2017 Mosul airstrike
| 2017 Mosul airstrike | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Battle of Mosul (2016–2017) | |
Iraqi Army firing at ISIS positions in western Mosul, 17 March 2017 | |
2017 Mosul airstrike (Iraq) | |
| Location | 36°20′N 43°08′E / 36.34°N 43.13°E Mosul, Iraq |
| Date | 17 March 2017 |
Attack type | Airstrike |
| Deaths | 105–278 |
| Injured | Unknown |
| Perpetrators | United States |
The 2017 Mosul airstrike, was an American bombing in the al-Aghawat al-Jadidah neighborhood in western Mosul on 17 March 2017 that killed between 105 and 278 civilians. The incident was the largest single death toll inflicted by a coalition air strike since the 2003 invasion of Iraq by U.S. forces.
Some residents of the al-Jadida neighborhood say the airstrike hit an explosive-filled truck, detonating a blast that collapsed buildings packed with families. A Pentagon investigation concluded that a US aircraft delivered a single precision-guided bomb (GBU-38 JDAM) with the intention of targeting two ISIL snipers on the second storey of a structure in al-Jadida neighborhood. But the bomb also caused a large cache of ISIL explosives to detonate, leading to the catastrophic collapse of the building that had civilians sheltering downstairs, officials said.