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Incident Date

16 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0244

Location

الزيتون, Al Zeitoun, Gaza, Palestinian territories
On October 16th 2023 at least three people - 37 year old journalist Abdulhadi Habib, his mother-in-law, 54 year old Buthina Al Tatar, and her grandchild, three year old Amer Bilal Al-Tatar, were killed by an alleged Israeli airstrike on a residential apartment in the Zaytoun neighborhood in eastern Gaza. Multiple sources agree that family…

Summary

Published
1 January 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

16 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0238

Location

بالقرب المستشفى الأهلي العربي, Vicinity of Arab National Hospital, Gaza, Palestinian territories
On Monday, October 16, 2023, seven civilians were killed, including a 39-year-old freelance journalist of al-Aqsa TV Issam Mohammad Sabhi Bahar, two women and four children, and several others, including an infant, were injured, in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Bahar family house near the Arab National Hospital in Gaza city. A Facebook post by…

Summary

Published
1 January 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
7–8
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

14 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0190

Location

بيت لاهيا, Beit Lahia, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
Nineteen members of the Dawas family were killed and an unknown number of others were injured when their two-story family home on Al-Shaima Street, west of Abbas Kilani roundabout in Beit Lahia, in the north of the Gaza Strip, was reportedly bombed by an Israeli aircraft on Saturday, October 14, 2023. The Ministry of the…

Summary

Published
1 February 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
15–18
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

ISPT0175

Location

شارع صلاح الدين والرشيد، بين دوار الدولة ودوار الكويت, Salah Al Din and Al Rashid streets, between the State Roundabout and the Kuwait Roundabout, Gaza, Palestinian territories
Between 15:30 and 17:20 on Friday October 13th 2023, at least 12 civilians, including three women and three children, were killed in alleged Israeli airstrikes and/or artillery strikes. The strikes hit a convoy of cars as citizens fled northern Gaza after instructions from the Israeli military to evacuate. Some reports said the number of civilians…

Summary

Published
1 January 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Humanitarian (Evacuation Route)
Civilians reported killed
12–71
Civilians reported injured
150–201
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military, Palestinian Militants
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Incident Date

13 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0184

Location

محافظة شمال غزة, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
During the evening of Friday, October 13th 2023, a 41-year old journalist of the local Al-Aqsa Radio Hossam Mahmoud Hassan Mubarak was killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike on citizens’ homes in the northern Gaza Strip. Various media outlets, including Aljazeera, BBC Arabic, AL Rabia TV, and Nabd news as well as professional associations, including…

Summary

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

13 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0174

Location

غزة, Gaza city, Gaza, Palestinian territories
On the evening of Friday, October 13th 2023, the comedian, blogger, artist, journalist and activist Ali Nisman, aged 35, was killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike on Gaza City. News sources including LBC news, Safa news, Roya news and Wattan news as well as Facebook and Twitter/X accounts reported the killing of Ali Nisman in…

Summary

Published
1 December 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

11 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0134f

Location

مخيم يابنا, Yabna camp, Rafah, Palestinian territories
On October 11th, 2023, an airstrike in Yabna Refugee Camp, Rafah killed Muhammad Fayez Yousef Abu Mattar, a 28 year old photojournalist. Multiple sources, including Iyad Abu Zubaida, reported that there were “no casualties” in the Abu Shamala family home in Yabna Camp. However, journalist Adel Zourob posted on Facebook that “without warning, [Israeli] aircraft…

Summary

Published
11 October 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

10 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0077

Location

بئر النعجة, Bir Al Najah, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
Journalist Salam Khalil Mayma/Mima (33 years old), along with her husband Muhammad al-Masry, their two sons Hadi al-Masry (7 years old) and Ali al-Masry (five years old), and their daughter Sham al-Masry (2 years old) were reportedly killed on October 10th 2023 in an alleged Israeli airstrike on their home in Al Na’ja, situated in…

Summary

Published
1 November 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

10 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0102p

Location

منزل عائلة خلف في عمارة بابل شارع المؤسسات, Babel Building in Al Mouasasat Street (Institutions street) close to the port, Gaza city, Gaza, Palestinian territories
On Tuesday October 10th 2023, at least seven civilians, including three journalists, were killed, and at least two civilians were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Babel building in al Mouasasat Street (Institution Street) close to the port in Gaza City in the Gaza Strip. According to a Facebook post by Saeleem Hosny,…

Summary

Published
1 January 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
7–9
Civilians reported injured
2–10
Military actors reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

8 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0027

Location

الشيخ عجلين, Sheikh Ijlin, Gaza, Palestinian territories
At least 10 members of the Shamlakh family, including three children, were reportedly killed when an alleged Israeli aircraft bombed their home on Street 10, south of Gaza City, on October 8th, 2023. The strike is believed to have occurred at approximately 8:30pm. Grandfather Abdulnaser Asaad Shamlakh was 56 years old, and was reportedly killed…

Summary

Published
1 November 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
10–12
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

7 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT00013

Location

مجمع ناصر الطبي, Nasser medical complex, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
On October 7, 2023, one journalist and a number of civilians - including paramedics and media crew - were reportedly injured by an alleged Israeli strike on a Ministry of Health ambulance close to the Nasser Medical Complex, Khan Younis, Gaza. The vehicle was reportedly severely damaged by the blast. The journalist was identified by…

Summary

Published
18 October 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare (Ambulance)
Civilians reported injured
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

7 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0019a

Location

النصيرات, Nuseirat, Deir Al Balah, Palestinian territories
On the morning of Saturday, October 7th, 2023, a renowned Palestinian poet, novelist, journalist, and community activist, 36-year-old Omar (Umar) Fares Abu Shawish (Shaweesh)  was killed in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the Gaza Strip by alleged Israeli shelling. According to the tribute by the Twitter/X account @GazaMartyrs, Omar was injured and bled to death…

Summary

Published
1 May 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

23 August 2023

Incident Code

TS624

Location

طريق علي فرو, Ali Faro Road, Al Hassakah, Syria
On the afternoon of August 23, 2023, a man was killed and at least one person, a female journalist, was injured in an alleged Turkish drone strike on the Qamishli-Amuda road in Northeast Syria. The man, Najm al-Din Faisal, worked for woman-run channel JIN TV, and was driving fellow channel employees. Dalila Akid, a journalist,…

Summary

Published
23 August 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date

20 November 2022

Incident Code

TS565

Location

ميشنور, Meştenûr, Al Hassakah, Syria
Up to three civilians, including two journalists, were injured when Turkish forces bombed the outskirts of Meştenûr on November 20, 2022. Hawar News reported that a correspondent for Sterk TV named Muhammad Jarada was injured when Turkish forces bombed the outskirts of Meştenûr. Turkish warplanes bombed Al-Jadida neighborhood, Kanya Kurdan neighborhood, and the village of Qramogh,…

Summary

Published
20 November 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date

20 November 2022

Incident Code

TS566

Location

تفل بقل, Takl Bakl, Al Hassakah, Syria
Up to 12 civilians, including two women, a journalist, and a health care worker, were killed and between three and six others were wounded in alleged Turkish airstrikes and drone strikes in the village of Takl Bakl on November 20, 2022. Rojava Information Center reported that Turkish forces carried out airstrikes on a power station…

Summary

Published
20 November 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported killed
9–12
Civilians reported injured
3–6
Military actors reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date

28 September 2022

Incident Code

IRI004

Location

كويسنجق, زرغوز, التون كوبري, Koya, Zargwez, Altun Kupri, Erbil, Iraq
On September 28th, 2022, at around 10:30 am, dozens of Iranian missiles and drone strikes reportedly killed between 13 to 14 people, according to official fatality estimates, though some local media estimated that it could be up to 18. Between 58 to 62 others were injured. The strikes were conducted in a number of areas…

Summary

Published
28 September 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported killed
13–18
Civilians reported injured
58–62
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Accidents related to conflict
Military Actor
Iranian Military
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Incident Date

15 June 2022

Incident Code

TI081

Location

سنونو, Sunin, Sinjar, Nineveh, Iraq
Between one to five civilians were reportedly killed, and three to ten were injured in Sunin, Sinjar, Iraq, as a result of an attack by a Turkish drone on June 15th 2022.  Up to six militants were also reported killed in this attack. One child, Salah Shifan Khader Nassou, aged 11 or 12, was reported…

Summary

Published
15 June 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1–5
Civilians reported injured
3–10
Military actors reported killed
6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date

20–26 January, 2022

Incident Code

CS1976

Location

سجن الصناعة, Al Sina'a Prison, Al Hassakah, Syria
Between January 20th and January 26th 2022, Islamic State militants (ISIS) attempted to take control of Al-Sina'a prison in Gweran neighbourhood in Al-Hasakah, Syria. The prison, managed by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), by some reports held between 3000 to 5000 individuals associated with ISIS, including “hundreds” of so-called ‘Cubs of the Caliphate’ - the…

Summary

Published
20 January 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
6–7
Civilians reported injured
1–10
Military actors reported killed
24–374
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

29 July 2021

Incident Code

RS4612

Location

دَرْعَا‎, Daraa, Daraa, Syria
The journalist Atef Al-Saadi was injured while covering the conflict in Daraa by alleged Russian or regime strikes on July 29, 2021. According to @Nabel_othman023, "the revolutionary journalist, Atef Al-Saadi, was injured due to the shelling and clashes in Daraa". @FARED_ALHOR identified Atef as being a photographer. @syria1agency added that Atef was injured "while covering…

Summary

Published
29 July 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Russian Military, Iranian Military
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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

19 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT116

Location

مفترق الرضوان في شارع الجلاء, Al Radwan Junction in Al Jala street, Gaza, Gaza, Palestinian territories
In the early hours of the morning of May 19th 2021, between approximately 4am to 4.30am, Yousef Abu Hussein, a 32 year old journalist from Al-Aqsa (the Voice of Jerusalem) Radio, was killed when Israeli forces allegedly launched three missiles which hit the fourth and fifth floors of a five-story building in the Al Radwan…

Summary

Published
19 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike, 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

19 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT115

Location

شقة سكنية, Al Shahada Street, Gaza, Palestinian territories
Up to four civilians were reported killed when an alleged Israeli forces' airstrike hit the Zarab building, Al Saraya junction, Gaza, at approximately 3am on May 19th 2021. According to some sources, as many as three other civilians were also injured. The building was an apartment in the vicinity of Al-Shahada Street in the Al-Rimal…

Summary

Published
19 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
1–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

17 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT089

Location

قرب مسجد سليم, بيت لاهيا, Vicinity of Salim Mosque, Biet Lahia, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
Adult male Muhammad Al-Masry, a journalist, and four children were reported injured in their family home in an alleged Israeli airstrike near the Salim Moaquein in Beit Lahiya on May 17th, 2021. Alshabab news reported that warplanes hit the family home of Muhammad Al-Masry and local sources added that three missiles were fired at the…

Summary

Published
17 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

16 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT083

Location

بشارع عوني ضهير, Awni Daheer Street, Rafah, Palestinian territories
Two civilians, one of whom was reportedly a freelance journalist, were severely injured in an alleged Israeli artillery strike on Rafah in the Southern Gaza Strip during the early hours of May 16th 2021. Ra’ed Mohammed Abdel Wahab Sabbah, aged 46, and Alam al-Deen Abdel Rahman Mohammed Sabbah, aged 23, were reportedly injured by shrapnel…

Summary

Published
16 May 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

13 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT050

Location

الشيخ زايد, Al Sheikh Zayed, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
Up to five civilians, including four journalists, were injured in alleged Israeli strikes on al-Sheikh Zayid area in Beit Lahia on May 13, 2021. Middle East Monitor reported that two Anadolu Agency journalists were injured in Israeli strikes on northern Gaza. Photojournalist Mustafa Hassouna and cameraman Mohammad al-Aloul were injured while covering an Israeli strike. Their…

Summary

Published
13 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
4–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

12 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT021

Location

تل الهوى, Tal Al Hawa, Gaza, Palestinian territories
Between three and five civilians, including two to three children and a pregnant woman, were killed and four others were injured in alleged Israeli strikes on Tal Al Hawa neighborhood in Gaza on May 12th 2021. Two members of the Al Qassam Brigade were also allegedly killed in the same strike. Al Jazeera reported that…

Summary

Published
12 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3–5
Civilians reported injured
4
Military actors reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

26 October 2020

Incident Code

RS4540

Location

منطقة الدويله في كفرتخاريم في ريف ادلب, Al Dwailah in Kafar Takhareem in Idib, Idlib, Syria
Between two and 23 civilians were reported injured and at least one civilain, a journalist, was killed during alleged Russian airstrikes on the Al Dwailah area near Salqin, west of the city of Kafr Takharim, in the northwestern countryside of Idlib on October 26, 2020. Multiple sources stated that the Russian forces targeted a military…

Summary

Published
26 October 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
IDP or Refugee Camp, Warehouse (Military)
Civilians reported killed
1–29
Civilians reported injured
2–23
Military actors reported killed
20–78
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

27 February 2020

Incident Code

RS4505

Location

سراقب, Saraqeb, Idlib, Syria
On February 27th, 2020 radio reporter Muhammad Fawaz Hammoud was injured during an airstrike in Saraqib, outside of Idlib.  Hammoud is an employee of Radio Al-Kul. In a post from Almodon, Hammoud was born in 1996 and is known as Asmar Aslan.  According to a report from The Syrian Journalists Association and specifically media activist…

Summary

Published
27 February 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

20 February 2020

Incident Code

RS4477

Location

معرة النعسان, Maaret al-Nassan, Idlib, Syria
On February 20th, the village of Maaret al-Nassan was struck by alleged Russian or regime warplanes, resulting in the death of one civilian, a media activist. A tweet from Ahmed Dekhan announced the killing of media activist and photographer Abdul Nasser Haj Hamdan. @MousaAlamar and Edlib News tweeted similar information as well. Alaraby News said…

Summary

Published
20 February 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

20 February 2020

Incident Code

RS4478

Location

قميناس, Qaminas, Idlib, Syria
Two media activists and several Turkish soldiers were wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike upon the village of Qaminas on February 20th. A tweet from @alhariri58 announced the wounding of Ibrahim al-Darwish and Ahmed Rahal, with the latter posting “I am fine” on WhatsApp and tweeting that Russian aircraft dropped cluster missile shelling 4 meters…

Summary

Published
20 February 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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