At least four killed in latest Israeli attack on central Gaza
The Israeli army is collecting all the men and leading them to unknown areas for interrogation during its incursion in northern Gaza. In previous such incidents, Palestinians have been used by Israeli forces as human shields.
The women and children were told to evacuate to a densely populated area in western Beit Lahiya town, but that was bombed heavily last night.
The military siege of Jabalia refugee camp has made it very difficult for people to evacuate. As soon as people leave their homes, they’re shot at or chased by Israeli quadcopters. Many were killed and their bodies left on the streets. People decided to stay in their homes rather than take the risk.
In the latest Israeli attack, at least four people have been killed, including an elderly woman, in Deir el-Balah city after a small grocery shop was bombed. Ambulances don’t have enough fuel so civilian vehicles are picking up the wounded, along with carts pulled by horses and other animals ferrying the victims to the hospital.
Israeli army says colonel killed in northern Gaza
The army said Ahsan Daksa, 41, was the commander of the 401st Armoured Brigade and his tank was hit by explosive devices during operations in Jabalia, northern Gaza.
Israeli forces burning shelters housing internally displaced: Report
Israeli soldiers are burning shelters surrounding the Indonesian Hospital in Beit Lahiya after forcibly removing displaced Palestinian families, Quds News Network reported, citing sources in northern Gaza.
The attack in Beit Lahiya comes after Gaza health officials said three partially functioning hospitals treating severely wounded patients and sheltering thousands of displaced Palestinians in northern Gaza were now out of service after coming under intense Israeli fire.
Israeli forces bombed al-Awda Hospital in Jabalia early on Saturday and shelled the Kamal Adwan and Indonesian Hospitals in Beit Lahiya earlier today.
Breaking | According to sources from northern Gaza, Israeli occupation forces are burning the shelters surrounding the Indonesian hospital after forcibly evacuating them of displaced Palestinian families. pic.twitter.com/p056u1ZZes
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) October 20, 2024
Israel’s plan is ’emptying northern Gaza’
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights has said Israeli forces are forcing residents of northern Gaza to leave their homes and shelters while carrying out mass arrests of Palestinian civilians.
The group said it has been warning that the siege imposed on northern Gaza, now in its 16th day, is aimed at “emptying [the] northern Gaza Strip by imposing a strict siege and exterminating and starving the population to force them to leave southwards”.
🚨Live-streamed ethnic cleansing: Israeli occupation forces are forcing residents of northern #Gaza Strip to leave their homes and shelters and is carrying out mass arrests of Palestinian civilians.
♦️We have been for weeks warning of Israel’s Generals’ Plan, which is being… pic.twitter.com/Pby4ARSAhI
— Palestinian Centre for Human Rights - PCHR (@pchrgaza) October 20, 2024
People in besieged north Gaza are crying out for help
We’re now entering the third week of a siege on the northern Gaza Strip. According to people there, last night Israeli forces started invading homes, forcibly evicting residents.
Trapped Palestinians are pleading for food and drinking water – the most basic necessities that are not available.
The people feel unheard despite their efforts to share their experiences online. They record videos, yet they remain trapped. With no food, no aid, and no support reaching them, they continue to suffer as the relentless Israeli air attacks persist.
Civil defence teams are trying to pull people out from under the rubble, either with their bare hands or with minimum equipment. We’re talking about four- to five-storey buildings, and all of that concrete is on top of people.
