From noon October 17th until noon October 18, 2024:
‣ 62 killed and 300 wounded persons were brought to hospitals;
‣ At the end of 14 days of siege on the Northern Strip: 450 persons killed, but the estimate is 500 persons killed since many bodies have not been removed;
‣ During the day 64 persons were killed, of them 45 in Jabalia alone;
‣ Since October 7, 2023:
◦ 42,500 persons killed;
◦ 99,546 persons wounded.
Northern Strip
14 days of siege. Gaza Health Minsitry – humanitarian disaster in the neo-natal and premature babies in the Kamal Adwan Hospital (Beit Lahia) due to lack of fuel and medication. Israel has disconnected communication networks and tanks advance into Jabalia.
1. Jabalia refugee camp and town:
‣ Al Nasser Square – house bombed, children killed;
‣ House bombed in Al Falouja;
‣ Bombing in Jabalia town, one woman killed;
‣ Artillery fire at Tel Al Za’atar;
‣ Al Falouja – a 32-person family caught under rubble for 2 days, impossible to rescue them, they are sending distress messages;
‣ Bombing in Zarqa area, 14 persons killed, including children;
‣ Jabalia refugee camp – bulldozers demolished a house over its inhabitants, 14 persons buried under the rubble, no contact with them;
‣ Bombing at Al Nasser Junction in the camp, 30 persons killed including 21 women. 70 wounded;
2. Gaza City:
‣ Al Zeitoun (south-east) – house bombed. Artillery fire. 2 persons killed, no contact for 2 days, now their bodies rescued from the rubble;
‣ Al Shati (west) – house bombed, persons wounded and killed, children among them (no numbers mentioned);
‣ Tel El Hawa (south-west) – artillery fire. Family under siege for several days was rescued;
‣ Al Sabra (south) – one person killed in bombing;
‣ Western part of town – drone, 2 persons killed.
3. Beit Lahia – artillery fire, wounded persons. House bombed, 7 persons wounded, one missing.
Central Strip
Abdul Rahman Al-Dalu, Sha’aban Al-Dalu's young brother, died of his wounds
1. Nuseirat refugee camp – shelling from the sea.
2. Al Bureij refugee camp – artillery fire from the north.
3. Al Mughraqa – ceaseless bombings.
Southern Strip
1. Drone attack east of Rafah, one person killed.
A mosque, north of Rafah
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, Jordan Valley Activists (Media groups), Letters of American healthcare workers who worked in Gaza, Local Call, OCHA OPT, Palestinian Health Ministry, Palestine Red Crescent Society, Quds News, South Hebron Mountain Activists (Media groups), UNICEF, Wafa News Agency, WHO.
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