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Incident Date

15 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT067

Location

البريج, Al Bureij Camp, Deir Al Balah, Palestinian territories
One man was killed in an Israeli drone strike on open land east of Al-Bureij refugee camp in Central Gaza around 12.10 p.m. on Saturday 15 May 2021. His status as a civilian or belligerent is contested among various sources. Various sources, including the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) and Al-Haq, both local human…

Summary

Published
15 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported killed
0–1
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

15 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT069

Location

قيزان أبو رشوان, Qizan Abu Rashwan, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
Between one and seven civilians were injured in alleged Israeli airstrikes on the Qizan Rashwan area on May 15th, 2021. Multiple sources report a strike on a naval facility in the vicinity of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday 15 May 2021, amongst a series of strikes on the area. Multiple sources…

Summary

Published
15 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported injured
1–7
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

15 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT070

Location

المغازي, Al Maghazi, Deir Al Balah, Palestinian territories
One man was killed in an alleged Israeli drone strike while riding a motorcycle in the central part of the Gaza Strip on Saturday, 15 May 2021. Multiple sources have confirmed the death of Zaher Attia Muhammad Anbar, aged 37- 39, with the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), Al Mezan and the Meir Amit…

Summary

Published
15 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported killed
0–1
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

15 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT076

Location

شارع الجميزة, ال القرا, Gemmayzeh Street, Al Qaraa, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
One man was injured in a missile or drone strike allegedly carried out by Israeli forces on Saturday 15 May 2021 in Gemmayzeh Street, Al-Qarara, north of Khan Younis in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. There are multiple reports of a young man being moderately injured in a missile strike while riding a…

Summary

Published
15 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

14 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT054

Location

بلدة عبسان الكبرى شرق خان يونس, Abasan Al Kabira, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
A man was killed and one to two civilians were injured in an Israeli airstrike which targeted a group of people in a town east of Khan Younis, multiple sources reported. The man killed was identified as a member of the Islamic Jihad Movement. The man killed was identified as 23-year-old Walid Zuhair Mohammed Abu…

Summary

Published
14 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military actors reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

14 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT062

Location

ِمنزل عائلة عبد ربه ,جباليا, Abd Rabo Family House, Jabalia, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
At least six civilians, including three women and two children, were injured in a reported Israeli airstrike on a house in Jabalia city on May 14, 2021. The majority of sources reported six injuries, including a civilian in critical condition. The Palestinian Centre of Human Rights and Al Haq said the victims included three women…

Summary

Published
14 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported injured
6–9
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

13 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT043

Location

دير البلح, Deir Al Balah, Deir Al Balah, Palestinian territories
At least one man, identified as a member of the Mujahid Qassami, was killed and three others were injured in an alleged Israeli drone strike on Deir Al-Balah. According to Al Mezan, Mohammed Khaled Al-Tawashi, 21, a resident of Deir Al-Balah, was pronounced dead upon arrival at Al Aqsa Hospital at 8:30am. He was killed…

Summary

Published
13 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported injured
3
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 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT045

Location

أبراج الندى, Al Nada Towers, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
Two people, one a civilian and one a child identified to be a member of Mujahideen Brigades, were killed and seven others were injured in an alleged Israeli drone strike and/or artillery shelling near Nada 19, a high-rise building in Beit Hanoun, on May 13, 2021. Al Mezan reported that at around 1:45pm, "Israel’s air force…

Summary

Published
13 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike), Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
7
Military actors reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

12 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT029

Location

قرب مسجد الإحسان ، مخيم النصيرات, Vicinity of Al Ihsan mosque, Al Nuseirat Camp, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
Four combatants were killed and one to two other civilians were injured in airstrikes on Al Nusayrat camp on May 12, 2021. The men that were killed were identified as militants by the Islamic Jihad group, who posted a tribute to the "Mujahid martyrs". According to Al Jazeera, the four people were killed in Israeli…

Summary

Published
12 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military actors reported killed
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

12 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT034

Location

شارع الأرنب, Al Arnab street, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
Between three and four civilians sustained minor wounds in alleged Israeli airstrikes and drone strikes on Al Arnab Street in Khan Younis on May 12, 2021. @AlWatenGaza reported that four civilians were injured in strikes on Al Arnab Street in Khan Younis. A tweet from @hudaa23914 added that the injuries were minor and that they…

Summary

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

12 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT035

Location

صالون الفسيس‎‎, Al Fasis barber shop (vicinity of Abu Qamar petrol station), North Gaza, Palestinian territories
Between two and four civilians, including two children, were injured in alleged Israeli airstrikes on a barber shop in Tal Al Za’tar on May 12, 2021. A barber shop belonging to Ibrahim Al-Fasis in Tel Al-Zaatar was bombed by Israeli planes, according to various sources. A post by Ehab Alda`afi on Facebook identified two light…

Summary

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

11 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT012

Location

ارض زراعية جنوب غربي دير البلح, Farmland, southwestern Deir Al Balah, Deir Al Balah, Palestinian territories
Two civilians were killed and another was injured in alleged Israeli drone strike on farmland west of Deir al-Balah on May 11th 2021. WAFA News reported that "the occupation planes targeted a group of citizens west of Deir al-Balah, which led to the death of a citizen and the serious injury of another." However, Al…

Summary

Published
11 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

11 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT009

Location

قرب دوار الدحدوح, Vicinity of Al Dahdouh roundabout, Gaza, Palestinian territories
Between one and two civilians were injured in alleged Israeli airstrikes or drone strikes on agricultural land near Al Dahdouh roundabout south of Gaza City on May 11, 2021. A tweet from @asefa2020 identified that "a young man was injured as a result of being targeted by a reconnaissance aircraft in the Dahdouh roundabout area, south…

Summary

Published
11 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

11 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT017

Location

مقبرة أبو الكاس, Vicinity of Abu Al Kas cemetery, Gaza, Palestinian territories
Al least one civilian, a child, was killed in alleged Israeli drone strikes on Shejaiya neighborhood on May 11th 2021. Hamza Mahmoud Yassin Ali, between 10 and 12 years old, was killed in the strikes on Shejaiya. @MahmOudEssaaM__ tweeted that he was killed when "he went out of the house to buy home supplies for…

Summary

Published
11 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

10 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT002

Location

تلة الكاشف, Al Kashef Hill, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
Muhammad Saber Suleiman, a 15-year-old boy, and his father, Saber Ibrahim Suleiman, were killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike in Jabalia, northern Gaza on May 10th 2021, according to local reports. Saber Ibrahim Suleiman, 38, was reportedly a commander in the Izz ad-Din Al-Qassam brigades, according to the Defense for Children International Palestine report. This…

Summary

Published
10 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Military actors reported killed
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

10 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT003

Location

حي المنارة, Al Manara neighborhood, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
One militant was killed and three people were reported injured in an alleged Israeli drone strike in the Al-Manara neighborhood, east of Khan Yunis, Gaza on May 10th 2021, according to multiple sources. Sources were conflicted as to whether the injured people were civilians or militants. Ashraf Al-Qidra, the spokesman for the Ministry of Health…

Summary

Published
10 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike), Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
0–3
Military actors reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

4 May 2021

Incident Code

CS1958

Location

الشنان, Al Shanan, Deir Ezzor, Syria
At least one man was killed in an alleged US-led Coalition drone strike in al-Shanan village in eastern Deir Ezzor on May 4, 2021. While the majority of sources that reported on the incident claimed that the man killed was no longer part of any armed groups, a spokesman for the Coalition identified him as…

Summary

Published
4 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Military actors reported killed
0–1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

3 May 2021

Incident Codes

IRS007 RS4558

Location

الفوعة, Al Fu'ah, Idlib, Syria
Up to four civilians, including two children and a woman, were killed and up to 11 others, including five children to six children and three women, were wounded in an alleged Iranian or Russian drone strike on a weapons depot near the Al-Furousiya camp for the displaced, in the vicinity of the town of Al-Foah…

Summary

Published
3 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported killed
1–4
Civilians reported injured
6–11
Military actors reported killed
2–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Russian Military, Iranian Military
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Incident Date

24 April 2021

Incident Code

ISSY016

Location

بانياس, Off the coast of Baniyas, Tartus, Syria
At least three young men on an oil tanker were killed in alleged Israeli drone strikes off the coastal city of Baniyas on April 24, 2021 according to local sources. A tweet from @SAMSyria0 reported that "the body of the young man, Ahmed Amin, from Arwad Island - Tartous, who is a crew member of…

Summary

Published
24 April 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

19 April 2021

Incident Codes

IRS006 RS4557

Location

العاصي‎, Orontes or Asi River, Hama, Syria
At least one civilian was killed and another was injured in an alleged drone strike on the village of Khirbat al-Naqus in the Al-Ghab Plain on April 19, 2021. Syria.liveuamap geolocated the incident. According to Resala Post, "a civilian was killed and another was injured due to being targeted by a drone in the village of…

Summary

Published
19 April 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

4 April 2021

Incident Code

CS1957

Location

مبروكة‎, Mabrouka countryside, Al Hassakah, Syria
At least one named man, whose status as a civilian or belligerent presently remains contested, was killed and a civilian was injured in alleged Coalition airstrikes (or possibly an IED attack) near the city of Ras Al-Ain in the Al Hassaka countryside on April 4th 2021. The UK declared a Reaper drone strike in the…

Summary

Published
9 April 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike), Ground operation
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Civilians reported injured
1
Military actors reported killed
0–1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

25 February 2021

Incident Code

CS1956

Location

حارم, Harem, Idlib, Syria
Some local sources which reported the sounds of an explosion from an alleged US-led coalition drone strike in Harem, Idlib said that three 'people' were injured as a result of that on February 25th, 2021. While most sources didn't specify identities of those injured, @AlnahdaNews_24 said they were militants. "An unknown drone struck a point…

Summary

Published
25 February 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

17 February 2021

Incident Code

USSOM336

Location

Hantiwadaag, Lower Shabelle, Somalia
A single source alleged a US drone strike on Hantidawaag which AFRICOM later denied. Halgan Media wrote: "US drones just bombed the village of Hantiwadaag in Somalia's Lower Shabelle province and struck a vehicle carrying a group of Al Shabaab fighters - Sources." AFRICOM responded to a request from Airwars: "U.S. Africa Command's last strikes…

Summary

Published
17 February 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

11 February 2021

Incident Code

USSOM334

Location

سااكوو, Sakow, Middle Juba, Somalia
Several Al Shabaab militants were reported killed at Sakow in a military strike which several local sources claimed was a US drone action. However AFRICOM explicitly denied this in an email to Airwars, insisting that "U.S. Africa Command's last airstrike in Somalia was conducted Jan. 19, 2021." Geesguud initially reported: "Residents in Middle Jubba reported…

Summary

Published
11 February 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Military actors reported killed
6–12
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

11 February 2021

Incident Code

USSOM335

Location

Salagle, Middle Juba, Somalia
Several Al Shabaab militants were reported killed at Salagle in a military strike which two local sources claimed was a US drone action. However AFRICOM explicitly denied this in an email to Airwars, insisting that "U.S. Africa Command's last airstrike in Somalia was conducted Jan. 19, 2021." Intelligence Briefs said: "A number of Al-Shabaab operatives…

Summary

Published
11 February 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Military actors reported killed
6–12
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

29 January 2021

Incident Code

USSOM333

Location

Ma'moodow, Bakool, Somalia
According to Somali official and media sources, an airstrike targeted a group of al Shabaab fighters in the vicinity of Ma'moodow town in Bakool province on January 29th. According to an official statement from the Security Ministry of South West State, the attack was conducted by "friends of Somalia." Following requests for clarification, AFRICOM publicly…

Summary

Published
29 January 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Military actors reported killed
2–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

22 January 2021

Incident Code

TS463

Location

Memitê, Aleppo, Syria
A number of civilians were injured as a result of alleged Turkish drone attack on a house in Memitê neighborhood in Kobanê on January 22nd, 2021, according to local sources. One of the wounded is a 37 year old man who was injured with shrapnel and moved to hospital. His situation later was described as…

Summary

Published
22 January 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date

19 January 2021

Incident Code

USSOM331-C

Location

Jamaame, Lower Juba, Somalia
One civilian was allegedly killed in a US airstrike on Jamaame. Halgan Media said: "US drones just bombed the town of Jamaame in the Lower Jubba province of Somalia and killed a prominent Clan elder named Mohamed Abbas, who died instantly when a missile from a US drone hit his home - Sources." Somali Memo,…

Summary

Published
19 January 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Military actors reported killed
1–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

18 January 2021

Incident Code

USSOM330

Location

Tiyeeglow, Bakool, Somalia
A US airstrike targeted an Al Shabaab compound in Tiyeeglow, according to AFRICOM. The press release said: "In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. Africa Command forces conducted one airstrike in the vicinity of Tiyeeglow, Somalia, Jan. 18, 2021. Initial assessments indicate the strike destroyed one al-Shabaab compound. The command’s initial assessment is…

Summary

Published
18 January 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

1 January 2021

Incident Code

USSOM326-C

Location

حرمك, Kunya Barrow, Middle Juba, Somalia
Two civilians were initially reported wounded in two US airstrikes on Kunya Barrow, local reports claimed. AFRICOM later confirmed that three civilians were in fact injured in the attack. Radio Al Furqaan, the Al Shabaab-affiliated radio station bombed in the incident, said at the time: "On Friday afternoon, January 1, 2021, US warplanes bombed the…

Summary

Published
1 January 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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