Thursday, October 17, 2024 – The Gaza Strip
General
From noon October 16th until noon, October 17, 2024:
‣ 29 killed and 93 wounded persons were brought to hospitals;
‣ 54 killed on October 17, 2024 alone;
‣ Since the siege on the Northern Strip began, 400 persons were killed, 1,500 were wounded;
‣ The death of Yahya Sinwar was validated yesterday in Rafah;
‣ Since October 7, 2023:
◦ 42,438 persons were killed;
◦ 99,246 persons were wounded.
‣ An Israeli soldier was badly wounded.
The father of Sha'aban Al-Dalu who was burned alive in Deir el Balach
The siege continues for the 13th day. Communications networks are disconnected so the reports are fragmented and documentation limited.
1. Jabalia, refugee camp and town:
‣ House bombed in eastern part of camp;
‣ Residential buildings inside the camp bombed;
‣ Sniper fire from west of camp, wounded persons;
‣ Bombing of Abu Hussein School sheltering displaced persons as they receive food, 25 persons killed, dozens wounded.
2. Beit Lahia:
‣ Halifa School incendiary bombed while containing displaced persons;
‣ Aerial bombing of Kamal Adwan Hospital.
3. Gaza City:
‣ West – shelling from the sea at fisherman's port;
‣ Tel El Hawa (south-west) – number of persons killed in house bombing last night rose to 8;
‣ Al Rimal (center) – artillery fire. Bombing, 2 persons killed.
Central Strip
1. Nuseirat refugee camp:
‣ Shelling the camp from the sea;
‣ Artillery fire north-west of the camp;
‣ Artillery fire north-east of the camp;
‣ Bombing north of the camp, 7 persons killed.
2. Deir al-Balah – displaced persons tent bombed, 3 persons killed.
3. Al Maghazi refugee camp – bombing, 10 members of a single family killed.
4. Al Bureij refugee camp – bombing in camp.
Southern Strip
1. Khan Yunis and surroundings:
‣ 81-year-old man killed by parachuted aid package;
‣ Artillery fire at Abasan Al Kabira:
‣ Bombing of western part of town, one person killed, others wounded;
‣ Al Fukhari – bodies of 6 persons killed by bombings on previous days were rescued;
2. Rafah – bombing east of town.
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
