GAZA LIVE BLOG: New Massacres in Gaza -- DAY 13 | Palestine Chronicle Staff

Israeli airstrikes on besieged Gaza continue. (Photo: Supplied)

Protests continued in the Middle East and all around the globe, demanding an immediate ceasefire. But neither Israeli bombs nor U.S., Western support for Israel stopped. Gaza entered the 13th day of its bloodiest war against Israel. Whole families have perished, and women and children – according to UN reports – represent nearly 70 percent of all victims of what many international experts refer to as genocide. 

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.

LIVE BLOG

Palestinian Ministry of Health: The number of Palestinians killed and wounded in the Israeli war on Gaza rose to 3,478 killed, and over 12,000 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.

LATEST UPDATES BELOW:

Thursday, October 19, 10:30 am (GMT +3)

PALESTINIAN HEALTH MINISTRY: Three hospitals are completely out of service, and 25 were partially damaged in the Gaza Strip.

AJA: The director of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the city of Deir Al-Balah, south of the Gaza Strip, Iyad Al-Jabri, said that the strategic stock of medicines and medical supplies has ended.

AJA: Israeli occupation forces stormed the Aqabat Jabr camp, southwest of Jericho, and arrested a number of Palestinians.

HAMAS: The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) appreciated the final statement of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and called for its practical translation in order to stop Israel’s aggression.

BRITISH EMBASSY IN BEIRUT: The British Embassy in Beirut urged its nationals to leave Lebanon

GERMANY: Today, Thursday, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock began a new round that includes: Jordan, Israel, and Lebanon, in light of the current situation in the Gaza Strip.

AJA: The Legislative Council in Gaza mourned MP Jamila Al-Shanti, who was martyred in an Israeli bombing in the Gaza Strip last night. Al-Shanti was the first woman to be elected to the political bureau of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas).

ISRAELI ARMY RADIO: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arrived in Israel, as part of a tour that includes several countries in the Middle East, to discuss the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories and Gaza.

Thursday, October 19, 9:00 am (GMT +3)

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESS: Russia will provide 27 tons of food aid to civilians in the Gaza Strip via Egypt

AJA: Dozens of Palestinians killed and injured from Israeli bombing of various areas in Gaza.

Thursday, October 19, 8:00 am (GMT +3)

MEDVEDEV: Resolving the conflict in the Middle East is only possible by establishing a Palestinian state

REUTERS: Russian FM Lavrov said that there is a serious risk that the conflict in Gaza will turn into a regional conflict, adding that Russia is in contact with Turkey on this matter.

CHINA: Chinese President Xi Jinping assured Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly that Beijing will work with Egypt to achieve stability in the region.

Thursday, October 19, 7:00 am (GMT +3)

US STATE DEPARTMENT: The US State Department had raised the level of travel warning for Lebanon to level four, which advises American citizens not to travel to the listed destination.

UK: The British Foreign Office advised its nationals not to travel to Lebanon, while encouraging Britons currently there to leave immediately.

WASHINTON POST: A US State Department official resigned due to President Joe Biden’s administration’s handling of the Israeli war on Gaza.

AJA: Seven Palestinians were killed by Israeli army gunfire in the occupied West Bank in one night .

BRITISH NEWS AGENCY: The flags of Palestine and Israel will not be allowed to enter English Premier League stadiums starting next week.

Thursday, October 19, 6:00 am (GMT +3)

AJA: A Palestinian man was killed by Israeli army gunfire in the Nur Shams refugee camp, east of Tulkarm.

UK: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced that he will visit Israel on Thursday, before heading to other countries in the region,

Thursday, October 19, 5:00 am (GMT +3)

AJA: A young Palestinian was killed by Israeli army gunfire in the Dheisheh Camp in the city of Bethlehem.

GAZA INTERIOR MINISTRY: Several people were killed and others wounded as a result of the Israeli occupation bombing of a house in Jabaliya.

AJA The occupation forces storm various areas in the West Bank and launch a campaign of arrests among the ranks of the Hamas movement. A young Palestinian was killed near Ramallah.

Thursday, October 19, 4:00 am (GMT +3)

HEZBOLLAH: The head of Hezbollah’s executive body, Hashem Safi al-Din, said, “Today we are thousands of times stronger… We say to you, to Biden, to Netanyahu, and to the malicious Europeans… You must be careful.

ARAB PARLIAMENT: Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip is a “war crime and crimes against humanity.”

BRITISH FOREIGN OFFICE: UK FM will travel to Egypt, Turkey and Qatar to discuss preventing the spread of the conflict in the region.

AJA: Israeli forces arrested Palestinian workers from the Gaza Strip in Bethlehem.

Thursday, October 19, 3:00 am (GMT +3)

PA: The Palestinian Authority asked the International Criminal Court to open an investigation into the bombing that targeted Baptist Hospital in Gaza City on Tuesday.

HEZBOLLAH: Israeli army conducted an aerial aggression using drones on empty targets in southern Lebanon, among the targets is a memorial of martyr Hajj Qassem Soleimani.

ISRAELI ARMY: We destroyed a Hezbollah military convoy in a camp in southern Syria.

(The Palestine Chronicle)