GAZA LIVE BLOG: Israel Expands Lebanon War | Qassam Blows up Israeli Tanks | Nasrallah Delivers Speech – Day 349

September 19, 2024 Blog, News
Israel continues to carry out massacres against Palestinian civilians in Gaza.(Photo: via QNN)

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

An Israeli officer and a soldier were killed, and others injured near Tel Hai in the Upper Galilee after two shells were fired from southern Lebanon. Additionally, six Israelis were injured, one of them critically, in northern Israel while Israeli media reported a ‘serious incident’ that took place in the north.

Meanwhile, Israel has carried out dozens of attacks claiming to have struck Hezbollah targets in south Lebanon following a speech by Hezbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah. 

Also, Israeli gunboats fired several shells towards the coast of Gaza City while artillery shelling targeted the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood.

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 41,272 Palestinians have been killed, and 95,551 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.

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Friday, September 20, 03:15 am (GMT+2)

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Two Palestinians were wounded in an Israeli shelling that targeted a house in the center of Gaza City.

WSJ (Citing US officials): We do not expect both Hamas and Israel to reach a deal on Gaza before the end of President Joe Biden’s term.

AL-JAZEERA: A Palestinian was killed in an Israeli raid on Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip.

‘Within the Tightest Circle’ – Nasrallah Sends Message to Israel following Terror Attacks

AL-MAYADEEN (Citing Gaza Civil Defense): Six dead and a number of injured in the Israeli occupation shelling of a house belonging to the Abu Al-Hatal family in the vicinity of the Gaza Municipality Park in the center of Gaza City.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli occupation arrests about 50 Palestinians duringa a nightly raid into the town of Kafr Laqif in Qalqilya, northwest of the West Bank.

AL-MAYADEEN: The Israeli occupation army blows up buildings north of Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.

Friday, September 20, 12:00 am (GMT+2)

AL-MAYADEEN: Israeli artillery shelling targets the west and center of Rafah city, south of the Gaza Strip.

ISRAELI MEDIA:

GPS jamming across Israel.

Dozens of settlements and more than 70,000 Israelis in the north in fortified rooms awaiting Hezbollah fire.

US INTELLIGENCE SOURCE TO ABC:

Israel had a hand in manufacturing the pagers that exploded with Hezbollah members.

Israeli planning for this type of supply chain hack has been going on for about 15 years.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Injuries were reported in the occupation’s bombing of a house in the new camp in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip

AL-MAYADEEN: One Palestinian was killed and others injured as the occupation targeted a house in Beit Lahia, north of the Gaza Strip.

HEZBOLLAH: We carried out 17 attacks against Israeli targets throughout Thursday.

AUSTRIAN FM: Further escalation is destructive for the entire region.

Friday, September 20, 12:00 am (GMT+2)

ISRAELI MEDIA: Unusual message from the Home Front Command to Safed residents: “Until further notice, stay near a protected area”.

BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY: We call for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.

AL-MAYADEEN: The Home Front Command issues instructions to residents of the Upper Galilee settlements and the northern occupied Golan Heights to stay near shelters.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Four firefighting crews have been working for more than two hours to extinguish the fires that broke out in Metulla.

ISRAELI MEDIA: The army announces a complete “information blackout” in the northern settlements, and no one is allowed to enter or photograph.eì

Thursday, September 19, 11:00 pm (GMT+2)

WATCH: Al-Qassam fighters target Israeli military vehicles advancing near the telecommunications company west of Al-Kuwaiti Hospital in Rafah City, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

AL-MAYADEEN: Seven Palestinians were killed as a result of the Israeli aggression on the town of Qabatiya, south of Jenin.

CHANNEL 14: Lebanon has become Israel’s main battlefield, not Gaza.

CHANNEL 12: The Israeli goal is not necessarily war, but rather an attempt to change the situation in order to advance towards a settlement.

YEDIOTH AHRONOTH: The settlement of Metulla enters the Alta scenario where there is no electricity or communications due to heavy missiles falling on the settlement.

ISRAELI MEDIA: (citing the head of the settlement of Metulla): Massive destruction, fires and direct damage to buildings. I have not seen anything like this since the beginning of the war.

Thursday, September 19, 10:00 pm (GMT+2)

ISRAELI MEDIA: A number of Burkan missiles hit Metulla, causing extensive damage and darkness fell on the entire settlement.

AL-MAYADEEN: Occupied Palestine: Al-Mayadeen correspondent: Occupation forces withdraw from Qabatiya, south of Jenin.

LEBANESE MISSION TO UN: The communications devices were detonated via electronic messages.

WHITE HOUSE: We still believe that a diplomatic solution is the best way forward and we still believe it is possible.

HAMAS: Throwing the bodies of martyrs from the roofs of houses confirms the barbarism and brutality of this occupation.

Thursday, September 19, 9:00 pm (GMT+2)

AL-MAYADEEN: The number of Israeli raids on the south exceeds fifty war raids in the last wave.

ISRAELI ARMY RADIO: The Air Force launched a wide wave of attacks in southern Lebanon for the second time today.

US DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE: Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is working to resolve tensions in the Middle East through diplomacy.

AL-JAZEERA: The Israeli settlement of Metulla was targeted with 6 missiles from southern Lebanon.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Occupation soldiers mutilated the bodies of three slain Palestinians in Qabatiya and threw them from the roof of the house in which they were killed.

KAN: Tel Aviv is facing dramatic days on the northern front with Lebanon.

CHANNEL 14: The Israeli army will triple its attacks on Lebanon every day, and the 98th Division has concluded a meeting with the commander of the Northern Command.

HAMAS: We appreciate the position of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and the resistance in Lebanon and the continuation of the support front.

AXIOS: US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin postponed his visit to Israel due to the escalation on the Israeli-Lebanese border.

Thursday, September 19, 8:00 pm (GMT+2)

AL-JAZEERA: An Israeli drone bombed a vehicle in the town of Qabatiya, south of Jenin in the West Bank.

LEBANESE HEALTH MINISTRY: Four people were slightly injured in an Israeli raid on the town of Al-Haniyeh in southern Lebanon.

Thursday, September 19, 7:30 pm (GMT+2)

CBS (citing Israeli officials): Washington received a notification from Israel without details about 20 minutes before the explosion of communications devices in Lebanon.

GALLANT: The new phase of the war holds opportunities but also grave risks.

WSJ (citing Israeli officials): Time is quickly running out for a diplomatic solution to the conflict in the region.

Tensions Escalate on Lebanese Front – Israeli Soldiers Killed, 10 Injured

ISRAELI ARMY RADIO: The soldier who was killed today from the 51st Golani Battalion, was killed by two anti-tank missiles fired by Hezbollah towards the Ramim Mountains area, where the missiles hit an army force operating in the area, and 8 other fighters were injured with various injuries.

The major from the 299th Battalion was killed while running for cover from an exploding drone, he did not survive and another soldier was injured with him.

Thursday, September 19, 6:30 pm (GMT+2)

NYT (citing sources close to Netanyahu): The bombings in Lebanon and the deployment of forces in the north aim to force Hezbollah to make concessions.

ISRAELI OFFICIALS: Diplomacy with Hezbollah is failing and we will have to take stronger measures to remove its fighters from the border.

ISRAELI ARMY: The Israeli army admits the killing of an officer and a soldier on the border with Lebanon today.

HEZBOLLAH: The headquarters of the 810th Hermon Brigade in the Ma’ale Golani barracks with a barrage of Katyusha rockets.

Thursday, September 19, 6:00 pm (GMT+2)

YEDIOTH AHRONOTH: After the bombings in Lebanon, Türkiye examined the safety of the communication devices used by its security forces.

ISRAEL’S NATIONAL CYBER SECURITY AUTHORITY: At the end of an investigation into messages sent to Israelis last night impersonating the Home Front Command, it turned out that Iran and Hezbollah were behind the operation, sending some 5 million text messages in an attempt to sow panic among the public.

WSJ (citing Israeli military officials): We expect Israel to launch a military operation to push Hezbollah away from the border and deter its attacks.

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli warplanes flew over Beirut and its southern suburbs at a low altitude during Hassan Nasrallah’s speech.

NASRALLAH: What happened on Tuesday and Wednesday is a declaration of war.

Thursday, September 19, 5:00 pm (GMT+2)

AL-MAYADEEN: The occupation warplanes launch a series of raids on forested areas in southern Lebanon.E

ISRAELI ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF: The Israeli army said that Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi approved plans for the northern front.

ISRAELI ARMY: We are attacking Hezbollah targets to weaken its military capabilities.

AL-JAZEERA: More rockets were launched from southern Lebanon towards the occupied Golan Heights and the Galilee Finger.

FORMER MOSSAD CHIEF: Hezbollah is capable of launching an attack within half an hour. We must emerge from the euphoria and prepare for a major event in the north.

US DEFENSE SECRETARY: I assured Gallant of our continued support for Israel.

Thursday, September 19, 4:00 pm (GMT+2)

PCRS: A child was injured by live bullets in the pelvic area during the occupation’s storming of Qabatiya, south of Jenin, in the West Bank.

TELEGRAPH (citing Bulgarian state security agent): We are investigating the role of a company registered with us in selling pagers to Hezbollah in Lebanon. Sofia-based Norta Global facilitated the sale of pagers to Hezbollah.

HEZBOLLAH: We shelled the Israeli Hanita position with artillery and achieved a direct hit.

AL-MAYADEEN: Rockets were fired from Lebanon towards a military target in the vicinity of the “Metat” settlement on the border with Lebanon.

HAMAS: We call on our people in Jerusalem, the West Bank and the occupied interior to travel to Al-Aqsa Mosque, stay there and work to thwart the occupation’s plans.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Two soldiers were killed, and 16 others injured in Hezbollah attacks since this morning.

Thursday, September 19, 3:00 pm (GMT+2)

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli forces are besieging 500 male and female students in the school complex in the town of Qabatiya, south of Jenin, in the northern occupied West Bank.

HAMAS: The occupation’s attacks in the West Bank and the assassinations in Qabatiya will not undermine the steadfastness of our people

ISRAELI ARMY RADIO: Ten rockets were fired from southern Lebanon towards Zar’it in the Western Galilee.

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: We trapped a convoy of Zionist vehicles in a complex ambush west of the Kuwaiti Hospital in Rafah.

MIKATI: The Security Council must take a firm stance to stop the technological war on Lebanon.

AL-JAZEERA: Sirens are now sounding in Zar’it in the Western Galilee, warning of falling missiles.

CHANNEL 12: Sirens are now sounding in Zar’it in the Western Galilee, warning of falling missiles.

Thursday, September 19, 1:30 pm (GMT+2)

AL-JAZEERA: Sirens are now sounding in Zar’it in the Western Galilee, warning of falling missiles.

CHANNEL 12: Israeli fighter jets launch raids on Hezbollah sites in several areas of southern Lebanon. Netanyahu calls for an urgent meeting at the Defense Ministry of a large number of ministers and officials.

HEZBOLLAH: Our fighters attacked the occupation army’s artillery positions in Beit Hillel with suicide drones and achieved accurate hits in support of our Palestinian people.

ISRAELI MEDIA: At least one person was killed and 11 injured in rocket and drone attacks on areas in the Galilee, noting that a helicopter headed to the site of the attack with a drone in Beit Hillel in the Galilee.

WALLA: An Israeli was seriously injured as a result of a drone explosion in the Western Galilee.

Thursday, September 19, 1:00 pm (GMT+2)

ISRAELI ARMY: Firefighters are working to put out a fire that broke out in Beit Hillel after the drones fell.

YEDIOTH AHRONOTH: Two Israelis were injured, one of them seriously, in a drone explosion in the Western Galilee.

ISRAELI MEDIA: A direct drone hit Kiryat Shmona without sirens sounding.

ISRAELI MEDIA (cited in Al-Mayadeen): An Israeli soldier was injured in an exchange of fire in Qabatiya, south of Jenin.

AL-MAYADEEN: Hezbollah has been firing anti-tank missiles and drones since morning, achieving accurate hits.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Four Palestinians were killed and others injured as a result of an Israeli bombardment that targeted a house in Jabalia al-Balad, in northern Gaza.+

Thursday, September 19, 12:00 pm (GMT+2)

TURKISH FM: There is a possibility that we will witness a regional war and Israel must stop this madness supported by the West.

WSJ (citing US officials): Washington has made plans to evacuate Americans and other non-combatants from Lebanon. There are no indications yet of an imminent Israeli invasion of Lebanon, such as a call-up of reserves.

LEBANESE HEALTH MINISTRY: The death toll resulting from the explosion of telecommunications devices has risen to 32.

Tensions with Hezbollah Escalate – Nasrallah Expected to Speak

Thursday, September 19, 11:00 am (GMT+2)

STATE DUMA SPEAKER: High-tech cyberattack on Lebanon could have dire consequences in the world, what happened must be investigated. The possibility of mass production of such weapons takes terrorism to a new level.

EU BORRELL: We condemn in the strongest terms the attack that resulted in the explosion of a large number of electronic devices across Lebanon

ISRAEL HAYOM: Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich calls on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to invite other officers to the security cabinet meetings and not just the Chief of Staff.

Thursday, September 19, 10:00 am (GMT+2)

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: There were injuries as a result of Israeli shelling north of the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.

ISRAEL HAYOM: The number of wounded as a result of an anti-tank missile fired at Tal Hai in the Upper Galilee has risen to 8.

SHIN BET: Last August, we arrested an Israeli citizen who had contacts with Iranian intelligence agencies.

Thursday, September 19, 09:00 am (GMT+2)

AL-JAZEERA: An Israeli soldier was killed and others were injured near Tel Hai in the Upper Galilee after two shells were fired from southern Lebanon.

ISRAELI ARMY: The Israeli army said it bombed Hezbollah military buildings in Sheheen, Taybeh, Blida, Mays al-Jabal, Aitaroun and Kfar Kila in southern Lebanon.

HEZBOLLAH: Our fighters targeted with appropriate weapons a positioning point of the Israeli enemy soldiers in the Marj site and hit it directly, killing and wounding a number of them.

AL-JAZEERA: The families of Israeli prisoners are demonstrating in Tel Aviv to demand the approval of the deal proposal on the negotiating table.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: There were injuries after the occupation forces opened fire on the tents of displaced people in the Al-Mawasi area, west of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip.

ISRAELI RADIO: Six Israelis were injured, one of them critically, in northern Israel.

ISRAELI MEDIA (cited in Al-Mayadeen): A serious incident took place in the north, a helicopter and 7 ambulances were called in.

JAPANESE ICOM: We stopped manufacturing the model of radios that were blown up in Lebanon about 10 years ago.

AL-MAYADEEN: Israeli gunboats fired several shells towards the coast of Gaza City

Thursday, September 19, 08:00 am (GMT+2)

AL-MAYADEEN: Israeli artillery shelling of the Al-Zeitoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City.

ISRAELI ARMY RADIO: Combat forces were transferred from the West Bank to the border with Lebanon as part of a state of high alert.

ISRAELI RADIO: Israel is preparing a new proposal to present to mediators, which calls for the return of all the kidnapped soldiers at once.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Heavy gunfire by occupation vehicles stationed inside the border fence between the Al-Qarara and Al-Zana areas east of Khan Yunis.

AL-ZAWAYDA MUNICIPALITY: The central sewage pumping station was out of service due to the lack of spare parts needed for maintenance, noting that this led to the closure of streets and the entry of sewage water into the tents of the displaced.

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli tanks shelled – this Thursday morning – the Al-Zeitoun neighborhood in Gaza and the Al-Janina and Tel Al-Sultan areas in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip.

TAIWAN DEFENSE MINISTER: There was no prior coordination with Israel regarding the bombing of thousands of pagers in Lebanon.

Thursday, September 19, 07:00 am (GMT+2)

CIVIL DEFENSE: The Palestinian Civil Defense said that one of its members was killed in an Israeli bombardment that targeted his house in the Jabalia camp in the northern Gaza Strip.

Thursday, September 19, 06:00 am (GMT+2)

AL-AQSA TV: the Israeli army’s artillery shelled the Al-Zaytoun and Al-Sabra neighborhoods, south of Gaza City, from its positions in the northern Gaza Strip.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli forces stormed the Al-Ain refugee camp in the city of Nablus at dawn on Thursday and raided a house there.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Text messages reach settlers’ phones asking them to go immediately to shelters while Home Front Command says neither it nor any other official body has issued any instructions to enter protected areas.

Thursday, September 19, 05:00 am (GMT+2)

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Clashes broke out at dawn on Thursday between resistance fighters and Israeli occupation forces in the housing area in the city of Jenin, north of the West Bank.

Thursday, September 19, 03:15 am (GMT+2)

AL-AQSA TV: The Israeli occupation army blew up residential buildings in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City, just before dawn today. Explosions caused by blowing up buildings in the southern areas of Gaza City were heard across the Strip.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: The Israeli army stormed the northern West Bank city of Nablus just before dawn. The occupation army also stormed the town of Kafr Qalil, east of Nablus.

(The Palestine Chronicle

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