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August 1, 2024 Blog, News
Israel continues to carry out massacres against Palestinian civilians in Gaza.(Photo: Mahmoud Ajjour, The Palestine Chronicle)

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

Israeli forces continued to carry out massacres, killing and wounding scores of civilians as the genocidal war on Gaza entered its 300th day.

An official funeral ceremony will be held for the head of Hamas’ political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, in the Iranian capital, Tehran, on Thursday, before his body is transferred to the Qatari capital, Doha, for funeral prayers and burial on Friday.

The United States has mobilized 12 warships in the Middle East after the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh and Fouad Shukr, according to the Washington Post, citing Pentagon officials.

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 39,480 Palestinians have been killed, and 91,128 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.

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Friday, August 2, 01:00 am (GMT+2)

JOHN KIRBY:

We must take seriously the Iranian leader’s rhetoric about revenge.

Iran has already proven it is capable and willing to launch a major attack on Israel.

ACTING IRANIAN FM: I requested an emergency meeting of the foreign ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to investigate the assassination of Haniyeh.

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Friday, August 2, 12:00 am (GMT+2)

CHANNEL 12: The army has prepared dozens of aircraft on the runways in preparation for defense and attack, and had also mobilized warships.

Thursday, August 1, 11:00 pm (GMT+2)

CHANNEL 14: The security cabinet decided to respond immediately to any attack targeting Israeli civilians.

HEZBOLLAH: We fired dozens of Katyusha rockets at the northern Israeli settlement of Metzova, after civilians were killed and wounded in an Israeli airstrike on southern Lebanon.

ERDOGAN: Recep Tayyip Erdogan confirmed to his American counterpart Joe Biden – during a phone call – that the assassination of the head of the political bureau of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) Ismail Haniyeh is a severe blow to the ceasefire efforts.

KAN: About 60 rockets were launched from southern Lebanon towards the Western Galilee, noting that about 15 of them were intercepted.

AXIOS: We received clear indications that Iran will respond to Haniyeh’s assassination.

ERDOGAN: Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared a one-day national mourning tomorrow, Friday, over the assassination of the head of the political bureau of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh.

PALESTINIAN PRISONERS AUTHORITY: Islam Al-Sarsawi from Gaza was killed as a result of torture in the Israeli Sde Teiman prison.

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ISRAELI ARMY: The occupation army admitted to deliberately killing Al Jazeera correspondent Ismail al-Ghoul in the Gaza Strip, claiming that he was a member of the Qassam Brigades who participated in the attack on October 7.

UN NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER SULLIVAN: The risk of escalation towards a regional war now exists.

Thursday, August 1, 9:00 pm (GMT+2)

HAGARI: The army is at the peak of readiness by air, land and sea and is prepared for all scenarios.

ANSARALLAH LEADER:

No matter how criminal the Israelis and their American partners are, it will not weaken the resolve of the Mujahideen.

There are clear and declared positions by the Islamic Republic and the rest of the axis, and work is underway to respond.

UNCHA: A UN convoy in the Gaza Strip was fired upon today by the Israeli army from a distance of 20 meters.

Thursday, August 1, 8:00 pm (GMT+2)

REUTERS (citing two Lebanese sources): Hezbollah had evacuated key sites in southern and eastern Lebanon but had not taken similar measures in Beirut, before Israel carried out the raid to assassinate Fouad Shukr in the southern suburbs of Beirut.

GAZA GOVERNMENT MEDIA OFFICE: 1.8 million people are infected with diseases as a result of the war in Gaza.

AL-JAZEERA: 15 people were killed as occupation forces bomb a school sheltering displaced people in Shejaiyya.

Thursday, August 1, 7:00 pm (GMT+2)

LEBANESE HEALTH MINISTRY: Four civilians were killed and five others were injured in an Israeli raid that targeted a house in the town of Shamaa in the south of the country, expecting the death toll to rise.

AL-JAZEERA: The body of Ismail Haniyeh arrived in the Qatari capital, Doha, in preparation for his burial tomorrow, Friday, after his funeral this morning in Tehran.

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RUSSIAN FM: Lavrov called on all parties with influence in the Gaza Strip and the region to avoid further destabilization. He also condemned the assassination of the head of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran.

Thursday, August 1, 6:00 pm (GMT+2)

NETANYAHU: Israel at high level of defensive readiness.

Thursday, August 1, 5:00 pm (GMT+2)

NASRALLAH: We are partners with Hamas in resistance and martyrdom, and we will achieve the inevitable victory.

HEZBOLLAH: The funeral ceremony for Hezbollah military commander Fouad Shukr, who was targeted in an Israeli airstrike on the southern suburbs of Beirut, has begun, amid anticipation of a speech by the party’s Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah.

GUTERRES: The international community must work together to prevent any actions that could push the entire Middle East to the brink of the abyss.

Thursday, August 1, 4:00 pm (GMT+2)

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: The Al-Qassam Brigades announced that it targeted an Israeli force near a gathering of vehicles in the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood in southern Gaza, confirming that it had killed and wounded its members.

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: In conjunction with the Al-Qassam Brigades, we clashed with an Israeli force in the Al-Shaboura camp in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, stressing that members of the force were killed and wounded.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Three Palestinians were killed in an Israeli bombardment of the Tel al-Sultan neighborhood, west of Rafah city, in the southern Gaza Strip.

JORDANIAN FM: The future of the region must not be dependent on Netanyahu’s blatant selectivity.

Thursday, August 1, 3:00 pm (GMT+2)

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: We targeted an Israeli infantry force in the vicinity of the university college in the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood, confirming that it inflicted “some casualties and injuries” on that force.

MEDICAL SOURCES: 15 people were killed in Israeli shelling of various areas in the Gaza Strip since dawn today.

Thursday, August 1, 2:00 pm (GMT+2)

BLINKEN: The Middle East is heading towards further conflict, and we urge all parties not to take escalatory action.

WALLA: The army canceled the leave of soldiers in combat units as part of a state of alert for a possible response from Iran and the Lebanese Hezbollah.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli bombing targets a three-story house in Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza City.

AL-JAZEERA: Air raid sirens are sounding in the Upper Galilee, in the eastern sector of the border with Lebanon.

Thursday, August 1, 1:00 pm (GMT+2)

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Four people were killed in an Israeli bombardment on Al-Ishrin Street in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.

Thursday, August 1, 12:00 pm (GMT+2)

ISRAELI ARMY: The Israeli army claimed today that it killed the commander-in-chief of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Muhammad al-Deif, in the raid that targeted him two weeks ago in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: 39,480 Palestinians have been killed, and 91,128 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.

Thursday, August 1, 11:00 am (GMT+2)

NYT: US officials have secretly admitted that Israel assassinated Haniyeh, although it has not admitted it.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Ambulance crews recovered the body of a Palestinian as a result of Israeli shelling a few days ago at the Misbah Miraj junction, north of Rafah city, in the southern Gaza Strip.

Thursday, August 1, 10:00 am (GMT+2)

LIEBERMAN: It is impossible to win and manage the war this way. Netanyahu is stalling and not taking responsibility despite the killing and wounding of thousands and the presence of 115 kidnapped people in captivity.

Thursday, August 1, 09:00 am (GMT+2)

LAPID: 300 days since the disaster and the “kidnapped” are underground.

CHANNEL 12: US airlines United and Delta suspended flights to and from Israel.

AL-JAZEERA: The families of Israeli prisoners and their supporters closed the Ayalon axis in Tel Aviv to demand a prisoner exchange deal to return the prisoners held from the Gaza Strip.

KHALIL AL-HAYYA: The Zionist entity, by assassinating Haniyeh, angered the resistance and the free people of the world.

Thursday, August 1, 08:00 am (GMT+2)

IRANIAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKER: The occupation committed a strategic mistake by assassinating Ismail Haniyeh.

Thursday, August 1, 04:00 am (GMT+2)

IRAN: An official funeral ceremony will be held for the head of Hamas’ political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, in the Iranian capital, Tehran, on Thursday, before his body is transferred to the Qatari capital, Doha, for funeral prayers and burial on Friday.

Thursday, August 1, 03:00 am (GMT+2)

HEZBOLLAH: Hezbollah announced that its Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah will announce the party’s political position today, Thursday, during the funeral of military commander Fouad Shukr, who was assassinated in an Israeli raid on the southern suburbs of Beirut on Tuesday evening.

Thursday, August 1, 02:00 am (GMT+2)

POLITICO (citing US officials): We are concerned about the impact of Haniyeh’s assassination on Gaza negotiations.

SOCIAL MEDIA: Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters marched through the streets of central Istanbul late Wednesday to protest the assassination of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh.

Thursday, August 1, 01:00 am (GMT+2)

FINANCIAL TIMES: American and European diplomats are holding urgent discussions in the Middle East in an attempt to avoid a regional war.

IRAN’S REPRESENTATIVE TO UNSC: The Iranian delegate to the United Nations pointed out that Israel would not have committed this crime without intelligence support from the United States, stressing that “the Israeli regime must not be allowed to evade responsibility for its violations.”

DELTA AIRLINES: Delta Air Lines has announced that it will suspend flights between New York and Tel Aviv due to conflict in the region.

WASHINGTON POST (citing Pentagon official): The United States mobilized 12 warships in the Middle East after the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh and Fouad Shukr.

Thursday, August 1, 12:00 am (GMT+2)

BRITISH REPRESENTATIVE TO UNSC: We reject Iran’s attempts to exploit the suffering of the people of Gaza as a justification for further violence.

(The Palestine Chronicle)

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1 Comment

  1. ” The United States has mobilized 12 warships in the Middle East after the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh and Fouad Shukr, according to the Washington Post, citing Pentagon officials. ”
    WITHOUT the consent of the US citizens!!
    ‘ some one ‘ has a lot to gain by killing some people to keep the war going…
    and, now Hamas will be even stronger.
    GOOD JOB!

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