Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident date

February 20, 2024

Incident Code

R4662

LOCATION

آفس, Afes, east of Idlib, Idlib, Syria

During the evening of Tuesday, February 20, 2024, an artillery strike with contested responsibility allegedly carried out by the Syrian regime and/or Russian military and/or Iranian-backed militant groups in the town of Afes in eastern Idlib countryside, Syria, killed two adult sisters and injured their elderly mother. According to journalist Ahmed Shibli (@Ahmad_1alshble), the area

Summary

First published
December 30, 2024
Strike status
Contested strike
Strike type
Artillery
Infrastructure
House, Residential
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
2
(2 women)
Civilians reported injured
1
Cause of injury / death
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Airwars civilian harm grading
Contested
Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
Suspected belligerents
Russian Military, Iranian Military, Syrian Regime
Named victims
3 named, 1 familiy identified
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Incident date

January 1, 2024

Incident Code

R4651a

LOCATION

دارة عزة, Darat Azza and the villages of Kabashin and Burj Haidar, Aleppo, Syria

Shortly before 2:14 PM on Monday, January 1st, 2024, artillery and missile shelling allegedly launched by the Syrian regime and/or Russian forces and/or Iranian forces killed at least six identified civilians and injured at least 11 civilians, including an infant and three other children, in the city of Darat Azza and the villages of Kabashin

Summary

First published
December 30, 2024
Last updated
March 4, 2025
Strike status
Contested strike
Strike type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Bakery, Commerce, Market, Mosque, Religious, Residential, Road, Transportation
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
6
(1 child1 woman4 men)
Civilians reported injured
11
Cause of injury / death
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Airwars civilian harm grading
Contested
Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
Suspected belligerents
Russian Military, Iranian Military, Syrian Regime
Named victims
16 named, 2 families identified
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Incident date

March 24, 2024

Incident Code

USSOM426

LOCATION

Fiiqaay forest, Middle Shabelle, Somalia

According to the Somali government, more than 35 militants were killed by operations carried out by the Somali military and “international partners” in Fiiqaay forest, Middle Shabelle on March 24, 2024. The Somali Ministry of Defence (@MoDSomaliya) announced on X/Twitter that “Somali National Army neutralised 80+ Khawarij (al-Shabaab) militants, including leaders, were eliminated in planned

Summary

First published
December 30, 2024
Strike status
Contested strike
Strike type
Airstrike and/or Artillery, Ground operation
Civilian harm reported
No
Civilians reported killed
Unknown
Causes of injury / death
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons
Suspected belligerent
International Forces (Unknown)
Suspected target
Al-Shabaab
Belligerents reported killed
36
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Incident date

November 6, 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0932

LOCATION

محافظة دير البلح, Deir al-Balah, the Gaza Strip

On November 6, 2023, injuries were reported as a result of shelling near the al-Louh family home in the central Gaza Strip. At 8:52 pm on November 6, the Palestinian Press Agency (Safa.ps) reported that “injuries from the al-Louh family arrived after the walls of their house fell on them as a result of a

Summary

First published
December 24, 2024
Last updated
April 9, 2025
Strike status
Contested strike
Strike type
Artillery
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
Unknown
Civilians reported injured
2
Cause of injury / death
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Airwars civilian harm grading
Contested
Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
Suspected belligerents
Israeli Military, Palestinian Militants
Geolocation
Province/governorate
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Incident date

July 15, 2024

Incident Code

ISPT150724o

LOCATION

منزل لعائلة الصليبي, Al Salibi family house, Jabalia, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

Two civilians were reported killed after an alleged bombardment on July 15, 2024 on the market area of Gaza’s Jabalia Camp. On July 15, 2024, multiple sources, including X users @ShehabAgency and @PalinfoAr, as well as Facebook pages 5newspal, Pdnps, Dcdgovps, Sadapalnews, Mohammed Al-Najjar, Alarabiya.Palestine, VOP94, and AlHadath.Palestine, reported on the deaths of two individuals

Summary

First published
December 15, 2024
Strike status
Contested strike
Strike type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
2
Cause of injury / death
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Airwars civilian harm grading
Contested
Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
Impact
Food
Impact on services or infrastructure relating to education, health or food supply. See methodology note for details.
Suspected belligerents
Israeli Military, Palestinian Militants
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Incident date

July 15, 2024

Incident Code

ISPT150724k

LOCATION

بالقرب من مدرسة أبو الحلو، مخيم البريج, Vicinity of Abu Helou school, Al-Bureij camp, Deir al-Balah, the Gaza Strip

A young man was injured by shrapnel that fell in the vicinity of Abu Helu school in Bureij Refugee Camp in the central Gaza Strip on the 15th of July 2024. The young man was inside the school when an alleged shell fell in the yard and injured him. According to Mohamed Awad, he was

Summary

First published
December 15, 2024
Last updated
April 16, 2025
Strike status
Contested strike
Strike type
Artillery
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
Unknown
Civilians reported injured
1
Cause of injury / death
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Airwars civilian harm grading
Contested
Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
Impact
Education
Impact on services or infrastructure relating to education, health or food supply. See methodology note for details.
Suspected belligerent
Israeli Military
Geolocation
Nearby landmark
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Incident date

July 15, 2024

Incident Code

ISPT150724l

LOCATION

بالقرب من بيت لاهيا, Vicinity of Beit Lahia, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

On July 15th, 2024, ambulance and emergency services reported to have recovered the bodies of two civilians in the Bedouin village northeast of Beit Lahia city in the northern Gaza Strip. This information was tweeted by numerous Twitter/X users, including Safa and Quds news agencies around 1:23 PM, but it was not clear whether the

Summary

First published
December 15, 2024
Last updated
April 15, 2025
Strike status
Contested strike
Strike type
Unknown
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
2
Airwars civilian harm grading
Contested
Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
Suspected belligerents
Palestinian Militants, Israeli Military
Geolocation
Town
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Incident date

November 28, 2023

Incident Code

R4632

LOCATION

كتيان, Kitian, Idlib, Idlib, Syria

On Tuesday, November 28th, 2023, four members of the same family: a father, a mother and their two children, were injured as a result of an alleged artillery strike with guided missiles by the Syrian regime and/or the Russian military and/or the Iranian military on the Katyan-Zardana road, north of Idlib, Syria. Conflicting information was

Summary

First published
December 13, 2024
Last updated
December 15, 2024
Strike status
Contested strike
Strike type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Agriculture
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
0 – 6
Civilians reported injured
4
Cause of injury / death
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Airwars civilian harm grading
Contested
Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
Suspected belligerents
Russian Military, Iranian Military, Syrian Regime
Named victims
4 named, 1 familiy identified
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Incident date

September 23, 2024

Incident Code

ISLB230924zzk

LOCATION

جنوب لبنان, Southern Lebanon, Lebanon

One September 23, 2024, a 17-year-old named Jawad Hilal Awada was killed in Southern Lebanon. According to multiple local sources, Jawad Hilal Awada was a paramedic for the Civil Defense. Rashid Jradi posted on Facebook a condolence message from the Islamic Risala Scout Association, which mourned paramedic Jawad who was killed “while performing his national

Summary

First published
November 26, 2024
Last updated
December 15, 2024
Strike status
Contested strike
Strike type
Unknown
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
1
(1 child)
Cause of injury / death
Unknown
Airwars civilian harm grading
Contested
Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
Suspected belligerents
Israeli Military, Hezbollah Forces
Named victims
1 named
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Incident date

November 2, 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0823

LOCATION

مدرسة أبو حسين، مخيم جباليا, Abu Hussein School, Jabalia Refugee Camp, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

At least 12 civilians were killed and dozens of others were injured in a bombardment on the UNRWA-affiliated Abu Hussein Girls School in the Jabalia Refugee Camp in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday 2 November 2023. While many sources attributed the strike to an Israeli military airstrike, one source claimed the devastation occurred due

Summary

First published
November 19, 2024
Last updated
December 15, 2024
Strike status
Contested strike
Strike type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
12 – 27
(2 men)
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Cause of injury / death
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Airwars civilian harm grading
Contested
Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
Impact
Education
Impact on services or infrastructure relating to education, health or food supply. See methodology note for details.
Suspected belligerents
Israeli Military, Palestinian Militants
Named victims
7 named, 1 familiy identified
Names matched with MoH IDs
1
Geolocation
Neighbourhood/area
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Incident date

October 10, 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0107a

LOCATION

حي الشيخ رضوان، مدينة غزة, Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

On Tuesday, October 10, 2023, a Palestinian man named Ahmed Siam was killed during the bombing of the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood in Gaza City. Airwars’ researchers identified two social media posts with information about the incident and shared an image of the killed man. As no explicit attribution to a belligerent has been made, the civilian

Summary

First published
October 20, 2024
Last updated
December 15, 2024
Strike status
Contested strike
Strike type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
1
(1 man)
Cause of injury / death
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Airwars civilian harm grading
Contested
Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
Suspected belligerent
Israeli Military
Named victims
1 named
Geolocation
Neighbourhood/area
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Incident date

October 29, 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0731

LOCATION

خان يونس, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

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

First published
October 13, 2024
Last updated
January 30, 2025
Strike status
Contested strike
Strike type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
1
(1 man)
Cause of injury / death
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Airwars civilian harm grading
Contested
Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
Suspected belligerents
Israeli Military, Palestinian Militants
Named victims
1 named
Geolocation
City
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Incident date

October 2, 2023

Incident Code

ISSY035

LOCATION

منطقة الحميضة في قرية الحاري شرق ديرالزور, Al Humaydah area in Al Hari village, east of Deir Ezzor, Deir Ezzor, Syria

Two civilians, including one or two women, were injured by shrapnel and six militants of non-Syrian nationality were killed in an airstrike reportedly perpetrated by the Israeli military and/or US-led Coalition shortly before 11:36 PM on Monday, October 2nd, 2023, in the Al-Humaidah area near the Al-Hari village and the city of Al-Bukamal in the

Summary

First published
October 8, 2024
Last updated
December 15, 2024
Strike status
Contested strike
Strike type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
Unknown
Civilians reported injured
2
Cause of injury / death
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Airwars civilian harm grading
Contested
Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
Suspected belligerents
Israeli Military, US-led Coalition
Belligerents reported killed
6
Belligerents reported injured
4
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Incident date

September 5, 2024

Incident Code

TS710

LOCATION

قرية الجراد, Al-Jarad Village north of Manbij in the eastern countryside of Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

During the early morning of Thursday, 5th September 2024, a drone strike injured a 40-year-old man in the village of Al-Jarad, north of Manbij in the eastern countryside of Aleppo, Syria. While several sources alleged the strike was perpetrated by the Turkish military, one source reported that the local “Military Council” shot down a Turkish

Summary

First published
September 5, 2024
Last updated
December 27, 2024
Strike status
Contested strike
Strike type
Airstrike, Drone Strike
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
Unknown
Civilians reported injured
1
Cause of injury / death
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Airwars civilian harm grading
Contested
Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
Suspected belligerents
Turkish Military, Syrian Democratic Forces
Named victims
1 named
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Incident date

October 27, 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0659

LOCATION

منزل لعائلة الدباس قرب مدرسة أحمد عبد العزيز في خانيونس, A house of the Al-Dabbas family near Ahmed Abdel Aziz School in Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

Shortly before 8:10 AM on Friday, October 27, 2023, a house for the Al-Dabbas family located near the Ahmed Abdel Aziz School in Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip was bombed. According to sources there were a number of injuries with some reporting at least three while others, including Safa News Agency, reported up to

Summary

First published
August 5, 2024
Last updated
December 15, 2024
Strike status
Contested strike
Strike type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
Unknown
Civilians reported injured
3–8
Cause of injury / death
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Airwars civilian harm grading
Contested
Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
Suspected belligerents
Palestinian Militants, Israeli Military
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Incident date

October 29, 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0739

LOCATION

الفاخورة, Al-Fakhoura area, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

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

First published
August 4, 2024
Last updated
February 3, 2025
Strike status
Contested strike
Strike type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
2
(2 men)
Cause of injury / death
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Airwars civilian harm grading
Contested
Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
Geolocation
Neighbourhood/area
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Incident date

July 27, 2024

Incident Code

R4675

LOCATION

أرض زراعية  على أطراف بلدة بداما في ريف إدلب الغربي, agricultural land on the outskirts of the town of Badama (Bdama), west of Idlib, Idlib, Syria

An explosion of a cluster bomb remnant reportedly left from previous shelling by the Russian military and/or the Syrian regime forces and/or the Nusayri regime militias affiliated with the Syrian regime resulted in the killing of a young civilian man on the agricultural land in the outskirts of Badama (Bdama) town located in the western

Summary

First published
July 27, 2024
Last updated
December 15, 2024
Strike status
Contested strike
Strike type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Agriculture
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
1
(1 man)
Cause of injury / death
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Airwars civilian harm grading
Contested
Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
Impact
Food
Impact on services or infrastructure relating to education, health or food supply. See methodology note for details.
Suspected belligerents
Russian Military, Syrian Regime
Named victims
1 named
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Incident date

October 26, 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0628

LOCATION

منزل عائلة أبو عامر غربي خان يونس, Abu Amer family home, west of Khan Yunis, Gaza strip, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

Safa News reported that one civilian died and seven others were injured after a bombardment on the  Abu Amer family home on the 25th of October 2023. No further details were given about the condition of those who were injured, and no identifying factors–including names–have been released. Although other sources also mention the incident, all

Summary

First published
July 15, 2024
Last updated
December 15, 2024
Strike status
Contested strike
Strike type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
1
(1 child)
Civilians reported injured
7
Cause of injury / death
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Airwars civilian harm grading
Contested
Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
Suspected belligerent
Israeli Military
Named victims
1 named
Names matched with MoH IDs
1
Geolocation
Neighbourhood/area
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Incident date

July 9, 2024

Incident Code

USSOM436

LOCATION

Kismaayo, Lower Juba, Somalia

Heavy losses were reportedly inflicted on al-Shabaab militants during an operation carried out by the Somali National Army and Jubaland forces with potential US airstrike support on 9 July, 2024, in Kismaayo, Lower Juba. Caasimada Online, admitting “conflicting reports”, reported that an operation was carried out by the “the Somali National Army and Jubaland forces”,

Summary

First published
July 9, 2024
Last updated
April 3, 2025
Strike status
Contested strike
Strike type
Airstrike
Civilian harm reported
No
Civilians reported killed
Unknown
Cause of injury / death
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Suspected belligerents
International Forces (Unknown), Somali Military Forces
Suspected target
Al-Shabaab
Belligerents reported killed
2
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Incident date

July 3, 2024

Incident Code

R4674

LOCATION

سرمين, city of Sarmin, east of Idlib, Idlib, Syria

Six identified civilians, including two children and four women of which two were mother and daughter, were injured and several civilians were reportedly killed in an alleged artillery shelling with contested responsibility perpetrated by the Syrian regime military forces and/or Russian military and/or Iranian military in the city of Sarmin, east of Idlib, Syria, in

Summary

First published
July 3, 2024
Last updated
December 15, 2024
Strike status
Contested strike
Strike type
Artillery
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
6
Cause of injury / death
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Airwars civilian harm grading
Contested
Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
Suspected belligerents
Russian Military, Syrian Regime, Iranian Military
Named victims
6 named, 1 familiy identified
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Incident date

October 24, 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0571

LOCATION

المنارة, al Manara, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

A civilian woman was killed and three civilians were reportedly injured when the Al-Lahham family home in the Al-Manara neighborhood east of Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, was struck on Tuesday, 24th of October 2023 at 7:36 PM. According to Safa News and Basema Alfarra’s Facebook post, the bombardment resulted in one civilian death and three

Summary

First published
July 1, 2024
Last updated
December 15, 2024
Strike status
Contested strike
Strike type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
1
(1 woman)
Civilians reported injured
3
Cause of injury / death
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Airwars civilian harm grading
Contested
Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
Suspected belligerents
Palestinian Militants, Israeli Military
Named victims
1 named
Geolocation
Neighbourhood/area
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Incident date

October 24, 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0572

LOCATION

البريج, Bureij, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

Shortly before 6:11 PM on Tuesday, October 24, 2023, at least three civilians were killed as a result of bombing on the Maghari family home in the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. Safa News Agency, along with Guevara Gaza Media and Quads_Feed, reported that “three martyrs were recovered from under the rubble

Summary

First published
July 1, 2024
Last updated
December 15, 2024
Strike status
Contested strike
Infrastructure
IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
3
Airwars civilian harm grading
Contested
Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
Suspected belligerents
Israeli Military, Palestinian Militants
Geolocation
Town
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Incident date

October 24, 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0578

LOCATION

بالقرب من دوار السانية خانيونس, Vicinity of Sunniyya roundabout, Khan Younis, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

Shortly before 12:23 AM on Tuesday, October 24th, 2023, at least eight civilians were reportedly killed and a number of civilians were injured in the bombardment of a residential house of the Atim/Atem family located near the Sunniyya roundabout and Shabir bakery in the centre of Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip. According to Safa PS, the

Summary

First published
July 1, 2024
Last updated
January 29, 2025
Strike status
Contested strike
Strike type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
8 – 9
Civilians reported injured
2
Cause of injury / death
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Airwars civilian harm grading
Contested
Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
Suspected belligerents
Israeli Military, Palestinian Militants
Geolocation
Nearby landmark
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Incident date

October 9, 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0134c

LOCATION

محيط جامعة الأزهر, Vicinity of al Azhar University, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

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

First published
July 1, 2024
Last updated
December 15, 2024
Strike status
Contested strike
Strike type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Apartment Building
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
1
(1 man)
Cause of injury / death
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Airwars civilian harm grading
Contested
Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
Impact
Education
Impact on services or infrastructure relating to education, health or food supply. See methodology note for details.
Geolocation
Nearby landmark
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Incident date

November 15, 2023

Incident Code

ISPT1135a

LOCATION

شارع المغربي في حي الصبرة مدينة غزة, Al Sabra neighborhood, Gaza city, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

At least one man and his daughter were reportedly injured by a bombing on the morning of Wednesday, November 15th 2023, while standing on Al Moghrabi Street (also known as Moneer al-Rayees Street) in the Al Sabra neighbourhood, of Gaza City, in the northern Gaza Strip. The father Bilal Al-Ashram reportedly died of his injuries

Summary

First published
June 1, 2024
Last updated
December 15, 2024
Strike status
Contested strike
Strike type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
1
(1 man)
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of injury / death
Denial of access to/destruction of objects indispensable to survival, Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Airwars civilian harm grading
Contested
Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
Suspected belligerents
Israeli Military, Palestinian Militants
Named victims
2 named, 1 familiy identified
Geolocation
Neighbourhood/area
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Incident date

October 24, 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0551

LOCATION

منزل عائلة عبد النبي في شمال القطاع, Abdel Nabi family’s house in the northern Gaza Strip, the Gaza Strip

On October 24th, 2023 it was reported that two civilians were killed and a number of others were injured by a bombing of the Abdel Nabi family home in the Northern Gaza strip, Gaza. No names were included within the reporting. The only detail on the identity of some of the casualties was Shadi abd

Summary

First published
June 1, 2024
Last updated
December 15, 2024
Strike status
Contested strike
Strike type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Cause of injury / death
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Airwars civilian harm grading
Contested
Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
Suspected belligerent
Israeli Military
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Incident date

October 24, 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0560

LOCATION

طلال السلطان, Tal al Sultan, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

Around 10:45 in the evening of Tuesday, October 24, 2023, the home of the Musa family in the Tal Al-Sultan neighbourhood in Rafah, south of Gaza Strip, was allegedly bombed, resulting in at least three people killed and one injury. Safa News reported that three martyrs and a wounded civilian were recovered “as a result

Summary

First published
June 1, 2024
Last updated
December 15, 2024
Strike status
Contested strike
Strike type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
1
Cause of injury / death
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Airwars civilian harm grading
Fair
Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
Suspected belligerents
Israeli Military, Palestinian Militants
Geolocation
Neighbourhood/area
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Incident date

May 26, 2024

Incident Code

USSOM432

LOCATION

Calmadow/Almadow Mountains, Puntland, Somalia

Over 20 Al-Shabaab militants, including three high-level members, were allegedly killed and dozens injured by airstrikes conducted by the Somali government and “international partners” on 26 May, 2024 in the Calmadow mountains of Puntland. The strikes were reported to have targeted a “terrorist camp” and “disrupted a terrorist plot targeting civilians”. Multiple parties denied involvement;

Summary

First published
May 26, 2024
Last updated
March 13, 2025
Strike status
Contested strike
Strike type
Airstrike
Civilian harm reported
No
Civilians reported killed
Unknown
Cause of injury / death
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Suspected belligerents
International Forces (Unknown), United Arab Emirates Military
Suspected target
Al-Shabaab
Belligerents reported killed
21
Belligerents reported injured
12–24
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Incident date

May 5, 2024

Incident Code

R4673

LOCATION

الأبزمو, Al Abzimo, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

On the evening of Saturday, May 5th, 2024, artillery shelling allegedly conducted by Syrian regime forces and/or Russian forces and/or Iranian forces hit a residential neighborhood in the town of Abzimo, in the western countryside of Aleppo, killing a child and injuring his mother. Twelve-year-old Qais Haj Shaban and his mother were transported to a

Summary

First published
May 5, 2024
Last updated
December 15, 2024
Strike status
Contested strike
Strike type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
1
(1 child)
Civilians reported injured
1
Cause of injury / death
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Airwars civilian harm grading
Contested
Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
Suspected belligerents
Russian Military, Iranian Military, Syrian Regime
Named victims
2 named, 1 familiy identified
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Incident date

April 27, 2024

Incident Code

R4672

LOCATION

الأتارب, eastern outskirts of Al Atarib [Atareb], western countryside of Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

Shortly before 8:23 AM on Saturday, 27 April 2024 a young man, identified as Abdullah Rammah, was seriously injured while working on his land, as a result of an alleged artillery or drone attack by the Syrian regime and/or the Iranian military and/or the Russian military on the eastern outskirts of the city of Atareb,

Summary

First published
April 27, 2024
Last updated
December 15, 2024
Strike status
Contested strike
Strike type
Airstrike, Artillery, Drone Strike
Infrastructure
Agriculture
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
Unknown
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Cause of injury / death
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Airwars civilian harm grading
Contested
Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
Suspected belligerents
Syrian Regime, Russian Military, Iranian Military
Named victims
1 named
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