Friday, December 20, 2024 – The Gaza Strip

Since noon, December 19th until noon, December 20, 2024:

‣ 77 killed and 174 wounded persons brought to hospitals;

‣ Since October 7, 2023:

◦ 45,206 persons killed;

◦ 107,512 persons wounded.

Northern Strip

1. Jabalia refugee camp and town:

‣ Houses exploded during the night;

‣ Massive drone and artillery fire in the camp;

‣ Drone fire in Jabalia Al Balad;

‣ Helicopter fire in the east;

‣ Artillery fire in the camp;

‣ House bombed in Nazla Jabalia, 12 persons killed, 7 of them children.

2. Beit Lahia:

‣ Artillery fire at gate of Kamal Adwan Hospital;

‣ Artillery fire.

3. Beit Hanoun – house bombed, 4 persons killed, an entire family.

4. Gaza City:

‣ House bombed in Sheikh Radwan;

‣ Artillery fire in Al Zeitoun;

‣ Bombing of Tel El Hawa;

‣ House bombed in Al Zeitoun;

‣ Aerial bombing of Al Sabra.

Zeina Khaled Ashour. Lost her entire family and her leg.

Central Strip

1. Al Bureij:

‣ Artillery fire from the north;

‣ Helicopter fire.

2. Nuseirat refugee camp:

‣ Smoke bombs north-east of camp;

‣ Artillery fire north-west of camp;

‣ Apartment bombed, 7 persons killed, 2 children among them;

‣ Aerial bombing.

Southern Strip

1. Rafah:

‣ Night aerial bombing;

‣ Shelling of Al Mawasi from the sea (west).

2. Khan Yunis – artillery fire at Khuza'a (east).

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Sources: Addameer, Al Jazeera, Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, DCI - Palestine, Democracy Now, Haaretz, IDF (Israel Defence Forces), International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, The Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), Jordan Valley Activists (Media groups), Letters of American healthcare workers who worked in Gaza, Local Call, OCHA OPT, Looking the Occupation in the Eye, Masafering (Outside the Herd), Middle East Eye, Ministry of Public Health, Lebanon, Palestinian Health Ministry, Palestine Red Crescent Society, Quds News, South Hebron Mountain Activists (Media groups), UNICEF, Wafa News Agency, WHO.