October 2024 17 October The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 29 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, increasing the Palestinian death toll in Gaza to 42,438. The Lebanese Health Ministry announced that at least 45 people were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours. SANA reported that the IDF struck Latakia. It also reported that "anti-aircraft defence intercepted hostile targets" and fire erupted after the attack. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that it "targeted a weapons depot". The US struck five underground weapons facilities in Houthi-controlled territory in Yemen using B-2 bombers. The Houthis vowed to respond after the strikes. Israeli soldiers raised the Israeli flag in the vicinity of a monument in Labbouneh, southern Lebanon. At least 100 Hezbollah targets were struck one day prior. Many families were trapped after their houses were bombed in a neighborhood at the entry point of the northern cities in the Gaza Strip. The IDF struck Tamnine Al Tahta in the Bekaa Valley and ordered residents of nearby Saraain al-Tahta to evacuate from their houses. A German warship operating under UNIFIL intercepted a drone off the coast of Lebanon. The International Labour Organization said that almost 100 percent of Gaza's population is facing poverty. Israeli forces shot and killed a 60-year-old Palestinian woman who was picking olives in Faqqua. Israeli forces also fired on an event organised by the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission for helping farmers from Kafr al-Labad pick olives from their lands. Israeli strikes on an UNRWA-run school serving as a shelter for displaced people in Jabalia killed at least 28 people, including women and children and injured 160 others. The IDF said that it carried out a "precise strike on an operational meeting" of 18 Hamas and PIJ militants who were involved in rocket attacks targeting Israeli territory and planning and committing attacks targeting Israeli soldiers and Israel in recent days. Hamas denied the claim. The polio vaccination campaign for children from two to ten years old was completed in central Gaza. Vaccination for children in Khan Yunis and Rafah governorates will start on 19 October and will continue for four days, followed by children in northern Gaza. Israel said that they killed three gunmen in Tal as-Sultan. Dental records identified one of the deceased as Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, who was also found to be carrying large amounts of shekels and personal identification documents. Hamas also confirmed his death. An Israeli air strike hit a residential building in the Maghazi refugee camp killing at least 10 people, including women and children. Israeli soldiers detonated several explosives in Muhajbib, demolishing most of the historic village. The IDF said that it destroyed a Redwan tunnel network in the center of the village. Attacks on israel: Five Israeli soldiers were killed and an IDF officer and two soldiers were critically wounded while fighting in south Lebanon, increasing the IDF death toll in the invasion on Lebanon to 21. Nine other Israeli soldiers were also critically wounded while fighting in south Lebanon and the Gaza Strip. Hezbollah fired 30 rockets towards Israel, and a drone was intercepted over the Mediterranean sea on its way to Israel. Hezbollah said that it fired a barrage of rockets towards Safed and targeted an IDF base to the east of Netanya with Nasr-1 guided surface-to-surface missile. It also released a video of an Israeli tank engulfed by fire after the attack. The Islamic Resistance in Iraq said that it launched a drone towards Eilat. Approximately 30 rockets were launched towards Upper Galilee. Hezbollah said that it targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers in al-Sadana, Shebaa Farms. Hezbollah claimed that it struck two Merkava tanks with guided missiles near Labbouneh. Hezbollah claimed that it destroyed two Israeli surveillance drones. It also announced that it is moving to a new escalatory stage in the confrontation and said that it will become clear in the coming days. Hezbollah said that it targeted Israeli soldiers on the outskirts of Kafr Kila using artillery. It also said that its forces hit a gathering of Israeli soldiers on two occasions near Aita al-Shaab.
18 October The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 62 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, increasing the Palestinian death toll in Gaza according to its count to 42,500. Palestinian armed groups targeted Israeli forces using explosive devices and guns in Tubas. The World Health Organization alleged that Israel was blocking medical specialists from entering Gaza. The IDF said it had killed Hezbollah commander Mohammad Hussein Ramal in an air strike in Taybeh. It also said that it located and destroyed rocket launchers aimed for attacking northern Israel and discovered Hezbollah weapons in southern Lebanon. The IAF also struck a militant cell it said was preparing to launch an antitank missile towards Israeli soldiers operating in southern Lebanon. The IDF said that its air force conducted approximately 150 strikes on sites in the Gaza and Lebanon one day prior including munitions warehouses, rocket launch sites, and sniper and observation posts, and killed dozens of militants.
Israeli soldiers detained a young shepherd while Israeli settlers stole his herd of sheep in Jurish. Israeli forces cut off communication and internet networks in northern Gaza, particularly in Jabalia. Al Jazeera reported that a home in al-Faluja area of Jabalia was demolished by Israeli bulldozers with a displaced family inside it.
The IDF announced that it killed 60 Hezbollah militants during combat in southern Lebanon the day prior. The Belgian Prosecutor's Office said that a Belgian-Israeli soldier was under investigation for possible war crimes in Gaza. Attacks on Israel: The IDF said that it identified militants crossing from Jordan towards the south of the Dead Sea region and killed two of them after they fired on Israeli forces. Two Israeli soldiers were injured in the attack, which was claimed by the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan. Seventy-five projectiles were launched by Hezbollah from Lebanon towards Israel, including 20 rockets. Some of them targeted the Philon IDF Base in Rosh Pinna, an air missile defence base east of Hadera, a gathering of soldiers in Safed, and an area north of Haifa. Three rockets targeting the Haifa Bay were intercepted by the IDF. An Israeli reservist of the 's 5030th Battalion who was critically injured during combat in southern Lebanon on 9 October died from his wounds, bringing the IDF death toll since the start of invasion of Lebanon to 22.
19 October The Lebanese Health Ministry announced that at least 36 people were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 48 hours. The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 19 were killed in Gaza in the past 24 hours, increasing the death toll in Gaza according to its count to 42,519. A drone launched from Syria crashed in the northern Golan Heights. Palestinian armed groups targeted Israeli forces using guns and explosive devices in Balata refugee camp. The US Central Command destroyed 20 "Iranian-supplied" one-way attack drones and land attack cruise missiles in various parts of the Middle East in one week. It also said that Iran-backed militias in Iraq targeted US and coalition forces with rocket attacks two times. Three drones were launched from Lebanon towards Israel, one of which hit Benjamin Netanyahu's residence in Caesarea. Hezbollah claimed responsibility for the attack. Hezbollah said that it also launched suicide drones towards Shlomi, an IDF base in Nesher, Kiryat Shmona and a group of Israeli soldiers in al-Marj and Zarit. Clashes were reported between Israeli soldiers and Hamas operatives in Jabalia refugee camp in the past 24 hours. One hundred rockets were launched from Lebanon towards northern Israel, damaging a residential building in Shlomi. Hezbollah said that it launched rockets towards a region north of Haifa. A person died and at least 13 people were injured in the rocket strikes. The IDF said that it killed Nasser Abd al-Aziz Rashid, deputy commander of Hezbollah's operations in Bint Jbeil District. It added that its forces located and destroyed stockpiles of weapons in southern Lebanon, "eliminated" two militant squads in Rafah, and destroyed Hamas military facilities in central Gaza and targeted militants in Jabalia. Two patients in the ICU of the Indonesia Hospital died after Israeli forces destroyed its generator. A Palestinian was shot and injured by Israeli forces in Qalandia Camp, northeast of Jerusalem. The IDF carried out a mass arrest campaign in evacuation centres in northern Gaza and took those arrested to undisclosed locations. The IDF issued evacuation orders for residents in Haret Hreik and Bourj el-Barajneh. The IDF said that it targeted Hezbollah's intelligence command centre and several munitions warehouses in several locations in the southern suburbs of Beirut. Two Israeli soldiers were killed while fighting in northern Gaza, bringing the IDF death toll in Gaza to 357. An explosive laden-drone critically injured an IDF officer in southern Lebanon. An Israeli reserve soldier died of injuries he had sustained in an October 9 clash with Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon, increasing the number of Israeli soldiers killed as a result of that clash to two. An Israeli strike on a clearly marked vehicle despite prior coordination with Israeli authorities killed four water engineers and workers of Coastal Municipalities Water Utility, a partner of Oxfam while they were on their way for repairing water infrastructure in Khuza'a, east of Khan Yunis. Approximately 200 projectiles were launched by Hezbollah towards Israel. A Hezbollah member captured in southern Lebanon died in the custody of Israeli soldiers. An Israeli missile strike killed an Iranian woman and her Lebanese husband in Beirut. They survived an initial strike.
20 October The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 84 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, increasing the Palestinian death toll in Gaza to 42,603. The IDF issued evacuation orders for residents to move at least 500 metres away from at least two buildings in Haret Hreik and Hadath. It also issued evacuation orders for some areas in the east of Lebanon for the first time in a week. The IDF said that its air force struck 175 militant targets in Gaza and Lebanon, striking weapons warehouses, rocket launch sites and other Hamas and Hezbollah infrastructure. It also said that it intercepted a "suspicious aerial target" off the coast of Haifa. The IDF said it had killed key Hezbollah officials Elhag Abbas Salameh, Racha Abbas Icha, and Ahmed Ali Hasin in its strike on Hezbollah intelligence headquarters in southern Beirut. It also said that it hit an underground weapons workshop in Beirut. It also said it had killed Alhaj Abbas Salameh, a senior figure in the Hezbollah's southern command, Radja Abbas Awache, a Hezbollah communications expert and Ahmad Ali Hussein, who was responsible for development of Hezbollah's strategic weapons, in airstrikes. At least 160 rockets were launched from Lebanon to Israel. Rockets were launched to places in northern Israel including areas in Safed, Haifa, Acre and Margaliot. Hezbollah said that it targeted an IDF base in the vicinity of Safed and Shebaa Farms. Israeli forces bombed a vehicle belonging to the Lebanese Armed forces on a road between Ain Ebel and Hanine in Bint Jbeil District, killing three soldiers. The IDF subsequently apologised, saying that they had been mistaken for militants. The al-Qassam Brigades claimed to have killed and injured Israeli soldiers by targeting two personnel carriers using a Shawaz explosive device and a Yassin-105 rocket launcher in the east and west of the Jabalia refugee camp.