civilians

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It has since struck repeatedly in southern Lebanon and issued wide-scale evacuation orders for Lebanese civilians before further strikes.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Ukraine's military said its forces had struck an elite Russian military drone unit in the area, in Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine, and had not targeted civilians.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

Ukraine denied targeting civilians, saying it had hit a Russian drone unit stationed in the Starobilsk area.

From Barron's • May 24, 2026

Palestinians say some civilians who didn’t know where the line was unwittingly came too close.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

Hundreds of prisoners—most of them foreign civilians, like Gertie—are held here.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly