Tag: Civilian targets
Khardand (Kurram Agency) Drone Attack – Jun 2011
Date: 20/06/2011 Location: Kurram Agency, FATA, Pakistan Perpetrators: United States Victims: 7 killed What Happened? 20 June 2011: US drone missiles struck a vehicle in the Khardand area of the Kurram Agency (One of Pakistan’s seven federally administered tribal areas). The first missile is reported to have killed at least 5 people. A double-tap missile…
Safad Bus Attack – Feb 1948
Date: 12/02/1948 Location: Al-Nabi Yusha, Safad Perpetrators: Haganah Victims: 5 Arabs Killed, 5 Injured What Happened? 12 February 1948: At 8 am on the morning of February 12, 1948, a bomb was electronically detonated under a bus en route from al Hula to Safad on the Nabi Yusha-Safad (2026) road and ambushed by Zionist forces.…
Sarafand Al-Amar Raid – Apr 1948
Date: 05/04/1948 Location: Ramle Perpetrators: Haganah Victims: 16+ Killed, 20+ Injured What Happened? 05 April 1948: A Haganah paramilitary force invaded the Palestinian Arab town of Sarafand al-Ammar, destroying a building, killing at least 16 Palestinian Arabs and wounding 20 more in the process. The Haganah believed the former Sarafand College, turned British Army staff…
Damodola Strike (Bajaur Agency) – Jan 2006
Date: 15/01/2006 Location: Bajaur Agency, FATA, Pakistan Perpetrators: United States Victims: 18+ killed, mostly women and children What Happened? 15 January 2006: A US drone missile struck the Damodola village in Bajaur Agency (Pakistan’s federally administered tribal areas), killing at least 18 people. Local media confirmed that five women and four children were among the…
Ragha (Khyber Agency) Drone Strikes – May 2010
Date: 15/05/2010 Location: Ragha, FATA, Pakistan Perpetrators: United States Victims: 23 killed, 15 injured What Happened? 15 May 2010: A series of four US drone missiles struck the Ragha area (Landi Kotal tehsil) of the Khyber Agency in FATA. The first missile hit a supposed gathering of people at night. The second and third missiles…
Raymond Davis Killings – Jan 2011
Date: 27/01/2011 Location: Lahore, Pakistan Perpetrators: United States Victims: 3 civilians killed What Happened? 27 January 2011: Armed with unlicensed weapons and living in unregistered safe houses, CIA agent Raymond Davis shot and killed two young men on a motorbike from inside his car. He then proceeded to trample through traffic to evade arrest from…
Datta Khel Drone Strike – March 2011
Date: 17/03/2011 Location: North Waziristan, Pakistan Perpetrators: United States Victims: 44 killed, 10+ injured What Happened? 17 March 2011: A tribal jirga (meeting of elders) scheduled to debate a local business dispute was struck by missiles fired from American drones. The building hosting the meeting collapsed, leading to the deaths of at least 44 civilians.…
Chenagai School Strike (Bajaur Agency) – Oct 2006
Date: 30/10/2006 Location: Chenagai, Bajaur Agency, Pakistan Perpetrators: United States Victims: 80+ killed, mostly children What Happened? 30 October 2006: Missiles fired from MQ-1 Predator drones struck a madrassa in the Chenagai district of Bajaur Agency (then-Federally administered by Islamabad). The massacre happened in the early hours of the morning, when the school was about…
Cairo-Haifa Railway Bombing – Apr 1947
Date: 22/04/1947 Location: Rehovot Perpetrators: Lehi / Stern Gang Victims: 8 killed, 27 injured What Happened? 22 April 1947: A 12-coach mixed military and civilian Cairo-Haifa train was derailed and wrecked after being attacked by Lehi terrorists from an orange grove. The derailment occurred after a land mine exploded under a first-class coach. The disoriented…