
Naval bombardment
Infrastructure
Vehicle
(
Boat
)
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date
27 April 2025
Incident Code
ISPT270425c
Location
بحر مدينة خان يونس, Khan Younis sea area, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
Before 7:03 AM on April 27th, 2025, Palestinian fisherman 55-year-old Mustafa Hijazi Saleh al-Lahham (also known as Abu Yahya) was reportedly shot in the head and killed by Israeli naval forces while working off the coast of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. A second fisherman, Ahmed Fares Hijazi al-Lahham, identified by sources as…
Summary
Published
22 August 2025
Strike Type
Naval bombardment
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
,
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date
30 April 2025
Incident Code
ISPT300425j
Location
بحر غزة, Gaza City sea area, Gaza, Palestinian territories
On Wednesday, April 30 2025 a Palestinian fisherman, 26-year-old Khamis Abdul Latif Bakr, was killed in an attack allegedly by Israeli naval forces while working in Gaza City's coastal waters. The time of the incident is not known, and no information is available about additional casualties. This assessment will be updated if more information emerges.…
Summary
Published
15 August 2025
Strike Type
Naval bombardment
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
,
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date
3 May 2025
Incident Code
ISPT030525a
Location
بحر بيت لاهيا قرب منطقة السودانية, Beit Lahia sea area, Sudanese area, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
On 3 May 2025, three fishermen including a child were reportedly injured when an Israeli naval ship allegedly fired on them off the coast of al-Sudaniya in North Gaza. Safa News reported that two fishermen, Anis Muhammad Ahmed al-Sultan and his nephew Muhannad Ahed Nahed Muhammad al-Sultan (also referred to as Ahed Nahed Muhammad al-Sultan), were reportedly…
Summary
Published
13 August 2025
Strike Type
Naval bombardment
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
,
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date
31 March 2025
Incident Code
ISPT310325z
Location
دير البلح, Sea area, west of Deir al-Balah, Deir al-Balah, Palestinian territories
On the morning of Monday, March 31, 2025, Rami Jamal al-Aqraa, a fisherman, was injured after being allegedly shot by Israeli naval forces in the Deir al-Balah Sea in the Gaza Strip. Many Facebook posts and videos showed Rami Jamal al-Aqraa being carried to get help after he was shot. Further posts on Facebook by…
Summary
Published
9 August 2025
Strike Type
Naval bombardment
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
,
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date
26 April 2025
Incident Code
ISPT260425e
Location
مدينة غزة, Sea area, Gaza City, Gaza, Palestinian territories
Two fishermen, Mahmoud Nasser Mahfouz and Mohammed al-Zant, were reportedly attacked and injured by an alleged Israeli strike on their boat while working at sea north of Gaza City before 10 a.m. on 26 April 2025. Palestinian agency Safa, alongside 10 local media and sources, reported the incident, informing that the two fishermen were wounded by…
Summary
Published
27 July 2025
Strike Type
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date
26 September 2024
Incident Code
ISLB260924d
Location
الكرك, قضاء زحلة, Karak, Zahle District, Zahle District, Lebanon
Shortly after midnight on 26 September 2024, at least 15 people, including five women and two children, were killed when an airstrike hit the Shuaib family home in Karak, in the Zahle District of Lebanon; up to eight others were reported injured. The family was reportedly celebrating their son's 15th birthday when the airstrike hit,…
Summary
Published
25 July 2025
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
15–16
Civilians reported injured
1–8
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date
4 November 2023
Incident Code
ISPT0862
Location
منزل آل أبو حصيرة غرب غزة, Abu Hasira home in the al-Rimal neighbourhood, western Gaza City, Gaza, Palestinian territories
During the late evening of Saturday, November 4, 2023, an Israeli aircraft allegedly struck the home of the Abu Hasira family in the al-Rimal neighbourhood of Gaza City, killing at least 37 family members, including a journalist, 13 children and 11 women, and injuring a number of other family members. The house, located near al-Shifa…
Summary
Published
25 July 2025
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
37–54
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date
29 September 2024
Incident Code
ISLB290924a
Location
Ain al-Delb, Saida, southern Lebanon, Southern Lebanon, Lebanon
On the afternoon of Sunday, September 29, 2024, at least 60 civilians, including at least 25 women and at least 19 children were likely killed and at least two and as many as to 58 civilians were reported injured, in an alleged Israeli strike on two residential buildings located in Ain al-Delb, Saida, southern Lebanon.…
Summary
Published
13 July 2025
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
60–71
Civilians reported injured
2–58
Military actors reported killed
1
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date
10 January 2025
Incident Code
ISYEM250110a
Location
ميناء رأس عيسى, Ras Isa Oil Facility, Al-Hudaydah, Yemen
At least one man, an employee working at the port, was killed and six others were injured by declared Israeli airstrikes on Ras Isa Port in Al-Hudaydah on January 10, 2025. The IDF published a statement on their website on January 10th that "Air Force fighter jets, under the direction of the Intelligence and Navy…
Summary
Published
3 July 2025
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Resources
(
Oil Facility
)
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date
19 December 2024
Incident Code
ISYEM241219a
Location
منشأة رأس عيسى النفطية, Ras Isa Oil Facility, Al-Hudaydah, Yemen
At night on Thursday,19 December 2024, between two and nine civilians, including at least one young man, were killed and at least one civilian was injured in declared Israeli airstrikes on the Ras Isa oil facility in the al-Hudaydah Governorate, western Yemen. Employees of the Ras Isa oil facility were reportedly among the casualties. The…
Summary
Published
17 June 2025
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Resources
(
Oil Facility
)
Civilians reported killed
2–9
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date
2 December 2024
Incident Code
RS4951
Location
قرب جامع شهاب، إدلب, Vicinity of Shehab Mosque, Idlib, Idlib, Syria
On Monday, December 2, 2024, an airstrike with contested responsibility allegedly perpetrated by the Russian military and/or Syrian regime forces struck al-Jalaa Street in central Idlib city, Syria, reportedly killing one civilian, 62-year-old man Ahmad bin Mohammad Subhi Asmar, and injuring 13 others, including a young man and several civilians in the vicinity of the…
Summary
Published
5 June 2025
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Vehicle
(
Car
),
Religious
(
Mosque
)
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
13
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 April 2025
Incident Code
USYEM250420a
Location
سوق في حي فروة، مديرية شعوب، صنعاء, Market in Furwa neighbourhood, Shu'ub District, Sanaa, Sanaa, Yemen
At least thirteen civilians were killed and between 30 and 34 others injured when an airstrike or air defense missile hit the Furwa neighbourhood market during the evening of 20 April, 2025. Sources diverged on whether the US or Houthis were responsible. Ibrahim Khalil Muhammad was killed, as was Ramzi Zakaria Fahim al-Badawi, Essam al-Arabi,…
Summary
Published
15 May 2025
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Commerce
(
Market
),
Vehicle
(
Car
,
Truck
,
Motorcycle
)
Civilians reported killed
13–14
Civilians reported injured
30–34
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
23 April 2025
Incident Code
ISPT230425s
Location
بحر بيت لاهيا قرب منطقة السودانية, Beit Lahia sea area, Sudanese area, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
During the morning of April 23, 2025, a fisherman was killed and others were injured on the seashore of Beit Lahia, near the Sudanese area in the North of Gaza, by an alleged Israeli shooting from a naval vessel stationed west of the al-Waha area. The incident was widely reported on social media (News source,…
Summary
Published
23 April 2025
Strike Type
Naval bombardment
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
,
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date
4 December 2024
Incident Code
TS745
Location
بالقرب من محطة وقود السيد، مدينة المالكية, Sayyid gas station, Al-Malikiyah, Al-Hasakah, Syria
On Wednesday, December 4th 2024, three civilians were killed and three others, including children, were injured by a drone strike allegedly launched by the Turkish military on a military vehicle in the vicinity of "Ararat" car wash located near the Sayyid gas station in al-Malikiyah (Derik) in the al-Jazeera canton, part of the al-Hasakah region…
Summary
Published
4 December 2024
Strike Type
Infrastructure
Commerce
,
Vehicle
(
Car
)
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
24 October 2024
Incident Code
TS722
Location
منطقة المالكية, Al-Malikiyah District, Al-Hasakah, Syria
At 2:30 am on Thursday, 24th October 2024, seven identified civilians, including at least six men and a teenager, were killed and at least 14 civilians were injured in an airstrike allegedly perpetrated by the Turkish military on a gas/oil station in Al-Suwaydiyah in the Al-Jazeera canton of the Al-Hassakah governorate in northeastern Syria. All…
Summary
Published
24 October 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Resources
(
Oil Facility
,
Gas Facility
)
Civilians reported killed
7–8
Civilians reported injured
14–15
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
2 November 2023
Incident Code
ISPT0833
Location
الدرج، مدينة غزة, Al-Daraj neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, Palestinian territories
On 2 November 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike reportedly hit the home of the Mushtaha family in the al-Daraj neighbourhood of Gaza City, resulting in a number of deaths and injuries. Additionally, a young man, (Ahmed) Mjadi Mahmoud al-Rifi, was killed, and another young man, Zaki al-Rifi, was injured as a result of the attack…
Summary
Published
22 October 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date
9 October 2023
Incident Code
ISPT0057
Location
بيت لاهيا, Beit Lahia, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
On Monday, October 9th, 2023, between 13 and 15 members of the al-Qatnani family, including five children and four women, were killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike on their home in front of the Um al-Fahem school, in the town of Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip. The Palestine Center for Human Rights (PCHR) and Defence…
Summary
Published
1 December 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
,
Education
Civilians reported killed
13–15
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date
9 October 2023
Incident Code
ISPT0044
Location
محيط إحدى مدارس الأونروا, market in the center of Jabalia camp, a residential building at the intersection of Al-Ternis Street, vicinity of an UNWRA-led school, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
Between 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. on Monday, October 9, 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike on a market and a residential building located at the intersection of Al-Ternis Street in the middle of Jabalia refugee camp resulted in between 68 and 73 civilians killed, including at least 21 children and seven women, and "hundreds" of wounded.…
Summary
Published
8 October 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Commerce
(
Shop
,
Market
),
IDP or Refugee Camp
,
Residential
,
Vehicle
(
Car
),
Education
Civilians reported killed
68–73
Civilians reported injured
100–200
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date
8 September 2022
Incident Code
RS4720
Location
حفسرجة, Hafsarja, Idlib, Syria
Between two to seven civilians were killed including one to three children and seven to 16 other civilians were wounded, in an alleged Russian airstrike destroying a house and a stone sawmill in Hafsarja in Idlib province on September 8th, 2022. Al Khabour news reported the lowest number of civilians killed at two and the Syrian…
Summary
Published
8 September 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Residential
,
Warehouse
,
IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported killed
2–7
Civilians reported injured
7–16
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19 April 2014
Incident Code
USYEM184
Location
مديرية الصومعة، ٱلْبَيْضَاء, As Sawma'ah District, Al Bayda, Yemen
On Saturday, 19th April 2014, at 6 am, a drone strike hit a open-air Toyota Land Cruiser carrying armed men suspected of being AQAP militants and a second strike hit a nearby Toyota Hilux carrying 12 construction workers. The cars were traveling in the Hazmieh area of As Sawma'ah near the Al-Jorroh family project. The…
Summary
Published
19 April 2014
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Infrastructure
Vehicle
(
Car
)
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Civilians reported injured
9
Military actors reported killed
9–20
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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