Since noon, December 18th until noon, December 19, 2024:
‣ 32 killed and 94 wounded persons brought to hospitals;
‣ UN OCHA OPT (United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - Occupied Palestinian Territory) reports evidence of using arms that “evaporate” bodies. At least in the case of 20 persons killed;
‣ Since October 7, 2023:
◦ 45,129 persons killed;
◦ 107,338 persons wounded.
Additional reading
‣ Report of Doctors Without Borders on signs of Ethnic Cleansing;
‣ Human Rights Watch Organization report on intentional water deprivation in Gaza;
‣ The Guardian article on the destruction in Jabalia.
Attacks against Israel
‣ Alarm siren in Kissufim, 2 interceptions (false alarms in additional localities);
‣ Drone at Magen and Ein HaBsor, fall in open area.
Northern Strip
‣ During the day, 50 persons reported killed in the Northern Strip and in Gaza City, including 14 children.
1. Jabalia refugee camp and town:
‣ Machine-gun fire;
‣ Intense artillery fire;
‣ Bombing of Jabalia Al Balad, 6 persons killed;
‣ Houses exploded west of the camp.
2. Beit Lahia:
‣ Attacks against Kamal Adwan Hospital and surroundings continue;
‣ Artillery fire.
3. Gaza City:
‣ Al Daraj (east) – night bombing of house opposite clinic, 4 persons killed including children;
‣ Sheikh Radwan (north-west) – mosque bombed;
‣ Drones at Al Zeitoun (south-east);
‣ Artillery fire at eastern part of town;
‣ 3 houses bombed in Al Tuffah neighborhood (east), 20 persons killed, many missing;
‣ Bombing of Al Shati (west) – 3 persons killed;
‣ Buildings at Al Zeitoun exploded;
‣ 2 houses bombed at Al Sabra (south), 5 persons killed;
‣ House bombed at Al Rimal (west).
Central Strip
1. Nuseirat refugee camp:
‣ Artillery fire from the north;
‣ Bombing, one person killed.
2. Al Maghazi refugee camp – house bombed, 4 persons killed.
3. Deir al-Balah – drone bombing, one person killed and others wounded.
Southern Strip
1. Rafah:
‣ Drones bomb from the north, 3 persons killed;
‣ Shelling of Al Mawasi from the sea (west);
‣ Vehicle bombed in eastern Rafah, 3 persons killed.
2. Khan Yunis:
‣ Artillery fire at Khuza'a (east);
‣ Machine-gun fire.
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.
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