Saturday, August 31, 2024 – The Gaza Strip
General
From noon, August 29th to noon, August 31st (48 hours):
‣ 85 bodies brought to hospitals;
‣ 205 persons wounded;
‣ Since October 7, 2023:
◦ 49,691 persons killed;
◦ 94,060 persons wounded.
‣ A soldier badly wounded on Netzarim road;
‣ The bodies of 6 hostages (shot to death shortly beforehand) rescued out of a tunnel in Rafah - Hersh Goldberg Polin, Uri Danino, Almog Sarusi, Alex Lubanov, Carmel Gat, Eden Yerushalmi.
‣ Polio vaccination drive for children up to the age of 14 begun.
Testimony of a Canadian physician who volunteered in Gaza
Northern Strip
1. Gaza City:
‣ Al Zeitoun (south-east) – battles. Aerial bombing. 3 persons killed. Massive artillery fire, one person killed. Aerial bombings during the night.
‣ Aerial bombing near the school, 3 persons killed. Machine-gun fire;
‣ Al Sabra (south) – aerial bombing, 6 persons killed;
‣ Sheikh Za'id (north) – aerial bombing;
‣ City center – bombing around the Baptist Hospital, 2 persons killed, other wounded including children and a baby;
‣ Al Tufah (east) – aerial bombing.
2. Jabalia refugee camp:
‣ House bombed, 4 persons killed;
‣ Helicopter fire.
Beit Lahia – aerial bombing.
Central Strip
1. Nuseirat refugee camp:
‣ Camp center – aerial bombing. Another aerial bombing, 2 persons killed and others wounded;
‣ West of camp – aerial bombing, 9 persons killed, 10 wounded including children;
‣ North of camp – massive aerial bombing. House bombed.
2. Al Zawaida – artillery fire.
3. Deir Al Balah – bombing, wounded persons.
4. Al Bureij refugee camp – artillery fire east of the camp.
Under the rubble
Southern Strip
1. Khan Yunis and surroundings:
‣ South – house bombed, 4 persons killed. Another house bombing, 3 persons killed, 20 wounded.
2. Rafah:
‣ Artillery fire in the north;
‣ Artillery fire in the west, 3 persons killed.
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
