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June 23, 2024 Blog, News
Israel continues to carry out massacres against Palestinian civilians in Gaza.(Photo: Mahmoud Ajjour, Palestine Chronicle)

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

The death toll resulting from the Israeli bombing of Gaza City rose to 56 in less than 24 hours.

Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen has said that energy facilities are threatened in the event of a large-scale war with Hezbollah, as the Lebanese group attacked the headquarters of the Sahel Battalion with an assault drone.

The speaker of the Metulla council said that the government has disappeared in northern Israel. 

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 37,598 Palestinians have been killed, and 86,032 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.

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Monday, June 24, 02:00 am (GMT+2)

CHANNEL 12: The government is discussing the possibility of establishing military rule in northern Gaza.

Monday, June 24, 01:00 am (GMT+2)

HAMAS: Netanyahu’s statements confirm his rejection of the Security Council resolution and Biden’s proposals.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli Channel 12 quoted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as saying, “Our plan to give Palestinian families and clans in Gaza control of the Strip failed, and now we are working on another plan that I will not reveal.”

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: The director of the Ambulance and Emergency Department in Gaza was killed in the Israeli bombing of the Al-Daraj Clinic in central Gaza.

CHANNEL 12: Tel Aviv may need to use weapons that it has not used before in Lebanon.

Monday, June 24, 12:00 am (GMT+2)

CHAIRMAN OF US JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF: Any Israeli attack on Lebanon could increase the risks of a broader conflict. Iran and its allies could be drawn into the conflict if Hezbollah’s presence is threatened

WALLA (citing official involved in negotiations): Netanyahu’s statements cause great harm.

NETANYAHU’S OFFICE: We will not leave the Gaza Strip until we return the detainees.

ASSOCIATION OF FAMILIES OF ISRAELI CAPTIVES: We condemn Netanyahu’s retreat from the swap deal proposal.

Sunday, June 23,11:00 pm (GMT+2)

EUROPEAN UNION: The operations of humanitarian organizations in Gaza are at risk of collapse.

GAZA CIVIL DEFENSE: The occupation targeted the UNRWA headquarters and we rescued 4 of those working to distribute aid.

TIMES OF ISRAEL (citing US official): The administration of President Joe Biden had canceled – in recent months – emergency measures that had accelerated the delivery of weapons to Israel.

YAHYA SAREE: The Ansarallah succeeded in targeting two ships, one in the Red Sea, the other in the Indian Ocean.

69 Percent of Gaza Schools for Displaced Hit by Israeli Strikes – UNRWA

AL-JAZEERA: Protests in front of the headquarters of the Israeli Channel 14 while it was conducting an interview with Netanyahu.

HEZBOLLAH: We bombed a military vehicle in the vicinity of the Metulla site.

Sunday, June 23, 10:00 pm (GMT+2)

ISRAELI MEDIA: Two Israelis were injured as a result of a missile falling in Metulla in the Upper Galilee.

NETANYAHU: I am not ready to stop the war before eliminating Hamas.

CHANNEL 13: Gantz’s party would be the biggest winner if elections were held now.

Sunday, June 23, 9:00 pm (GMT+2)

KAN: Gallant will present in Washington the plan for the next day for the Gaza war.

Sunday, June 23, 8:00 pm (GMT+2)

ISRAELI ARMY: The Israeli occupation army justified its targeting of the UNRWA headquarters in southern Gaza claiming that it was used for military purposes.

AL-JAZEERA: The Israeli occupation forces massively fired smoke bombs in the eastern neighborhoods of the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: We bombed the occupation forces penetrating west of Rafah with mortar shells.

CHANNEL 12 (citing US sources): American arms shipments to Israel decreased by 50%.

HEZBOLLAH: We bombed the Ruwaisat al-Qarn site and achieved a direct hit.

‘Illusions and Lies’ – Lebanon Denies Telegraph Claims about Weapon Stockpile at Beirut Airport

AXIOS (quoting US official): We reject Netanyahu’s accusations regarding US arms supplies.

YEDIOTH AHRONOTH: The army ended most of the ground operations in Rafah.

Sunday, June 23, 7:00 pm (GMT+2)

ISLAMIC RESISTANCE IN IRAQ: We attacked a vital target on the coast of the Dead Sea.

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: We bombed the Kissufim military site with mortar shells.

Sunday, June 23, 6:00 pm (GMT+2)

HEZBOLLAH: We bombed the Al-Samaqa site in Kafr Shuba and achieved a direct hit.

BORRELL: Yesterday was one of the bloodiest days in Gaza since October.

AL-JAZEERA: A missile was launched towards the Israeli site of Ramtha in the occupied Kfar Shuba hills.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: An Israeli artillery shelling targeted the area of ​​displaced people’s tents in the Al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Yunis, resulting in a number of casualties.

Sunday, June 23, 5:00 pm (GMT+2)

AL-JAZEERA: An Israeli raid targeted the vicinity of the town of Ramia, south of Lebanon.

ISRAELI ARMY RADIO: The Knesset will vote tomorrow on extending the period of reserve service in the army.

Sunday, June 23, 4:00 pm (GMT+2)

ISRAELI ARMY: A soldier was seriously injured as a result of bombing on the northern front.

KAN: The Israeli Cabinet Secretary presented the reserve service extension law for government approval, coinciding with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant’s travel abroad.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: The Israeli occupation army blew up a new residential square west of the city of Rafah.

CHANNEL 12: Sales of electricity generators in Israel rise in anticipation of the outbreak of war with Lebanon.

YEDIOTH AHRONOTH: The leaders of the anti-government protests called for a general strike in Israel starting from July 7 until the Knesset is dissolved and the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is overthrown.

‘No Deal without Dismissal of Netanyahu’s Government’ – Thousands Protest in Tel Aviv 

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: Our fighters bombed with a missile attack a position of Israeli occupation soldiers on Al-Rashid Street in the Netzarim axis, south of Gaza City.

Sunday, June 23, 3:00 pm (GMT+2)

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: Our fighters bombed the Israeli occupation soldiers with a barrage of mortar shells in the Al-Taqaddum axis, south of the city of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, in a joint operation with the Al-Qassam Brigades.

REUTERS: Israeli occupation army tanks advanced to the outskirts of the Al-Mawasi area, which includes tents for displaced people, northwest of the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.

AL-JAZEERA: Sirens sounded in the Ramot Naftali area in the occupied Upper Galilee on suspicion of launching rocket shells from Lebanon.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: A Palestinian woman was killed and others were injured as a result of an Israeli bombing that targeted a house in the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

YEDIOTH AHRONOTH: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lost his temper during an Israeli government meeting and shouted at the Minister of Galilee and the Negev because of his opposition to political appointments.

Sunday, June 23, 2:00 pm (GMT+2)

CHAIRMAN OF KNESSET DEFENSE COMMITTEE: Fighting Hezbollah will be complicated now or later. We are not in a suitable position to fight on the northern and southern fronts.

HEZBOLLAH: We targeted, with a squadron of marches, a command headquarters belonging to the 91st Division in Ilit Hashahar, northeast of Safed, and achieved direct hits.

Hezbollah Hits Medulla – Council Head Criticizes Government amid Ongoing Attacks

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: Immediately after the arrival of the rescue forces after the destruction of the Ofek Carpet engineering vehicle in Tal Zoroub, the Israeli forces were targeted with several rocket-propelled grenades.

CHANNEL 12: A drone launched from Lebanon reached Sakhnin and Karmiel in the Lower Galilee, and was intercepted and shot down.

MEDICAL SOURCES: 60 people were killed in separate Israeli raids on Gaza City during the past 24 hours.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Four Palestinians were killed in an Israeli bombing that targeted the UNRWA headquarters in the industrial area, south of Gaza City.

YEDIOTH AHRONOTH: A huge explosion sounded in Ilet Hashahar in the Lower Galilee, following a suspected drone explosion.

Sunday, June 23, 1:00 pm (GMT+2)

NETANYAU: We have repeatedly asked our American friends at all levels to speed up the process of sending arms shipments.

AL-JAZEERA: Sirens sounded again in towns in the Upper Galilee after missile launches were detected from Lebanon.

ISRAELI ARMY RADIO: A drone from Lebanon was intercepted as it was targeting a sensitive military security facility belonging to the Rafael Security Industries Complex.

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: Our fighters destroyed an Israeli engineering vehicle of the Ofek Carpet type with a guided missile west of Tal Zorob in Rafah, noting that it caught fire.

Sunday, June 23, 11:00 am (GMT+2)

UNRWA: 69% of school buildings that housed displaced people in Gaza were bombed or directly damaged.

No place in Gaza is safe and this blatant disregard for humanitarian law must stop immediately.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: The death toll resulting from the Israeli bombing of Gaza City rose to 56 in less than 24 hours.

AL-JAZEERA: Eight Palestinians were killed in an Israeli bombing of a house in the Al-Sabra neighborhood, south of Gaza City.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: A Palestinian was killed and others wounded in an Israeli raid that targeted a group of citizens north of the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.

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Sunday, June 23, 10:00 am (GMT+2)

KNESSET MEMBER TO MAARIV: Opposition from Knesset members from the coalition is growing and could lead to its dissolution. Our problem in the north is that we are stuck in Gaza and stumbled there. We cannot fight a large-scale war with Hezbollah until we end the war in Gaza.

Sunday, June 23, 09:00 am (GMT+2)

ISLAMIC RESISTANCE IN IRAQ: We bombed a vital target in Eilat.

MAARIV: Maariv newspaper quoted Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen as saying that energy facilities are threatened in the event of a large-scale war with Hezbollah, indicating that the government is working to protect them.

EHUD BARAK: The only way to return the detainees is to stop the war.

ISRAELI CHANNEL 12 (citing Israeli officials): The exchange deal discussions reached a dead end. We have no choice but to continue military pressure.

HEZBOLLAH: We attacked the headquarters of the Sahel Battalion with an assault drone.

GALLANT: I will discuss with American officials the transition to the third stage.

Sunday, June 23, 08:00 am (GMT+2)

SMOTRICH: I will fight with all my might the threat of establishing a Palestinian state.

UKMTO: A commercial ship reported being attacked west of Hodeidah, Yemen, causing damage.

ISRAELI ARMY RADIO: A drone launched from Lebanon exploded near Beit Hillel in the Upper Galilee.

CHANNEL 12: An explosion resonated in Haifa at dawn.

SPEAKER OF METULLA COUNCIL: The government has disappeared for us.

Sunday, June 23, 07:00 am (GMT+2)

US ARMY: No serious damage as a result of the Houthi attack in the Gulf of Aden.

US CENTRAL COMMAND: The Ansarallah fired 3 anti-ship ballistic missiles towards the Gulf of Aden.

Sunday, June 23, 06:00 am (GMT+2)

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli helicopters and tanks are firing in the center of the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.

Sunday, June 23, 05:20 am (GMT+2)

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli warplanes carried out two raids on a house north of the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.

US CENTTRAL COMMAND: In the past 24 hours, we have destroyed three Houthi (Ansarallah) drones in the Red Sea.

(The Palestine Chronicle)

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