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May 31, 2024 Blog, News
Israel continues to carry out massacres against Palestinian civilians in Gaza.(Photo: Mahmoud Ajjour, Palestine Chronicle)

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

Israeli occupation forces withdrew from Tal al-Zaatar, the Beit Lahia project, Beit Hanoun, and all areas of the northern Gaza Strip.

According to the Yemeni TV channel Al-Masirah, 13 people were killed in US and British strikes on Hodeidah.

Israeli forces carried out a massacre in central Gaza, killing and wounding scores of Palestinians in the Nuseirat refugee camp. 

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 36,284 Palestinians have been killed, and 82,057 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.

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Saturday, June 1, 08:30 am (GMT +2)

AL-AQSA TV: Journalist Ola Al-Dahdouh was killed when the Israeli army bombed her house in Al-Jalaa Street in Gaza City at dawn today.

Saturday, June 1, 07:30 am (GMT +2)

EU FOREIGN POLICY CHIEF:

Double standards on the situation in Gaza and the ICJ decision should be avoided.

There are questions we need to answer about Ukraine, Gaza and the question of respecting international laws.

Clearly, international humanitarian law is no longer sufficiently respected.

Outrage over Rafah – France Bars Israeli Military Firms from Eurosatory Arms Expo

Saturday, June 1, 05:00 am (GMT +2)

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli warplanes carried out an air raid against Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip, coinciding with another targeting in the center of the Gaza Strip. Additionally, Israeli artillery targeted the center and south of Rafah.

Saturday, June 1, 03:00 am (GMT +2)

AL-JAZEERA: A number of Palestinians were injured as a result of shelling launched by the Israeli occupation on two houses in Al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

An Outright Israeli Defeat or ‘Tactical Victory’ in Jabaliya? – ANALYSIS

UNITED NATIONS (UN Secretary-General António Guterres):

We have seen so much suffering and destruction in Gaza and it is time to stop. I welcome President Biden’s initiative and encourage the parties to seize this opportunity for a ceasefire and the release of hostages.

‘Time for a New Stage’ – Biden Calls on Hamas to Accept ‘Israeli Proposal’

Saturday, June 1, 01:00 am (GMT +2)

REUTERS: Blinken discussed with his counterparts in Türkiye, Jordan and Saudi Arabia the proposal presented to Hamas.

YEDIOTH AHRONOTH (citing a source close to the Prime Minister’s Office): “Netanyahu sees Yoav Gallant as a real threat.”

Saturday, June 1, 12:00 am (GMT +2)

LEBANESE CIVIL DEFENSE: A woman was killed and 4 others were injured in an Israeli raid on the town of Adloun in southern Lebanon.

‘Cold and Scary’ – Families Accuse Israeli Government of Abandoning Gaza Captives

Friday, May 31, 11:30 pm (GMT +2)

HAMAS: In a statement, the movement reaffirmed its position of readiness to deal positively and constructively with any proposal based on a permanent ceasefire, complete withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, reconstruction, the return of the displaced to all their places of residence, and the completion of a serious prisoner exchange deal if the occupation declares its explicit commitment to that.

TURKISH FM: Fidan warns of the expansion of the Gaza war if a ceasefire is not reached.

‘Like in Gaza’ – Smotrich Threatens to Destroy West Bank Towns

AXIOS: Netanyahu received an official invitation to deliver a speech in Congress.

AL-JAZEERA: Sirens in the Kiryat Shmona settlement and neighboring towns, after a new missile salvo was launched from southern Lebanon.

AL-JAZEERA: From satellite images, more than 100 Israeli military vehicles were stationed near the Philadelphi route on the border with Egypt on May 30.

Friday, May 31, 9:30 pm (GMT +2)

CHANNEL 12: Israeli Channel 12 quoted an Israeli official as saying, “US President Joe Biden does not understand the reality here, and his speech is weak and represents a victory for Hamas.”

BIDEN: “It’s time to begin this new stage. For the hostages to come home, for Israel to be secure, and for the suffering to stop. It’s time for this war to end, and for the day after to begin.”

CHANNEL 13: Three Palestinians were injured as a result of a missile strike from southern Lebanon on northern Israel.

AXIOS: Biden will urge Hamas and Israel to reach a ceasefire agreement.

Friday, May 31, 8:00 pm (GMT +2)

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: We sniped and directly wounded two Israeli soldiers in the vicinity of the Sheikh Zayed Roundabout in the northern Gaza Strip.

CHANNEL 12: Nine missiles were launched from Lebanese territory towards the Gatoun area in the Western Galilee.

CHANNEL 12: A person was slightly injured in northern Israel as a result of a missile strike from Lebanese territory.

WALLA: The decision to prevent Israeli arms companies from attending the Paris exhibition a blow to the defense industries in Israel.

KAN: Gantz rejects France’s decision to prevent Israel’s participation in a defense exhibition.

Outrage over Rafah – France Bars Israeli Military Firms from Eurosatory Arms Expo

Friday, May 31, 7:00 pm (GMT +2)

AL-JAZEERA: Rockets were fired from southern Lebanon towards Israeli positions in the Western Galilee.

NASRALLAH: We carried out an operation a few meters away from an Israeli site. If the fighters had wanted to storm it, they would have entered it

AL-JAZEERA: An Israeli drone carried out a raid on the town of Yaroun in southern Lebanon, without immediate news of the losses it caused.

CHANNEL 12: Israeli army air defenses intercepted a march launched from Lebanon towards the city of Acre.

AL-JAZEERA: Sirens sounded in Acre and neighboring towns in northern Israel.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Three Palestinians were killed and others were wounded in an Israeli bombing that targeted the vicinity of the Salah al-Din Mosque in the Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City.

Friday, May 31, 6:00 pm (GMT +2)

WHITE HOUSE: US President Joe Biden will make statements regarding the Middle East this evening.

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: 36,284 Palestinians have been killed, and 82,057 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.

FRENCH DEFENSE MINISTRY: The French Ministry of Defense confirmed that it prevented Israeli companies from participating in the Orosatori exhibition for defense and security industries, and justified the decision by not responding to the demand to stop the Rafah operation.

CHANNEL 13: Three rockets fired from Lebanon fell near the town of Ma’yan Baruch in the Upper Galilee.

Friday, May 31, 5:00 pm (GMT +2)

UNRWA: We received horrific reports from JabaliYa in the northern Gaza Strip about children killed and injured while taking shelter in its school during the past weeks.

WASHINGTON POST: Based on satellite images, the Israeli army began an incursion into the most densely populated areas in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.

BLINKEN: The aid distribution mechanism inside Gaza is not working in an effective manner.

Friday, May 31, 4:00 pm (GMT +2)

AL-JAZEERA: An Israeli drone targeted an ambulance in southern Lebanon.

WSJ (citing Israeli prisoner’s relative): Hanegbi addressed us in a cold and frightening manner, with a lot of contempt. We were shocked by Hanegbi’s talk about the lack of a contingency plan to recover detainees.

AFP: Paris canceled the participation of Israeli companies in the Eurosatory exhibition for defense and security industries.

Friday, May 31, 2:30 pm (GMT +2)

YEDIOTH AHRONOTH: An Israeli army poll revealed that only 42% of officers want to continue serving after the end of the war in the Gaza Strip.

ISRAELI ARMY: Five soldiers were injured in the Gaza battles during the last 24 hours.

HEZBOLLAH: We targeted with attack drones the Iron Dome platforms in the Zaoura area in the occupied Syrian Golan, causing them to be damaged and to catch fire.

ANSARALLAH MILITARY SPOKESMAN: We targeted the US aircraft carrier Eisenhower in the Red Sea.

REUTERS (quoting Isreali official): If Hamas believes that it can dictate the conditions for reaching a ceasefire, then it is mistaken. Israel would not agree to any cessation of fighting in Gaza unless it was part of an agreement that included the return of detainees.

ISRAELI ARMY RADIO: Two Hezbollah drones crossed the border, and it appears that they were not intercepted.

UNRWA: Infectious diseases are spreading and there are no vaccines in Gaza.

Friday, May 31, 1:00 pm (GMT +2)

CHANNEL 1: A building in the Metulla area was hit by an anti-tank missile fired from southern Lebanon.

GAZA CIVIL DEFENSE SPOKESMAN: More than a thousand homes were destroyed in the Jabalia camp in the northern Gaza Strip, after an Israeli military operation in the area that lasted 20 days.

ISMAIL HANIYEH: The Palestinian people will not accept an alternative to resistance.

Friday, May 31, 12:00 pm (GMT +2)

SLOVENIAN FM: The Palestinians have the right to establish their independent state.

HEZBOLLAH: We bombed the Israeli Baranit Barracks with Burkan missiles, achieving a direct hit and destroying part of it. We also targeted Al-Baghdadi’s Israeli position with Burkan missiles.

AL-JAZEERA: Two Palestinians from the Al-Baik family were martyred in a bombing carried out by the occupation on the vicinity of the university college in Tal al-Hawa, southwest of Gaza City.

GAZA GOVERNMENT MEDIA OFFICE: 98% of Gaza’s bakeries have stopped working.

ISRAELI ARMY RADIO: 10 soldiers were killed during the operation carried out by the 98th Division in the Jabaliya camp in the northern Gaza Strip over a period of 20 days.

AL-JAZEERA: Two missiles were launched from southern Lebanon at the Upper Galilee.

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: We targeted a gathering of Israeli occupation soldiers and vehicles penetrating the vicinity of Salah al-Din Gate, south of Rafah, with mortar shells.

Friday, May 31, 11:o0 am (GMT +2)

AL-JAZEERA: Two Palestinians were injured in an Israeli bombing that targeted a residential apartment at Al-Sanafour Junction in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza City.

FORMER ISRAELI JUSTICE MINISTER HAIM RAMON: Hamas is steadfast in all areas of the Gaza Strip, and we are on the verge of strategic defeat.

FAMILIES OF ISRAELI CAPTIVES: Netanyahu decided to sacrifice the detainees.

Alexander Has Spoken – Resistance Roundup – Day 237

ISRAELI PRISONER’S RELATIVE: The head of the National Security Council, Tzachi Hanegbi, informed the families of the prisoners that the return of the detainees would take place if polls showed that he was politically viable.

Friday, May 31, 10:o0 am (GMT +2)

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli occupation forces withdrew from Tal al-Zaatar, the Beit Lahia project, Beit Hanoun, and all areas of the northern Gaza Strip.

Friday, May 31, 09:o0 am (GMT +2)

AL-JAZEERA: The death toll resulting from Israeli raids targeting the Nuseirat and Bureij camps in the central Gaza Strip rose to 13.

AL-MASIRAH CHANNEL: 13 people were killed in US and British strikes on Hodeidah, Yemen.

ISRAELI ARMY: The Israeli occupation army announced that its aircraft bombed 4 Hezbollah military compounds in the Aitaroun and Markaba areas in southern Lebanon.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli artillery and helicopters targeted the northern Gaza Strip.

Friday, May 31, 08:o0 am (GMT +2)

PALINFO: The three Palestinians killed in Nuseirat were Tariq, Hamza, and Abdul Rahman Darwish, and they worked in the field of humanitarian relief.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Three Palestinians were martyred, in addition to a number of wounded, in an Israeli raid on a car west of the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

Friday, May 31, 07:o0 am (GMT +2)

ISRAELI ARMY: Two soldiers were killed in the Gaza Strip battles.

Friday, May 31, 06:o0 am (GMT +2)

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli occupation aircraft renewed their violent raids on northern Gaza.

Friday, May 31, 04:o0 am (GMT +2)

AL-JAZEERA: Violent Israeli raids targeted the center and east of the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: 7 were killed and others were injured in an Israeli bombing that targeted 3 homes in the Nuseirat and Bureij camps in the central Gaza Strip.

‘This is Too Humiliating’ – Famine Overwhelms Gaza Once Again

Friday, May 31, 03:o0 am (GMT +2)

AL-JAZEERA: The bodies of 5 Palestinians and a number of injured people arrived at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital following the targeting of a house for the Al-Sous family in the central Gaza Strip.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: At least one Palestinian was martyred and others were injured in an Israeli bombing that targeted a house in the new camp north of Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip.

Friday, May 31, 02:o0 am (GMT +2)

AL-JAZEERA: Two Israeli raids targeted the north of the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.

ANSARALLAH: Two people were killed and a number of wounded in American-British raids on the city of Hodeidah, west of the country.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli air strikes targeted residential homes east of the city of Rafah.

The Rafah Invasion Timeline: Israel’s Long Build-Up To Invasion

Friday, May 31, 01:o0 am (GMT +2)

HEZBOLLAH: We targeted a building used by Israeli soldiers in Al-Manara and achieved a direct hit.

US STATE DEPARTMENT: US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken discussed, in a call with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan, ceasefire efforts in the Gaza Strip and the release of the captives.

(The Palestine Chronicle)

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