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Incident Date

20 August 2024

Incident Code

ISPT200824b

Location

مدرسة مصطفى حافظ، حي الرمال، مدينة غزة, Mustafa Hafez School, Al Rimal neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, Palestinian territories
On the morning of Tuesday, August 20th, 2024, a 32-year-old journalist from Record Media named Hamza Abdulrahman Murtaja was killed alongside at least 15 to 18 other civilians, including at least eight children, while dozens of civilians were also wounded in a declared Israeli airstrike on the Mustafa Hafez elementary school located in the Al-Rimal…

Summary

Published
11 October 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
16–19
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

10 August 2024

Incident Code

ISPT100824f

Location

مدرسة التابعين حي الدرج، مدينة غزة, Al Tabi’een school, Al Daraj neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, Palestinian territories
Shortly after 5am on August 10th 2024, during dawn prayers, a series of Israeli airstrikes struck the Al Tabi’een school in the Al Sahaba area of the Al Daraj neighbourhood in Gaza City. The school was a temporary home to “around 2,400” displaced people; at least 77 civilians were found to have been killed, with…

Summary

Published
10 August 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
77–125
Civilians reported injured
54
Military actors reported killed
0–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

8 August 2024

Incident Code

ISPT080824m

Location

مدرسة عبد الفتاح حمود في حي التفاح، مدينة غزة, Hamouda school, Al Tuffah neighbourhood, Gaza, Palestinian territories
At around 3pm on Thursday, August 8th 2024, a declared Israeli airstrike struck the Abdul Fattah Hamoud School, resulting in the deaths of at least six people, including four members of the Al-Fayoumi family and a 9-month-old baby. The attack also left dozens of others injured, among them six children. The school, located on Yaffa…

Summary

Published
11 October 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
6
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

8 August 2024

Incident Code

ISPT080824n

Location

مدرسة الزهراء، حي الدرج، مدينة غزة, Al Zahraa School, Al Daraj District, Gaza City, Gaza, Palestinian territories
On August 8th, 2024, at around 3pm, at least 12 members of the Mahani family were killed and dozens of others were wounded in an alleged Israeli strike on the Al Zahraa School, located in the Al Daraj neighbourhood, east of Gaza City. The victims included Muhammad Muslim Mahani (Abu Ali), Muhammad Muslim Mahani's daughter*…

Summary

Published
11 October 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
12–13
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

4 August 2024

Incident Code

ISPT040824m

Location

مدرسة حسن سلامة ومدرسة النصر الاسلامية النموذجية حي النصر, Hassan Salama School and Al Nasr School, Al Nasr neighbourhood, Gaza, Palestinian territories
At least 26 civilians were killed and many others were wounded by a declared Israeli airstrike on two UN-run schools, the Hassan Salama School and Al Nasr school on August 4th 2024. The two schools appear to have been targeted at the same time, and geographically are very close to each other. The Palestinian Chronicle,…

Summary

Published
11 October 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
26–27
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military actors reported killed
0–1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

3 August 2024

Incident Code

ISPT030824e

Location

مدرسة حمامة بحي الشيخ رضوا، مدينة غزة, Hamama school, Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, Palestinian territories
On Saturday, August 3rd 2024, at least 16 civilians, including three women and at least four children, were killed and at least 60 others injured in a declared Israeli airstrike on the Hamama School located in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood of Gaza City, Gaza Strip. Israeli forces confirmed the strike, claiming they were targeting a…

Summary

Published
28 September 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
16–17
Civilians reported injured
60–63
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

27 July 2024

Incident Code

ISPT270724n

Location

مدرسة خديجة غرب دير البلح, Khadija School, Deir Al Balah, Gaza strip, Palestinian territories
Around midday on the 27th of July 2024, between 30 and 53 civilians, including at least 15 children and eight women, were killed and at least 100 others were injured by a declared Israeli airstrike on the Khadija school, Deir Al Balah, Gaza Strip. Sources detailed that the school was housing a large number of…

Summary

Published
27 November 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare, Education, IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported killed
30–53
Civilians reported injured
100–111
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

20 July 2024

Incident Code

ISYEM240720a

Location

ميناء الحديدة, Al-Hudaydah Port, Al-Hudaydah, Yemen
During the evening of Saturday, July 20th, 2024, seven civilians were killed and at least 83 others were wounded by a declared Israeli air raid on oil storage facilities in the Hudaydah Port, Yemen. Six of the civilians killed were named by several sources as Nabil Nasher Abdo Abdullah, Ahmed Abdullah Musa Jaylan, Abdulbari Muhammad…

Summary

Published
10 October 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Resources (Oil Facility, Power Station)
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
83–87
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

16 July 2024

Incident Code

ISPT160724l

Location

مدرسة الرازي أو النص, Al Razi (Al Nus) school, Camp 2 in Al Nuseirat camp, Gaza Strip, Deir al Balah, Palestinian territories
At around 11 AM on Tuesday, 16th July 2024, at least 18 civilians, including three women, at least eight children, and a Palestinian journalist, were killed, and up to 72 civilians were injured in a declared Israeli airstrike on Al-Razi School, affiliated with the UNRWA relief agency and sheltering displaced people. The school was located…

Summary

Published
15 December 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Education (Secondary School)
Civilians reported killed
18–23
Civilians reported injured
50–72
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

15 July 2024

Incident Code

USSOM438

Location

Ceel Dheere (El Dheer) district, Galgudud, Somalia
On July 15, 2024, 10-50 al-Shabab militants were killed by a declared US airstrike in the Ceel Dheere (El Dheer) district of the Galguduud region of Central Somalia, according to media and military reports. There is indication an al-Shabab ground operation near the town of El-Dheer precipitated a “self defense” airstrike by the United States…

Summary

Published
6 June 2025
Strike Type
Airstrike
Military actors reported killed
10–50
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

14 July 2024

Incident Code

ISPT140724i

Location

مدرسة أبو عريبان مخيم النصيرات, Abu Oreiban School, Al Nuseirat refugee camp, Deir al Balah, Palestinian territories
At least twelve identified civilians, two of whom were women, were killed, alongside at least one identified militant in airstrikes conducted by the Israeli military that hit the United Nations-run Abu Oreiban School in the Nuseirat Refugee Camp in Deir al-Balah governorate in central Gaza on Sunday 14 July 2024 at around 15:02 local time.…

Summary

Published
9 January 2025
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
12–15
Civilians reported injured
71–87
Military actors reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

13 July 2024

Incident Code

ISPT130724e

Location

منطقة النص القريبة، المواصي، خان يونس, Vicinity of al-Nas junction, al-Mawasi Refugee Camp, Khan Younis, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
Around 10:30 AM on Saturday, July 13th, 2024, at least 55 identified civilians and up to 150 civilians were killed, and up to 300 civilians were injured in a series of declared Israeli airstrikes at a compound near the al-Nas Junction in the al-Mawasi area west of Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip. Israel declared…

Summary

Published
29 August 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Water (Desalination Plant), Resources (Gas Facility), Humanitarian (Evacuation Route), Residential, IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported killed
55–150
Civilians reported injured
7–300
Military actors reported killed
2–12
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

9 July 2024

Incident Code

ISPT090724j

Location

بوابة مدرسة العودة في عبسان شرقي خان يونس, gate of Al-Awda School in Abasan Al-Kabira, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
On July 9, 2024, at least 25 civilians were killed and at least 53 others injured in a declared Israeli airstrike on a camp of displaced persons near the gate of Al-Awda School in Abasan Al-Kabira, Khan Younis, in the Gaza Strip. On the evening of July 9, Al Jazeera published a video of “the…

Summary

Published
23 January 2025
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
25–30
Civilians reported injured
53–71
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

8 July 2024

Incident Code

TI108

Location

قرية الصباحية على الطريق الرابط بين قضاء سنجار وقضاء القيروان غرب مدينة الموصل, Sabahiya village on the road linking Sinjar district and Qayrawan district west of Mosul city, Nineveh, Iraq
On Monday, July 8th, 2024, a declared Turkish drone struck a vehicle belonging to ÇIRA TV and ÇIRA Radio, resulting in the injury of six people, including three media personnel, in Sabahiya village, located on the road linking Sinjar district and Qayrawan district in the western part of Mosul city located in the Nineveh Governorate,…

Summary

Published
8 July 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date

6 July 2024

Incident Code

ISPT060724g

Location

مدرسة الجاعوني, Al Jaouni School, Al Nuseirat camp, Deir al-Balah, Palestinian territories
Shortly before 5:45 p.m. on Saturday, 6th July 2024, a declared Israeli airstrike hit the UNRWA-affiliated Al-Jaouni School sheltering thousands of displaced people in the Nuseirat Refugee Camp in the middle of the Gaza Strip, killing at least 10 identified civilians, including four children, and injuring up to 75 civilians, most of them children and…

Summary

Published
19 September 2025
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Education (Primary School), IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported killed
10–16
Civilians reported injured
50–75
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

7 June 2024

Incident Code

ISPT070624k

Location

مدرسة أسماء الثانية التابعة للأونروا، مخيم الشاطئ، مدينة غزة, UNRWA affiliated Asmaa school, Al-Shati Camp, Gaza City, Gaza, Palestinian territories
In the early hours of June 7th 2024, at least four people were killed and at least seven others were injured in a declared Israeli airstrike on UNRWA Asmaa School, west of the Al Wahda Tower, in the Al Shati (Beach) refugee camp, west of Gaza City. A Facebook post made by Mohamed Awad, a…

Summary

Published
4 September 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
IDP or Refugee Camp, Education
Civilians reported killed
4–6
Civilians reported injured
7
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

6 June 2024

Incident Code

ISPT060624a

Location

مدرسة ذكور الإعدادية د "السردي" التي تؤوي نازحين بمخيم ٢ في النصيرات وسط القطاع, “Al-Sardi” preparatory boys’ school, which houses displaced persons in Camp 2 in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip, Deir al Balah, Palestinian territories
On the night of Thursday, June 6th, 2024, a declared Israeli airstrike hit the "Al-Sardi" Preparatory Boys' School in Camp 2, located in the Nuseirat Refugee Camp in the central Gaza Strip. The school, affiliated with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), was being used as a shelter for displaced…

Summary

Published
16 May 2025
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Education (Secondary School)
Civilians reported killed
33–45
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military actors reported killed
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

31 May 2024

Incident Code

USSOM433

Location

In the vicinity of Dhaardaar, approximately 81 km southeast of Bosaso, Somalia
In conjunction with the Somali government, U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) conducted a strike against Islamic State militants on 31 May, 2024 in “a remote area in the vicinity of Dhaardaar”. AFRICOM reported that the strike had killed three IS militants, “with no civilian casualties”. X/Twitter user @ZakeriyeAxmed reported that the strike targeted IS leader and…

Summary

Published
31 May 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
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

30–31 May, 2024

Incident Code

USYEMBi019

Location

مستشفى الثورة العام، الحديدة, Vicinity of Al-Thawra Hospital, Al-Hudaydah, Al-Hudaydah, Yemen
Around midnight on May 30th-May 31st, 2024, at least two civilians were killed and up to 18 civilians were injured, including journalists, as a result of declared US-UK airstrikes on the Hudaydah Radio building located in front of Al-Thawra Hospital in Al Hudayah, Yemen. Four attacks that had been allegedly perpetrated on the building destroyed…

Summary

Published
31 May 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Media (Radio Station)
Civilians reported killed
2–8
Civilians reported injured
10–18
Military actors reported killed
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces, UK Military
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Incident Date

30–31 May, 2024

Incident Code

USYEMBi020

Location

ميناء الصليف, Al-Sulayf seaport, Al-Hudaydah, Yemen
Around midnight on May 30th-May 31st, 2024, 14 civilians, including a sailor named Ayoub Abdullah Hassan Zaidan, were killed and 25 other civilians were injured, including one heavily injured sailor, as a result of the declared US-UK airstrike on the Coast Guard building located in the Salif (Al Sulayf) seaport in the Al Hudayhah Governorate,…

Summary

Published
31 May 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Transportation (Port)
Civilians reported killed
14
Civilians reported injured
25
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
UK Military, U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

26 May 2024

Incident Code

ISPT260524m

Location

بالقرب من مستودعات الأونروا الرئيسية، تل السلطان، رفح, Vicinity of UNRWA warehouses, Tal al-Sultan neighbourhood, Rafah, Rafah, Palestinian territories
At least 46 civilians, including at least 12 women and 13 children, were killed by a declared Israeli strike on displaced persons tents called the Kuwaiti Peace Camp near a UNRWA warehouse in the Tel al-Sultan area of Rafah on May 26, 2024. Hundreds more were reported injured. The IDF spokesman Avichay Adraee announced that…

Summary

Published
29 September 2025
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Warehouse, Residential, IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported killed
46–51
Civilians reported injured
200–249
Military actors reported killed
2–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

10 March 2024

Incident Code

USSOM425

Location

Ugunji, Qoryooley, Lower Shabelle, Somalia
A source affiliated with al-Shabaab reported that five civilian farmers were killed by a "US and Somali special forces" operation in Lower Shabelle on March 10th while US Africa Command (AFRICOM) announced that they had killed three al-Shabaab militants in airstrikes "in the vicinity of Ugunji." AFRICOM declared their involvement in the strike on March…

Summary

Published
27 December 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
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

2 March 2024

Incident Code

USSOM423

Location

in a remote area in the vicinity approximately 45 km northeast of Kismayo, Somalia
Two al-Shabaab militants were reportedly killed by declared US airstrikes approximately 45 km northeast of Kismayo in Somalia on March 2, 2024. US Africa Command (USAFRICOM) released a statement on March 4th declaring their involvement: "At the request of the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. Africa Command conducted a collective self-defense against the al Shabaab…

Summary

Published
27 December 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
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

29 February 2024

Incident Code

ISPT290224a

Location

دوار النابلسي، شارع راشد، مدينة غزة, Al-Nabulsi Roundabout, Rashid Street, Sheikh Ajleen district south-west of Gaza City, Gaza, Palestinian territories
In the early hours of February 29th, 2024, more than a hundred civilians were killed at a humanitarian distribution point when attempting to collect flour. The deaths were said by local sources, including eyewitnesses and UN experts, to have resulted from Israeli forces opening fire on a large crowd gathered at the collection point. Israeli…

Summary

Published
28 September 2024
Strike Type
Ground operation
Infrastructure
Humanitarian
Civilians reported killed
127–150
Civilians reported injured
760–1000
Causes of Death / Injury
Run over by vehicle, Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons, Accidents related to conflict
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

15 February 2024

Incident Code

USSOM418

Location

Jilib, Middle Juba, Somalia
Two Cuban doctors, general medicine specialist Assel Herrera and surgeon Landy Rodriguez, were reportedly killed in a declared U.S. airstrike (possibly drone strike) conducted around 12:05am on the 15th of February 2024 in the town of Jilib, in the region of Middle Juba, Somalia. The militant group Al-Shabaab stated via Telegram that it had captured…

Summary

Published
15 February 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

9 February 2024

Incident Code

USSOM417

Location

in the vicinity of the village of Yaq Dabel, Lower Juba, Somalia
On the 9th of February, 2024, U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) conducted an airstrike against Al-Shabaab near the village of Yaq Dabel, located to the west of the city of Kismayo in Lower Juba, Somalia. AFRICOM released a statement on the 14th of February regarding the strike which made reference to an initial post-strike assessment that…

Summary

Published
9 February 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
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

3 February 2024

Incident Code

CI883

Location

منطقة السكك، القائم, Al-Sikak area, Al-Qaim, Al-Anbar, Iraq
Up to three civilians were reported killed and up to 15 others were wounded by declared US airstrikes on the Al-Sikak area in the city of Al-Qaim, Iraq early in the morning on February 3, 2024. Between three and five medical personnel in the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) were also allegedly killed. Another 11 PMF…

Summary

Published
3 February 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Civilians reported injured
11–15
Military actors reported killed
11
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

3 February 2024

Incident Code

CS1997

Location

البلعوم, ميادين, Al-Bal’oum, Al-Mayadeen, Deir Ezzor, Syria
On February 3rd, 2024, one woman was reported injured while she was at home following a series of US strikes conducted on Al-Baloum neighborhood, in al-Mayadeen city, east of Deir Ezzor, in areas reportedly controlled by Iranian militias. The attacks were carried out at around midnight/at dawn, according to local reporting. Sources also reported a…

Summary

Published
3 February 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture
Civilians reported injured
1
Military actors reported killed
2–19
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

24 January 2024

Incident Code

USSOM415

Location

Remorse area in the vicinity of Caad, Mudug, Somalia
On the 24th of January, 2024, U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) conducted an airstrike against Al-Shabaab in a remote area near the town of Caad in the Mudug region of eastern Somalia. AFRICOM stated that six Al-Shabaab militants were killed in the strike and assessed that no civilians were injured or killed. AFRICOM released a statement…

Summary

Published
24 January 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Military actors reported killed
6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

21 January 2024

Incident Code

USSOM414

Location

35 km northeast of Kismayo, Lower Juba, Somalia
On January 21st, 2024, US Africa Command (AFRICOM) conducted a drone strike against the Al-Shabaab militant group 35 kilometers northeast of the city of Kismayo in the Lower Juba region of Somalia, reportedly killing three militants. To date, there have been no reports of civilian casualties in connection to the strike. Two days later, on…

Summary

Published
21 January 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Military actors reported killed
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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