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Israel 'most injurious state actor'
Across the globe state actors were responsible for 77% of the civilian casualties caused by explosives.
AOAV says Israel "was by far the most injurious state actor in 2023", with more than 1,000 attacks leading to 12,950 civilian casualties - dead and injured.
Russia was second, with its war in Ukraine causing 8,351 civilian casualties.
Ongoing conflicts in Sudan, Myanmar, Syria and Somalia also contributed to the highest civilian casualties recorded by AOAV since 2010.
Non-state actors, including militants and proscribed groups, were also behind the increase in the use of explosive weapons last year. However, AOAV recorded the number of civilians killed by non-state actors as falling by 8%.