GAZA LIVE BLOG: Gaza Hospital Receives Evacuation Order | Historic Church Bombed | Aid Postponed | US Arms to Israel – DAY 14

October 20, 2023 Blog, News, Videos
Israeli airstrikes on the besieged Gaza Strip continue. (Photo: Supplied)

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

Millions of people are expected to protest against the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip throughout the Middle East, in fact, the world. Meanwhile, aid that was supposed to be delivered to Gaza through Egypt has been postponed till Saturday. More Palestinian civilians were killed and nothing is spared, neither mosques nor churches nor hospitals. Yet the resistance continues…

Click below for previous blogs: DAY ONE, DAY TWO, DAY THREE, DAY FOUR, DAY FIVE, DAY SIX, DAY SEVEN, DAY EIGHT, DAY NINE, DAY TEN, DAY 11, DAY 12, DAY 13.

Palestinian Ministry of Health: The number of Palestinians killed and wounded in the Israeli war on Gaza rose to 4,137 killed, and over 13,000 wounded. In the West Bank, 60 were killed and more than 1,250 wounded. However, the killing of 500 Palestinians in an Israeli strike at a Gaza hospital on Tuesday, in addition to the killing of many other Palestinians in the Strip will raise the casualty count dramatically on Wednesday.

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Saturday, October 21, 7:52 am (GMT+3)

ISRAELI ARMY RADIO: Israeli Army Radio reported that one Israeli soldier was killed by anti-tank fire on the border with Lebanon. (Yedioth Ahronoth also reported the soldier’s death and added that three others were wounded.)

ALJAZEERA: 10 bodies were recovered following an Israeli raid on the Zurub family home in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.

IFJ: The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) announced on Friday evening that 16 journalists were killed by Israel since the start of the war on the Gaza Strip on October 7.

This is Why Israel is Delaying its Ground Op in Gaza – Bloomberg

Saturday, October 21, 4:00 am (GMT+3)

PALESTINE CHRONICLE CORRESPONDENT:

Israeli occupation aircraft carried out intense airstrikes in Tel al-Hawa in the vicinities of Al-Quds Hospital.

Five killed – four children and a woman – in the Israeli occupation’s strike on the Khader family’s house in Al-Jenina neighborhood, east of Rafah in southern Gaza.

The occupation intensified its airstrikes, targeting several homes in the northern, central, and southern areas of Gaza, resulting in many killed and wounded.

10 were killed in an Israeli shelling targeting Al-Ajrami house in northern Gaza and the Abu Shaib house in Deir al-Balah.

There were many Injuries in an Israeli shelling of two residential apartments, one of which belongs to the Abu Shaib family, in Deir al-Balah in the central province.

Israeli occupation aircraft targeted a house belonging to the Shahin family in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza.

Israeli occupation aircraft bombed two residential apartments in the Faluja area in northern Gaza, causing several injuries.

Israeli warplanes struck a house belonging to the Nofal family in Al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, resulting in casualties and injuries.

Intensive aerial raids were carried out on the Al-Awdah Towers area in northern Gaza.

Israeli occupation aircraft targeted a house belonging to the Abu Ras family and the Yazeji bakery on Yaffa Street in the Tufah neighborhood of Gaza City.

Israeli occupation aircraft targeted a house belonging to the Abu Ajwa family in Al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza.

Israeli occupation aircraft targeted a house belonging to the Al-Matwaq family in Jabalia, resulting in the recovery of 5 martyrs.

Israeli occupation aircraft attacked a house in the Al-Salam neighborhood in the southern Rafah province.

Israeli occupation aircraft attacked the Al-Saada Building near Abu Mazen Roundabout.

Israeli occupation aircraft attacked a house belonging to the Al-Farra family in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza.

Red Crescent Makes Urgent Appeal: We Fear Repeat of Ahli Hospital Massacre – BREAKING

Saturday, October 21, 1:35 am (GMT+3)

ALJAZEERA: Israel targeted the vicinity of the town of Aita al-Shaab in the central sector of southern Lebanon.

NBC:

U.S. intelligence believes that Iran is not currently seeking direct war with the United States.

U.S. intelligence believes Iran is looking to pressure Tel Aviv and Washington through its proxies.

Iran’s approach increases the risk of miscalculation and unintended regional conflict.

PALESTINIAN MINISTRY OF HEALTH:

We have to work until the last moment and not leave this place.

Hospitals are now full of displaced people.

SAUDI PRESS AGENCY: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has assured Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of the kingdom’s rejection of the policy of mass forced displacement of Palestinians in Gaza.

PALESTININIAN INTERIOR MINISTRY (GAZA): Five Palestinians killed in Israeli occupation shelling of a house in Al-Geneina neighborhood, east of Rafah.

Friday, October 20, 11 pm (GMT+3)

AL-MAYADEEN: An Israeli airstrike targeted a house in Tel Al-Zahtar

AL-MAYADEEN: Dead and wounded in an Israeli airstrike targeting a house in Nuseirat refugee camp in Central Gaza.

AL-MAYADEEN: Israeli airstrikes target Al-Awda Tower in the northern Gaza area.

Friday, October 20, 11 pm (GMT+3)

HEZBOLLAH: We carried out 11 attacks at Israeli military targets at the Lebanon-Israel border; we also killed three Israeli soldiers in an attack that targeted an Israeli military convey.

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: We fired rockets at Israeli targets in Asqalan (Ashkelon).

ISRAELI MILITARY: Armed clashes are taking place in the Nto’a and Bernet areas in the Upper Galilee region.

Friday, October 20, 10 pm (GMT+3)

MEDIA REPORTS: A large number of rockets fired from the Palestinian Resistance in Gaza toward areas in southern Israel. The Resistance say that it has targeted military bases and installations in that area.

ALJAZEERA NET:

UNRWA is requesting the evacuation of five of its schools in the Gaza Strip housing thousands of displaced people and is suspending its support for the refugees taking shelter there.

Mohammed Shweidah, director of an UNRWA shelter in the Gaza Strip, told Aljazeera that “UNRWA asked us today to evacuate five schools, and said the schools were in danger and could not protect them. UNRWA no longer provides us with any services.”

CANADA: Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Jolie said the killing and displacement of Palestinians is a tragedy, calling for respect for international law. Jolie reiterated her commitment to providing humanitarian assistance to those in need in Gaza.

AL-MAYADEEN: 12 members of the same family perish in Israeli attack on Khan Younis.

Who is Mohammed Al-Deif, Al-Qassam Brigades’ Commander-in-Chief? – PROFILE

Friday, October 20, 9 pm (GMT+3)

Head of Al-Quds Hospital in Gaza: The Israeli army has informed us that we must evacuate the hospital. There are 12,000 displaced Palestinians in the hospital at the moment.

‘War of Words’: Framing the Language of Carnage in Palestine

Friday, October 20, 8 pm (GMT+3)

AL-QASSAM: In a brief statement, Al-Qassam Brigades, the military arm of the Resistance movement Hamas said that it released two American female hostages held in Gaza.

Friday, October 20, 7 pm (GMT+3)

ERDOGAN: Israel’s attacks amount to “genocide”

HEZBOLLAH: The Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah said that the resistance targeted with guided missiles the Harmon site opposite the town of Rmeish, and the party also bombed 5 Israeli sites in the Kafr Shuba hills and the occupied Lebanese Shebaa Farms.

Friday, October 20, 6 pm (GMT+3)

AMNESTY: Amnesty International said it documented illegal and indiscriminate Israeli attacks that caused significant civilian casualties in Gaza.

Friday, October 20, 5 pm (GMT+3)

AJA: Israeli occupation aircraft bombed a house in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip. 12 bodies were recovered following the bombing of a house belonging to the Al-Aidi family in the Nuseirat refugee camp, in central Gaza.

Friday, October 20, 4 pm (GMT+3)

HAMAS: Hamas called for the permanent opening of the Rafah crossing.

UNRWA: 16 UNRWA employees have been killed as a result of Israeli airstrikes on Gaza since October 7.

PALESTINIAN HEALTH MINISTRY: The number of Palestinians killed and wounded in the Israeli war on Gaza rose to 4,137 killed, and over 13,000 wounded.

AJA: Mutual bombing in southern Lebanon continues.

Friday, October 20, 3:00 pm (GMT+3)

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: The Al-Quds Brigades – the military wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement – announced that it bombed occupied Jerusalem with a missile salvo, in response to the occupation’s massacres against civilians.

AJA: Israeli forces fire gas bombs at worshippers in Jerusalem.

NETANYAHU’S SENIOR ADVISOR: Hamas is waiting for us and is ready to attack us. We know that we will pay the price, and that a number of our young people will not return.

AJA: Sirens sounded in the western areas of Jerusalem.

GAZA INTERIOR MINISTRY: The Ministry of Interior in the Gaza Strip announced that several Palestinians were killed and wounded as a result of an Israeli airstrike targeting two homes in the Al-Sabra neighborhood in Gaza City.

Friday, October 20, 2:00 pm (GMT+3)

GALLANT: Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant said that the goal of the current war is “liquidating Hamas and establishing a new security system in the Gaza Strip.”

AJA: Massive demonstrations took place in many cities around the world in solidarity with Gaza, including Amman, Beirut, Idlib, Cairo, and Istanbul, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Santiago, and Bogota.

AJA: Israeli buses arrived in the city of Kiryat Shmona on the border with Lebanon to begin evacuating its entire population.

UN SECRETARY-GENERAL: United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres held a press conference at the Rafah crossing saying that Gazans suffer from a lack of water, food and basic materials.

AJA: Israeli occupation aircraft launched a series of raids on the Tal al-Hawa and Shuja’iya neighborhoods in Gaza City.

AJA: Sirens sounded in Beit Shemesh, west of Jerusalem.

Friday, October 20, 1:00 pm (GMT+3)

AJA: Israeli occupation forces prevented and removed a number of young men from performing Friday prayers in the street near Bab al-Sahira in the Old City of occupied Jerusalem.

ISRAELI ARMY: The Israeli army spokesman said that an exchange of fire took place in the vicinity of the Al-Manara site and the town of Margaliot on the border with Lebanon.

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: The spokesman for the Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip, Dr. Ashraf Al-Qudra, announced – in a press conference – that 16 Palestinian Christians were killed as a result of what he described as direct Israeli targeting of the Greek Orthodox Church in the Strip on Thursday night.

GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL/ ASEAN: In a final statement, they called on all parties to a permanent ceasefire.

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: the Al-Qassam Brigades – the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) – said that it bombed Ashdod with a missile barrage in response to the targeting of Palestinian civilians.

Friday, October 20, 12:00 pm (GMT+3)

SAUDI FM: Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan stressed the necessity of a ceasefire, the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza, and reaching a permanent solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

Friday, October 20, 11:00 am (GMT+3)

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: The Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military arm of the resistance movement (Hamas), announced that it had directed a missile attack at Sderot.

MAARIV: 80% of Israelis hold Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responsible for the failure and the victims of the attack from the Gaza Strip.

SAUDI CROWN PRINCE: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said: “We are saddened by the escalating violence that Gaza is witnessing today, the price of which is being paid by innocent civilians.”

ISRAELI ARMY: The Israeli army said that it targeted the military infrastructure of the Lebanese Hezbollah, in light of the escalation and mutual bombardment between the two parties for about two weeks.

Friday, October 20, 10:00 am (GMT+3)

AJA: Israeli occupation forces impose strict restrictions around Al-Aqsa.

Friday, October 20, 9:00 am (GMT+3)

NORWAY: Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Sture said that the situation in Gaza is very worrying, as civilians are affected by the war and lack water, food, and medicine.

PALESTINIAN HEALTH MINISTRY: The final death toll of the Israeli invasion of Nur Shams refugee camp is 13 Palestinians.

AJA: Israeli occupation forces withdrew from Nur Shams refugee camp.

ISRAELI ARMY: The Israeli army announced that it bombed 100 new targets throughout the Gaza Strip last night.

Friday, October 20, 8:00 am

REUTERS: Israeli Ministry of Defense announced a plan to evacuate residents of the Kiryat Shmona settlement near the Lebanese border.

Friday, October 20, 7:00 am

AJA: Israeli army detained dozens of Palestinians in various parts of the occupied West Bank.

AL-AQSA SATELLITE CHANNEL: eyewitnesses heard the sound of a huge explosion at dawn today, Friday, in the vicinity of Nour Shams camp near Tulkarm, coinciding with the continuation of the military operation inside the camp.

(The Palestine Chronicle)

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  1. Biden’s promise of Military Arms to Israel may be seen as a contribution to that states apparent intention to comit Gennocide in Gaza.

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