BellingcatA strike on Jabalia Refugee Camp north of Gaza City killed dozens on Tuesday, as the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) continued advancing into the Gaza Strip https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2023/10/31/confirming-a-strike-on-jabalia-refugee-camp-as-israeli-forces-approach-gaza-city/?utm_source=mastodon
The IDF sent ground troops into Gaza on October 27, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Satellite imagery shows the IDF have entered the territory in several places along its northern border, and southeast of Gaza City.
Both humanitarian and medical organisations working in Gaza have outlined that it is not possible for all civilians in northern Gaza to evacuate south, as Israel has repeatedly ordered them to do.
This afternoon, at 2:30pm local time, reports of an airstrike hitting Jabalia Refugee Camp in the northern Gaza Strip emerged. The airstrike appears to have been caught on a Reuters livestream at approximately 2:24pm.
By using a technique called intersection, where known points in a view are aligned, we can identify that this explosion matches exactly with the location of the impacts at Jabalia.
Videos and images have also appeared in various Telegram channels showing widespread destruction at a location that Bellingcat was able to geolocate to the following coordinates in Jabalia: 31.53271, 34.49815
The IDF has confirmed an airstrike was carried out on Jabalia. “The strike damaged Hamas’s command and control in the area, as well as its ability to direct military activity against IDF soldiers operating throughout the Gaza Strip,” the army said in a statement.
The Jabalia Refugee Camp has been hit by multiple airstrikes in the past month, resulting in scores of casualties. An October 9 airstrike killed 60, an October 19 airstrike killed 18, and an October 22 airstrike killed 30.
Separately, on Monday a video was posted by Youssef Al Saifi, a Palestinian journalist showing an IDF tank firing upon a station wagon on Salah al-Din road.
Salah al-Din had previously been identified by the IDF as a safe evacuation route for civilians within Gaza City. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/14/gaza-civilians-afraid-to-leave-home-after-bombing-of-safe-routes
The location of the footage was geolocated by Benjamin den Braber to 31.470545, 34.432676 and independently confirmed by Bellingcat. The IDF Press Office did not immediately respond to a request for comment about this incident.
Additionaly, satellite imagery taken on October 30 reveals more than 50 armoured military vehicles and extensive demolition and fortification work in the Al-Karama area.
Satellite imagery shows evidence of IDF vehicles and troops movements both north and south of Gaza City. Visible tracks are evident in multiple locations, in this image with Beit Hanoun present on the left side.
Find all of the satellite images and analysis from Bellingcat in the full article here:
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2023/10/31/confirming-a-strike-on-jabalia-refugee-camp-as-israeli-forces-approach-gaza-city/?utm_source=mastodon
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2023/10/31/confirming-a-strike-on-jabalia-refugee-camp-as-israeli-forces-approach-gaza-city/?utm_source=mastodon
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