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February 29, 2024 Blog, News
Palestinian babies are dying from starvation. (Photo: Mousa Salem, cia Eye on Palestine)

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

Scores of Palestinians were killed and wounded following an Israeli bombing on refugees waiting for aid in northern Gaza.

Meanwhile, the United Nations warned that widespread famine is almost inevitable in Gaza.

The Israeli army has reportedly expelled nine members of the Givati Brigade for refusing orders, while the Wall Street Journal quoted an Israeli soldier in Khan Yunis as questioning the purpose of their efforts in Gaza.

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 30,035 Palestinians have been killed, and 70,457 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.

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Thursday, February 29, 11:30 pm (GMT+2)

UN RAPPORTEUR ON ISSUE OF POVERTY AND HUMAN RIGHTS: We need to impose sanctions and exert trade pressure on Israel.

HAMAS: Israel is lying and misleading about the Nabulsi Roundabout massacre. The movement called on the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court to take the necessary measures to hold the occupation accountable for its crimes.

PENTAGON: We are committed to conducting a full investigation into the death of Pilot Bushnell.

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POLITICO (quoting US official): Washington and Tel Aviv are waiting for Hamas’ response regarding a new deal.

CHANNEL 12: Israel extends the evacuation of residents of the border towns around Gaza and Lebanon.

Thursday, February 29, 10:30 pm (GMT+2)

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli aircraft launched a raid on the Tal Al-Zaatar area in the Jabalia refugee camp, north of the Gaza Strip.

Thursday, February 29, 9:30 pm (GMT+2)

ISRAELI ARMY: The Israeli army announced that it bombed a Hezbollah military compound tonight in the Blida area in southern Lebanon.

NBC (quoting US officials): Hamas is still capable of dragging Israel into a long quagmire, like previous conflicts in Lebanon.

COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT: The killing of 100 Palestinians while asking for food reminds us of the Holocaust.

WHITE HOUSE: What happened in northern Gaza requires a comprehensive investigation.

US STATE DEPARTMENT: We will not jump to conclusions about what happened in Gaza.

UN RAPPORTEUR ON RIGHT OF HEALTH: We expect world leaders to hold Israel accountable and reject genocide

Thursday, February 29, 8:00 pm (GMT+2)

NETANYAHU: We will eliminate Hamas and return all our kidnappers.

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: The Al-Qassam Brigades announced several operations south of the Zaytoun neighborhood in the Gaza Strip.

SMOTRICH: There is no difference between the West Bank and Gaza.

ISLAMIC JIHAD: The enemy commits its crimes to pressure the resistance in negotiations.

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: Pur mujahideen “confirmed the detonation of two booby-trapped tunnels in the enemy forces, leaving them dead and wounded south of the Zaytoun neighborhood” in the Gaza Strip.

UNRA COMMISSIONER-GENERAL: The death toll in Gaza has reached an unprecedented number.

Thursday, February 29, 6:30 pm (GMT+2)

ISRAELI MEDIA: Sirens sounded in the settlements surrounding the Gaza Strip

UN OFFICIAL MARTIN GRIFFITHS: Life is draining out of Gaza at terrifying speed.

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: Tomorrow we will inform you of the fate of 3 of our prisoners.

BIDEN: There may not be a ceasefire in Gaza on Monday.

ISRAELI ARMY RADIO: Two Israeli settlers were killed in a shooting nera the Eli settlement, south of Nablus.

Thursday, February 29, 5:30 pm (GMT+2)

KIRBY: The incident that occurred in northern Gaza is serious and we are examining the reports.

VOLKER TURK: The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, confirmed that the ground attack that Israel is preparing on the city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip “will violate” the decision of the highest UN court.

BELGIAN PM: Belgian Deputy Prime Minister Petra de Sutter said that she was horrified by today’s massacre – Thursday – in which more than 100 Palestinians were killed in the Gaza Strip.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: The death toll from the bombing at the Nabulsi roundabout has risen to 109.

BEN-GVIR: We must support our heroic fighters working in Gaza.

GAZA GOVERNMENT MEDIA OFFICE: The occupation committed more than two thousand massacres.

Thursday, February 29, 4:00 pm (GMT+2)

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: The bodies of 17 Palestinians were recovered from various areas in the city of Khan Yunis (southern Gaza Strip) since dawn on Thursday.

RUSSIAN FM: The policy of collective punishment against the Palestinians must be stopped.

HAMAS: The negotiations will not be a “cover for the enemy’s continuation of its crimes”.

Thursday, February 29, 3:00 pm (GMT+2)

HEZBOLLAH: Lebanese Hezbollah announced that it targeted the Elon settlement with batches of Katyusha rockets in response to Israeli attacks on Lebanese civilians.

Thursday, February 29, 2:00 pm (GMT+2)

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: The Ministry of Health in Gaza reported that the number of victims of the Al-Rashid Street massacre had risen to 81 dead and about 700 wounded.

ISRAELI ARMY: The Israeli occupation army said that hundreds of Palestinians approached our forces while receiving aid in northern Gaza, and the soldiers responded by opening fire.

ISRAELI ARMY: The Jordanian army dropped humanitarian aid north of the Gaza Strip, and because of the winds, it fell into Israeli territory.

Thursday, February 29, 12:30 pm (GMT+2)

AL-JAZEERA: Missiles were fired from southern Lebanon, towards the Ramtha site and the Zabdin barracks in the occupied Lebanese Shebaa Farms.

OXFAM: The threat of genocide in Gaza has become a reality.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: An Al Jazeera correspondent said that an Israeli air strike targeted areas south of Gaza City.

AL-JAZEERA: Sirens sounded in Haifa and Western Galilee.

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: More than 70 people were killed and 280 injured in the Nabulsi roundabout.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: A Palestinian was killed and 3 children were injured in an Israeli bombing west of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip.

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: 30,035 Palestinians have been killed, and 70,457 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.

HAMAS: Today’s massacre comes within the framework of the war of starvation and displacement against our people.

SYRIAN MEDIA: Syrian media reported hearing explosions around the capital, Damascus.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: 57 dead bodies and 254 wounded arrived at the Shifa complex following an Israeli bombing of aid lines in the northern Gaza Strip.

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UN COMMISSIONER: We warn of the consequences of Israel launching a military operation in Rafah.

AL-JAZEERA: Sirens sounded in Kfar Azza in the northern Gaza envelope.

Thursday, February 29, 11:30 am (GMT+2)

GAZA GOVERNMENT MEDIA OFFICE: The occupation deliberately committed a horrific massacre.

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: Scores of Palestinians were martyred and hundreds injured in a massacre on Al-Rashid Street.

AL-AWDA HOSPITAL: We received 90 wounded as a result of the Israeli bombing on the Nabulsi roundabout.

AL-SHIFA HOSPITAL: What we are witnessing today reminds us of the Baptist Hospital massacre.

Thursday, February 29, 10:30 am (GMT+2)

DIRECTOR OF KAMAL ADWAN HOSPITAL: We received 10 dead bodies and 160 wounded as a result of the Israeli bombing on the Nabulsi roundabout.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: 50 dead bodies and 200 wounded arrived at Al-Shifa Hospital following an Israeli bombing on citizens waiting for aid in the northern Gaza Strip.

WSJ: The Wall Street Journal quoted an Israeli soldier in Khan Yunis as saying, “Many soldiers wonder what the goal of their efforts is in the absence of a clear plan.”

ISRAELI ARMY RADIO: Israeli Army Radio reported that the army had withdrawn the Paratroopers Brigade from the Gaza Strip.

GAZA CIVIL DEFENSE: The occupation forces people to live under the weight of hunger.

Thursday, February 29, 09:00 am (GMT+2)

HEZBOLLAH: We targeted a deployment of occupation soldiers around the Jal al-Alam site.

AL-JAZEERA: The Israeli police closed the vicinity of the American embassy in Tel Aviv after a report of a suspicious object.

ISRAELI ARMY RADIO: Ten rockets were fired at an Israeli military site in the Western Galilee.

ISRAELI RADIO: Nine soldiers from the Givati ​​Brigade were expelled and removed from Gaza “under the pretext of refusing orders.”

Thursday, February 29, 08:00 am (GMT+2)

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: The death toll since the start of the aggression on the Strip exceeded 30,000.

Thursday, February 29, 07:00 am (GMT+2)

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Dozens of people were killed and wounded in an Israeli bombing that targeted the Nabulsi roundabout in the northern Gaza Strip.

Thursday, February 29, 06:00 am (GMT+2)

ASSOCIATED PRESS: The Canadian government is working to airdrop aid into Gaza as soon as possible.

Thursday, February 29, 05:00 am (GMT+2)

AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE: The New Zealand government imposes a travel ban on Israeli settlers for committing acts of violence in the occupied West Bank.

Thursday, February 29, 04:00 am (GMT+2)

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: An Israeli artillery shelling targeted the western areas of the Khan Yunis camp in the southern Gaza Strip, amid intense gunfire from occupation vehicles.

Thursday, February 29, 02:00 am (GMT+2)

US MEDIA: Palestine supporters in New York State began a continuous 24-hour protest to demand an end to the massacres committed by Israel against civilians in the Gaza Strip, and an immediate ceasefire.

Thursday, February 29, 01:00 am (GMT+2)

KAMAL ADWAN HOSPITAL: The director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip told Al Jazeera that 7 children died in the hospital due to malnutrition.

AXIOS (quoting US officials): Concern grew within the White House that there was a threat of famine in Gaza.

Thursday, February 29, 12:00 am (GMT+2)

LEBANESE CIVIL DEFENSE: A man and his wife were killed in an Israeli raid that targeted a house in the town of Kafra, south of Lebanon.

GAZA HEALTH SPOKESMAN: The Israeli occupation is waging a new war against the residents of Gaza, which is a war of starvation.

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: We demand immediate international action to prevent the disaster.

UNRWA ADVISOR: The situation in Gaza is catastrophic, especially in the north.

Wednesday, February 28, 11:00 pm (GMT+2)

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli occupation aircraft launched a raid on the vicinity of the town of Kafra in southern Lebanon.

(The Palestine Chronicle)

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