At least two women were killed and 12 Palestinians were wounded in an Israeli shelling that targeted a house in the Al-Hasayneh area, west of Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip.
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant will visit the United States next week.
The US pier in Gaza was reconnected on Wednesday after being temporarily separated last Friday due to poor conditions at sea.
According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 37,396 Palestinians have been killed, and 85,523 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.
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Friday, June 21, 05:10 am (GMT+2)
AL-JAZEERA:
The Israeli army shelled with artillery the northern areas of the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.
The correspondent reported Israeli tank fire on the eastern areas of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.
The occupation army also blew up residential buildings in the Saudi neighborhood, west of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip.
Israeli warplanes launched raids on the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, north of Gaza City.
HAARETZ: The Israeli government is working on an alternative mechanism to the Red Cross for visits to Palestinian prisoners.
Palestinian Doctors, Hospitals And Health Care Workers are Primary Israeli Military Targets in Gaza
Friday, June 21, 12:00 am
AL-JAZEERA: The Israeli occupation warplanes launched raids on the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, north of Gaza City.
CHANNEL 12: Families of prisoners held by the resistance in the Gaza Strip set a fire near the home of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Caesarea, to demand the conclusion of an exchange deal.
AL-JAZEERA: Renewed clashes between the resistance and the Israeli occupation forces in the Tal Al-Sultan neighborhood and the Saudi neighborhood, west of the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.
‘Threat to Health’ – UNRWA Says 67% of Water, Sanitation Infrastructure Destroyed in Gaza
GAZA GOVERNMENT MEDIA OFFICE: 152 male and female journalists were killed in Gaza.
PENTAGON: There is room to find a diplomatic solution between Lebanon and Israel.
KAN: There is American concern about the failure of Israeli air defense systems to confront Hezbollah missiles if the battle expands.
US STATE DEPARTMENT: We continue to work for a ceasefire in Gaza.
Thursday, June 20, 9:00 pm
EISENKOT: Hamas is an idea that we will fight for many years to come.
AL-QASSAM BRIGADES:
Our fighters were able to prepare a precise ambush for an armored Zionist force, and prepare a special mine with a large explosive power that was planted under its passageway, after monitoring operations that continued for several days on Al-Bahr Street, south of the Tal Al-Sultan neighborhood, west of the city of Rafah.
When the force passed in the first minutes of this morning and the “Merkava” tank was positioned above the mine, the Mujahideen detonated it, which led to its complete destruction and the killing of its crew. The process of evacuating the remains of the dead soldiers and the tank’s wreckage continued for several hours.
CNN (citing US officials): The repercussions of the war between Israel and Hezbollah are widespread and will be devastating.
Largest European Companies Arming Israel and Their Financiers – Report
Thursday, June 20, 8:00 pm
HAMAS: We call on human rights organizations and the United Nations to work to monitor the conditions of Palestinian detainees in these fascist detention centers.
HADASSAH HOSPITAL: The Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem announces the arrival of 5 wounded occupation soldiers from the Gaza Strip today, two of whom are in serious condition.
KAN: Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant called on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an official letter to urgently discuss extending regular army service to 3 years.
ISRAELI ARMY: Two soldiers were seriously injured by an anti-tank missile in the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.
AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: We bombed “the enemy’s command and control position east of the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City with heavy-caliber mortar shells, and direct casualties were achieved among their ranks, as our Mujahideen observed the landing of the Black Hawk and Ya’sour planes to evacuate the dead and wounded.
‘Difficult Event’ – This is What Happened in the Rafah Shaboura Camp Today
ISRAELI MEDIA: A settler was killed after being attacked by young men near the city of Qalqilya in the West Bank.
AL-JAZEERA: The Israeli occupation forces released the Chairman of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Dr. Aziz Dweik, after his arrest at dawn today.
Thursday, June 20, 7:00 pm
ISRAELI MEDIA: Religious Jewish demonstrators (Haredim) blocked 4th Central Street in the city of Jerusalem in protest against attempts to recruit them.
NETANYAHU: The Israeli army will not withdraw from Gaza before returning all the hostages and eliminating Hamas’ military and governmental capabilities.
WHITE HOUSE: We did not know that Netanyahu would publish a clip about American arms shipments.
‘Americans are Fuming’ – White House Cancels Meeting following Netanyahu’s Meeting
FORMER GAZA DIVISION COMMANDER:
The situation in Israel is becoming more dangerous and the achievements of the war are being eroded.
Netanyahu remaining in power without ending the war may lead to a strategic collapse.
Israel cannot tolerate 8 months of military, economic and political deterioration.
Netanyahu’s speech before Congress is a disaster and may cause irreparable damage.
Hamas is unlikely to surrender and the military pressure will come to an end after Rafah.
Thursday, June 20, 5:30 pm
AL-JAZEERA: Fierce clashes are still taking place in the Shaboura camp in the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.
GAZA MINISTRY OF PRISONERS: 54 prisoners have been martyred since October 7.
‘Beyond Imagination’ – Lawyer Hears Testimony of Torture, Rape at Israeli Detention Camp
CHANNEL 12: The Israeli Channel 12 cited the occupation army as saying that, in the recent bombing of the Western Galilee, 20 launches were monitored, and 45 missiles were launched since Thursday morning.
HEZBOLLAH: Hezbollah announced it targeted several sites in Israel.
Thursday, June 20, 4:30 pm
AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: Our fighters targeted two Eitan vehicles with Al-Yassin 105 shells. Our Mujahideen monitored the landing of helicopters to evacuate the dead and wounded soldiers in the ambush in which 4 Zionist vehicles were targeted and finished off.
AL-QUDS BRIGADES: Our fighters targeted a Zionist Merkava tank, and we destroyed another tank with a high-explosive device in the Shaboura neighborhood in Rafah.
ISRAELI ARMY: Six soldiers were injured within a day in Gaza.
AL-QUDS BRIGADES: Our fighters are engaged in fierce clashes with machine guns, explosive devices and anti-armor shells with the Zionist enemy’s soldiers and vehicles penetrating the center of the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
A little girl bids farewell to her mother who was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza.
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— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) June 20, 2024
ISRAEL HAYOM: The Association for Civil Rights in Israel appealed to the Supreme Court against the decision to extend the closure of the Al Jazeera office.
Thursday, June 20, 4:00 pm
HEZBOLLAH: We bombed the Israeli Zarit barracks with dozens of Katyusha rockets in response to the assassination carried out by the enemy in Deir Kifa.
AL-JAZEERA: Rockets were detected at the Israeli site of Al-Samaqa in the occupied Kfar Shuba hills in southern Lebanon.
AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: We targeted two Israeli Merkava tanks with Al-Yassin 105 shells in the Shaboura camp in the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.
ISRAELI OFFICIAL RADIO: Israel announces monitoring the launch of 10 missiles from Lebanon towards Western Galilee.
LEADER OF ISRAELI LABOR PARTY: It is impossible to destroy Hamas and release the captives at the same time.
Satellite photos show the extent of destruction of the Yabna and Shaboura camps in central Rafah.
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— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) June 20, 2024
Thursday, June 20, 3:00 pm
AL-JAZEERA: Clashes broke out between the Palestinian resistance and the Israeli occupation, amid artillery shelling and heavy flight of warplanes in the airspace of the city of Rafah.
LEADER OF ISRAELI LABOR PARTY: Netanyahu is destroying Israel.
AL-JAZEERA: Netanyahu is destroying Israel.
WALL STREET JOURNAL (citing retired Israeli Gen. Yisrael Ziv): Tensions between the army and Netanyahu have reached their highest levels.
Thursday, June 20, 2:00 pm
CHANNEL 14 (citing state comptroller’s report): The government failed to pay attention to the home front at the beginning of the war without justification.
YEDIOTH AHRONOTH (citing director of electricity network): Israel is not ready for war in the north, and Hezbollah can easily bring down the network.
REPORT: European financial institutions provided 36.1 billion euros in guarantees for the sale of arms to Israel.
GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: 37,431 Palestinians have been killed, and 85,653 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.
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— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) June 20, 2024
AL-JAZEERA: the Israeli army launched a raid on the Jabal al-Rayhan area in southern Lebanon.
GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: 37,431 Palestinians have been killed, and 85,653 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.
Thursday, June 20, 1:00 pm
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: One Palestinian was killed and others were injured in an Israeli bombing that targeted Route 8, south of Gaza City.
AL-JAZEERA: Israel launched a raid from a march on the town of Deir Kifa in southern Lebanon.
ALI BAGHERI TO AL-JAZEERA: The Zionists must realize that their crimes will not bring them gains.
Thursday, June 20, 12:00 pm
LAPID: Netanyahu’s government includes completely crazy people who are incapable of ruling anything.
BEN-GVIR: The war must continue in the south and the north.
Thursday, June 20, 10:00 am
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: At least 10 Palestinians were killed and dozens were injured by an Israeli airstrike targeting a group of civilians on Salah Eddin Street, east of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip.
ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli Channel 14 quoted the Minister of Religious Affairs as saying that they are preparing themselves in Israel for mass burial scenarios in preparation for a war in the north.
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: At least 10 Palestinians were killed and dozens were injured by an Israeli airstrike targeting a group of civilians on Salah Eddin Street, east of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip.
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— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) June 20, 2024
Thursday, June 20, 09:00 am
CHANNEL 12: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to establish a mini-ministerial security body with the participation of National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir.
AL-JAZEERA: Demonstrators closed the Ayalon axis in Tel Aviv and raised slogans demanding the conclusion of a prisoner exchange deal.
Thursday, June 20, 08:00 am
CHANNEL 12: Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant will visit the United States next week.
Thursday, June 20, 07:00 am
FORMER US AMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL: Congressional leaders should cancel their invitation to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to deliver a speech.
FORMER US AMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL: Congressional leaders should cancel their invitation to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to deliver a speech.
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— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) June 20, 2024
ISRAELI CENTRAL BUREAU OF STATISTICS: Foreign direct investments in Israel decreased to $1.1 billion in the first quarter of 2024, a decline of 55.8% compared to the last quarter of 2023.
Thursday, June 20, 05:10 am
REUTERS (Citing US officials): The US pier in Gaza was reconnected on Wednesday after being temporarily separated last Friday due to poor conditions at sea.
AL-JAZEERA: Two women were killed and 12 Palestinians were wounded in an Israeli shelling that targeted a house in the Al-Hasayneh area, west of Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip.
(The Palestine Chronicle)
That poor girl!
But if that was an Israeli girl crying for her Mom just murdered by Palestine, the world would stop turning. Even so: Israel sucks! at winning. it’s been 75 years, and they STILL can’t take Gaza? Wow…
talk about incompetence…
Even with the full backing of the psychotic US government helping to kill little 1st graders, Israel STILL can’t win? maybe they should just admit their failure, pack up and leave…
Re: Biden’s pier – the US would have the entire world believe that a brisk breeze & the Mediterranean wavelets caused the entire US Navy to flee in terror. Imagine, if this fantasy was actually true, WWII & D-Day would have ended differently & the primary language would be German. And the Holocaust? Well, the press (by command of the Global Reich) would notice “clashes” and “humanitarian largess”, at the last paragraph, page 92. Back in the real world: NATO, EU, G7, Canada (!), etc. are goggle eyed by the White House spin, no doubt, canceling their Mediterranean holidays, you know, on account of the waves, and all. See? Climate Change is, as Jolie would say, “It’s a real thing.”