Day 18 of Israel's third ground invasion of the North Gaza governorate. ### Overview This day was marked by the IDF's **focus on Beit Lahia**, ordering people to leave, opening fire and besieging the area. Beit Lahia is one of the areas in North Gaza where the population has been concentrated when fleeing the ground invasion in Jabalia. Journalists [reported](https://x.com/AbdSabbah91/status/1848608689004957752) that the **streets** are strewn with **dozens of bodies** of killed and wounded people that no one can rescue. People are unable to reach the cemeteries for a proper burial of martyrs, who are buried in the roads and streets instead ### Healthcare situation #### Kamal Adwan Hospital: - The IDF **besieged** the hospital, ordered its evacuation, and carried out strikes against it directly and around it, as attested by the hospital's director, Dr. Hossam Abu Safiya ([1](https://x.com/GazaMedicVoices/status/1848658337254056207) [2](https://x.com/Dr_Muneer1/status/1848815553785565322)) who issued urgent pleas for intervention to protect the patients and put an end to Israeli crimes. - The strikes around the hospital **destroyed the roads leading to it** and severely hindering essential life-saving work of ambulances. - Kamal Adwan is the only relatively operational hospital. Yet, it struggles with the flow of casualties exceeding its capacity, while also facing a near total lack of medical supplies. The hospital was **forced to triage since October 19**, leading to many dying from their injuries - **Over 150 patients** are receiving treatment inside, including over 15 cases of newborns and patients in ICU - Communications cut off - Essential **supplies ran out**: blood units, medications, tubes we use for chest drainage, and basic medical supplies. And **Israel persists in denying** these supplies #### Al-Awda hospital - IDF [continues besieging](https://x.com/Dr_Muneer1/status/1848815041099010288) Al-Awda hospital, denying life-saving care to casualties. This is the third time the hospital has been besieged since October 7, 2023. - IDF diretly struck and destroyed the hospital's third and second floors on October 20, also destroying water tanks #### Photos: - [Forced displacement](https://x.com/AnasAlSharif0/status/1848656231969259852) - [Beit Lahia market turned into cemetery](https://x.com/AnasAlSharif0/status/1848663018076262721) --- List of events harming civilians, infrastructure and living conditions: ### Morning - Around 3 am, the IDF carried out detonations around the Salama associaiton in Beit Lahia, causing [casualties](https://x.com/AnasAlSharif0/status/1848513589297959181) - Early morning, journalists [reported](https://x.com/AnasAlSharif0/status/1848589072907849834) that massacres are being perpetrated across Jabalia and Beit Lahia. Families remain besieged, sending SOSs while ambulances cannot reach them as they're [shot on sight by the IDF](https://x.com/AnasAlSharif0/status/1848590725081936062) - IDF [drones order](https://x.com/HossamShabat/status/1848597548841173214) people to leave Beit Lahia - **Artillery** shelling targets **displaced people** at Abu Al-Jidyan intersection in Beit Lahia. [12 killed](https://x.com/AHM3D_HAMDAN/status/1848601013663461412) - **Tanks shot civilians** in Al-Alami area in Jabalia camp. [8 killed](https://x.com/AnasAlSharif0/status/1848607575023005970) - **Artillery** shelling of western gate of [Kamal Adwan Hospital](https://x.com/AnasAlSharif0/status/1848626632879136905) - **Drone strike** on a group of people in Jabalia al-Nazala. [One person killed](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1848641514831843526): Mouin Muhammad Abdullah Abu al-Nour. - Drone drops a **stun grenade** on **Kamal Adwan Hospital**. [One woman killed and 6 injuries](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1848648831425994789) ### Midday - Soldiers [torch houses](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1848700866787774690) in Beit Lahia ### Afternoon - The IDF dug a pit in the Sheikh Zayed area and [placed women in the pit](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1848711065028198903) - Strike on a **group of people** in Jabalia al-Balad. [One person killed](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1848691181208629751) - Drone strike on a **group of people** at the beginning of Al-Nazla Street in Jabalia Al-Nazla. [Two killed](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1848694217133961726): - Muhammad Mouin Khilla "Abu Al-Nour" (son) - Father Mouin Khilla "Abu Al-Nour" (father) - IDF releases young men into northern Gaza City after [detaining](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1848709437747290116) them in Jabalia ### Evening - Strike on the Alyan family house in Jabalia. [Casualties reported](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1848711718521680374). 3 men of the family [were killed](https://x.com/Qadeyah1/status/1849882748271353993) - Muhammad Alyan (father) - "Abu Iyad" (son) - Muhammad's grandson - [Drones come back](https://x.com/dn_osama_rabee/status/1848715395600941532) to Kamal Adwan Hospital ordering its evacuation - Strike on a **residential block** near Kamal Adwan hospital. [without casualties](https://x.com/dn_osama_rabee/status/1848735436065087563). ([Photo of the building before and after](https://x.com/izzeddinshaheen/status/1848742274630357178)) - Drone strike in Beit Lahia market. [Two injuries](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1848755490055950693) - Strike on a house in Al-Ajarma street in Jabalia [Source](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1848768624179257699) ### Night - Artillery shelling on **Zayd ibn Haritha** school in Beit Lahia, [killing 7 people](https://x.com/AnasAlSharif0/status/1848777751513149709) - Resumption of airstrikes and artillery shelling, including a **renewed** one on the same building **near Kamal Adwan hospital**. As rescue crews headed out to pinpoint the location of a strike, the location was [struck again on their arrival](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1848796264722223140). - Roads leading to [Kamal Adwan Hospital cut off](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1848806187124375661) due to Israeli bombing - Journalists report ([1](https://x.com/AnasAlSharif0/status/1848829423157424151) [2](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1848829455243862146)) Israeli warplas dropped explosive barrels - Strike on the Halawa family house in Jabalia. [A mother and her two children were killed](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1848838923042079026)

**On October 21, 2024,** an ultranationalist **Conference for the renewal of Jewish settlement in Gaza** held **near the Gaza border, in Otef, not far of Kibbutz Be'eri in Israel**, under the leadership of Otzma Yehudit and the Likuds. At a Sukkot-themed gathering, settlers and far-right leaders outlined plans to reestablish Jewish settlements in the Strip 'within a year. Several high-ranking Israeli ministers and political figures called for reestablishing Jewish settlements in Gaza and encouraging Palestinian emigration. The event, dubbed "Preparing to Settle Gaza," was organized by the Nachala Settlement Movement and attended by members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party and other far-right political figures. The conference was a significant display of Israel’s far-right commitment to settlement expansion, with prominent figures like Ben Gvir, Smotrich, and Weiss advocating for the reestablishment of Jewish settlements in Gaza and the removal of Palestinians from the area. This conference was stopped during the day due to a security alert. The police forces and the IDF evacuated the citizens from the place. ## Key Figures and Their Speeches: ### Itamar Ben Gvir - National Security Minister: Ben Gvir, a far-right politician, argued that the "most ethical" solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was to "encourage emigration" of Palestinians from Gaza. He described this as a peaceful alternative that should not be done "by force" but by offering Palestinians the option to leave Gaza for other countries. He emphasized, "The Land of Israel is ours," promoting the idea that Jewish settlement should be reestablished in Gaza for security reasons. Ben Gvir’s speech was one of the central addresses at the conference. ### Bezalel Smotrich - Finance Minister: Smotrich, another prominent far-right figure, also advocated for rebuilding Jewish settlements in Gaza. Speaking before the conference, he stated that "without settlements, there is no security" and that Gaza is "part of the Land of Israel." He linked the relinquishment of land to increased danger, claiming that territory previously ceded by Israel had become "Iranian forward terror bases." Smotrich noted that discussions about settlements should take place "after the war," but expressed support for the idea as part of a broader plan for post-war rebuilding and security. ### May Golan - Minister of Social Equality and Advancement of the Status of Women: Golan, a member of Netanyahu's Likud party, argued at the conference that the "taking of territory" from Palestinians is what "hurts them most." She declared that reestablishing Jewish settlements in Gaza would be critical to Israel’s security, echoing the broader sentiment of the event that territorial control is crucial to defeating Palestinian resistance. ### Daniella Weiss - Veteran Settler Leader and Organizer: Weiss, a key figure in the settlement movement, went further, essentially calling for ethnic cleansing of Gaza. She proclaimed that after the October 7 massacre, "Gazans had lost their right to live in the territory" and that they "will not stay here." She argued that Israel should convince the world that Palestinians must leave Gaza, essentially advocating for their forced relocation. Weiss emphasized that "we came here to settle the entire Gaza Strip, from north to south, not just part of it," and revealed that Nachala had already formed six settlement groups comprising 700 families ready to establish new settlements. ### Avichay Buaron, Tali Gotliv, Ariel Kallner - Likud Members of Knesset: These Likud MKs attended the conference, backing the calls for resettlement and endorsing the idea that settlements provide security. Kallner, in particular, stated that "settlements are total victory" and that what Palestinians view as "Dar Islam" would become "Dar Yahud" (House of Jews), reinforcing the ideological message of reclaiming land for Jewish sovereignty. ### Haim Waltzer - Former Resident of Gush Katif Settlements in Gaza: Waltzer, who had been evacuated from Gaza in 2005 under the Gaza Disengagement Plan, shared his belief that settling Gaza was the only way to bring peace. He argued that Palestinians only care about land and that by taking it away and resettling Jews, "they will feel defeated." Waltzer also echoed Ben Gvir’s policy of encouraging emigration for Palestinians, suggesting that their departure would bring quiet and peace to Israel. ### Oved Hugi - Likud Party Leader in Yad Eliyahu, Tel Aviv: Hugi advocated for a more radical approach, suggesting that northern Gaza should be taken from Palestinians and allocated to Israeli communities along the Gaza border. He supported controlling key areas like the Philadelphi Corridor to prevent Hamas from rearming. Hugi remarked that "The Arabs must lose territory in the war, so that they remember that they lost," calling for a punitive strategy of territorial loss for Palestinians as a deterrent. ## Conference Themes: The conference was heavily attended by members of the religious-Zionist community and included workshops led by activists on how to establish new settlements, mirroring previous efforts by Nachala in the West Bank. Musicians and dancers added a celebratory atmosphere to the event, which many attendees viewed as a reaffirmation of their ideological commitment to settlement expansion. The speeches were characterized by a shared belief that Jewish settlements in Gaza would enhance Israel’s security and that the only way to ensure lasting peace was to remove Palestinian control of the land. The overarching narrative was that settlement is both a religious and security imperative, grounded in a belief that the Land of Israel is Jewish by biblical right and that territorial loss is the ultimate punishment for Palestinians. ## Opposition: The event faced opposition from anti-government protesters, including residents of Gaza border communities, who decried the timing of the conference while hostages were still being held by Hamas. Police prevented protesters from entering the event area. [Source 3](https://www.timesofisrael.com/government-ministers-call-for-new-settlements-in-gaza-at-ultranationalist-conference/) [Source 2](https://news.sky.com/story/this-is-our-land-we-deserve-it-dozens-of-israelis-planning-to-cross-border-and-settle-in-gaza-13238436)

Around 4 pm, Israeli strikes targeted the house of journalist Tariq Al-Daqs in Tawba area in Jabalia. [four women were killed](https://x.com/paldf/status/1848359750716596451) and 2 other people were injured. Journalist Tareq was [unharmed](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1848357546295197836). ### Photos - [Rubble](https://x.com/qudsn/status/1848368759586587136) - [Journalist Tareq Al-Daqs survived under the rubble](https://x.com/abdallahatar/status/1849012464098136474) ### [Names of the martyrs:](https://x.com/Qadeyah1/status/1849005251208049032) 1. Hayat Muhammad Al-Daqs 2. Iman Mohammed Al-Daqs 3. Enas Kamal Al-Daqs 4. Maram Kamal Al-Daqs

Around 4 p.m., Israeli strikes targeted the [Jabalia Boys Preparatory School](https://web.facebook.com/p/مدرسة-ذكور-جباليا-الإعدادية-هـ-100070129719390/) located in the Abu Rashid pond area. The school was sheltering displaced people in Jabalia camp, north of the Gaza Strip. ### Details In the morning of October 21, 2024, the IDF raided schools in the Abu Rashid pond area, which numbered [6 schools](https://x.com/AnasAlSharif0/status/1848375302658957581), and ordered people to evacuate immediately. A few minutes later, IDF artillery **shelled the school while people were complying** and packing their belongings for the displacement. The strikes came as a continuation of Israeli policy to force displaced people out of the schools/shelters implemented since October 19. On October 21, the practice escalated in violence as the IDF started violently shelling schools to force the people to leave and was focused on schools in  The disturbing footage was documented and **obtained from a nurse who was at the school** and managed to flee to Gaza City. She told journalists people had to leave the wounded and dead behind as Israeli attacks continued, as can be heard clearly in her footage while she was checking on the casualties. The nurse [recounted](https://x.com/EyeonPalestine/status/1848440832757796925) the chain of events: - An Israeli came down ordering people to evacuate - After about 10 minutes the school was struck - Afterwards soldiers searched and interrogated men ### Casualties Initial [reports](https://x.com/AnasAlSharif0/status/1848367723954217460) indicate 10 people were killed and 30 injured. The graphic footage showed a couple of foot amputation cases. As the area is under Israeli control, no ambulances were able to reach the **victims and their fate is unknown.**

A midday Israeli airstrike targeted a [toy stall](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1848309503231438864) in a popular market in Qizan al-Najjar, Khan Younis. Five people were [killed](https://x.com/hassaneslayeh/status/1848333925854167503) **Names of the martyrs** 1. Abdunnasser Tawfiq Abu Labda 2. Mohammed Salama Hussein Al-Akhras 3. Ismail Mohammed Ismail Al-Akhras 4. Ahmed Ismail Al-Akhras 5. Othman Hamed Al-Najjar

The muezzin of Al-Hadi Mosque, Abu Bilal Muqat, his wife, daughter and grandchildren were killed as a result of morning Israeli bombing that targeted the Zarqa area east of Gaza City ([Source](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1848300532621803826)) [9 people were killed](https://x.com/paldf/status/1848286207144271926)

Around 11 am, an Israeli strike on a group of people **filling water** in Jabalia al-Balad. [6 people killed](https://x.com/AnasAlSharif0/status/1848276590507028508). Mortar shells were used as fragments were found on the scene. The shelling also **injured people being displaced** using the same road, and were [fired at an ambulance](https://x.com/AbuLocation/status/1848959370509373943) while evacuating casualties. ### Photos - [GRAPHIC - victims](https://x.com/AnasAlSharif0/status/1848290835751694408) - [M933 series 120mm mortar tail found on the scene](https://x.com/Easybakeovensz/status/1849033201382986000)

Around 10 am, an Israeli drone targeted a tent for displaced people west of Khan Younis around 11 am. 3 people were killed. The father, son, and a week later the mother. Leaving behind their [last child Ghayth orphaned.](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1850802942451851724) An [amputated father](https://x.com/F24online/status/1848281075795059003) and his [son](https://x.com/paldf/status/1848301314737897967) were killed ### Names of the martyrs: 1. [Musab Fawzi Muhammad al-Najjar](https://x.com/Qadeyah1/status/1848691587296923740/photo/1) (father) 2. [Baraa Musab Al-Najjar](https://x.com/Qadeyah1/status/1848691587296923740/photo/2) (child) 3. Haya Muhammad al-Najjar "Tabash" (Musab's wife, succumbed to injuries on October 28

Day 17 of Israel's third ground invasion of the North Gaza governorate. As of midday, [640 people were killed](https://x.com/AnasAlSharif0/status/1848310173422497882) in this Israeli onslaught. The day started with **raids on multiple schools** notably in the Abu Rashid pond and Sheikh Zayed areas as the IDF carried continued actions taken two days prior: **forcing displaced** people to leave North Gaza, while **shelling other schools** with artillery. All those inside these schools were taken via Al-Awda Street and Jabalia Camp Street [to the Al-Jurn area](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1848318464781439247), reaching the west and south of Gaza City. However, [IDF tanks struck people](https://x.com/AnasAlSharif0/status/1848314931269029902) despite complying with the displacement orders, murdering and injuring at least a dozen. Amid the total siege, **living conditions** are [deteriorating](https://x.com/AHM3D_HAMDAN/status/1848283978127872018) to increasingly dangerous levels day by day: - Food has almost ran out, and water is not fit for consumption. Mothers mix starch and flour with water and sugar if available in the absence of milk - As the army shoots anyone who moves, people shelter in the rubble and burn tent cloth and furniture instead of firewood. **Situation at Kamal Adwan hospital**: as Israeli massacres continue escalating in North Gaza: - hospital staff is exhausted - No essential supplies left, including [blood units](https://x.com/Dr_Muneer1/status/1848425279313567820), leading to victims being [left to die](https://x.com/AnasAlSharif0/status/1848423139048325425) slowly, in pain. The hospital also ran out of [body bags](https://x.com/AHM3D_HAMDAN/status/1848298906980864273) used as shrouds for the martyrs - Israel still denies aid and the transfer of patients and injured out of the hospital. ([source](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1848297816960954392)) - International organizations still [idle](https://x.com/mahmoudsabbah94/status/1848424633977975246) --- List of events harming civilians, infrastructure and living conditions: ### Morning - Before dawn, the [IDF obstructed the mission of a WHO delegation](https://x.com/Dr_Muneer1/status/1848446342055792816) and deied it permission to bring fuel to Kamal Adwan hospital and to transfer patients from there, despite previous coordination - The army [besieges UNRWA schools](https://x.com/AHM3D_HAMDAN/status/1848261879514210362) Al-**Fawqa and Hafsa**, in the middle of Jabalia camp, arrests the men, and prepares to deport the displaced to Salah Al-Din Street east of the camp - Strike on a group of people around **Al Yemen Assaeed** hospital, [killing 4 people](https://x.com/AHM3D_HAMDAN/status/1848275155711148134) - Strike on a group of people **filling water** in Jabalia al-Balad; [6 people killed](https://x.com/AnasAlSharif0/status/1848276590507028508). The mortar shells also **injured people being displaced** using the same road, and were [fired at an ambulance](https://x.com/AbuLocation/status/1848959370509373943) while evacuating casualties ([Photos](https://x.com/AnasAlSharif0/status/1848290835751694408)) - Gate of Qalibo school in Sheikh Zayed [blown up](https://x.com/AnasAlSharif0/status/1848278790608191744) - Strike on **Al-Shawwa school** in Beit Hanoun; [3 people killed](https://x.com/AnasAlSharif0/status/1848289532182933859) ### Midday - After **forcing people out** of shelters in Sheikh Zayed, in a school oppositoe Abu Rashid pond, Israeli **tanks struck them** while they were being displaced Killing and injuring several people (Sources)[1](https://x.com/AnasAlSharif0/status/1848296643956724145) [2](https://x.com/HossamShabat/status/1848305329357914526) - Footage surfaces from a massacre at the UNRWA [Jabalia Boys Preparatory School](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1848355688667287942) in Abu Rashid pond area. 10 people were killed and 30 injured when Israeli tanks struck the school as IDPs were preparing to leave, in compliance with IDF forced displacement orders ### Afternoon - IDF soldiers [besiege Al-Yemen Assaeed Hospital](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1848329081709805838) and force displaced people to go down to the basement. People who tried to leave were shot. The IDF later [ordered the evacuation](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1848331870603264462) of the hospital. As of 6 pm, the hospital has been [evacuated](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1848377246312013854) - Strike on the **Jaber family** house in Jabalia al-Balad. [One person killed](https://x.com/refugeesps/status/1848339298010963996) - Strike on a group of people in Al-Shaimaa area of Beit Lahia. [3 people killed](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1848382696994521089) - Strike on the [house of journalist Tariq Al-Daqs](https://x.com/qudsn/status/1848368759586587136) in Tawba area in Jabalia. [One woman killed](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1848357546295197836) - The IDF **summarily executed three brothers** at [Abu Hussein school](https://x.com/sameh2655014316/status/1848456649398489245) - Muhammad Al-Badrsawi - Ahmed Al-Badrsawi - Mahmoud Al-Badrsawi ### Night - Resumption of artillery shelling and detonations in Jabalia - Three **consecutive airstrikes** in Jabalia moments [before midnight](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1848472060189692145)

Around [8 pm](https://x.com/Sa7atPlBreaking/status/1848049988992950358), the house of Al-Qarinawi family was struck by an Israeli airstrike. The house is located in Block 7 in Bureij camp, central Gaza. 6 people were [injured](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1848054168554185026) in the attack