On Day 381 of the ongoing genocide in Gaza, the Israeli army continued demolishing homes west of Jabalia camp and in several areas in the northern parts of the coastal enclave, families trapped in the devastated refugee camp have pleaded for urgent aid and evacuation.
Ten Palestinians were killed and thirty others injured due to Israeli artillery shelling of Jabalia Elementary School, which shelters displaced families in Jabalia refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip.
Medical teams retrieved ten bodies and several injured individuals from the site of the Israeli artillery shelling on Jabalia Preparatory School in the upper school area, which serves as a UNRWA shelter for displaced people in Jabalia refugee camp.
ICRC teams were recently in the north of Gaza and saw firsthand the devastating humanitarian situation civilians are experiencing.
Deputy head of Gaza sub-delegation Stephanie Eller shares more 👇🏽 pic.twitter.com/coNBA2dnDc
— ICRC (@ICRC) October 21, 2024
The Palestinian Civil Defense has confirmed that more than six hundred Palestinians have been killed since the start of the Israeli aggression on Jabalia camp on October 6 and added that dozens of slain Palestinians remain under the rubble and on the streets.
The Civil Defense stated that the Israeli army is starving the Palestinians in northern Gaza, ensuring the families remain without food or water, and added that its teams found families that have not been able to eat anything for more than five days.
Israeli strikes hit a school sheltering forcibly displaced Palestinians in Jabalia, northern Gaza, with footage showing children wearing backpacks among the victims lying motionless. pic.twitter.com/eCCoCyXheN
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) October 21, 2024
Israeli forces are still besieging tens of thousands of Palestinians in their homes in the northern areas, preventing the delivery of food, water, and medicine to those trapped in these areas for the past 17 days.
Talking to Al-Jazeera, the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, Husam Abu Safiya, said the medical center has run out of resources, adding that the hospital’s blood units have completely run out, blood units and medical supplies are no longer available, “even shrouds for the dead are no longer available.”
Abu Safiya added that many wounded Palestinians have died due to the lack of basic medical supplies and that many wounded Palestinians remain lying in the streets as there is no way to retrieve them due to the siege and the ongoing bombing.
“We urgently call for a humanitarian corridor to deliver food to the staff who are currently without provisions. Our medical teams are working tirelessly without rest due to the continuous shelling around the hospital,” Abu Safiyya stated. “There is an ongoing genocide targeting the healthcare system in northern Gaza. We are in contact with relevant international institutions, but unfortunately, they are completely absent.
Yousif was killed today, another hope was killed. pic.twitter.com/ByG3VZaqI4
— Wizard Bisan (@Wizard__Bisan) October 21, 2024
Medical sources in Gaza stated that at least 57 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip since dawn today, forty-four of whom were in the northern part of the coastal enclave.
On its part, UNRWA stated that every minute is crucial, and the delay in allowing access to northern Gaza prevents rescue teams from reaching the injured.
In a post on X, UNRWA stressed the critical need for immediate access to northern Gaza for essential medical supplies and stated that with no operational medical points, UNRWA teams are prepared but urgently require supplies to deliver care. ICU patients have died following power cuts due to strikes on hospitals, while Kamal Adwan and Al-Awda hospitals struggle to function at minimal capacity due to severe shortages.
Listen to this survivor’s plea.
People have been trapped under rubble for days and need to be rescued.
Every minute counts but we’re still not granted access to Falouja in North #Gaza.
We’ve been asking for this urgently from Israeli authorities since Friday. #AccessDenied pic.twitter.com/OHZrWZOCUq
— OCHA OPT (Palestine) (@ochaopt) October 20, 2024
Furthermore, the army fired many shells and barrages of live rounds at Palestinian homes and buildings on Ahmad Yassin Street, north of Gaza City.
Medical sources said the soldiers killed two Palestinians and wounded many in artillery shelling of the Saftawi area, in the northwestern area of Gaza City.
“Gaza is the real world embodiment of hell on earth for its million children.” – @1james_elder, UNICEF Spokesperson.
Children need a ceasefire NOW. pic.twitter.com/4vj1ux4Elf
— UNICEF (@UNICEF) October 21, 2024
In Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, several Palestinians were killed and injured when an Israeli military drone fired a missile at a tent of a displaced family, in the western part of the city.
In Rafah, in Gaza’s southmost part, at least five Palestinians were killed and many injured when the army fired artillery shells at Shaboura, Khirbet Al-Adas, and Arabiya, in the central and northern part of the city.
On its part, the Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, announced that its fighters ambushed an engineering unit of the Israeli army, resulting in deaths and injuries, west of Jabalia, in northern Gaza.
Al-Qassam added that its fighters also struck with mortar shells the Israeli army’s commanded center, north of Gaza City.
It also said that its fighter destroyed an armored Israeli military vehicle, and shot a soldier on top of another vehicle, in the northern area of the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza City.
On Sunday, Day 380 of the ongoing genocide, Israeli missiles and shells killed and injured dozens of Palestinians, including children and women, among them 84 Palestinians who were killed in Beit Lahia, at least twenty-two of whom are from one family.
The Israeli army has continued its bombing and shelling of the Gaza Strip by land, sea, and air since October 7, 2023, resulting in the deaths of 42,603 Palestinians, including 17.029 children and 11.585 women, and injuries to 99,795 others, most of whom are children and women, in addition to the thousands of missing Palestinians, largely under the rubble of bombarded buildings, on destroyed streets and bombarded alleys across the devastated coastal enclave.
