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Incident Date
11 October 2023
Incident Code
ISPT0134
Location
شارع الزاوية, Al Zawya Street , North Gaza, Palestinian territories
In the morning of Wednesday, 11 October 2023, at least 19 identified civilians, including at least 9 and up to 15 children, among them two infants, four siblings, and a mother with her four children, were killed and dozens were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike that hit the Ezbet Abd Rabbo area, including Al-Zawiya…
Summary
Published
1 April 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported killed
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 October 2023
Incident Code
ISPT0087
Location
خان يونس, Khan Younis, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
On the afternoon of Tuesday, October 10th, 2023, two Palestinian children were reportedly killed and several more civilians were injured as a result of an alleged strike carried out by the Israeli military on two homes located west of Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip. A video by Arab World News Agency shows the damaged…
Summary
Published
1 January 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date
10 October 2023
Incident Code
ISPT0095
Location
النصر, Al Nasr, Rafah, Palestinian territories
On Tuesday, October 10, 2023, at least two civilians were killed and at least one was injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on a house in the al-Nasr neighborhood, east of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Safa news and the Palestinian Information Center reported on the death of the two civilians, and the injury…
Summary
Published
1 January 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date
9 October 2023
Incident Code
ISPT0055
Location
مخيم البريج, Al Bureij camp, Deir Al Balah, Palestinian territories
On October 9th, 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike on a residential house located east of the al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip killed a woman, Ola Ziyad Abdel Aziz (also referred to as Ola Abdel Aziz Abdeen), and her four sons - Areej, Muhammad, Adam, and Qais. Only one source, Shehab Agency, also…
Summary
Published
1 November 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date
9 October 2023
Incident Code
ISPT0074
Location
منزل عبدالله ابو سيف, House of Abdullah Abu Saif, Palestinian territories
On October 9th, 2023, at approximately 11:30 PM, 40-year-old Abdullah Ahmed Mahmoud Abu Saif was killed in an alleged Israeli strike on his house that happened without prior warning, according to the local sources. Twitter/X user @16_gouda shared video footage of a destroyed house on his account. Mahmoud Abu Youssef confirmed his brother’s passing on Facebook,…
Summary
Published
1 December 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
9 October 2023
Incident Code
ISPT0075a
Location
عبسان الكبيرة, Abasan Al Kabira, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
On October 9th, five Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) paramedics sustained minor injuries after an alleged Israeli strike hit close to PRCS ambulances in Abasan, Khan Younis. PRCS reported that the paramedics were harmed by Israeli bombing while they were working to treat injured civilians following former strikes on two civilian homes, after PRCS received…
Summary
Published
8 October 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported injured
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date
8 October 2023
Incident Code
ISPT0034
Location
قرب مسجد علي بن أبي طالب, Vicinity of Ali Bin Abi Talib Mosque, Gaza, Palestinian territories
On October 8th 2023, Israeli aircraft reportedly bombed a residential building in Al-Zaytoun, Gaza City, resulting in an unspecified number of civilians killed and wounded. While posts shared by Shehab News Agency and other social media users claim that people were inside the building at the time of the strike, no details are currently available…
Summary
Published
1 November 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date
8 October 2023
Incident Code
ISPT0029
Location
Beit Hanoun, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
On October 8, 2023, two paramedics were injured by alleged Israeli strikes in Beit Hanoun area, North of Gaza. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) identified the two wounded paramedics as Mahmoud Yusri Al-Masry and Nour El-Din Hassan Mansour, both PRCS members. The same source reported the strike at 15:40 exactly, in North Gaza, adding…
Summary
Published
8 October 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date
7 October 2023
Incident Code
ISPT0019
Location
عبسان الكبيرة, Abasan Al Kabira, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
On October 7th 2023, at least one civilian woman was killed and at least five civilians were injured in an alleged Israeli bombing on the home of the Abu Daqqa family in the town of Abasan al Kabira in the Gaza Strip. Sources on social media named the victim as 59-year-old Jawaher Qadeeh (Umm Alaa).…
Summary
Published
1 December 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
1
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
ISPT0007
Location
قرب مستشفى غزة الاوروبي, Vicinity of Gaza European Hospital, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
On October 7th 2023, two civilians were reportedly killed and others were wounded in an alleged Israeli drone strike near the European Hospital area located in the southern Gaza Strip. There is limited reporting on the incident. However, a tweet from user @Shehabagency writes that two Palestinians were killed and 'others' were reportedly injured. The…
Summary
Published
1 November 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date
7 October 2023
Incident Code
ISPT0018
Location
جنوب غزة, Gaza City, Gaza, Palestinian territories
On Saturday, October 7th 2023, a young man was killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike south of Gaza city. The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) identified him as Amir Abdullah (Mohammad) al-Khor, aged 19, further noting that he was just passing by the area when he was killed in the bombing. A relative of…
Summary
Published
1 November 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
5 October 2023
Incident Code
TS640
Location
مستشفى كورونا, Corona Hospital, Al Hassakah, Syria
On 5th October 2023, it was reported by Hawar News and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Press Center that two hospital workers were injured when Turkish airstrikes hit the Corona Hospital in the village of Tel Fara ("Kri Fara" village in Kurdish), within the Derik District. According to Roz Press and RIC Arabic, the hospital…
Summary
Published
5 October 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
25 August 2023
Incident Code
TS626
Location
قرية البركة, Al Baraka village, Hama, Syria
On 25 August 2023, a man and wife and their child were reportedly injured by a ‘terrorist’ mortar missile in the village of Al-Baraka, located in the north-western Hama countryside. A Facebook post by a correspondent for Al Ghab valley in Hama reported that the injured child is 6 months old and that the family…
Summary
Published
25 August 2023
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
25 August 2023
Incident Code
USSOM399
Location
Sheekhow farm outside Awdhegle town, Lower Shabelle, Somalia
27 al-Shabaab militants were reportedly killed by operations carried out by Somalia government forces and 'international partners' at Sheekhow farm outside Awdhegle town village on August 25, 2023. @HarunMaruf quoted state media who reported that government forces in collaboration with international partners carried out an operation that resulted in the killing of 27 militants. @HarunMaruf…
Summary
Published
25 August 2023
Strike Type
Ground operation
,
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture
Military actors reported killed
27
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
,
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
International Forces (Unknown)
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Incident Date
25 August 2023
Incident Code
USSOM400
Location
in the vicinity of Basra, between Afgoye and Bal’ad towns, Lower Shabelle, Somalia
Five al-Shabaab militants were reportedly killed by operations carried out by Somalia government forces and 'international partners' in the vicinity of Basra, between Afgoye and Bal’ad towns on August 25, 2023. @HarunMaruf quoted state media who reported that government forces in collaboration with international partners carried out a second operation that resulted in the killing…
Summary
Published
25 August 2023
Strike Type
Ground operation
,
Airstrike
Military actors reported killed
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
,
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
International Forces (Unknown)
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Incident Date
20 August 2023
Incident Code
USSOM398
Location
Buk Akable settlement, Hiiraan, Somalia
Mepa News reported that according to local sources, US airstrikes on the Buk Akable settlement resulted in the death of three civilians, including women and children, and the injury of seven others. The source stated that Somalia government media was claiming that those killed were members of al-Shabaab and that AFRICOM has not released a…
Summary
Published
20 August 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
7
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
24 July 2023
Incident Code
USSOM396
Location
in the Bisig Adde settlement of Buurhakabe district, Bay, Somalia
Mepa News reported that US airstrikes on the Bisig Adde settlement of Buurhakabe district on July 24, 2023 bombarded civilian areas, resulting in the death of 5 civilians, including children, and the injury of 10 civilians. Images posted by the source show multiple injured civilians being treated. No other sources reported on this incident.
Summary
Published
24 July 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
21 July 2023
Incident Code
USSOM395
Location
Buurhakaba town, Bay, Somalia
A tweet from @ArlaadiMnetwork quoted Buurhakaba town commissioner Ibrahim Mohamed Leysamow that "11 #AlShabab fighters were killed in a fresh airstrike conducted by international friends besides the city.' No other information was available regarding the strike and who was responsible. While no sources directly implicated the US in the operation, the Somali government's reference to…
Summary
Published
21 July 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Military actors reported killed
11
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
International Forces (Unknown)
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Incident Date
15 July 2023
Incident Code
TS611
Location
بلدة حارم, Harem town, Idlib, Syria
A man was injured when he was allegedly shot by Turkish border guards near Harem town on July 15, 2023. North Press Agency reported that Turkish border guards shot and injured a 52 year old man named Riyad al-Kanou while he was checking on his land, which is adjacent to the Turkish border near the town…
Summary
Published
15 July 2023
Strike Type
Ground operation
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
12 July 2023
Incident Code
USSOM393
Location
Weelmarow Village, Lower Juba, Somalia
Kenyans.co.ke reported that a joint operation by US Commandos, Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) and the Security Forces in Jubaland resulted in the death of 17 al-Shabaab militants in Weelmarow Village in Lower Juba. The source added that the majority of the al-Shabaab militants were Kenyan and Ethiopian natives. No other sources reported on the incident.
Summary
Published
12 July 2023
Strike Type
Ground operation
,
Airstrike
Military actors reported killed
17
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
,
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
27 June 2023
Incident Code
TS606
Location
جورين, Jourin, Hama, Syria
Two civilians were injured by shelling allegedly carried out by the factions of the “Al-Fateh Al-Mubin” operations room, a Turkish sponsored militia, in Jourin in the Al-Ghab Plain region on June 27, 2023. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that two civilians were injured to varying degrees by shrapnel from rocket shells launched by…
Summary
Published
27 June 2023
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
23 April 2023
Incident Code
RS4765
Location
بداما, Badama, Idlib, Syria
On Sunday 23rd April 2023, during the daytime, a woman and her two children were injured by a detonator contained in the remnants of a bomb in Badama, a town in northwest Syria. It is unclear who was responsible for the explosive as there are thousands of unexploded ordnance scattered across Syria from the Syrian…
Summary
Published
23 April 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 March 2023
Incident Code
IRS015
Location
ذيبان, Dhiban, Deir Ezzor, Syria
On Friday March 24th, at 8:05 am, an Iranian militia allegedly launched rockets at Coalition forces at “Green Village,” an American base near al-Omar oil field east of Deir Ezzor. According to CENTCOM, the rockets missed the Coalition facility by approximately 5 km. Instead, they reportedly hit a house in Dhiban and injured two women…
Summary
Published
24 March 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported injured
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Iranian Military
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Incident Date
26 November 2022
Incident Code
USSOM360
Location
Bulo Madina, Lower Shabelle, Somalia
More than 60 al-Shabaab militants were reportedly killed by Somali forces and "international partner" airstrikes or ground operations in the village of Bulo Madina on November 26, 2022. Horn Diplomat Media quoted Somalia’s deputy information minister, Abdirahman Yusuf Omar Adala, who said that in addition to a similar operation carried out in El-Dhere, a military operation…
Summary
Published
26 November 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike
,
Ground operation
Military actors reported killed
60
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
International Forces (Unknown)
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Incident Date
Incident Code
TS568
Location
بينة, Ibbin, Aleppo, Syria
Two people were reported "slightly" injured and tens of sheep were reportedly killed by Turkish shelling in Ibbin village, Sherawa district in Afrin, Syria on November 21st 2022. According to North Press Agency and ANHA between 20 to 35 sheep were killed which were owned by Walida Hamadi.
Summary
Published
21 November 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Agriculture
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
16 August 2022
Incident Code
TS548
Location
بينه, Benna, Aleppo, Syria
A displaced child was injured in the village of Benna on August 16, 2022. According to the correspondent for Hawar News Agency, a child displaced from the occupied village of Basel in Afrin was injured by Turkish shelling of the village of Benna in the Sherawa District. The child Ahmed Imad Ibish, 15 years old,…
Summary
Published
16 August 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
22 July 2022
Incident Code
LC432
Location
قرب مصحة سيول, near Seoul Clinic, Tarabulus, Libya
An unknown shell injured a woman inside her car in the June 11 area on July 22, 2022. Two sources, @tkyroogklshytk and @taqarifatnews, reported that a shell fell on a car near the Seoul Clinic in the June 11 area, injuring a woman who was inside the car. No other information is available to Airwars at…
Summary
Published
22 July 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Unknown
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Incident Date
13 May 2022
Incident Code
RUK199
Location
Лозівська громада, Lozova Community, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On May 13rd 2022, a civilian described as a woman, was reportedly injured by a Russian rocket attack in Lozivska (Loziv) community, Kharkiv. Sources quoted Loziv City Mayor Serhii Zelenskyi who said that "a dozen private houses were damaged, windows in multi-storey buildings were broken. A cultural center and a critical infrastructure object were damaged."…
Summary
Published
13 May 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
13 May 2022
Incident Code
RUK200
Location
Леб’яже, Lebyazhe, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On 13 May 2022, 4 civilians were reportedly wounded, including which a 15 year-old boy, by Russian shelling in Lebyazhe village, Kharkiv. Sources, quoting the press service of the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office, reported that Russian forces shelled twice the area. The first attack was conducted in the morning at around 11 am, and "as…
Summary
Published
13 May 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
12 May 2022
Incident Code
RUK197
Location
Шебелинка, Shebelynka, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Three civilians were killed and five others were injured by alleged Russian shelling of Shebelynka on May 12, 2022. The head office of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Kharkiv posted on Telegram that an enemy projectile hit a "hangar building" at 4:35pm causing a fire to break out on the roof of the…
Summary
Published
12 May 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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