GAZA LIVE BLOG – Massacre at Gaza Market | Jenin Bombed | Biden Calls for More Aid to Israel | IFJ on Journalists Killed – DAY 15

October 21, 2023 Blog, News
Israeli airstrikes on the besieged Gaza Strip continue, resulting in the death of thousands of civilians. (Photo: via Shehab)

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

Only 20 trucks of humanitarian aid arrived in Gaza through the Rafah border. But what can such limited supplies do when 2.3 million Gazans are running out of food, water and fuel? Meanwhile, the humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate, especially in hospitals and UN shelters. Yet the resistance continues…

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Palestinian Ministry of Health: The number of Palestinians killed and wounded in the Israeli war on Gaza rose to 4,385 killed, including 1,756 children and 976 women, and over 13,000 wounded.

LATEST UPDATES BELOW:

Sunday, October 22, 08:00 am (GMT+3)

PALESTINIAN MINISTRY OF HEATLH: The number of Palestinians killed by the Israeli occupation army in the West Bank has risen to 88 since October 7.

ISRAEL: Israeli Chief of Staff Herzi HalevI blamed Iran for Israel’s targeting of Syrian territory. According to Syrian media, Israel has targeted “the vicinity of Damascus and Aleppo international airports with missiles,” putting them out of service.

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Israeli shelled various homes in the central Gaza Strip refugee camps of Nuseirat and Bureij, killing and wounding many civilians. It also bombed a house in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, killing 4 and injuring others.

Sunday, October 22, 04:55 am (GMT+3)

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli forces raid the town of Al-Ram in the occupied West Bank, arresting a number of Gazan workers who had earlier by deported to the West Bank from Israel.

ISRAELI ARMY: The Israeli occupation army announced that it carried out a joint operation with the General Security Agency targeting an alleged tunnel under the Ansari Mosque in Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank. (Two Palestinians were killed, and others injured in an Israeli air strike targeting the mosque, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent.)

Sunday, October 22, 03:15 am (GMT+3)

AL-MAYADEEN: Over 50 Palestinians killed so far tonight in Gaza as a result of Israeli strikes at civilian homes and markets.

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Sunday, October 22, 02:50 am (GMT+3)

RED CRESCENT: Two Palestinians killed, other wounded in Israeli strikes at a mosque in Jenin, in the northern West Bank.

ISRAELI ARMY RADIO: Israeli fighter jet bombed Ansari Mosque in Jenin.

Sunday, October 22, 02:30 am (GMT+3)

AL-MAYADEEN: Israeli warplanes carry out strikes against Ansari Mosque in the Jenin refugee camp.

ALJAZEERA ARABIC:

Loud explosion heard in the Damaj neighborhood in Jenin in the West Bank.

Illegal Israeli Jewish settlers attack the Palestinian town of Huwwara in the West Bank, burning homes, cars and attacking residents.

ZAHER JABRIN (Official in Charge of the Prisoners’ File in the Hamas Movement):

Hamas will not use the civilian prisoners in its possession as a pressure card on Israel, stressing that all mediators have been informed of this matter.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is killing the prisoners with Hamas and has no intentions of having them return safely.

Sunday, October 22, 01:00 am (GMT+3)

AJA: The United States is circulating a draft resolution at the UN Security Council emphasizing Israel’s right to defend itself. The resolution does not call for a ceasefire nor does it condemn Israeli killing of thousands of civilians in Gaza.

PALESTINIAN MINISTRY OF HEALTH: 195 Palestinians killed and 439 injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza since Saturday morning.

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Sunday, October 22, 00:30 am (GMT+3)

ALJAZEERA: Israeli warplanes bombed a mosque in the Jabaliya refugee camp and a house in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza.

Saturday, October 21, 11:00 pm (GMT+3)

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES (ABU OBEIDA): We informed Qatar of our readiness to release two other female prisoners, but the occupation refused to receive them.

Saturday, October 21, 9:50 pm (GMT+3)

ISRAELI ARMY SPOKESMAN TO FOX NEWS: We are concerned about Hezbollah’s attempt to escalate to divert our attention from the south to the north.

Saturday, October 21, 9:20 pm (GMT+3)

AL-MAYADEEN: 13 Palestinians have been declared dead as a result of the attack on the Nuseirat market, in the central Gaza Strip. The number is expected to rise.

PALESTINIAN MINISTRY OF HEALTH: So far, Israeli airstrikes have destroyed 5,635 houses and damaged 139,000, including 10,656 that are now unlivable. 30 schools were put out of service as a result of the Israeli bombing, and 176 schools received various types of damage.

Saturday, October 21, 7:20 pm (GMT+3)

PALESTINE CHRONICLE CORRESPONDENT: Two Israeli missiles struck a market in the Nuseirat refugee camp in Central Gaza. “Dozens of dead and wounded and extensive destruction of the whole area” have been reported.

Saturday, October 21, 6:30 pm (GMT+3)

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military arm of Hamas, announced that it targeted an Israeli tank east of Khan Yunis with a guided missile.

AJA: The Israeli War Council concluded a secret session at the Israeli army headquarters in the south.

MEDICAL SOURCE TO AJA: 7 Palestinians were killed and 45 injured in the Israeli bombing of a house in the vicinity of a shelter in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip.

Saturday, October 21, 5:30 pm (GMT+3)

BRITISH METROPOLITAN POLICE: 100,000 Palestinian supporters demonstrated in London in support of Palestine.

AJA: Two Palestinians were killed as a result of an Israeli bombing that targeted a house in the vicinity of a school housing displaced people in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip.

HAMAS: The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) mourned Osama Al-Muzaini, a member of the movement’s political bureau, who was killed in an Israeli bombing of Gaza.

RED CROSS: We demand that supplies, including fuel, be brought to hospitals on a permanent basis and the creation of human corridors to secure the needs of the Gaza population.

HEZBOLLAH: Naim Qassem, Deputy Secretary-General of the Lebanese Resistance movement Hezbollah, said that if the situation requires a greater intervention, the group is ready to do so.

UNICEF: UNICEF Special Representative in Palestine Lucia Elmi told Al Jazeera that one million children in the Gaza Strip are in urgent need of protection.

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

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli media quoted Israeli army commanders as saying that waiting on the Gaza border poses a danger to the forces.

AJA: Israeli warplanes bombed an 8-storey residential building south of Gaza City.

Saturday, October 21, 3:00 pm (GMT+3)

PALESTINIAN FACTIONS: Movements in the region did not live up to the level of duties to stop the aggression.

AJA: Al Jazeera’s correspondent reported that an Israeli bombardment with incendiary shells targeted the vicinity of the town of Kfar Shuba in southern Lebanon.

AJA: Intense Israeli raids targeted homes in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, east of Gaza City, and the bombing also extended to a house in the Shati refugee Camp, west of the city.

IRAQ: Iraqi Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani said in his speech at the “Cairo Peace Summit” that the conflict in Gaza may spread regionally.

Saturday, October 21, 2:00 pm (GMT+3)

PALESTINIAN MINISTRY OF HEALTH: The number of Palestinians killed and wounded in the Israeli war on Gaza rose to 4,385 killed, including 1,756 children and 976 women, and over 13,000 wounded.

UN: The UN Coordinator for Humanitarian Affairs in Palestine said that fuel must be brought into Gaza to operate hospitals and vital facilities.

ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTER: Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant said that Lebanese Hezbollah decided to participate in the fighting, and it is “paying a heavy price”.

LYBIA: During his speech at the Cairo Peace Summit, the head of the Libyan Presidential Council, Muhammad Al-Menfi, warned of the ground invasion of the Gaza Strip and the repercussions of the forced displacement of Palestinians.

ISRAELI ARMY: The Israeli army spokesman confirmed that Israel will not allow fuel to enter the Gaza Strip, despite the beginning of the entry of trucks carrying humanitarian aid into the Strip through the Rafah crossing.

GAZA CIVIL DEFENSE: The Gaza Civil Defense announced the death of one of its members and the injury of 4 others while working east of Rafah.

KUWAITI CROWN PRINCE: Kuwaiti Crown Prince Sheikh Meshaal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah said in his speech at the “Cairo Peace Summit” that the international community deals with Israeli violations with double standards

EU COUNCIL PRESIDENT: Every effort must be mobilized to mediate this conflict and do what we can to protect civilians.

Saturday, October 21, 1:00 pm (GMT+3)

UN SECRETARY-GENERAL: We renew the call for a ceasefire in order to achieve peace based on the two-state solution. It’s time to end this nightmare that threatens children.

ISRAELI ARMY: The number of soldiers and officers killed since the beginning of the war reached 308.

AJA: The scope of the intense Israeli bombing in the Gaza Strip expands

Saturday, October 21, 12:00 pm (GMT+3)

EGYPT: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi said at the opening of the Cairo Peace Summit.

HEZBOLLAH: The head of the Executive Council of the Lebanese Hezbollah, Hashem Safi al-Din, said that the party will be present on every front with its missiles and weapons.

ISRAELI MEDIA: An explosion occurred near the Israeli embassy in Cyprus.

AJA: Intense Israeli bombardment is targeting several neighborhoods in the northern Gaza Strip.

ISRAELI NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL: The Israeli National Security Council called on Israeli nationals residing in Turkey, the UAE, Bahrain, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Maldives to leave immediately.

AJA: Two Palestinians were killed in an Israeli bombing targeting a motorcycle east of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip.

Saturday, October 21, 11:00 am (GMT+3)

WORLD FOOD PROGRAM: The Executive Director of the World Food Program, Cindy McCain, said in an interview with Al Jazeera that 20 trucks are not enough to meet the needs of the Gaza Strip.

PALESTINIAN RED CRESCENT: The aid entering Gaza today is a drop in the ocean of needs.

AJA: Aid trucks began entering the Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing.

GOVERNMENT MEDIA OFFICE IN GAZA: The convoy that will enter through the Rafah crossing will not be able to change the humanitarian catastrophe in the Strip.

Saturday, October 21, 10:00 am (GMT+3)

UNRWA: UNRWA Commissioner-General said that words are not enough to condemn the atrocities in Gaza.

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

ISRAELI NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL: The Israeli National Security Council called on Israeli nationals to leave Jordan and Egypt immediately, and to refrain from traveling to Morocco.

US EMBASSY IN ISRAEL: The Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip will open at 10 a.m. local time.

(The Palestine Chronicle)

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