civilian casualties
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Humanitarian groups say they fear the operations could be causing uncounted civilian casualties.
From Salon • May 19, 2026
The UN mission, which has a mandate to monitor civilian casualties only in Afghanistan, said its report was based on checks with three independent sources.
From Barron's • May 12, 2026
In World War II, the British Army suffered half the losses they had in World War I. Yet civilian casualties were higher.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
He specifically called on the U.S. and Israel to end the war, as “human suffering deepens, civilian casualties mount, and the global economic impact is increasingly devastating.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
Live-fire military exercises held across South Korea have mostly taken place without incident - though there have been rare cases of civilian casualties.
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026