Day 14 of Israel's third ground invasion of the North Gaza governorate. As of the evening of this day, 450 people were killed over a period of two weeks.

This day was marked by a dangerous, dramatic escalation of violent bombings and expanding incursion into other areas in Jabalia, notably Tal al-Zaatar, where two "firebelt" airstrikes were carried out on residential blocks, leading to mass murder of civilians.

In the evening, Israel imposed a communications blackout in the governorate while it rapidly escalated the frequency and intensity of strikes by drones, air strikes, artillery, and explosive barrels against a terrorized population struggling to survive after two weeks of total siege and engineered starvation and dehydration by Israel.

Key updates from journalists:

1. Journalist Islam Badr reported an escalation of the Israeli assault in North Gaza. Noting:

• the IDF's Givati Brigade was called in as reinforcement
• assaults expanded to Tal al-Zaatar
• intense artillery shelling on all areas of Jabalia

2. Journalist Al-Hakeem (@Hakeam_ps on X) shared details on the extent of the Israeli escalation in Jabalia intensified:

• Encircled by Israeli fire   - West: Firebelts in Al-Faluja and the Six Martyrs intersection   - East: Firebelts in Tal al-Zaatar and al-Sikka areas   - North and South: Tanks surround the camp and shoot at everything that moves
• Displacement: people crowd into ever-narrowing spaces to escape the bombardment, with pressure increasing in areas like Beit Lahia
• Little sustenance: Food and water are running out as a result of the 15-day blockade, forcing residents to rely on unclean water
• Emergency situations: Many families are under the rubble, with ambulance teams unable to reach them as the IDF targets them. To make matters worse, the communications blackout prevents contact with emergency services altogether.

3. Journalist Hossam Shabat described the growing escalation since the evening as a "rapid extermination mission"

List of Israeli attacks during the day harming civilians and other key events:

Midday

• Strike on a group of civilians in Muqat Street in the Zarqa area in Jabalia Al-Balad. One person killed, Muhammad Saleem Muqat, and others injured
• Strike on the Zineddin family house near the Nassar roundabout in Jabalia camp. One woman killed: Layla Zaher Hani Zineddin
• Strike on a group of civilians in Al-Fakhoura, killing 3 people

Afternoon

• Airstrikes on a residential block in Tal al-Zaatar resulting in a massive death toll of 30 killed, including 20 women and children.
• Quadcopters open fire in the vicinity of Kamal Adwan Hospital
• intense strikes in Sheikh Zayed, Tal al-Zaatar and Al-Alami areas in Jabalia 

Evening

• Communications blackout in North Gaza
• IDF bulldozes an inhabited house where 15 members of the Hassouna family were sheltering. The house belonged to the Wasshah family. Contact was lost with the family since.
• IDF vehicles begin besieging Tal al-Zaatar
• Drones open fire on the courtyard of Kamal Adwan hospital

Night

• Hospitals forced to triage as massacres continue unabated while the hospitals are further overwhelmed with casualties 
• Airstrike on another residential block at the Nassar junction in the Tal al-Zaatar where the houses of the Al-Hawajiri, Abu Al-Aysh, and Nassar families were destroyed killing 33 people

Midnight

• The Israeli assault was growing more violent and relentless by night throughout dawn.
• Journalist Mohamed Qriqea commented: "Those besieged in Jabalia now, their eyes are turned towards the sky, shivering with cold, starving, and threatened with death by shelling, bombing, and sniping. Oh God, have mercy on them and their situation."
• Artillery shelling of the upper floor of Al-Awda hospital, three times. Casualties among healthcare workers
• Moments later, IDF forces besieged the Indonesian hospital and opened fire on it