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 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 by journalist Anas Al-Sharif.

Journalist Anas Al-Sharif shared a photo 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
• Airstrike on a horse cart in Jabalia al-Nazla; 5 killed, alongside the horse

Midday

• IDF continue forcibly displacing already dispalced people out of schools in North Gaza (Photo)
• Artillery shelling on a house near Al-Shawwa clinic in Beit Lahia. One child killed and a women injured
• 7 injuries, all women and children, targeted nex to the Beit Lahia police station
• Strike on Al-Mahkama Street in Jabalia al-Balad; 3 killed

Afternoon:

• Israeli occupation forces set on fire Hamad School, 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
• One person killed 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

Evening

• Firebelt airstrikes in western areas of Jabalia camp
• Heavy artillery shelling on the Fadous area north of Beit Lahia

Night

• Massive detonations of buildings in Saftawi and northwest of Gaza City
• Strike on the Aziz family house around the Tawba mosque in Jabalia. Injuries confirmed