411 days into the ongoing genocide against the people of the Gaza Strip. For the past 47 days, ‘Israel’ has escalated its so-called “military operation” in northern Gaza, which is in reality an advanced phase of the year-long campaign of mass destruction across the entire territory. ‘Israel’ has mobilized three combat brigades there, ruthlessly pursuing a “scorched earth” policy through horrific daily airstrikes, shelling, and ground attacks on residential areas in Beit Lahia, Jabalia, Beit Hanoun, and elsewhere.
Civil defence teams bid farewell to their friend and colleague who was killed by an lsraeli airstrike while on duty in Northern Gaza Strip. pic.twitter.com/TTlxBubAI4
— TIMES OF GAZA (@Timesofgaza) November 20, 2024
The stated goal is to eliminate the Palestinian resistance and prevent the return of displaced civilians. However, a heated debate has emerged within Israeli media circles about the military’s limited achievements, “particularly in light of the continued qualitative confrontation and the ongoing ability to rebuild and restore” by the Palestinians.
This comes as an Israeli occupation army lieutenant colonel, the commander of the 90th Battalion in the Kfir Brigade, was reported injured in northern Gaza on Tuesday. At least 27 Israeli occupation soldiers have been killed in the Jabalia area since the start of the latest ground offensive.
12 more Palestinians martyred in an airstrike on a home in northern Gaza early Wednesday, and ongoing bombardment and raids across the Strip. The Palestinian civil defense has suffered 87 fatalities while attempting rescue and recovery efforts. Fuel shortages in Gaza City also threaten to exacerbate the worsening humanitarian crisis.
A child was injured in Israeli airstrikes targeted a group of civilians lining up to secure water in front of a school sheltering displaced people in Beith Lahya in northern Gaza. pic.twitter.com/2CpyT3FBtE
— PALESTINE ONLINE 🇵🇸 (@OnlinePalEng) November 19, 2024
At dawn today, Israeli warplanes launched airstrikes on the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood southwest of Gaza City and the town of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip. The occupation army also launched violent raids and fire belts on Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip.
More than 22 martyrs and missing persons were killed when the occupation warplanes bombed the house of the Jouda family in the old Gaza Street in Jabalia al-Balad, north of the Strip.
The Israeli warplanes also targeted the house of the Ghaboun family in the Sabra neighborhood, south of Gaza City, resulting in the deaths and injuries of people, including children. The Palestinian Information Center confirmed that helicopters are firing heavily towards the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood.
The occupation also continues to target the civil defense crews in Gaza, as its spokesman, Major Mahmoud Basal, said that his crews were directly targeted in the early hours of the morning by the occupation aircraft while they were trying to retrieve the martyrs and rescue the living from under the rubble of a house in the Sabra area, southwest of Gaza City.
Basal said that the targeting led to the martyrdom of rescuer Ali Muhammad Mustafa Omar and the injury of 3 others with varying injuries, bringing the number of civil defense martyrs since the beginning of the aggression to 87, according to Major Basal.
Israeli warplanes attack the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza with more airstrikes. pic.twitter.com/Z9ADYmMUOM
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) November 20, 2024
He added that this is the 18th time that the Israeli occupation has targeted the defense crews during their missions to save lives and alleviate the suffering of citizens.
In Gaza City, the Defense Ministry announced that its vehicles had stopped operating in the city due to running out of fuel, which threatens to cause humanitarian disasters as a result of the ongoing Israeli genocide.
For its part, the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) said that “there is massive destruction, a stifling siege, and starvation of civilians in the northern Gaza Strip after more than a month and a half of genocide and ethnic cleansing.”
Source: Al-Manar Englisg Website
