Israeli tanks penetrated further into the western area of the city of Rafah during one of the worst nights of air, land, and sea bombardment, forcing many families to flee their homes and tents in the dark.
The Chinese Foreign Minister said that Beijing will continue to work with all parties to end the war in Gaza.
Citing informed sources, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that talks with mediators to reach a prisoner exchange deal will continue despite Hamas’ response and that negotiations are not over.
According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 37,232 Palestinians have been killed, and 85,037 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.
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Friday, June 14, 4:30 am (GMT +2)
AL-JAZEERA: Israeli warplanes targeted a house near the entrance to Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip.
CIVIL DEFENSE (Lebanon): A woman was killed and about 20 civilians were injured in an Israeli raid on the town of Janata.
JERUSALEM POST: A senior State Department official said the Palestinian Authority would not be allowed to control the Gaza Strip after the war ended.
ISRAELI ARMY RADIO: The air force attacked a building in the town of Janata, north of Tyre, in response to Hezbollah attacks in the north.
KAN: A leading figure in Hezbollah was assassinated in the attack, with a three-story building targeted and completely destroyed.
تغطية صحفية: آثار الدمار الذي خلفه قصف الاحتلال العنيف لمنزل في جناتا بجنوب لبنان. pic.twitter.com/IQ2O2mgTnN
— شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@qudsn) June 13, 2024
Friday, June 14, 12:00 am (GMT +2)
AL-QUDS BRIGADES: We bombed a gathering of occupation soldiers and vehicles on the supply line in the Netzarim axis, south of Gaza City.
ISRAELI POLICE CHIEF: Ben Gvir tried to bypass him and addressed his deputy to prevent the police from securing aid convoys heading to the Gaza Strip.
US CENTRAL COMMAND: The Ansarallah fired two cruise missiles in the Gulf of Aden, hitting a Ukrainian-owned cargo tanker.
ANSARALLAH MILITARY SPOKESMAN: We carried out 3 military operations within 24 hours. We targeted 3 ships and hit them directly with ballistic missiles and drones.
US CENTRAL COMMAND: The Ansarallah fired two cruise missiles in the Gulf of Aden, hitting a Ukrainian-owned cargo tanker.
ANSARALLAH MILITARY SPOKESMAN: We carried out 3 military operations within 24 hours. We targeted 3 ships and hit them directly with ballistic missiles and… pic.twitter.com/jm9nEpQ9my
— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) June 13, 2024
AXIOS: Blinken pressured Netanyahu about Palestinian Authority funds.
US OFFICIAL to Al-Jazeera: We are concerned about the escalation on the border between Israel and Lebanon, and we continue to warn against it.
Thursday, June 13, 11:00 pm (GMT +2)
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli raids targeted the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, north of Gaza City.
AL-JAZEERA: The Israeli bombing of Gaza City led to the death of 19 Palestinians in the last 24 hours.
BIDEN: “The biggest reason for the delay in the Gaza ceasefire plan is Hamas’ refusal to sign it.”
GANTZ to Channel 12: Benny Gantz, who recently resigned from the war council, said in statements to the Israeli Channel 12 that Lebanon must be “burned” if Hezbollah does not stop carrying out attacks against Israel.
GANTZ to Channel 12: Benny Gantz, who recently resigned from the war council, said in statements to the Israeli Channel 12 that Lebanon must be “burned” if Hezbollah does not stop carrying out attacks against Israel. pic.twitter.com/RltbWlEAEN
— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) June 13, 2024
AL-JAZEERA: The death toll resulting from the Israeli bombing of a house in the Beach Camp, west of Gaza City, has risen to three.
UNRWA COMMISSIONER: The war stole the childhood of Gazan children.
HERZI HALEVI: Joining the army is required now more than ever, and conscription is not optional.
Thursday, June 13, 9:30 pm (GMT +2)
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Two Palestinians were martyred and injured in an Israeli raid on a residential building on Al-Nafaq Street in central Gaza City.
AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: We bombed the occupation forces penetrating east of the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City with heavy-caliber mortar shells.
US STATE DEPARTMENT: It is difficult to predict the outcome of the situation in Gaza.
SCHOLZ: The G7 calls on Hamas to accept the ceasefire plan.
ISRAELI ARMY RADIO: 4 rockets fired from Gaza intercepted.
US DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY: The attacks carried out by the Ansarallah reduced container transportation by 90% in the Red Sea.
BIDEN: I have not lost hope regarding the ceasefire in Gaza.
‘Genocidal State’ – IOC Urged to Bar Israel from Olympic Games in Paris
AL-QUDS BRIGADES: bombed Ashdod, Ashkelon, Mevlesim, Niram and Sderot “with concentrated missile salvos in response to the crimes of the Zionist enemy against our Palestinian people,” according to what it announced in a post on Telegram.
YEDIOTH AHRONOTH: Sirens sounded in Sderot and its environs, north of the Gaza Strip.
HEZBOLLAH: We bombed with missiles a deployment of Israeli occupation soldiers in the Doviv Forest in northern Israel and achieved a direct hit.
Thursday, June 13, 8:00 pm (GMT +2)
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: A third Palestinian was killed by occupation bullets in the town of Qabatiya, south of Jenin, in the northern West Bank.
ISRAELI ARMY: Two soldiers were injured by a missile fired from Lebanon.
AL-JAZEERA: Clashes broke out in the center of Rafah and the sounds of explosions were heard as smoke rose.
‘Incomprehensible Ruling’ – German Court Dismisses Request to Halt Arms Exports to Israel
ISRAELI ARMY: A soldier was injured in Qabatiya, Jenin.
AL-JAZEERA: Sirens sounded in the Doviv area in the western sector of Upper Galilee due to the launching of missiles from Lebanon.
KAN: The court approved the government’s decision to extend the closure of the Al Jazeera office.
AL-JAZEERA: An Israeli raid targeted the town of Al-Aishiya in southern Lebanon.
Thursday, June 13, 7:00 pm (GMT +2)
HEZBOLLAH: We targeted a military vehicle in the Yiftah Triangle.
MAARIV: Two people were slightly injured as a result of an anti-tank missile being fired at a car in the Upper Galilee.
Largest Assault since War – Hezbollah Attacks Multiple Israeli Military Sites
KAN: The Israeli War Council discusses the escalation in the north tonight.
GANTZ: Netanyahu prevented an exchange deal due to political motives.
HEZBOLLAH: We attacked for the second time Israeli intelligence centers in the Golan.
Thursday, June 13, 6:00 pm (GMT +2)
AL-JAZEERA: Two missiles were fired towards the Israeli military site Zabdin in the occupied Lebanese Shebaa Farms.
ISRAELI ARMY SPOKESMAN: We bombed Hezbollah infrastructure.
UN OFFICIAL: The killing of children in Gaza led to Israel being included on our blacklist.
GAZA GOVERNMENT MEDIA OFFICE: The occupation escalates the war of starvation in the Gaza Strip and the humanitarian catastrophe deteriorates rapidly.
Thursday, June 13, 5:00 pm (GMT +2)
AL-JAZEERA: Sirens sounded in several border towns in the Upper Galilee, and there is suspicion of infiltration.
G7: We support the American proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza.
SENIOR US OFFICIAL: We discussed with Israel and Lebanon over the past months to avoid escalation.
AL-JAZEERA: Israeli special forces surrounded a house in the town of Qabatiya, south of Jenin, in the northern West Bank.
Largest Assault since War – Hezbollah Attacks Multiple Israeli Military Sites
ISRAELI GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN: Lebanon and Hezbollah bear responsibility for the deterioration of the situation on the border.
MAARIV: We are going through a very difficult day with an unprecedented attack by Hezbollah, and the north is literally burning.
AL-JAZEERA: Two Israeli raids on the town of Deir Siryan, southern Lebanon.
A missile was launched towards the Israeli site of Ramtha in the occupied Kfar Shuba hills in southern Lebanon.
ISRAELI MEDIA: Gant’z party submits a motion of no confidence in the emergency government after his withdrawal from it.
Thursday, June 13, 3:30 pm (GMT +2)
AL-QUDS BRIGADES: We bombarded enemy crowds with mortar shells in the vicinity of the Karam Abu Salem site and the Sufa military site east of Rafah.
AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: We targeted the command and control rooms of the occupation in the Netzarim axis with heavy-caliber mortar shells.
HEZBOLLAH: We attacked 15 Israeli military sites at once in the Galilee and the occupied Golan.
Large fires broke out in multiple settlements across northern Israel and the occupied Syrian Golan following the direct impact made by rockets fired by Hezbollah.
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— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) June 13, 2024
REUTERS (citing US official): Washington is deeply concerned about the escalation on the Lebanese-Israeli border.
MAARIV: Fires in 15 Israeli sites after being bombed by 150 missiles from Lebanon.
CHANNEL 12: About 100 missiles were fired from Lebanon at various areas in the Golan and Upper Galilee during the last missile salvo from southern Lebanon today.
AL-JAZEERA: Sirens are sounding in more than 25 settlements in the occupied Syrian Golan, the Hula Plain, and the Upper Galilee.
ISRAELI MEDIA: Two settlers were injured as a result of a shell falling on a house in the Golan.
GIDEO SA’AR: Netanyahu must resign.
Thursday, June 13, 2:00 pm (GMT +2)
ISRAELI ARMY: Sirens sounded in Safed and Berea in northern Israel.
AL-JAZEERA: a Palestinian was killed and others were injured in a bombing launched by an Israeli drone on Kishko Street in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City.
AMBREY: A commercial ship issued a distress call about being hit by a missile about 129 nautical knots east of Aden.
MAYOR OF JENIN: The Israeli occupation is turning Jenin and its camp into a disaster area and destroying all infrastructure facilities.
GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: 37,232 Palestinians have been killed, and 85,037 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7. pic.twitter.com/vCvoZKpVpq
— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) June 13, 2024
OXFAM: We have submitted a request to the British Supreme Court to join a lawsuit demanding a halt to the sale of British arms to Israel.
GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: 37,232 Palestinians have been killed, and 85,037 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.
NEW POLL: More than 60% of Gaza residents lost relatives.
ERDOGAN: The genocide in Gaza tears the heart of every conscience.
Thursday, June 13, 1:00 pm (GMT +2)
AL-JAZEERA: Israeli artillery shelling and clashes with the occupation forces penetrating the center of the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip. An Israeli raid targeted a house in the center of the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.
HEZBOLLAH: Our fighters targeted Al-Raheb’s position with heavy machine guns and artillery shells and achieved a direct hit.
ACTING IRANIAN FM ALI BAGHERI KANI: The Americans must stop supporting Israel with weapons.
Thursday, June 13, 11:00 am (GMT +2)
IRAQI FM: The security situation in the region is sensitive, and if an attack occurs on southern Lebanon, this will affect the entire region. We are for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.
REUTERS (citing residents in Gaza): Israeli tanks penetrated further into the western area of the city of Rafah during one of the worst nights of air, land and sea bombardment, forcing many families to flee their homes and tents in the dark.
A Palestinian child was released by the Israeli occupation forces at a military checkpoint in the middle of the Gaza Strip.
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— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) June 13, 2024
ISRAELI RADIO: Firefighting teams continue to extinguish fires following the firing of shells from Lebanon at sites in northern Israel.
GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: The only oxygen station in Gaza is threatened with a complete shutdown.
AL-JAZEERA: One person was killed and two injured in an Israeli bombing of a Palestinian march near the Gaza port on Al-Rashid Street, west of Gaza City.
GILAD ERDAN: Israel will consider expelling senior United Nations officials.
SULLIVAN: Continuing to encourage Hamas to reach an agreement is important.
CHINESE FM: We will continue to work with all parties to end the war in Gaza.
ISRAELI MEDIA: Three explosions were heard in Haifa and its surroundings.
BENNETT: The government must fight the battle with clear goals.
Thursday, June 13, 10:00 am (GMT +2)
HAARETZ (citing informed Israeli sources): Talks with mediators to reach a prisoner exchange deal will continue despite Hamas’ response, and the negotiations are not over.
AL-JAZEERA: The Israeli occupation forces declared the Jenin camp a closed military zone, and carried out extensive destruction and bulldozing operations in the city’s streets and its camp.
AL-JAZEERA: The Israeli occupation forces declared the Jenin camp a closed military zone, and carried out extensive destruction and bulldozing operations in the city's streets and its camp.
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— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) June 13, 2024
UNRWA: More than 330 thousand tons of waste have accumulated in all areas of the Gaza Strip, posing catastrophic environmental and health risks.
AL-JAZEERA: Sirens sounded in several towns in the Upper Galilee on suspicion of a drone infiltration from Lebanon.
MAARIV: Classes were suspended in dozens of higher education institutions across Israel today to demand the release of detainees.
Thursday, June 13, 09:00 am (GMT +2)
SMOTRICH: The Palestinian Authority encourages terrorism and pays money to the families of terrorists, prisoners, and freed prisoners.
TOP HAMAS OFFICIAL (to Reuters):
The movement’s amendments to the ceasefire plan are not significant.
The movement’s demands include demanding 3 “continuous and interconnected stages” of a ceasefire.
The demands include the complete withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip.
The movement had reservations about excluding the Israeli card of 100 Palestinian detainees with high sentences that it would identify.
The movement demands the reconstruction of Gaza and the lifting of the siege, including opening border crossings and allowing the movement of residents and the transport of goods without restrictions.
TOP HAMAS OFFICIAL (to Reuters):
The movement's amendments to the ceasefire plan are not significant.
The movement's demands include demanding 3 "continuous and interconnected stages" of a ceasefire.
The demands include the complete withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza…
— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) June 13, 2024
Thursday, June 13, 08:00 am (GMT +2)
AL-JAZEERA: Sirens sounded in a number of towns in the Hula Plain and Upper Galilee on suspicion of a drone infiltration from Lebanon.
Thursday, June 13, 07:00 am (GMT +2)
UN: The total number of forcibly displaced people around the world due to wars, violence and persecution reached 120 million people at the end of last April, a record number that continues to increase and represents a “terrible indictment of the state of the world.”
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Thursday, June 13, 06:00 am (GMT +2)
AL-JAZEERA: Sirens sounded early Thursday morning in several towns in the Upper Galilee, northern Israel.
Thursday, June 13, 05:00 am (GMT +2)
AL-JAZEERA: The Israeli army blew up residential buildings in the center of the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.
EUROMED MONITOR: The occupation injected Palestinian prisoners in Gaza with unknown substances.
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli occupation launched air, land and sea bombardment on the Al-Mawasi area, which shelters thousands of displaced people, west of the city of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip.
(The Palestine Chronicle)