The Gaza Civil Defense said it noticed the intensification of the bombing and killing operations in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, coinciding with the talk regarding a possible deal.
Israel newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address the United Nations General Assembly in New York at the end of September.
Israeli forces carried out a massacre in the Al-Zawayda area on Saturday morning, killing at least 15 Palestinians.
According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 40,005 Palestinians have been killed, and 92,401 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.
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Sunday, August 18, 12:00 am (GMT+2)
LAPID: Another opportunity to reach a deal on the detainees could not be missed.
CHANNEL 12:
The US proposal specified the number and names of detainees to be released in the first phase.
According to the American proposal, women and female soldiers will be released first, as well as living detainees.
The proposal includes the names of Palestinian prisoners who would be released in exchange for every Israeli captive.
The list of Palestinian prisoners includes the names of 47 prisoners who were released in the Shalit deal and were recently re-imprisoned.
The proposal met most of Israel’s demands without resolving the dispute over the Philadelphi and Netzarim axes.
Saturday, August 17, 11:00 pm (GMT+2)
ISRAELI ARMY: The Israeli army admitted – on Saturday evening – that another soldier was killed during battles in the central Gaza Strip.
ISRAEL HAYOM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is determined to resume the war after the supposed agreement with Hamas has been exhausted, and is requesting a written American pledge.
Saturday, August 17, 10:00 pm (GMT+2)
ISRAELI ARMY RADIO: An Israeli drone assassinated two Palestinians while they were in a vehicle that was targeted in Jenin in the occupied West Bank.
CHANNEL 13: Netanyahu refused to meet with the British Foreign Secretary on Friday. The reason for Netanyahu’s decision was due to London’s failure to withdraw its reservations regarding an expected order to arrest him.
The moment an Israeli drone bombed a vehicle in #Jenin with two missiles, resulting in the killing of Raafat Dawasi and Ahmed Abu Ora, both leaders in the Al-Qassam Brigades.
Abu Ora had carried out the complex Jordan Valley operation that killed a settler last week. pic.twitter.com/RfgCFuZhud
— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) August 17, 2024
IRAN: Iran’s acting foreign minister, Ali Bagheri Kani, said his country reserves the “right to legitimate response” to Israel after the assassination of Hamas political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran late last month.
Saturday, August 17, 9:00 pm (GMT+2)
ISRAELI ARMY: The Israeli army acknowledged the death of a major, a company commander in the logistics support battalion, during battles in central Gaza.
NETANYAHU’S OFFICE: The negotiating team had updated Netanyahu on the status of the Doha talks on the ceasefire deal.
Saturday, August 17, 8:00 pm (GMT+2)
EGYPTIAN FM: The Foreign Minister discussed developments in the region in a call with the Acting Iranian Foreign Minister.
AL-JAZEERA: Four Palestinians were killed and others were injured as a result of Israeli shelling that targeted a house in the Al-Hakr area, south of Deir al-Balah city.
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: An Israeli airstrike targeted a residential tower in the new camp in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip.
In this video, Al-Qassam Brigades fighters are seen targeting Israeli gatherings east of the city of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.
One of the fighters says: "We say to Netanyahu, and to Gallant too, your reconnaissance planes are useless. I am working under… pic.twitter.com/t1vQQKNP2K
— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) August 17, 2024
AL-JAZEERA: Air raid sirens are sounding in Shetula in the Western Galilee.
Saturday, August 17, 7:00 pm (GMT+2)
FAMILIES OF ISRAELI CAPTIVES: The new conditions set by Netanyahu are what are preventing the exchange deal from being reached.
HEZBOLLAH: bombed with rockets and artillery the Samaka and Ruwaysat al-Alam positions in the occupied Kfar Shouba hills and the Hadab Yaroun position.
Saturday, August 17, 6:00 pm (GMT+2)
ISRAELI ARMY: The Israeli army said that its warplanes attacked what it called military buildings used by Hezbollah in Markaba, Ramia and Kfar Hamam in southern Lebanon.
BRITISH, FRENCH, ITALIAN STATEMENT: We support the mediation efforts of Washington, Doha and Cairo to reach an agreement on Gaza.
Deceptive Optimism – What is Really Happening at the Gaza Ceasefire Talks (ANALYSIS)
Saturday, August 17, 5:00 pm (GMT+2)
AL-JAZEERA:
Sirens are sounding in the town of Bir’am in the Upper Galilee to warn of rocket fire.
Missiles were fired towards the Ramtha and Samaka sites in the occupied Kfar Shouba hills.
AL-QUDS BRIGADES: Fierce clashes with enemy soldiers north of Khan Yunis.
HAMAS: The occupation’s violations continue with the support of Washington and Western capitals that provide cover for the extremist government to continue the genocide.
Saturday, August 17, 4:00 pm (GMT+2)
AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: Our fighters were able to “detonate two anti-personnel bombs in two enemy jeeps, and engage the remaining soldiers with machine guns, killing and wounding them in the vicinity of the university college in the Tel al-Hawa neighborhood south of Gaza City, and our fighters monitored the landing of the helicopter for evacuation.”
HERZOG: I demanded the dismissal of the members of the government from the extreme right-wing movement.
LEBANESE HELTH MINISTRY: A person on a motorcycle in an Israeli raid in the city of Tyre, southern Lebanon.
Breaking | Lebanese sources report that an Israeli drone targeted a motorcycle on the road between Qadmous and Tyre in southern Lebanon. pic.twitter.com/robmPKOgYC
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) August 17, 2024
Saturday, August 17, 3:00 pm (GMT+2)
ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli authorities evacuated several homes in the settlement of Illit Hashahar due to the inability to control the fires that broke out after Hezbollah bombed the settlement for the first time.
ISRAELI NEWS WEBSITE: At least 11 soldiers were injured in a security incident in the Gaza Strip.
Saturday, August 17, 2:00 pm (GMT+2)
AXIOS: Biden seeks Gaza deal, hostage release by end of next week.
AL-AWDA HOSPITAL: The hospital is threatened with closure within 24 hours due to fuel shortage.
WALLA: An Israeli soldier was seriously injured in the recent Hezbollah attack on the Galilee.
Hezbollah 🚨⚠️🚨 fires rockets 🚀 from Lebanon which hit Israel 🇮🇱 military rocket 🚀 camp 💥🚀💥🚀no injuries ⚠️Hezbollah says that was for breakfast 🚀💥🚀coming soon for lunch ⚠️🚀💥🚀🚨 pic.twitter.com/0KWRkl3eZg
— News magazine 🌍 Truth is hard (@CatCut1322947) August 16, 2024
CHANNEL 12: More than 10 fires due to Hezbollah missiles.
HEZBOLLAH: Dead and wounded in two drone attacks on Israeli soldiers.
YEDIOH AHRONOTH: Electricity was cut off in areas of Safed after rockets fell from southern Lebanon, adding that a fire broke out in the Bireh Forest in the Upper Galilee after fragments of an interceptor missile fell.
CHANNEL 13: A drone launched by Hezbollah towards the Ramim Ridge border area injured two people.
Saturday, August 17, 12:40 pm (GMT+2)
ISRAELI MEDIA: Two people were injured in Margaliot and a building was damaged in rocket fire from Lebanon towards the Upper Galilee in northern Israel.
ISRAELI MEDIA: Fires broke out in various areas of the Upper Galilee as a result of rockets launched from Lebanon.
ISRAELI MEDIA: More than 50 rockets were launched from southern Lebanon towards the Upper Galilee and towns that were not evacuated.
🚨ISRAELI MEDIA: Two people were injured in Margaliot and a building was damaged in rocket fire from Lebanon towards the Upper Galilee in northern Israel.
🟢Fires broke out in various areas of the Upper Galilee as a result of rockets launched from Lebanon.
🟢More than 50… pic.twitter.com/4B90It1gOP
— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) August 17, 2024
Saturday, August 17, 12:00 pm (GMT+2)
FORMER ISRAELI GENERAL BRICK (in Maariv): Former Israeli Major General Yitzhak Brick said in an article in Maariv newspaper that he met Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu six times during the war, and my impression is that he is well aware of the impossibility of eliminating Hamas.
Saturday, August 17, 11:00 am (GMT+2)
YEDIOTH AHRONOTH: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address the United Nations General Assembly in New York at the end of September.
YEDIOTH AHRONOTH: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address the United Nations General Assembly in New York at the end of September.
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— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) August 17, 2024
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Three Palestinians were killed and others were injured as a result of an Israeli occupation raid on a house west of the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.
GAZA CIVIL DEFENSE: Israeli bombing targeted the northern areas and Khan Yunis at dawn today. We noticed the intensification of the bombing and killing operations, coinciding with the talk of reaching a deal.
Saturday, August 17, 10:00 am (GMT+2)
MEDICAL SOURCES: 21 people have been killed as a result of Israeli occupation raids on the central and southern Gaza Strip since dawn today.
Saturday, August 17, 08:00 am (GMT+2)
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: The death toll resulting from the Israeli occupation’s bombing of the Al-Zawayda area in the central Gaza Strip has risen to 15.
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: The death toll resulting from the Israeli occupation's bombing of the Al-Zawayda area in the central Gaza Strip has risen to 15.
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— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) August 17, 2024
Saturday, August 17, 07:00 am (GMT+2)
AL-JAZEERA: The Israeli artillery renewed its shelling of the Sabra neighborhood, south of Gaza City.
Saturday, August 17, 06:00 am (GMT+2)
AL-QUDS BRIGADES: Our fighters targeted the occupation military vehicles with bullets as they passed through the Dhnaba suburb in Tulkarm, in the northern West Bank.
Saturday, August 17, 04:00 am (GMT+2)
BIDEN: I am optimistic about reaching a ceasefire agreement in Gaza, and I think we have a chance.
Saturday, August 17, 03:00 am (GMT+2)
AL-JAZEERA: 10 Palestinians were killed as a result of the occupation forces’ bombing of the Al-Zawayda area in the central Gaza Strip.
"Not a single building will remain intact"
An Israeli soldier has uploaded footage showing the systematic demolition of Palestinian neighborhoods in Rafah, vowing to completely destroy the city.
"Not a single building will remain intact"
An Israeli soldier has uploaded footage… pic.twitter.com/WaUWsod3iJ
— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) August 17, 2024
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Several Palestinians were killed and others were injured as a result of the Israeli shelling of the southern entrance to the town of Al-Zawayda in the central Gaza Strip.
Saturday, August 17, 01:00 am (GMT+2)
AL-JAZEERA: Three Israeli raids targeted the vicinity of the southern entrance to the town of Al-Zawaida in the central Gaza Strip.
(The Palestine Chronicle)
