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Siege of the Jabalia refugee camp
Part of the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip during the Israel-Hamas war
Date5 October 2024[4][5] – present
Location
Jabalia Camp, Gaza Strip, Palestine
Result

Ongoing

  • Israel imposes a siege and prevents the entry of aid[6]
Belligerents
 Israel  Hamas
Allies:
Units involved

 Israel Defense Forces

State of Palestine Palestinian Joint Operations Room

Casualties and losses
12 vehicles destroyed[8][9][10]
Per al-Qassam Brigades:[11]
15 soldiers killed or injured
1 Merkava tank damaged		 Per IDF:
20+ Hamas fighters killed[12]
22+ civilians killed[13][14]
90+ civilians injured[15]

The second battle of Jabalia is an ongoing engagement of the Israel–Hamas war in Jabalia, Gaza Strip, between Israel and Hamas. It began on 5 October 2024 and marks the reentry of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) into the city for the second time since Israel withdrew from Jabalia in May 2024.[16]

Background

Further information: Battle of Jabalia

The first battle of Jabalia was fought from 8 November 2023 to 31 May 2024, with the IDF encountering "significant resistance" during the fighting[7] and ultimately failing to dismantle Hamas' presence in the city.[17]

In the four months since the Israeli withdrawal, Hamas reportedly reconstituted itself in Jabalia and managed to recruit thousands of new fighters in the area.[7]

Battle

On the evening of 5 October,[4][5] the IDF began its stated operation to dismantle Hamas control in Jabalia, with the Israeli Air Force launching strikes around the area while armored brigades encircled the Jabalia refugee camp.[7] Per the Palestinian Civil Defense, at least 17 people, including 9 children, were killed in this initial wave of airstrikes.[18] One of those killed was journalist Hassan Hamad, who was reportedly deliberately targeted by Israel after receiving threats via messages and calls from Israeli officers, ordering him to stop his reporting.[19]

The IDF advanced into Jabalia and were met by combined attacks from Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).[7] PIJ launched an attack on an Israeli command and control room belonging to forces attempting to penetrate the Jabalia refugee camp.[18]

On 7 October, the IDF issued evacuation orders for residents of Jabalia, Beit Hanoun, and Beit Lahia, instructing them to travel southwards to the al-Mawasi humanitarian zone.[20]

On 9 October, an Israeli airstrike killed at least 15 people inside Al-Yemen Al-Saeed Hospital in Jabalia, which has housed displaced families.[21]

On 10 October, Hamas organized an ambush which destroyed an IDF mechanized infantry company of 12 vehicles east of the Jabalia camp.[8][22][23] The IDF said that an Israeli airstrike on a Hamas command and control centre killed at least 12 Hamas and PIJ commanders.[8]

After an Israeli airstrike on 11 October that killed at least 22 Palestinians and wounded more than 90, Hamas made a statement the following day condemning what it described as the "Nazi occupation’s massacres" in Jabalia under United States protection.[24]

On 13 October, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that the IDF had reached "the heart of Jabalia" and were dismantling Hamas strongholds there. The IDF also attacked a site from which PIJ had launched rockets at Ashkelon the previous day. On the other hand, Palestinian militant forces continued defensive operations in Jabalia with explosives and rockets.[25]

Impact on civilians

Residents reported being trapped in Jabalia, with all roads blocked except the main highway leading out. However, they also stated quadcopters were firing at anyone attempting to leave, with one resident stating, "It’s like hell. We can’t get out."[26]

On 6 October 2024, Israel designated all of the northern Gaza Strip, including Jabalia, as a combat zone and ordered the entire civilian population to evacuate.[27][28] Both Israeli military analysts and the Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights alleged that this was the first stage of the "General's Plan", a policy proposed by former Israeli general Giora Eiland to force Palestinians out of Gaza on pain of death.[29]

According to Israeli media, tens of thousands of Palestinians have passed through the IDF security crossing at the Netzarim Corridor to get to the southern Gaza Strip.[25] On 7 October 2024, however, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric stated many people in northern Gaza was "trapped" in their homes and that "few families have crossed Wadi Gaza heading South".[30]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Iran Update, October 10, 2024". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
  2. ^ "Iran Update, October 11, 2024". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
  3. ^ "Iran Update, October 11, 2024". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
  4. ^ a b "Dozens killed in Gaza as Israeli army launches new incursion in north". Reuters. 6 October 2024. Palestinian health officials said at least another 20 people had been killed since Saturday night in northern Gaza, after the army sent tanks into areas there for the first time in months and urged residents to leave.
  5. ^ a b "Israel launches new ground invasion of northern Gaza, heavy night of bombing recalls beginning of war". Mada Masr. 6 October 2024. Northern Gaza, particularly the Jabalia camp, witnessed a night of terror as Israel launched a ground incursion into the area on Saturday evening... Missiles began to strike Jabalia around Saturday afternoon and continued without stopping through the night, accompanied by the advance of Israeli military vehicles in northwestern and northeastern parts of the strip...
  6. ^ "Palestine's UN envoy says 'genocide within genocide' going on in north Gaza". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-10-13.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g "Iran Update, October 6, 2024". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 2024-10-07.
  8. ^ a b c "Iran Update, October 10, 2024". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
  9. ^ "Hamas says killed Israeli soldiers in ambush in N. Gaza". Xinhua. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
  10. ^ "Consisting of 12 vehicles, Al-Qassam Brigades ambushes an Israeli infantry company in Jabalia". يمن شباب نت (in Arabic). Retrieved 2024-10-10.
  11. ^ https://aje.io/3hvwfl?update=3241736
  12. ^ https://aje.io/3hvwfl?update=3242374
  13. ^ https://aje.io/3hvwfl?update=3241235
  14. ^ "Israel carries out new strikes in Gaza, UN chief says many trapped in north". Reuters. Retrieved 2024-10-09.
  15. ^ https://aje.io/3hvwfl?update=3241598
  16. ^ "Palestine's UN envoy says 'genocide within genocide' going on in north Gaza". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-10-13.
  17. ^ "Iran Update, May 31, 2024". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
  18. ^ a b "Intense bombardment as Israel launches major ground offensive on Jabalia". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-10-07.
  19. ^ "Gaza's government media office confirms death of journalist in Jabalia". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 2024-10-07.
  20. ^ "Iran Update, October 7, 2024". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 2024-10-08.
  21. ^ Al-Mughrabi, Nidal (9 October 2024). "Israel carries out new strikes in Gaza, UN chief says many trapped in north". Reuters.
  22. ^ "Hamas says killed Israeli soldiers in ambush in N. Gaza". Xinhua. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
  23. ^ "Consisting of 12 vehicles, Al-Qassam Brigades ambushes an Israeli infantry company in Jabalia". يمن شباب نت (in Arabic). Retrieved 2024-10-10.
  24. ^ "Israel has carried out 'massacres' in Jabalia under US protection". Al Jazeera. 12 October 2024.
  25. ^ a b "Iran Update, October 13, 2024". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 2024-10-14.
  26. ^ Magdy, Samy. "Israeli offensive kills dozens and threatens hospitals in hard-hit northern Gaza". PBS. Associated Press. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  27. ^ Rasgon, Adam (6 October 2024). "A new Israeli map labels nearly all of northern Gaza 'new evacuation zones". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 6 October 2024.
  28. ^ Keller-Lynn, Carrie (6 October 2024). "Israel Launches New Offensive in Northern Gaza, Orders Mass Evacuation". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 6 October 2024.
  29. ^ Monks, Kieron (6 October 2024). "'Evacuate or die': Israel moves towards 'general's plan' for north Gaza". iNews. Archived from the original on 6 October 2024.
  30. ^ "Gazans in the north trapped with nowhere to go, as fighting intensifies". UN News. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
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