On Tuesday, Day 381 of the ongoing genocide, the devastated Gaza Strip witnessed a serious escalation in Israeli military bombing and shelling attacks, resulting in dozens of deaths and injuries across the besieged and starved coastal enclave.
Media sources reported intense gunfire and bombings in the Saftawi area of northern Gaza, resulting in numerous casualties, including many fatalities.
The army also fired a missile at a house near the Zaharna building on Al-Jala’ Street in Gaza City and conducted an airstrike on the northern areas of the Gaza Strip. There were also reports of heavy gunfire in the northwestern regions of Gaza City.
“What people are facing is horrific—in terms of squalor, in terms of overcrowding. People are asking for aid, for safety, for security. They are asking for the bombing to stop.”@UNRWA Sam Rose tells @AlJazeera that it remains extremely difficult to get a clear picture of the… pic.twitter.com/YIEP6plu1E
— UNRWA (@UNRWA) October 22, 2024
In Beit Lahia, in northern Gaza, an Israeli drone strike resulted in the killing of several citizens, in addition to many wounded.
Also in northern Gaza, at least three Palestinians were killed and several others injured in a strike on a shelter in Beit Hanoun.
Fifteen Palestinians, including children and women, were killed, and many were injured due to an Israeli drone strike on the town of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip.
Palestinian journalist Ibrahim Nofal appears in a documentary, recounting the horrific day when an Israeli airstrike killed 11 of his family members and injured 35 others.—Source: @leylahamed pic.twitter.com/1gUtn6jx3b
— Suppressed News. (@SuppressedNws) October 21, 2024
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) stated that three Palestinians were killed, and many were injured in a drone strike targeting a group of Palestinians in the town of Beit Lahia.
Also, twelve citizens were killed in an Israeli artillery shelling targeting displaced families at the Abu Jidian intersection in Beit Lahia.
Furthermore, at least eight Palestinians were killed and many injured when the army fired shells at displaced Palestinians in the Al-Alami area in the Jabalia refugee camp. Israeli soldiers also fired many artillery shells at Bloc 4 and Bloc 5 of the Jabalia refugee camp.
Burning Jabalia camp is what Israeli occupation forces take pride in, by posting pictures of their crimes before the powerless and silent world. The burning has affected homes, residential buildings, and shelters after destroying the camp and killing its people. https://t.co/7yhNOKdKDe pic.twitter.com/NOWdPMEybg
— Gaza Notifications (@gazanotice) October 21, 2024
The army continues to besiege and isolate the northern areas of the Gaza Strip, destroying and bombing homes, and preventing the entry of food supplies for the eighteenth consecutive day, forcing dozens of thousands of citizens to flee. More than 10,000 citizens remain in Beit Lahia.
It is worth mentioning that late Monday evening, ten Palestinians were killed and thirty others injured due to an Israeli artillery shelling on Jabalia Preparatory School, which was housing displaced families in Jabalia refugee camp.
🚑Horrific scenes as Palestine Red Crescent teams transported the bodies of 5 people, including children, and 27 injured from the Jabalia Al-Balad area in northern #Gaza following artillery shelling. The victims were taken to Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital.
📷Footage by volunteer:… pic.twitter.com/3oIfXmPdWX— PRCS (@PalestineRCS) October 22, 2024
The Palestinian Civil Defense said that more than six hundred Palestinians have been killed since the start of the Israeli attack on Jabalia camp on October 6th, while dozens remain under the rubble and on the roads.
Residents and paramedics said that the Israeli army surrounded hospitals and displacement camps in northern Gaza, intensifying their operations and preventing essential aid from reaching civilians.
They added that the forces abducted dozens of men and ordered women to leave the Jabalia refugee camp, while the soldiers continued to demolish and burn houses in large areas of northern Gaza.
As of a preliminary count, the death toll since the onset of the aggression on the Gaza Strip on October 7 has reached around 42,603, with 99,795 Palestinians injured, the majority of whom are women and children. Thousands of Palestinians remain trapped under the rubble and in the streets, making them inaccessible.
