Distraught mother and daughters cross death road to safety, but now homeless

No.

6696

Date

8 October, 2024

Location

📍 Jabalia

Original Social Media Post

"This mother and her two girls miraculously evaded death! They passed through the Abu Sharikh Roundabout to get to Gaza City, fleeing from the Israeli army in Northern Gaza. Their faces tells the story of their fatigue, exhaustion, and fear, without the need for words!"
- Source

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Archivist Notes: Day 368: North Gaza invasion

On the fourth day of its third ground invasion in Jabalia, the IDF continued strengthening its position, effectively completing a siege of Jabalia, and effecting more control on the areas around it.

The Israeli army's actions outline its intention to force those who remained in the north to leave by making the conditions even more unbearable and sowing terror.

  • People complying with displacement orders were shot (captured in video)
  • At least three schools ordered to evacuate and bombed within 5 minutes
  • Combined strikes around Kamal Adwan hospital throughout the day, culminating in a complete evacuation order within 24 hours of Jabalia's key hospitals
  • Last bakery in Jabalia direct targeted by tank and destroyed in subsequent fire that broke out
  • Obstructed the work of ambulances: blocked for 2 hours, crew detained
  • Continued combined use of artillery shelling, helicopters, airstrikes, snipers, and drones dropping explosives or shooting people on the streets or at home

Below is a timeline of key events and crimes perpetrated throughout the day


Morning

Journalists documented the IDF shooting people during their displacement Source 1 Source 2 Source 3

Midday:

  • Israeli drone drops bombs over Zaytoun neighborhood One child (girl) killed and other injuries
  • Artillery shelling focused on Al-Sikka and Kishko streets
  • Strike on a group of people at Abu Al-Jadyan junction in Beit Lahia
  • Continued artillery shelling, especially around Kamal Adwan Hospital (Photo)
  • Manoun family house bombed in Jabalia al-Balad. 7 people killed
  • The road that ambulances used to transfer serious cases from Kamal Adwan Hospital to Al Ahli Baptist Hospital was cut off by an Israeli strike on a house near Abu Sharkh intersection Source
  • Helicopters opened fire on homes in Beit Lahia. Casualties reported
  • Gaza City situation:
    • People injured while at home in Zaytoun neighborhood
    • This was a result of artillery shelling combined with quadcopters dropping explosive and incendiary bombs
    • Dangerous areas of Zaytoun: the orchard of Hajj Adel Al-Shawwa and in the vicinity of Wadi Al-Arais Street, Kishko Street and Al-Sikka Street.
    • Israeli drones open fire and dropping explosives at anyone around houses, agricultural lands, and between the rubble
    • People forced to flee to western areas
  • Healthcare situation: hospitals issued an urgent final appeal to bring in fuel and prevent collapse of medical care in north Gaza.

Afternoon:

  • An ambulance was targeted and damaged while transporting two injured people
  • Footage emerged of strikes around Kamal Adwan hospital and people being trapped inside the small compound
  • Israeli strike on a house near Al-Khulafa Mosque in Jabalia
  • 4 people killed in an Israeli attack near the Civil Defense HQ in Jabalia
  • Violent airstrike on Salah-Din School in al-Daraj neighborhood, Gaza City. The school was reportedly [evacuated] (https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1843647611640975535) but only given 5 minutes. A woman filmed the bombing and was lightly injured
  • Artillery shelling on Al-Shalfouh bakery in al-Faluja. Fire broke out
  • Group of people targeted near Al-Awda Hospital in Tal Al-Zaatar neighborhood. One person killed, Ahmad Nasser Al-Bar'i, and a number of wounded, including one clinically dead Source

Evening

  • Strike on Necmettin Erbakan school in Jabalia al-Balad. 1 person killed
  • Group of people struck at Al-Halabi roundabout in Jabalia Al-Nazla. one person killed and injuries
  • Soldiers detained a paramedic and obstructed the evacuation of five patients from the nursery of Kamal Adwan Hospital, including a critical case. The ambulance was stopped for over two hours near the Civil Administration east of Jabalia camp Source
  • IDF forces set up a barrier on Salah-Din street, near the Civil Administration, equipped with cameras and speakers, and drones, and carry out searches of people Source
  • Testimony from journalist Anas Al-Sharif: "The situation in northern Gaza is catastrophic, and people are living in a state of terror and great fear. Everyone is surrounded, and whoever does not die from shells and missiles is targeted by drones if he tries to enter or leave the camp. All entrances to Jabalia camp are surrounded by tanks, and residents have been threatened to evacuate their homes and head towards southern Gaza via a road that the occupation claims is safe. A road where citizens are https://x.com/AnasAlSharif0/status/1843693239162769581, according to what we received from eyewitnesses."
  • Jabalia is completely besieged
  • The IDF ordered the complete evacuation of all Jabalia hospitals, namely Kamal Adwan, Al-Awda, and the Indonesian hospitals within 24 hours
  • The Al-Shalfouh bakery in al-Faluja burned down due to Israeli artillery shelling. It was the last bakery standing in Jabalia. Fire has been consuming the bakery from 3pm to 10pm.

Night

  • Multiple explosions from IDF blowing up buildings in Altwam area in Jabalia
  • Intensified artillery and drone activity starting midnight in Al-Alami area and Al-Sikka street in Jabalia
  • Drones shoot at homes in Beit Lahia
  • Artllery shelling around Kamal Adwan Hospital
  • Dozens of people killed in the streets but no rescue can reach them due to the danger Source
  • Israeli strike on a house next to the stalls market in the Shujaiya neighborhood east of Gaza City. 9 people killed, wiping out the Farahat family

The details for each video come from social media. None of it has been verified.