Around [9 pm](https://x.com/paldf/status/1848062526321246369) Israeli aircraft attacked a tent in the Bir 19 area west of Khan Yunis city. Two people were killed and 8 injured ({Source:](https://x.com/qudsn/status/1848070956801225164)) **Names of the martyrs** 1. Shadi Fadl Qishta 2. Atiya Abu Khatla

Around [6:30 pm](https://x.com/Sa7atPlBreaking/status/1848024578720682310) an Israeli strike targeted a group of people playing football on Yaffa Street near the Mahatta mosque, in Tuffah neighborhood, Gaza City. [Five people were killed](https://x.com/Qadeyah1/status/1849166858278064363) and others injured. [Names of the martyrs:] 1. Ahmed Majed Al-Nakhala 2. Darwish Basil Al-Qata' 3. Ibrahim Mosleh Al-Matbouli 4. Loay Mufid Abu Jarad 5. Karim Murid Lulu (child, [succumbed to injuries on October 21](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1848350180896047605))

Around [4:30 pm](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1847995966374175208), an Israeli drone struck a car on Al-Bi'ah street in Deir al-Balah, killing six people: 1. Jaber Jamil Jaber Baraka (29 y/o) 2. Itimad Baraka Ahmed Baraka (63 y/o) 3. Ahmed Mohammed Al-Yazouri (38 y/o) 4. Mohammed Hussein Abdullah Naeem, 38 years old 5. Al-Harith Muhammad Hussein Naeem, 15 years old 6. Unidentified martyr [Source](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1848011183988637790)

Day 16 of Israel's third ground invasion of the North Gaza governorate. The day follows a major massacre perperated by Israel in Beit Lahia where over 150 casualties were recorded in the bombardment of residential blocks. Despite the scale of the massacre, little pictures or precise statistics have been published as of October 20 morning. This is also attirbuted to the communications blackout imposed by Israel since the afternoon of October 19. Journalist Yusuf Fares [reported](https://x.com/Yusuf198989/status/1847899160109858856) recieving messages about families being bombed at home and still under the rubble in Jabalia and Tal al-Zaatar, without any news being published about them. These include the homes of the Al-Barai and Al-Balbisi families next to Abu Qamar supermarket. This has been [corroborated](https://x.com/AnasAlSharif0/status/1847906521486696548) by journalist Anas Al-Sharif. Journalist Anas Al-Sharif shared a [photo](https://x.com/AnasAlSharif0/status/1848071755895537904) documenting the **extensive destruction** of a residential block in Abu Qamar area in Jabalia as a result of IDF's **explosive barrels** --- ### Morning - Strike on the **Abu Qamar family** house; [3 killed](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1847922517505167622) - Airstrike on a horse cart in Jabalia al-Nazla; [5 killed, alongside the horse](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1847929003425898733) ### Midday - IDF continue forcibly displacing already dispalced people out of schools in North Gaza ([Photo](https://x.com/abdallahatar/status/1847952058415980635)) - Artillery shelling on a **house near Al-Shawwa clinic** in Beit Lahia. [One child killed and a women injured](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1847948226021794050) - [7 injuries](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1847946212835565623), all women and children, targeted nex to the Beit Lahia police station - Strike on Al-Mahkama Street in Jabalia al-Balad; [3 killed](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1847958206678552606) ### Afternoon: - Israeli occupation forces [set on fire Hamad School](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1847981328559485346), next to the Indonesian Hospital in Jabalia. The **fire spread to the hospital's power generators** - Artillery shelling on UNRWA Abu Hussein school. [Reports of dead and wounded](https://x.com/islambader_1988/status/1847987525656166738) - [One person killed](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1847991075928973533) in Israeli raid on Al-Hatabiya Street, Beit Lahia - Artillery shelling on **UNRWA-run Al-Fakhoura clinic** which s sued as shelter for the displaced. [Reports of dead and wounded](https://x.com/AnasAlSharif0/status/1847996530092900770) ### Evening - [Firebelt](https://x.com/AnasAlSharif0/status/1848013012088553862) airstrikes in western areas of Jabalia camp - [Heavy artillery shelling](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1848022839737127160) on the Fadous area north of Beit Lahia ### Night - Massive detonations of buildings in [Saftawi](https://x.com/AnasAlSharif0/status/1848059170270121995) and [northwest](https://x.com/islambader_1988/status/1848060390061539591) of Gaza City - Strike on the Aziz family house around the Tawba mosque in Jabalia. [Injuries confirmed](https://x.com/AnasAlSharif0/status/1848092608356368715)

At 3:20 pm, an Israeli strike targeted a **convoy of three ambulances** belonging to Al-Awda Hospital, **killing two women**. The ambulances were carrying 6 injuries to be transfered to Kamal Adwan Hospital, along with a newborn, whose mother was among those who were killed. Crews were able to evacuate 5 injuries. They could not rescue the sixth as the IDF continued targeting them. Some of the above details were corroborated by the **testimony of paramedic "Abu Khalil"**. His account was that the convoy was transfering injuries to Kamal Adwan Hospital when there was a sudden violent explosion while they were on Al-Khulafa Street. The crews evacuated those they could, but could not reach one victim. There was a woman pronouncing her shahada near the ambulance behind them that was completely destroyed. The newborn survived but could only be retrieved almost a day, miraculously still alive. On January 1, 2025, Al Jazeera published CCTV footage capturing the moment of the Israeli attack. **Names of the martyrs:** 1. Raghad Ayman Abdulqader Al-Basyouni (mother of newborn) 2. Sanaa Mustafa Al-Basyouni (companion) (Sources: [1](https://x.com/AnasAlSharif0/status/1847636105471951186) [2](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1847637029749661703) [3](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1847989603099115543) [4](https://x.com/dn_osama_rabee/status/1848051381476929600) [5](https://x.com/dn_osama_rabee/status/1874551306485981290))

A 3 year-old child, Sami Mahmoud Ayyad, was killed when aid was aidropped on a tent camp in Khan Younis. He was the youngest of his mother's sons and she only had him after 5 years.

Around [10:30 pm](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1847725606089204018), Israeli airstrikes targeted [multiple residential blocks](https://x.com/AnasAlSharif0/status/1847755085373190362), close to Abu Jidyan, between Abu Jidyan roundabout and Al-Qassam mosque in Beit Lahia. Journalist Hani Mahmoud received reports that the attack was so massive it [shook the entire western part of Beit Lahia](https://aje.io/dxobk5?update=3259257). The Israeli bombardment razed to the ground **four or five residential blocks** where multiple families were residing, including the Al-Sharif, Obaid, Al-Dariwi, Hindi, and Al-Kahlout families. [Neighboring houses were also destroyed](https://x.com/islambader_1988/status/1847741820639596755). The recent displacement from to Beit Lahia from Jabalia due to the brutal Israeli siege led to an even greater number of civilians being condensed in Beit Lahia. ### Casualties: As of October 20 midday, the [death toll](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1847933579185066053) stood at **87 martyrs and missing people** under the rubble, and **over 40 injuries**, including very critical cases. Civil Defense crews were unable to complete the rescue operations due to [direct fire](https://x.com/AnasAlSharif0/status/1847763758875038135) on the medical crews by Israeli aircraft. Dr. Hossam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, stated that staff is [forced to triage the casualties](https://x.com/islambader_1988/status/1847744855558279652) and that a number of victims were lost due to the continued lack of medical resources sustained by the Israeli siege and persistent denial of aid entry When the paramedics **brought the wounded to Kamal Adwan Hospital**, the **IDF began heavily shelling** around the hospital and struck the hospital's water tanks and electricity network. (Sources [1](https://x.com/HossamShabat/status/1847778489019355372) [2](https://x.com/Mahmoud_Bassam8/status/1847773499412082791)) ### Photos - [Rescue of a distraught injured child](https://x.com/islambader_1988/status/1847774390634570013) "*This picture came with great difficulty. No internet, no communications, no electricity, no water, no food, no medicine in northern Gaza. The massacre continues, and Israel is killing us day and night.*" - [First rescue efforts](https://x.com/AnasAlSharif0/status/1847762042868162967) ### Names of the martyrs (identified): **Al-Sharif family** ([Journalist Anas Al-Sharif's cousins](https://x.com/AnasAlSharif0/status/1847786592053723523)) 1. Muhammad Al-Sharif "Abu Jihad" 2. Khitam Al-Sharif (Muhammad's wife) 3. Majd Al-Sharif (Muhammad and Khitam's son) 4. Ehsan Al-Sharif (Muhammad and Khitam's daughter) 5. Rawan Al-Sharif (Muhammad and Khitam's daughter) 6. Jihan Al-Sharif (Muhammad and Khitam's daughter) 7. Soad Al-Sharif (Muhammad's sister) 8. Muhammad Arouq (Soad's son) 9. Muhammad Arouq's wife 10. Muhammad Arouq's children **Photos**   

[At midday](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1847566743281008776), Israeli strikes targeted the UNRWA's 'Asma Bent Abi Bakr' school, Al Shati Camp west of Gaza City. The school houses an UNRWA medical point that provides services to residents from different areas of Gaza City, especially pregnant women, and the are usually people there. At least 8 people were killed. Many were found torn to shreds in footage captured by journalist Hossam Shabat. #### Photos: [1](https://x.com/AnasAlSharif0/status/1847586186119811574) [2](https://x.com/AbdSabbah91/status/1847684234095301117) [Fragments of GBU-39 bomb found at the school](https://x.com/Easybakeovensz/status/1847837314719883745) #### [Names of the martyrs (identified):](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1847606300194054534) 1. Hisham Idris Al-Sheikh Mahmoud 2. Mohammed Walid Shuraim 3. Imad Jabr Abu Asr 4. Hussein Abdullah Al-Jojo 5. Youssef Mohamed Shaheen 6. Mohammed Abdullah Abu Al-Qara' 7. Unidentified woman 8. Unidentified child

Day 15 of Israel's third ground invasion of the North Gaza governorate. The day was marked by the **IDF's focus on terrorizing, besieging and driving people out of shelters**. Israeli tanks **directly fired** shells on Al-Awda and Indonesian **hospitals** while drones targeted Kamal Adwan hospital. Each assault leading to the **murder** of and injuries of **healthcare staff or patients**. The IDF also **invaded schools and forcibly displaced people out** of them, notably in the Sheikh Zayed area. ### Morning: - Moments before 7 am, IDF tanks had [besieged the Indonesian hospital](https://x.com/HossamShabat/status/1847501153723949485) where more than 40 patients were being treated. They struck the hospital's second and third floors with artillery shells and caused a complete power outage. This was [confirmed by the hospital's director](https://x.com/Dr_Muneer1/status/1847510571865780661). The IDF also [opened fire](https://x.com/Dr_Muneer1/status/1847535809173377036) at the building and its courtyard and targeted people at its gate. **Two ICU patients were killed** [as a result](https://x.com/dn_osama_rabee/status/1847558503390437732) - Moments later it was reported that the IDF also [besieged four shelters](https://x.com/AHM3D_HAMDAN/status/1847501520683614430) around the Indonesian hospital - At 8:30 am, the IDF [struck](https://x.com/hassaneslayeh/status/1847526415480021186) the entrance of Kamal Adwan's **laboratory** [killing 2 people and injuring 3 others](https://x.com/Dr_Muneer1/status/1847543893513941046) - Strike on the [house of a healthcare worker](https://x.com/AnasAlSharif0/status/1847533128274903054) in Kamal Adwan hospital, Bilal Abdul-Aal, **killing him and 4 of his relatives** - IDF orders displaced women to [leave Al-Nakhil school](https://x.com/karam_naji1/status/1847556552900702245) for the Halab school, while detaining the men. **Boys under the age of 16 were abducted** to an unknown location ### Midday - The IDF is [digging up a graveyard](https://x.com/dn_osama_rabee/status/1847576698117619845) recently established near the Indonesian Hospital - Strikes on a number of [houses in Al-Halabi intersection](https://x.com/AnasAlSharif0/status/1847595194012623281) in Jabalia al-Balad, belonging to the Al-Hessi, Al-Daghma and Rayhan families. **5 people killed** ### Afternoon - the Israeli army continues terrorizing schools/shelters: it [stormed](https://x.com/AnasAlSharif0/status/1847628828325167453) the Palestine School, taking up positions in front of the gate of Hafsa School, opposite Abu Rashid Pool, in Jabalia Camp - IDF [besieges patients and injured](https://x.com/AnasAlSharif0/status/1847629223961194529) inside Al Yemen Assaeed hospital - IDF [shoots an ambulance](https://x.com/AnasAlSharif0/status/1847636105471951186) belonging to Al-Awda Hospital. The ambulance was carrying 6 injuries to be transfered to Kamal Adwan Hospital. Crews were ably to evacuate 5 injuries while the [IDF kept targeting the ambulance.](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1847637029749661703). [Two women were killed](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1847989603099115543) in the Israeli attack on the ambulance. According to journalist [Osama Abu Rabee](https://x.com/dn_osama_rabee/status/1848051381476929600), the ambulance was carrying a newborn to Kamal Adwan hospital - Raghad Ayman Abdulqader Al-Basyouni (mother of newborn) - Sanaa Mustafa Al-Basyouni (companion) - the newborn was injured - After invading multiple shelters, the IDF forced displaced families [out of shelters in Sheikh Zayed](https://x.com/HossamShabat/status/1847641178432217363), forcibly displacing them again. A witness said they were subjected to body searches, [abuse and field interrogations](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1847642596874625533). People headed towards Gaza City. ### Evening - Forcibly displaced people are [spending the night in the streets](https://x.com/HossamShabat/status/1847684932136521941), in the cold, without blankets, food or water - The IDF continues [blowing-up buildings](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1847700485601436123) in Jabalia ### Night - The IDF perpetrated a major massacre for the second night in a row in North Gaza. In a similar fashion to the night before, it [bombarded several residential blocks in Beit Lahia](https://x.com/AnasAlSharif0/status/1847755085373190362) completely destroying multiple homes and **killing 73 people and injured around 100** - This massacre was followed by an escalation of [attacks](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1847756660850229696) in Beit Lahia - Drones open [fire on Khalifa School](https://x.com/AnasAlSharif0/status/1847768125371973954) in Beit Lahia

Moments [after midnight], an Israeli airstrike targeted the house of the Al-Saidi family, near Tawba mosque in Jabalia. The attack led to the murder of [4 people and the injury of 15.](https://x.com/Sa7atPlBreaking/status/1847425666981253590)