The echoes of the clashes and shelling in Beit Lahia can be heard throughout Gaza City, and the broken and grieving hearts only repeat one phrase: God is sufficient for us, and He is the best Disposer of affairs for all those who have let us down.

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 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. The IDF also opened fire at the building and its courtyard and targeted people at its gate. Two ICU patients were killed as a result
• Moments later it was reported that the IDF also besieged four shelters around the Indonesian hospital
• At 8:30 am, the IDF struck the entrance of Kamal Adwan's laboratory killing 2 people and injuring 3 others
• Strike on the house of a healthcare worker in Kamal Adwan hospital, Bilal Abdul-Aal, killing him and 4 of his relatives
• IDF orders displaced women to leave Al-Nakhil school 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 recently established near the Indonesian Hospital
• Strikes on a number of houses in Al-Halabi intersection 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 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 inside Al Yemen Assaeed hospital
• IDF shoots an ambulance 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.. Two women were killed in the Israeli attack on the ambulance. According to journalist Osama Abu Rabee, 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, forcibly displacing them again. A witness said they were subjected to body searches, abuse and field interrogations. People headed towards Gaza City.

Evening

• Forcibly displaced people are spending the night in the streets, in the cold, without blankets, food or water
• The IDF continues blowing-up buildings 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 completely destroying multiple homes and killing 73 people and injured around 100
• This massacre was followed by an escalation of attacks in Beit Lahia
• Drones open fire on Khalifa School in Beit Lahia