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](https://x.com/HossamShabat/status/1847501153723949485) 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](https://x.com/Dr_Muneer1/status/1847510571865780661). The IDF also [opened fire](https://x.com/Dr_Muneer1/status/1847535809173377036) at the building and its courtyard and targeted people at its gate. **Two ICU patients were killed** [as a result](https://x.com/dn_osama_rabee/status/1847558503390437732) - Moments later it was reported that the IDF also [besieged four shelters](https://x.com/AHM3D_HAMDAN/status/1847501520683614430) around the Indonesian hospital - At 8:30 am, the IDF [struck](https://x.com/hassaneslayeh/status/1847526415480021186) the entrance of Kamal Adwan's **laboratory** [killing 2 people and injuring 3 others](https://x.com/Dr_Muneer1/status/1847543893513941046) - Strike on the [house of a healthcare worker](https://x.com/AnasAlSharif0/status/1847533128274903054) in Kamal Adwan hospital, Bilal Abdul-Aal, **killing him and 4 of his relatives** - IDF orders displaced women to [leave Al-Nakhil school](https://x.com/karam_naji1/status/1847556552900702245) 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](https://x.com/dn_osama_rabee/status/1847576698117619845) recently established near the Indonesian Hospital - Strikes on a number of [houses in Al-Halabi intersection](https://x.com/AnasAlSharif0/status/1847595194012623281) 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](https://x.com/AnasAlSharif0/status/1847628828325167453) 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](https://x.com/AnasAlSharif0/status/1847629223961194529) inside Al Yemen Assaeed hospital - IDF [shoots an ambulance](https://x.com/AnasAlSharif0/status/1847636105471951186) 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.](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1847637029749661703). [Two women were killed](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1847989603099115543) in the Israeli attack on the ambulance. According to journalist [Osama Abu Rabee](https://x.com/dn_osama_rabee/status/1848051381476929600), 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](https://x.com/HossamShabat/status/1847641178432217363), forcibly displacing them again. A witness said they were subjected to body searches, [abuse and field interrogations](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1847642596874625533). People headed towards Gaza City. ### Evening - Forcibly displaced people are [spending the night in the streets](https://x.com/HossamShabat/status/1847684932136521941), in the cold, without blankets, food or water - The IDF continues [blowing-up buildings](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1847700485601436123) 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](https://x.com/AnasAlSharif0/status/1847755085373190362) completely destroying multiple homes and **killing 73 people and injured around 100** - This massacre was followed by an escalation of [attacks](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1847756660850229696) in Beit Lahia - Drones open [fire on Khalifa School](https://x.com/AnasAlSharif0/status/1847768125371973954) in Beit Lahia

Moments [after midnight], an Israeli airstrike targeted the house of the Al-Saidi family, near Tawba mosque in Jabalia. The attack led to the murder of [4 people and the injury of 15.](https://x.com/Sa7atPlBreaking/status/1847425666981253590)

[Minutes before midnight](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1847379170999095512), Israeli airstrikes targeted the house of the Shana'a family near the Grand Mosque in Al-Maghazi, central Gaza. Killing 11 people from the family **Photos from the funeral:** [1](https://x.com/HaseebAlwazeer0/status/1847567724815216718) [2](https://x.com/F24online/status/1847549230669336680) [3](https://x.com/refugeesps/status/1847563582021451789) **Names of the martyrs:** 1. Ibrahim Hassan Shana'a 2. Fadwa Hassan Shana'a 3. Asmaa Ayman Al-Nahwi 4. Hassan Mohammed Shana'a 5. May Mustafa Shana'a 6. Sujud Ayman Al-Nahwi 7. Mahmoud Mohammed Shana'a 8. Fadwa Abdullah Shana'a 9. Abdurrahman Mohammed Shana’a 10. Shaimaa Saeed Shana'a 11. Asmaa Hassan Shana'a [Source](https://x.com/F24online/status/1847534229741092968)

On Day 14 of Israel's ground invasion of the North Gaza governorate, the invasion expanded to Tal al-Zaatar area in Jabalia, and was accompanied with a violent escalation of Israeli massacres. Notably, **two "firebelt" airstrikes were carried out during the day, leading to large scale slaughter of civilians** in the order of 100. ### Afternoon massacre: Around [2 pm](https://x.com/AbdSabbah91/status/1847232941958807807), Israeli airstrikes targeted a number of houses near Abu Qamar station in Tal al-Zaatar, Jabalia. In the first moments of the massacre, **3 people were confirmed killed and more than 50 injured** were taken to Al-Awda Hospital in Tal al-Zaatar. ### Night massacre Some time after 10 pm, Israel bombed a residential block at Nassar intersection in Tal al-Zaatar, destroying the houses of three families: Al-Hawajiri, Nassar, and Abu al-Aysh. The [death toll](https://x.com/F24online/status/1847383877276619252) kept rising and stood at **30 killed, including 20 women and children, and 70 injured**. ### Casualties overwhelm hospital Al-Awda was already overwhelmed with the afternoon mass casualties, and by midnight, the hospital had received around **100 casualties**, including many killed seen in footage being **laid all over the hospital's corridors**. ### Artist killed Young artist Mahasen Al-Khatib was killed in the night massacre. She specialized in drawing colorful joyful portraits of people. Since the war started she shifted focused to depict the reality of the Palestinian struggle, suffering and hopes. Her final published drawing was a tribute to **Shaaban Al-Dalo** who was killed a couple of days before, burning alive in his family's tent in Al-Aqsa Martyrs' hospital in Deir al-Balah following Israeli bombing. [(source)](https://x.com/qudsn/status/1847987672284791122) ### Photos - [Afternoon: Immediate aftermath scenes](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1847271510152495439) - [Night: corpses laid in every corner of hospital](https://x.com/AnasAlSharif0/status/1847381070452576388) ### [Names of the martyrs (identified)](https://x.com/Qadeyah1/status/1848026117124362498) 1. Samir Khamis Awad Al-Hawajiri 2. Faiza Mohammed Ghanem Al-Hawajiri (Samir's wife) 3. Mohammed Samir Khamis Al-Hawajiri 4. Fawzia Ziad Al-Hawajiri (Mohammed Samir's wife) 5. Alaa Samir Khamis Al-Hawajiri 6. Mervat Samir Khamis Al-Hawajiri 7. Houria Samir Khamis Al-Hawajiri 8. Rana Samir Khamis Al-Hawajiri 9. Hanan Samir Awad Al-Hawajiri 10. Hamza Nidal Samir Al-Hawajiri 11. Nour Nidal Samir Al-Hawajiri 12. Saja Nidal Samir Al-Hawajiri 13. Sara Nidal Samir Al-Hawajiri 14. Naheel Fayez Saeed Al-Hawajiri 15. Maria Mahdi Samir Al-Hawajiri 16. Maha Nabil Khamis Al-Hawajiri 17. Jana Ayad Samir Al-Hawajiri 18. Sham Iyad Samir Al-Hawajiri 19. Shadia Awad 20. Ibrahim Awad (Shadia's son) 21. Umm Karam Matar 22. [Mahasen Al-Khatib](https://x.com/Qadeyah1/status/1847558801395724497) (artist, Umm Karam's granddaughter)

Moments before [2 pm](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1847227359478378663), an Israeli strike targeted a group of civilians in Al-Fakhoura, **killing 3 people**: **Names of the martyrs:** 1. Majdi Nabil Nassar 2. Ibrahim Diab 3. Abu Muhammad Nassar

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](https://x.com/islambader_1988/status/1847286630052168135) 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](https://x.com/Hakeam_ps/status/1847382552224682056) 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"](https://x.com/HossamShabat/status/1847357766983438766) --- 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](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1847236891134861821) - Strike on the [Zineddin family house](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1847233129339085039) near the Nassar roundabout in Jabalia camp. One woman killed: Layla Zaher Hani Zineddin - Strike on a [group of civilians](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1847227359478378663) in Al-Fakhoura, **killing 3 people** ### Afternoon - Airstrikes on a **residential block in Tal al-Zaatar** resulting in a massive [death toll](https://x.com/F24online/status/1847383877276619252) of **30 killed, including 20 women and children**. - Quadcopters **open fire** in the vicinity of **Kamal Adwan Hospital** - intense [strikes](https://x.com/AnasAlSharif0/status/1847317756217045198) in Sheikh Zayed, Tal al-Zaatar and Al-Alami areas in Jabalia  ### Evening - Communications [blackout](https://x.com/AnasAlSharif0/status/1847266574542975252) in North Gaza - IDF [bulldozes an inhabited house](https://x.com/AnasAlSharif0/status/1847294637247017012) 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](https://x.com/AHM3D_HAMDAN/status/1847315798248849664) - Drones open [fire on the courtyard](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1847338124697076060) of Kamal Adwan hospital ### Night - Hospitals forced to [triage](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1847338124697076060) 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](https://x.com/Mohamed_qraiqea/status/1847418704428224880): "*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](https://x.com/abdallahatar/status/1847451625264181255) - Moments later, IDF forces **besieged** the **Indonesian hospital** and [opened fire on it](https://x.com/ImadZakout/status/1847475944048447720)

On October 18, during the night, over 100 armed Israeli terrorist settlers invaded the village of Jaloud in Nablus, West Bank. They set cars ablaze, fired at houses, hurled stones, and cut water and electricity lines. After their assault, they blasted music and danced in the streets, celebrating the terror they had caused.

On October 17, Ayham and Yousef, two young boys from Al-Aroub refugee camp near Hebron,south of the West Bank, stepped out to play football and met Israli infantery unit. Israeli forces opened fire, wounding Yousef in the leg and leaving Ayham with a severe head injury that has caused lasting brain damage.

Elderly man **Arif Hasan Khalil Al-Qayed** was killed while sitting safely in his tent in Al-Mawasi, Khan Yunis, Central Gaza, when airdropped aid fell on him around [10 am](https://x.com/PalpostN/status/1846817525939527955)

At [3 pm](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1846884126185423142), an Israeli airstrike targeted the hosue of Al-Talbani family south of the Istiqaama Mosque in the Maghazi camp in the central Gaza Strip. **9 people were killed reprsenting 3 generations of the family**. Among them **director of the medical services** (emergencies and ambulance department) station for central Gaza, Ahmed Al-Talbani "Abu Adham". **His parents, wife and 5 children were all killed**. [Source](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1846974775958405319) ### Photos: [Bodies of the murdered family brought to hospital](https://x.com/F24online/status/1846888896493183028) ### [Names of the martyrs:](https://x.com/Qadeyah1/status/1846941787702661312) 1. Hajj Abdulaziz Al-Talbani "Abu Ahmed" 2. Hajja Maryam Al-Talbani "Umm Ahmed" 3. Ahmed Abdulaziz Al-Talbani "Abu Adham" 4. Najwa Ismail Al-Talbani "Umm Adham" 5. Adham Ahmed Al-Talbani 6. Abdullah Ahmed Al-Talbani 7. Batoul Ahmed Al-Talbani 8. Abdulaziz Ahmed Al-Talbani 9. Aser Ahmed Al-Talbani