Death toll from Israeli attack on Maghazi refugee camp rises to 11
We reported earlier that five people were killed in an overnight attack by Israel’s military on a house in the Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza’s Deir el-Balah.
The number of dead has now risen to 11 with more people missing and believed to be trapped under the rubble of the destroyed home, which belonged to the Shana’a family, Palestine’s state news agency Wafa reports.
Health staff take injured Palestinian children to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah after an Israeli attack on the Maghazi refugee camp, central Gaza, on October 18
Two patients die in ICU after Israeli forces destroy hospital’s generator
Our colleagues on the ground are reporting that the Israeli army is advancing from the east of Jabalia as it continues its deadly siege of northern Gaza which is now in its third week.
Hundreds of families had to flee as the Israeli army intensified its bombing on the residential areas while two patients died in the ICU of the Indonesian Hospital after Israeli forces besieged it and destroyed the generator.
Another school-turned-shelter hit by Israeli attack
An Israeli attack on a school in Shati camp housing displaced Palestinians has killed and wounded many people. The Palestinian Civil Defence confirmed the attack and said it was on the UNRWA-affiliated Asmaa School.
Israeli attack kills four people in Nuseirat
Our colleagues on the ground are reporting that four people from the same family were killed in Israeli artillery shelling on a residential building west of Nuseirat camp in central Gaza.
This comes after seven people were killed and many wounded in an Israeli attack on a UNRWA school sheltering displaced Palestinians in Shati camp.
