On Thursday, Day 384 of the ongoing Israeli assault on the entire civilian population of 2.2 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army continued the bombardment and shelling of various parts of the devastated, besieged, and starved Gaza Strip, resulting in hundreds of Palestinian casualties.
Update: 11:30 PM
Dozens of Palestinian citizens were killed and others injured on Thursday evening in a new massacre committed by the Israeli occupation forces when they bombed a residential area in Jabalia camp, north of the Gaza Strip, which has been witnessing a process of genocide and ethnic cleansing for 20 days.
Local sources reported that 150 citizens, including women and children, were killed and injured when occupation aircraft bombed at least ten houses in the Al-Hawja area in the middle of Jabalia camp. They pointed out that citizens in the targeted area launched distress calls for help in transporting the wounded, but ambulance and rescue crews are facing difficulty in reaching the place after the occupation disrupted their work in the northern Gaza Strip.
The sources indicated that the houses that were bombed belong to the families: Al-Najjar, Abu Al-Auf, Salman, Hijazi, Abu Al-Qumsan, Aql, Abu Rashid, Abu Al-Tarabish, Zaqoul, and Shaalan.
Since October 5 , the occupation forces have continued their ground invasion and violent bombardment of various areas in the northern Gaza Strip, while continuing their efforts to empty the area of its residents through forced evacuation and displacement .
In the southern Gaza Strip, three citizens were killed and others were injured as a result of the occupation artillery shelling of the eastern areas of Khan Yunis.
Medical sources reported that three martyrs and 20 wounded, including children and women, arrived at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis, as a result of the occupation’s bombing of the eastern areas of the city.
Earlier, the occupation artillery targeted the neighborhoods of Al-Manara, Ma’an, Sheikh Nasser, and the outskirts of Qizan Al-Najjar, south and east of Khan Yunis, which led to a mass displacement of hundreds of families towards the west of the city .
Below [GRAPHIC VIDEO] shows the aftermath of today’s latest Israeli massacre of civilians in Jabalia:
The Deputy Spokesperson for the United Nations, Farhan Haq, said today, Thursday, that the Israeli siege on the northern Gaza Strip shows a lack of respect for international law .
Haq explained, in a press conference, that the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) referred to the destruction in Gaza as a result of the Israeli aggression .
“The massive destruction caused by the blockade in northern Gaza shows that the war is being waged without respect for international law. Families there are trapped in their places and unable to move , ” he continued .
Haq pointed out that there are currently between 50 and 70 thousand people in Jabalia, and that 63 thousand people have been displaced from the north to the center of the Strip.
Since October 7 , 2023, Israel, the occupying power, has been waging a war of genocide on the Gaza Strip, leaving more than 143,000 dead and wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 10,000 missing, amid massive destruction and famine that has killed dozens of children and the elderly, in one of the worst humanitarian disasters in the world .
Israel continues this war, ignoring the UN Security Council resolution to end it immediately, and the International Court of Justice’s orders to take measures to prevent acts of genocide and improve the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza .
Updated from:
11:30 am report – October 24, 2024:
The Israeli army has maintained its massive ground offensive, bombing, and siege on northern Gaza for the last twenty days, resulting in hundreds of casualties.
The Palestinian Civil Defense in Gaza announced a complete halt to its operations in the northern governorate, leaving residents without any humanitarian services due to the siege and the constant Israeli military escalation.
Media sources reported that the army also abducted five Civil Defense medics and took them to an unknown location.
|Northern Gaza Remains Under Constant Bombing, Deadly Siege|
The army continued to force families, who were sheltering in schools, to evacuate after subjecting them to intense searches and abducting dozens of residents.
The army stated that its soldiers had abducted two hundred Palestinians in the past few days from the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza.
Medical sources reported that a child, Ata Fadi Shehada, and his mother were killed in Israeli shelling of the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza.
Additionally, at least thirty-one citizens were killed in a series of separate airstrikes on northern Gaza in the past 24 hours, including ten from the Dardouna family in Jabalia, as well as a doctor and a nurse at Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia.
After spending 6 days under the rubble, Palestinian woman from Northern Gaza Strip gets saved after surviving an lsraeli air attack targeting her house. pic.twitter.com/RlyrRtD1ct
— TIMES OF GAZA (@Timesofgaza) October 24, 2024
The director of the Municipal Police in northern Gaza, Mazen Al-Kahlout, was also killed in an Israeli strike near Al-Yaman Al-Saeed Hospital in the Jabalia refugee camp.
Several Palestinians were injured when the army targeted displaced residents in the Jabalia an-Nazla area in northern Gaza.
An Israeli drone shot and killed Dr.Muhamad Ghanem who is a medical doctor at kamal Edwan hospital in North Gaza.
The Israeli artillery indiscriminate bombardment continued targeting civilian houses in Beit Lahia destroying and burning them. pic.twitter.com/zOGcDupcHN— Mustafa Barghouti @Mustafa_Barghouti (@MustafaBarghou1) October 23, 2024
Furthermore, the army abducted three Civil Defense workers in the Sheikh Zayed area in Beit Lahia in northern Gaza.
|Day 383 Update: Dozens of Casualties as Israel Escalates Gaza Bombing|
In Gaza City, an Israeli army sharpshooter killed a young man in the Tel Al-Hawa neighborhood, west of Gaza, after hours of targeting a gathering of citizens, resulting in the death of four members of the Dagmash family.
One Palestinian was killed, and many were injured in artillery shelling targeting a gathering of Palestinian families near Al-Hashimiyah School in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza City.
Al Jazeera vehemently condemns Israeli military allegations that six of its journalists in Gaza are affiliated with Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. The network says it fears Israel may use the accusations as a pretext to attack the journalists. pic.twitter.com/qEvGirHkeV
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) October 23, 2024
At least one Palestinian was injured when the army fired a shell near the Salahuddin Mosque in the Zeitoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City.
Furthermore, one Palestinian, Ali Abed Shafe’ey, was killed after an Israeli sharpshooter shot him at the entrance of Techno Gym in the Tal Al-Hawa neighborhood, south of Gaza City.
In the central Gaza Strip, intense artillery shelling and heavy gunfire targeted the Abu Jalal, Az-Za’fran, and Al-Sa’ayda areas east of the Al-Maghazi and Al-Bureij camps.
“My leg is full of blood. It bleeds everyday.”
A Palestinian girl cried in pain while speaking to a journalist after being forced to walk miles from northern Gaza due to Israel’s ongoing siege. pic.twitter.com/JwHrBZe7HD
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) October 24, 2024
Medical sources reported that at least one Palestinian was killed, and many were injured when the army fired an artillery shell at the Al-Maghazi refugee camp.
Additionally, Israeli aircraft targeted a UNRWA vehicle, resulting in the death of one of its employees and his brother.
In Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, the army shelled the Al-Manara neighborhood, killing at least one Palestinian and causing several injuries.
“Doctor, check on him, please! Maybe he would be alive”
A Palestinian father is in denial over the tragic loss of his son, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike in central Gaza. pic.twitter.com/2FQZK0rIOm
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) October 24, 2024
In the southernmost part of the Gaza Strip, the army demolished residential buildings in the Tel Al-Sultan neighborhood west of Rafah city.
The army also wired and detonated many homes and buildings in several parts of Rafah city.
The Israeli army has continued its onslaught on the Gaza Strip by land, sea, and air since October 7, 2023, resulting in the deaths of more than 42,792 citizens, including 17,029 children, 11,585 women, 986 medical staff, 85 Civil Defense personnel, 177 journalists, 203 UN staff, and 496 educational staff.
At least 100,412 have been injured, the majority of whom are children and women, with an incomplete toll as more than 10,000 remain under the rubble, on destroyed trees, and in bombarded alleys.
