Saturday, August 24, 2024 – The Gaza Strip
General
‣ 71 bodies brought to hospitals;
‣ 212 persons wounded;
‣ Since October 7, 2023:
◦ 40,334 persons killed;
◦ 93,356 persons wounded.
‣ Israel has reduced the ‘safe’ area to 35 sq.km. (after extending the evacuation areas east of Deir Al Balah);
‣ 24 hours*.
Hamad after the withdrawal of the Israeli forces
Northern Strip
1. Beit Lahia:
‣ Aerial bombing west of the town.
2. Gaza City:
‣ Al Zeitoun (south-west) - battles and entry of forces. Artillery fire most hours of the day. Machine-gun fire. Drone fire. Wounded persons. Exploding buildings.
‣ Al Sabra (south) - artillery fire.
3. Jabalia refugee camp - artillery fire east of the camp.
Central Strip
1. Nuseirat refugee camp:
‣ Helicopter fire from the north;
‣ Artillery fire from north-west;
‣ Artillery fire at camp center;
‣ Apartment buildings bombed, 3 persons killed;
‣ Artillery fire near power station north of the town.
2. Deir Al Balah:
The sewage overflowed in Deir el Balah
‣ Battles east of town;
‣ Tank fire east of town;
‣ Aerial bombing and artillery fire from the east;
‣ House bombed;
‣ Drone fire at displaced persons tents, 5 persons wounded including 2 women;
‣ Aerial bombing, one person killed, others wounded;
‣ Sniper kills pregnant woman in displaced persons camp;
‣ Drone west of town, 2 persons killed;
‣ Aerial bombing.
3. Al Bureij refugee camp:
‣ Aerial bombing;
‣ House bombed, one person killed, 3 wounded;
‣ Bombing, 8-month-old baby girl and her mother killed.
Southern Strip
1. Khan Yunis and surroundings:
Queue for food
‣ Massive artillery fire east of town;
‣ Massive shooting around Dar Al Salam Hospital east of town;
‣ Aerial bombing of family home, 11 persons killed including children and their mother;
‣ House bombed, 3 persons killed;
‣ The army partly retreats from Hamad (north-east) and 12 bodies are extracted from rubble of a house. 8 others are still stilling, no contact with them;
‣ Ma’an (south-east), 4 persons killed;
‣ Bombing of city center.
2. Rafah:
‣ Explosion of apartment buildings west of town;
‣ Aerial bombing in western part of town.
* Twelve noon of the previous day to twelve noon of the current day.
Sources
Addameer, Al Jazeera, Amar Assadi Telegram, BBC, Colonization & Wall Resistance Commission, Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, DCI - Palestine, Democracy Now, Genocide in Gaza, Haaretz, HRANA - Human Rights Activists News Agency, IDF (Israel Defence Forces), International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Jordan Valley Activists, Letters of American healthcare workers who worked in Gaza, Local Call, Looking the Occupation in the Eye, Masafering (Outside the Herd), Matan Golan, Middle East Eye, Ministry of Public Health – Gaza, Ministry of Public Health - Lebanon, OCHA Lebanon, OCHA OPT, Palestine Datasets, Palestine Red Crescent Society, Palestinian Health Ministry, Quds News, Reuters, Rosa News, South Hebron Mountain Activists, Ta'ayush, Tasnim News Agency, Tech for Palestine, The Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), The Washington Post, UNICEF, Wafa News Agency, West Bank Notifications, WHO, yNet, Zirat War
