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Incident Date

15 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT068

Location

مخيم الشاطئ, ِAl Shati camp, Gaza, Palestinian territories
Eight children and two women were killed in the early hours of Saturday 15 May when Israeli airstrikes struck a three-storey house in the Al Shati ‘Beach’ refugee camp, to the west of Gaza City in the Gaza Strip. Various sources have reported that two mothers, who were sisters-in-law, died in the strike, with each…

Summary

Published
15 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
10
Civilians reported injured
15
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

M21ISPT072

Location

شارع سوق الجمعة, Souq Al Jouma Street, Gaza, Palestinian territories
Up to three people, potentially including one child, were killed and 13 others were injured in a pair of alleged Israeli airstrikes on the Friday Market (Souq al Juma’a) in Al Shujaiya, Gaza Strip on Saturday 15 May 2021. Multiple sources report that the first strike hit a group of citizens around 1.30 p.m., killing…

Summary

Published
15 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
13
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

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

15 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT077

Location

مخيم الشاطئ, Al Shati Refugee Camp, Gaza, Palestinian territories
Two people were reported injured and a large number of fishing vessels were destroyed in an alleged naval bombardment by the Israeli navy on the Al Shati ‘Beach’ refugee camp to the West of Gaza City. Al Jazeera first reported the bombardment around 9.30 a.m. local time on Saturday 15 May 2021, which targeted buildings…

Summary

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

14 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT053

Location

الشجاعي, Al Shujaiya, Gaza, Palestinian territories
At least two men were killed in Al-Shujaiya neighbourhood during alleged Israeli airstrikes in the area at around dawn on May 14th, 2021, multiple sources reported. They were identified as Husam Baker al-Hayya and Saqer Abdulmajid al-Hayya. Both Husam Baker al-Hayya and Saqer Abdulmajid al-Hayya’s deaths were announced on Hamas’ Telegram channel, which identified them…

Summary

Published
14 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Military actors reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

14 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT057

Location

مخيم البريج, Al Bureij camp, Deir Al Balah, Palestinian territories
A civilian was killed and up to 16 others injured in Israeli strikes targeting two houses in Gaza’s Al Bureij refugee camp, multiple sources reported. The civilian killed was identified as Mahmoud Muhammad Ismail Al-Khalidi. Two sources said he was passing by the house of Ayman Nofal when it was hit by at least four…

Summary

Published
14 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
8–16
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

14 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT056

Location

قرب مسجد عبد الرزاق قليبو ، بيت لاهيا, Vicinity of Abdul Razzaq Qalibo Mosque, Beit Lahiya, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
Up to two civilians were killed in Israeli airstrikes in Beit Lahia on May 14th, 2021, according to multiple sources. Scores of missiles reportedly hit the area around Qlabia Mosque in Glebo hill, destroying it and resulting in the casualties. Two other men identified as members of Al Qassam were also killed. A single source,…

Summary

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

14 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT059

Location

الشيخ ناصر, Sheikh Nasser, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
Between two and seven civilians were reportedly injured in an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis on May 14th, 2021. A house belonging to the Abu Shakra family was hit in the incident. Many sources said it specifically belonged to Ziad Abu Shakra. Al Haq said this led to two injuries, while the Palestinian Centre for…

Summary

Published
14 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
2–7
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

14–15 May, 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT063

Location

شارع المشروع ,بيت لاهيا, Al Mashrou Street, Beit Lahiya, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
A Palestinian mother in her mid-forties was reportedly killed while her husband (49) and son were injured in an alleged airstrike by the Israeli Armed Forces in the Al-Amal neighborhood in Beit Lahiya, West of Khan Younes in Southern Gaza on May 14th/May 15th, 2021. The attack reportedly hit agricultural land next to the family's…

Summary

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

13 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT041

Location

حي الجنية, Al Jenina, Rafah, Palestinian territories
At least four people, including two women and between one to two children, were killed and 15 others, including seven children and three women, were injured in alleged Israeli airstrikes on the Al Jenina neighborhood in Rafah on May 13th, 2021. Only one of the victims, a man that was killed, was identified to be a…

Summary

Published
13 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
15
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

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

M21ISPT044

Location

قرب دوار الدحدوح, Vicinity of Al Dahdouh roundabout, Gaza, Palestinian territories
At least two men, identified as members of Al Qassam, were killed and other civilians were injured in alleged Israeli airstrikes on Al-Dahdouh Street in Tal al-Hawa on May 13, 2021. According to Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, Abdul Rahman Istabitah Khalaf Azzam (34) and Mustafa Hasan Ahmed al-‘Abed (35) were killed when Israeli planes…

Summary

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

13 May 2021

Incident Code

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

13 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT046

Location

مزارع بالقرب من بيت لاهيا, Farmlands near Beit Lahiya, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
Israeli military forces shelled farmland in Beit Lahia in the Northern Gaza Strip, killing one civilian and one combatant according to multiple sources. The civilian killed during the shelling was named as 25 year old farmer Suhaib Abd Al Raheem Awad Ghanem by several sources. He was allegedly a member of Fatah. The other victim…

Summary

Published
13 May 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
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

M21ISPT038

Location

الفخاري, Al Fakhary, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
At least one belligerent was killed and as many as two civilians were injured in alleged Israeli strikes on farmland in eastern Al-Fakhary in the southeast of Khan Younis on May 13th 2021. @MyPalestine0 reported that Abdel Aziz Abdel Hamid Abu Taima was killed by an artillery shell east of Al-Fokhari in Khan Younis and…

Summary

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

12 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT021

Location

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

Summary

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

12 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT022

Location

Hamoda Roundabout, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
Between three and five civilians were killed and another was injured in alleged Israeli airstrikes on a car near the Hamouda roundabout in Beit Lahiya on May 12, 2021. Sources refer to most of the men killed as members of Fatah but there is no direct association between them and militant activities. Only one of…

Summary

Published
12 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3–5
Civilians reported injured
1
Military actors reported killed
5–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

12 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT025

Location

شارع الشعف, Al Shafa Street, Gaza, Palestinian territories
At least one civilian was killed and three others, including a child, were injured in alleged Israeli strikes on Al-Sha’af Street in the east of the Al-Tuffah neighborhood on May 12, 2021. Al Qassam Brigades identified that a combatant was also killed in the strike, a "Mujahid Qassami". A tweet from @Reemjihad1 identified that "a civilian…

Summary

Published
12 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
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

12 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT028

Location

خزاعة, Khuza'a, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
At least three civilians, a woman and two children, were injured in alleged Israeli airstrikes on the town of Khuza'a on May 12, 2021. According to @NewpressPs, "a Palestinian woman and two children were injured in a bombing in the town of Khuza'a, east of Khan Yunis". The injuries resulted from the house of the woman…

Summary

Published
12 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
3
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

M21ISPT033

Location

مبنى البنك الوطني الإسلامي, Islamic Bank Building, Deir Al Balah, Palestinian territories
At least three civilians were injured in an alleged Israeli strike on the Islamic National Bank on Salah El-Din Street on May 12, 2021. The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights reported that "at approximately 11:50, Israeli warplanes launched 2 missiles; the first launched by a drone, at the Islamic National Bank on Salah al-Deen Street,…

Summary

Published
12 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
3
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

11 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT007

Location

عمارة طيبة في مخيم الشاطئ, Taiba building in Al Shati’ refugee camp, Gaza Strip, Gaza, Palestinian territories
A woman and her disabled son were killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike on their building in Gaza’s al Shati refugee camp. They were identified as Amira Abdel Fattah Subuh and Abdul-Rahman Yusef Ali Subuh. The airstrike hit the Taiba building, where they lived, in the early hours of the morning on May 11th, 2021.…

Summary

Published
11 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2–3
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

M21ISPT008

Location

عمارة الجندي المجهول, Al Jundi Al Majool Tower, Gaza, Palestinian territories
Three members of Islamic Jihad were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a tower block in central Gaza. Numerous sources also reported up to eight injuries, with two reporting children among the injured. The airstrike targeted the Al-Jundi Al-Majhool building, often referred to as the "Unknown Soldier" building in Gaza’s upmarket Rimal neighbourhood. There was…

Summary

Published
11 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
7–8
Military actors reported killed
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

11 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT006

Location

حي الشيخ رضوان ,شارع النفق, Al Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, Gaza, Gaza Strip, Gaza, Palestinian territories
Four members of one family, including two children, were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a house in Gaza’s Al Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, according to multiple sources. The airstrike killed 16-year-old Lina Iyad Fathi Sharir, alongside her mother and father, Layali Taha Sharir and Iyad Fathi Fayeq Sharir. Her sister, two-year-old Mina Iyad Sharir, was…

Summary

Published
11 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
25
Military actors 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

10 May 2021

Incident Code

M21ISPT005

Location

صالح دردونة, Saleh Dardouna Street near Al-Omari Mosque in Jabalia, North Gaza, North Gaza, Palestinian territories
Up to seven civilians were killed, including two children, and as many as 34 people were injured, when an alleged rocket fired by a Palestinian armed group landed in Saleh Dardouna Street, near the al-Omari Mosque in Jabalia, north Gaza on May 10th 2021, according to multiple sources. An investigation by Human Rights Watch revealed…

Summary

Published
10 May 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
5–7
Civilians reported injured
15–34
Military actors reported killed
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military, Palestinian Militants
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