In the West Bank, Israeli settlers assault and injure 2 Palestinians and set fire to 3 homes and a poultry farm during a raid in Jalud. Israeli settlers also assault and injure a Palestinian man during a raid in the Masafer Yatta area. Elsewhere, Israeli settlers assault Palestinians harvesting olives in Deir Istiya. Israeli settlers also force Palestinians harvesting olives in Rujeib to leave their land. Israeli forces ram and kill a Palestinian man during a raid in Anabta. Israeli forces also shoot and injure a Palestinian man during a raid in Qalandia refugee camp. Elsewhere, Israeli forces shoot and injure a Palestinian man during a raid in Beit Furik. Israeli forces also attack Palestinians harvesting olives in Madama and Husan. Meanwhile, Israeli forces seize a tractor and tents during a raid in Khirbet al-Farisiyya. Israeli forces also arrest a 7-year-old boy during a raid in Deir Balut. In Gaza, Israeli forces bomb Beit Lahiya, Dayr al-Balah, Maghazi, Shati’ refugee camp, Jabalia refugee camp, Rafah, and Nuseirat refugee camp, killing at least 100 people, including 87 in Beit Lahiya and 4 water engineers working to repair water infrastructure in Khuza’a east of Khan Yunis. Israeli forces also besiege and shell the second and third floors of the Indonesian Hospital in Beit Lahiya. 2 patients in the hospital’s ICU die after the attacks destroy a generator. Meanwhile, Israeli forces kill at least 1 person at the entrance to the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya. 2 Israeli soldiers are killed in northern Gaza. In Lebanon, Israeli forces bomb Beirut, Baalbek, Jounieh, Nabatieh, Baaloul, and elsewhere, killing at least 16 people. Hezbollah forces launch drones at Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s home in Caesarea, causing damage but no injuries. Hezbollah forces also fire rockets at Safed, Rosh Pina, Krayot, Shlomi, al-Bassa, Nesher, Kiryat Shmona, and al-Marj. An Israeli soldier succumbs to injuries sustained on 10/9 in southern Lebanon. (AJ, AX, HA, HA, NYT, NYT, NYT, REU, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA 10/19; AJ, AJ, NYT, REU, WAFA, WAFA 10/20; UNOCHA 10/22; UNOCHA 10/24)
More than 42,519 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza, including at least 17,000 children and 11,487 women, and around 99,637 have been injured since 10/7/2023. At least 10,000 people are missing in rubble. 745 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces and settlers in the West Bank and East Jerusalem since 10/7/2023, including 155 children. More than 6,315 people have been injured. Israel reports that 1,139 Israelis and foreign nationals have been killed and 5,400 have been injured in Israel since 10/7/2023, including Israeli soldiers. In addition, 355 Israeli soldiers have been killed and 2,345 injured in Gaza since the ground invasion began on 10/27/2023. Over 1.93 million Palestinians, nearly 85% of the population of Gaza, have been displaced since 10/7/2023. There has been a complete electricity blackout in Gaza since 10/12/2023 due to the Israeli blockade. At least 79,000 housing units have been destroyed and 370,000 have been damaged in Israeli airstrikes since 10/7/2023. The Gaza Civil Defense says more than 400 Palestinians have been killed in northern Gaza in the past 2 weeks of the Israeli siege of Jabalia refugee camp, Beit Lahiya, and Beit Hanun. (AJ, HA, WAFA 10/19)
The Lebanese health ministry says 1,838 people have been killed in Israeli attacks in Lebanon since the middle of September and 2,448 killed since 10/8/2023. (AJ 10/19)
Israeli media reports that a Lebanese person, allegedly a Hezbollah member, has died in Israeli custody after being abducted by Israeli forces in Lebanon. (AJ, HA 10/19)
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets with German chancellor Olaf Scholz in Ankara. During a joint press conference, Erdogan calls on the international community to stop Israel’s genocides in Gaza and Lebanon. (AJ 10/19)
U.S. secretary of defense Lloyd Austin says Israel should “scale back” its attacks in and around Beirut and “transition to negotiations,” adding the “number of civilian casualties have been far too high.” Austin also speaks with Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant, discussing the attack on Netanyahu’s home. (AJ, HA, NYT, REU 10/19)
The G7 releases a statement calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and for more aid to be allowed in and a “sustainable pathway” to a 2-state solution, and expresses concern over attacks on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon. (AJ 10/19)
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu says in a statement that he spoke to U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. At a campaign rally, Trump praises Netanyahu for not listening to President Joe Biden. (HA 10/19; AJ, REU 10/20)