The PRCS condemned “the deliberate targeting of its crews by the Israeli occupation forces.”
Israeli occupation forces opened fire on an ambulance, injuring six paramedics, as they tried to evacuate injured Palestinians in the Balata refugee camp in Nablus in the occupied West Bank.
“The occupation forces opened heavy fire at one of the association’s ambulances, wounding all the crew before they were able to hide inside a house,” the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said in a statement on Tuesday.
The PRCS condemned “the deliberate targeting of its crews by the Israeli occupation forces.”
Israeli forces also held up the ambulances for more than an hour, preventing them from transporting the injured crew to the hospital.
?The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) strongly condemns the deliberate targeting of its crews by Israeli occupation forces while they were attempting to evacuate the wounded in Balata Camp, #Nablus. This assault resulted in injuries to six of its staff members. ⭕️Earlier… pic.twitter.com/Rc35ZvwKbU
Later, the soldiers “fired live bullets directly at another ambulance at the entrance to Balata camp, which led to the injury of two members of the ambulance crew, while they were trying to enter to transport an injured person” from inside the camp.
Several Detained
Israeli occupation forces also detained at least 12 Palestinians from across the West Bank, including the alleged father and brothers of one of the shooters involved in the operation in Tel Aviv on Tuesday.
Rashid Awida Misk and his two sons Yahya and Ibrahim were detained during a raid on their home in Hebron (Al Khalil). They were also severely beaten, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.
At least six Israelis were shot and killed when two Palestinians opened fire in the centre of the city. Palestinian media identified them as Mohammed Rashid Misk and Ahmed Al-Haymouni.
The home of citizen Abdul Fattah Al-Haimouni was also raided, on the pretext that his son Ahmed participated in the shooting operation.
The occupation forces conducted two separate raids in the town of Halhul, north of Hebron and Al-Arroub camp, north of the city, resulting in the detention of two people.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) and the Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission reported in a joint statement that the total number of detentions since October 7, 2023, has exceeded 11,000.
Military Checkpoints
Meanwhile, the occupation forces also stormed the town of al-Samu, south of Hebron, and searched several homes owned by the al-Rawashdeh and al-Hawamdeh families.
The little child Karam closes his ears with his fingers as the occupation forces fire tear gas whilst raiding Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus. The child couldn’t return to his home as the IOF blocked the entrance of the camp. pic.twitter.com/pwjfeJs9bv
The occupation forces set up several military checkpoints at the entrances to Hebron, its towns, villages, and camps, and closed several main and secondary roads with iron gates, cement blocks, and earthen mounds, reported WAFA.
They also increased security around Ramallah, Al-Bireh, Jerusalem, Nablus, Hebron, Jericho and Tubas, as well as closing the Ein Siniya and Atara checkpoints, and continued to close the northern entrance to the city of Al-Bireh.
Settler Attack
Illegal Jewish settlers on Wednesday attacked Palestinian olive pickers in the town of Hawara, south of Nablus.
Sources in the Hawara Municipality told WAFA that said that a group of settlers, headed by the guard of the illegal colony of Yitzhar, attacked and assaulted farmers who were picking olives in the Lahf area. Two Palestinians were injured in the attack.
The settlers also seized the olive-picking equipment and forced the Palestinians to leave their land.
At least 51 Palestinians have been killed and 165 injured in five massacres committed by the Israeli army in Gaza in the past 24 hours, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health.
Scores were killed during an Israeli incursion into the areas of Qizan Al-Najjar, Al-Manara and Ma’anin in the Khan Younis Governorate early on Wednesday morning, the Ministry said.
Several “victims are still under the rubble and in the streets, with ambulance and civil defense teams unable to reach them.”
Witnesses told the Anadolu news agency that the Israeli army carried out a sudden dawn incursion into eastern Khan Younis, opening direct fire at Palestinian homes, killing at least 40 Palestinians.
A family endured a moment of terror last night as Israeli tanks besieged their area in east of Khan Younis. pic.twitter.com/7wY796h3mb
Anadolu cited a medical source at the Gaza European Hospital as saying 32 killed Palestinians were brought to the hospital as a result of the Israeli shelling in areas in the eastern part of Khan Younis.
Another source at the Nasser Medical Complex told Anadolu that eight victims had been recovered from under the rubble of homes that were hit. Rescue efforts continued for others who were still missing.
Israeli forces prevented rescue teams and ambulances from reaching the struck homes, as hundreds fled, the report added.
Dozens of homes, agricultural lands and infrastructure were severely damaged in the wake of the attack, after which the army withdrew from the area.
Cemetery, Homes Targeted
An Israeli airstrike targeted the Muscat School housing displaced Palestinians in eastern Gaza overnight killing at least 13, including children.
The aftermath of the deadly Israeli airstrike that hit the Muscat School, a shelter for displaced families in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood of Gaza City, resulting in multiple fatalities. pic.twitter.com/XIVy6mlHs2
The Gaza Civil Defense said five more Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Al-Amal Orphanage which also shelters displaced people in central Gaza City.
The Civil Defense also said eight Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike on the home of the Ghattas family in the Shejaiya neighborhood in eastern Gaza City.
On Wednesday afternoon, four Palestinians were killed and others injured after an Israeli military drone bombed a group of civilians in the Al-Sawarah area, west of Al-Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip, the Palestinian WAFA news agency reported.
Last night, the Israeli occupation committed a massacre against the Al-Farra family in the Ma'an area, east of Khan Younis, resulting in the deaths of at least 9 people, with others still under the rubble. pic.twitter.com/y8ayGVrozf
Also on Wednesday, an Israeli drone struck the Al-Sawwarah cemetery in central Gaza, resulting in casualties, reported the Quds News Network (QNN).
Staggering Death Toll
Israel continues to defy a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire and has faced international condemnation amid its continued brutal offensive on Gaza.
According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 41,689 Palestinians have been killed, and 96,625 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7, 2023.
Palestinians perform funeral prayer upon the civilians killed in an Israeli bombardment that targeted Al-Sawwarah cemetery in central Gaza. pic.twitter.com/UXvK0p2hX3
Moreover, at least 11,000 people are unaccounted for, presumed dead under the rubble of their homes throughout the Strip.
Israel says that 1,200 soldiers and civilians were killed during the Al-Aqsa Flood Operation on October 7. Israeli media published reports suggesting that many Israelis were killed on that day by ‘friendly fire’.
Palestinian and international organizations say that the majority of those killed and wounded are women and children.
Famine and Displacement
The Israeli war has resulted in an acute famine, mostly in northern Gaza, resulting in the death of many Palestinians, mostly children.
The Israeli aggression has also resulted in the forceful displacement of nearly two million people from all over the Gaza Strip, with the vast majority of the displaced forced into the densely crowded southern city of Rafah near the border with Egypt – in what has become Palestine’s largest mass exodus since the 1948 Nakba.
Later in the war, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians began moving from the south to central Gaza in a constant search for safety.
“We could lower the ratings on Israel in the next 24 months if the military conflicts become a bigger-than-anticipated detriment to Israel’s economic growth, fiscal position, and balance of payments.”
Global credit ratings agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) downgraded Israel’s long-term rating from ‘A+’ to ‘A’ on Tuesday amid an escalating conflict with the Hezbollah movement in Lebanon.
Following a similar move by Moody’s last week, the rating agency cited risks to Israel’s economy and public finances from the ongoing warfare with Hezbollah and a possible conflict with Iran.
“We now consider that military activity in Gaza and an upsurge in fighting across Israel’s northern border — including a ground incursion into Lebanon — could persist into 2025, with risks of retaliation against Israel,” S&P said. “The latter in particular has been highlighted by a missile attack on Israel by Iran at the beginning of October.”
‘Risk of Retaliatory Attacks’
The agency’s decision was originally scheduled for November 8 but was moved up “due to the significant rise in Israel’s geopolitical and security risks,” S&P said.
Israel suffers major blow as S&P follows Moody's in downgrading credit ratinghttps://t.co/YBgqMXddKe
“We could lower the ratings on Israel in the next 24 months if the military conflicts become a bigger-than-anticipated detriment to Israel’s economic growth, fiscal position, and balance of payments,” said the agency.
“This could be the case, for example, if the ongoing conflicts continue to spread, raising the risks of retaliatory attacks against Israel, or if the prospect of a wider regional war directly involving Iran increases.”
Moody’s Rating
On Friday, Moody’s credit rating agency slashed Israel’s credit rating by two levels, from ‘A2’ to ‘Baa1,’ with a negative outlook.
The decision was issued before Iran fired around 180 ballistic missiles at Israel amid heightened tensions between the two countries.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said the attack was in response to the assassinations of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and IRGC commander Abbas Nilforoshan.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Iran made a “big mistake” with its missile attack and “will pay for it.”
Ongoing Genocide
Flouting a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire, Israel has faced international condemnation amid its continued brutal offensive on Gaza.
Currently on trial before the International Court of Justice for genocide against Palestinians, Israel has been waging a devastating war on Gaza since October 7.
According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 41,689 Palestinians have been killed, and 96,625 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7, 2023.
Moreover, at least 11,000 people are unaccounted for, presumed dead under the rubble of their homes throughout the Strip.
Lebanon Killings
The conflict has spread to Lebanon, with the Israeli army launching massive airstrikes on parts of Lebanon, killing more than 1,073 people and injuring over 2,950 others since Sept. 23, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.
Israel has occupied parts of Lebanon for decades and has only left the country in 2000, following stiff Lebanese resistance under Hezbollah’s leadership.
Israel attempted to re-occupy Lebanon in 2006 but failed in what Lebanon considers a major victory against Israel.
Israel, however, continues to occupy parts of Lebanon, namely the Sheeba Farms region.
Hezbollah has vowed to recover every inch of Lebanon that has been occupied by Israel contrary to international law.
The international community has warned that Israeli attacks in Lebanon could escalate the Gaza conflict into a wider regional war.
The Israeli Foreign Minister banned the UN Secretary-General from entering Israel stressing that he “does not deserve to step foot on Israeli soil”.
Israel officially declared on Wednesday the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres as ‘persona non grata’, banning him from entering Israel, Israeli media reported.
The announcement came with a post on X by Israel’s Foreign Minister Israel Katz. Katz said the ban is due to Guterres’s failure to “unequivocally condemn” Iran’s missile attack on Israel.
Today, I have declared UN Secretary-General @antonioguterres persona non grata in Israel and banned him from entering the country.
Anyone who cannot unequivocally condemn Iran's heinous attack on Israel, as almost every country in the world has done, does not deserve to step…
“Anyone who cannot unequivocally condemn Iran’s heinous attack on Israel, as almost every country in the world has done, does not deserve to step foot on Israeli soil,” Katz wrote.
“This is a Secretary-General who has yet to denounce the massacre” of October 7, Katz also said.
“A Secretary-General who gives backing to terrorists, rapists, and murderers from Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, and now Iran—the mothership of global terror—will be remembered as a stain on the history of the UN,” the minister concluded.
‘Antisemitic Swamp’
This was not the first time an Israeli official has attacked the UN and its agencies, nor is Katz the only one to do so, since a number of Israeli officials have accused the organization of being biased against Israel.
In his address to the UN General Assembly on September 27, for example, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu labeled the world organization as an “antisemitic swamp” and “anti-Israel flat earth society”.
Israeli officials have repeatedly demanded that Guterres resign, especially after the UN Secretary-Genearl declared that the Al-Aqsa Flood operation “did not happen in a vacuum” and that “the Palestinian people have been subjected to 56 years of suffocating occupation.”
Outgoing Israeli ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan, has also harshly criticized the UN, stating that its headquarters in New York should be “wiped off the face of the earth” Israeli media reported.
The Israeli Foreign Minister Katz declared the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres persona non grata and decided to ban him from entering Israel. There is no limit to the arrogance and reckless behavior of the Israeli government. pic.twitter.com/pwsOdkrWqM
— Mustafa Barghouti @Mustafa_Barghouti (@MustafaBarghou1) October 2, 2024
“The UN building should be closed and wiped off from the face of the earth,” Erdan told Israeli daily Maariv in an interview published on August 20, according to the Anadolu news agency.
“This building, which may look nice from the outside, is actually twisted and distorted,” said Erdan.
The Times of Israel also reported that in an upcoming interview with i24News, Erdan said: “I’m coming out with a feeling of satisfaction on one hand, of my battle and work here, but on the other hand with great distress and frustration with the fact that this building, which may look nice from the outside, is actually twisted and distorted.”
Ongoing Genocide
Flouting a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire, Israel has faced international condemnation amid its continued brutal offensive on Gaza.
Currently on trial before the International Court of Justice for genocide against Palestinians, Israel has been waging a devastating war on Gaza since October 7.
According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 41,689 Palestinians have been killed, and 96,625 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7, 2023.
Moreover, at least 11,000 people are unaccounted for, presumed dead under the rubble of their homes throughout the Strip.
Israel says that 1,200 soldiers and civilians were killed during the Al-Aqsa Flood Operation on October 7. Israeli media published reports suggesting that many Israelis were killed on that day by ‘friendly fire’.
Palestinian and international organizations say that the majority of those killed and wounded are women and children.
The Israeli war has resulted in an acute famine, mostly in northern Gaza, resulting in the death of many Palestinians, mostly children.
The Israeli aggression has also resulted in the forceful displacement of nearly two million people from all over the Gaza Strip, with the vast majority of the displaced forced into the densely crowded southern city of Rafah near the border with Egypt – in what has become Palestine’s largest mass exodus since the 1948 Nakba.
Later in the war, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians began moving from the south to central Gaza in a constant search for safety.
The majority of Palestinians killed by Israel in Gaza are women and children. (Photo: via WAFA)
Conservative figures show that more than 6,000 women and 11,000 children were killed in Gaza by the Israeli military over the past 12 months, says Oxfam.
More women and children have been killed in the Gaza Strip by the Israeli military over the past year than in the equivalent period of any other conflict over the past two decades, according to a new analysis by Oxfam.
Conservative figures show that more than 6,000 women and 11,000 children were killed in Gaza by the Israeli military over the past 12 months, the aid organization said in a press statement. It said data from 2004 to 2021 on direct conflict deaths from the Small Arms Survey, estimates that the highest number of women killed in a single year was over 2,600 in Iraq in 2016.
“These staggering figures are both appalling and heartbreaking,” Sally Abi Khalil, Oxfam’s Middle East and North Africa Director said.
She emphasized that “Influential actors in the international community have not only failed to hold Israel to account, they are also complicit in the atrocities by continuing to unconditionally supply it with arms.”
“It will take generations to recover from the devastating impacts of this war and there is still no ceasefire in sight,” she added.
Strikes ‘Once Every Three Hours’
According to Oxfam, a report by the organization Every Casualty Counts examined information on over 11,000 children killed across the first 2.5 years of the Syria conflict, an average of over 4,700 deaths a year.
UN reports on Children and Armed Conflict over the last 18 years show that no other conflicts killed a higher number of children in one year.
?Every three hours on average, Israeli explosive weapons hit homes, shelters, hospitals, schools and aid distribution points in Gaza. It's been this way for a year. We must secure a #CeasefireNOW
Oxfam said separate data from Action on Armed Violence up to September 23 “shows that Israel hit civilian infrastructure across Gaza with explosive weapons once every three hours on average since the war began.”
“Other than the six-day humanitarian pause last November, there were just two days in the entire year without bombardment,” it added.
Records, which are not comprehensive, said Oxfam, show that Israeli explosive weapons hit on average:
Homes every four hours
Tents and temporary shelters every 17 hours
Schools and hospitals every four days
Aid distribution points and warehouses every 15 days
Violations of IHL
“Throughout the last year, Israel has committed serious violations of international humanitarian law at a level which may rise to the level of crimes against humanity,” stressed Oxfam.
This includes a level of destruction observed which is “indicative of Israel’s use of disproportionate force in relation to military objectives and a failure to discriminate between military targets and the civilian population.”
The Israeli military “has relentlessly targeted infrastructure indispensable to civilian survival. Civilians have been forcibly displaced dozens of times to so-called ‘safe zones’ that fail to meet humanitarian obligations and have also been regularly bombed or attacked.”
Oxfam said the UN Children and Armed Conflict reports show the number of Palestinian children killed by conflict in Gaza and the West Bank.
“Over the last year, more than five times more children were killed in Gaza than between 2005 to 2022 in total,” the organization stated.
Scores Unidentified, Missing
The record number of women and children killed in Gaza does not include those among nearly 20,000 people who are either unidentified, missing or entombed beneath rubble.
“The past year has had a devastating impact with women bearing a double burden. Many have suddenly become the heads of their households, navigating survival and care in the midst of destruction,” said Dr Umaiyeh Khammash, director of Oxfam partner, Juzoor.
Pregnant and breastfeeding mothers have faced immense difficulties, including from the collapse in healthcare services, Khammash added.
“For children, the trauma is equally profound,” he said. “Over 25,000 children have either lost a parent or become orphans, leaving them in deep emotional distress. Most children are grappling with anxiety and severe physical injuries, with many having lost limbs.”
West Bank
In the occupied West Bank, the unprecedented escalation and levels of violence are raising concerns that serious violations of international law and war crimes are being committed, Oxfam noted.
Since last October, more than 680 Palestinians have been killed either by Israeli settlers or military violence, the organization said.
More than a thousand settler attacks on Palestinians have been recorded, with direct attacks on agricultural land resulting in the destruction of crops, irrigation systems and greenhouses, including internationally-funded and Oxfam-supported projects.
The Israeli military “has forced the demolition of more than 2,000 Palestinian homes with massive damage to public infrastructure including roads.”
Calling for an immediate ceasefire, Oxfam said that in light of the recent International Court of Justice advisory opinion “and in order to avoid complicity, third states must do everything in their power to bring an immediate end to the illegal Israeli occupation, the removal of Israeli settlements in the West Bank and reparations paid, including restitution, rehabilitation, and compensation for affected communities.”
After it caught the world by surprise with the missile attack on Israel, Iran says it is a legitimate response to Israeli crimes including the assassinations of Haniyeh and Nasrallah.
The Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian defended his country’s “legitimate self-defense rights” following the missile strikes on Israel on Tuesday, stressing that they were a “decisive response” to Israel’s “aggression”.
Pezeshkian went on to say in a statement published on X that the missile attacks were “in defense of the interests and citizens of Iran.”
“Let Netanyahu know that Iran is not a belligerent, but it stands firmly against any threat. This is only a corner of our power,” the Iranian president said according to the statement.
“Do not enter into a conflict with Iran,” he warned.
Self-Defense
The Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on his part, stated that Iran exercised “self-defense under Article 51 of the UN Charter, targeting solely military & security sites in charge of genocide in Gaza and Lebanon.”
Araghchi said that Iran exercised its right to self-defense after a long period of restraint.
“We did so after exercising tremendous restraint for almost two months, to give space for a ceasefire in Gaza,” he stressed.
?ABU OBEIDA:
We congratulate the Iranian response that covered the entire geography of occupied Palestine and dealt a strong blow to the criminal occupation that thought that its rampage in the region and its aggression against its people could pass without punishment.
The Iranian foreign minister announced that the Iranian missile attacks are concluded, “unless Israeli regime decides to invite further retaliation.”
He warned that in the case of Israeli retaliation then Tehran’s response would be “stronger and more powerful.”
“Israel’s enablers now have a heightened responsibility to rein in the warmongers in Tel Aviv instead of getting involved in their folly,” he ended.
In parallel, Iran’s mission to the United Nations said in a statement that the missile attack was a “legal, rational, and legitimate” response to the “terrorist acts” of Israel.
Bitterness of Restraint
Abdolrahim Mousavi, Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army reiterated the foreign minister’s statement regarding the restraint Iran has upheld for a long time.
“We have endured the bitterness of restraint for a while, but we have seen that this is not a suitable option,” he stated.
He warned Israel in case of retaliation of severe consequences.
بر اساس حقوق مشروع و با هدف صلح و امنیت برای ایران و منطقه، پاسخ قاطع به تجاوزات رژیم صهیونیستی داده شد. این اقدام در دفاع از منافع و اتباع ایرانی بود. نتانیاهو بداند، ایران جنگطلب نیست اما در برابر هر تهدیدی قاطعانه میایستد. این تنها گوشهای از توان ماست. با ایران وارد درگیری…
“If the Zionists make additional mistakes, we will respond more severely, and in that case, we may decide to destroy their infrastructure,” he warned.
“The United States must receive an important message before the Zionist regime, that if the Israeli entity continues its evil, it will be completely destroyed,” he added.
True Promise 2
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced that the True Promise 2 operation, codenamed ‘Ya Rasul Allah’ aimed to target with 200 missiles “several military bases in occupied Palestine.”
Major General Mohammed Bagheri, the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, advised Israel of restraint.
“If the Zionist regime is not restrained and acts against Iran, we will target all its infrastructure,” he warned.
Bagheri revealed that Iran has endured “a difficult period of restraint” following the assassination of the head of the political bureau of the Palestinian Resistance Movement Hamas, in Tehran Ismail Haniyeh after repeated requests from the United States and Europe to allow for a ceasefire in Gaza.
“However, after the martyrdom of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and General Nilforoushan, the situation became unbearable,” he stated.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces said in a statement that the Iranian missile attacks on Israel came as a response to its violation of the sovereignty of Iranian soil and its crimes in Palestine and Lebanon and the assassinations of Palestinian leader Haniyeh and Lebanese Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah and others.
“The child-killing Zionist regime, its international and regional supporters, especially its main backer, the illegitimate and rootless entity, the criminal United States, must understand that while the Islamic Republic of Iran has not initiated any war in the past 45 years, and will not do so, it will firmly and powerfully defend its legitimate rights against any aggression or violation,” the statement read.
“It will make any malicious aggressor, at any level, regret their actions,” the statement added while stressing the legitimate right of Iran to the missile attack.
The Armed Forces warned Israel that in the case of response, Tel Aviv “should expect the widespread and comprehensive destruction of its infrastructure within the occupied Palestinian lands.”
Dozens of Iranian rockets have struck Israeli Nevatim Airbase, located east of Beersheba in southern Israel. pic.twitter.com/hV6jYKpDzy
The Armed Forces statement warned as well all countries that support the Jewish state including the US of any direct intervention against Iran, stating that “their centers and interests across the region will also face a powerful and regret-inducing response from the armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran.”
Civil Aviation on Halt
In conjunction with these developments, the spokesperson of the Iranian Civil Aviation Organization, Jafar Yazerlu, announced “that all flights in the country have been canceled until 10:00 a.m. (0630GMT) tomorrow for flight safety reasons,” Anadolu reported.
“Due to the situation in the region and missile attacks, all flights in the country have been canceled until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow for flight safety,” he said as reported by Iran’s official news agency (IRNA).
As Israel woke up to the post-Iranian response reality, it found itself facing Hezbollah and Ansarallah rockets, confirming that the ‘Axis of Resistance’ has managed to restore deterrence.
Meanwhile, a Hezbollah ambush killed and wounded a number of Israeli soldiers as soon as they tried to enter Lebanon.
In Gaza, the Israeli army carried out several major massacres, unseen in Gaza in weeks, killing over 40 in Khan Yunis, 3′ in Gaza and more elsewhere.
According to the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza, 41,689 Palestinians have been killed, and 96,625 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7, 2023.
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Thursday, October 3, 08:15 pm (GMT+2)
YEMEN (Armed Forces Spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree): We targeted a vital target in occupied Yaffa (Tel Aviv) with a number of drones known as ‘Yaffa’.
AL-MAYADEEN: An Israeli raid on the town of Arnoun.
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Intensive shelling by Israeli forces targetting east of Al-Maghazi camp in the central Gaza Strip.
AL-MAYADEEN: Two raids on the area between Al-Hosh and the North Tower and at the entrance to Al-Bazouriyeh, Tyre district.
ISRAELI MEDIA: Sirens sound in Metulla and Miskaf Aam at the border with Lebanon.
AL-MAYADEEN: Six martyrs and seven wounded as a result of the Israeli aggression on the Islamic Health Authority center in the Bachoura area in Beirut.
ISRAELI MEDIA: Sirens sound in Nahal Oz in the eastern Gaza Strip.
IRANIAN NEWS AGENCY: President Massoud Pezeshkian meets during his visit to Qatar with Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan.
ISRAELI MEDIA: Sirens sound in Avivim at the border with Lebanon.
AL-MAYADEEN: An Israeli military raid targeting the town of Khiam.
SYRIAN NEWS AGENCY: Syrian and Russian air defenses are dealing with hostile targets over the western sea.
AL-MAYADEEN: Three new raids took place within 30 seconds on the southern suburb of Beirut.
ISRAELI MEDIA: Four drones launched from Yemen and exploded at low altitude in the airspace of the Tel Aviv area.
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: The Israeli occupation forces carried out raids in various areas of the West Bank, including Deir al-Ghusoun, north of Tulkarm, the town of Tal, south of Nablus, and Al-Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron.
ISRAEL MEDIA: Explosions heard in the areas of Tel Aviv, Herzliya and Petah Tikva.
Thursday, October 3, 02:30 pm (GMT+2)
ISRAELI MEDIA: Three strong explosions heard in the central area in Israel.
AL-MAYADEEN: Israeli occupation army threatens again to target Haret Hreik, Burj al-Barajneh and Hadath in the southern suburbs of Beirut.
MINISTRY OF HEALTH (LEBANON): Two killed and 11 wounded in the initial toll of the Israeli raid that targeted a building in Bachoura, west of Beirut.
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli artillery shells the southern areas of Al-Sabra neighborhood, south of Gaza City.
ISRAEL’S CHANNEL 12: Powerful explosions were heard in the greater Tel Aviv area in central Israel.
HEZBOLLAH: We bombed Israeli forces at the Hanita site, and confirmed a direct hit.
GAZA (Palestinian Civil Defense Spokesman Mahmoud Basal): 80 Palestinians have been killed since dawn on Wednesday in Israeli raids on various locations in the Gaza Strip.
AL-JAZEERA: Two Israeli raids targeted open areas in Lebanon’s eastern mountains near the border with Syria.
LEBANON (Public Health Emergency Operations Center): 46 martyrs and 85 wounded as a result of the Israeli raids on various Lebanese areas on Wednesday.
AL-MAYADEEN:
The aggression on the southern suburbs of Beirut was carried out through Israeli battleships.
The Israeli occupation launched violent raids on the southern suburbs of Beirut.
ISRAELI MEDIA: 250 rockets fired from Lebanon since dawn on Wednesday.
YEDIOTH AHRONOTH: Intensive consultations are taking place in Israel on the political and security levels in preparation for an attack on Iran that is likely to be carried out in the coming days.
ISRAEL’S CHANNEL 12: Unprecedented security measures at Israeli embassies around the world.
? Fires broke out in Tuba-Zangariyye east of Safad in northeastern occupied Palestine as a result of the recent rocket barrage from Lebanon. pic.twitter.com/uj8mZDuALN
HAMAS: Hamas called on the Arab and Islamic nations and the free people of the world to rally and participate in the Friday of stopping the aggression against Palestine and Lebanon.
CNN: Hezbollah has not used its long-range missiles yet.
CHANNEL 12: Power was cut off in towns in the Upper Galilee, northern Israel, following rockets fired from Lebanon.
US DEPARTMENT OF STATE: G7 will impose sanctions on Iran.
KAN (citing political sources): The Security Cabinet decided to implement a harsh response to the Iranian attack. Our response to Iran will be harsh but it will not lead to a regional war. The political and security levels are currently holding consultations on how to respond to Iran.
Wednesday, October 2, 9:30 pm (GMT+2)
CHANNEL 13: Hezbollah’s defensive military part operates and fights like an army and poses a significant challenge to Israeli forces.
HEZBOLLAH: Our fighters targeted at 8:00 pm today, Wednesday, a gathering of Israeli enemy forces in the Rosh Pina settlement with a large missile salvo.
CHANNEL 10: Hezbollah is ready for our soldiers to enter southern Lebanon. In one day of fighting, 8 dead and 40 wounded.
HEZBOLLAH: Our fighters targeted at 19:30 this Wednesday evening a gathering of Israeli enemy forces in the Aqdoun area east of Nahariya with a rocket salvo.
Al-Qassam Brigades published a video displaying the targeting of Israeli soldiers and vehicles that had penetrated the Al-Tannour neighborhood, east of Rafah city in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
CHANNEL 12: Fierce battles continue between the Israeli army and Hezbollah.
ISRAELI MEDIA: More than 240 rockets were fired from Lebanon at northern areas today.
AL-MAYADEEN: Today, Hezbollah carried out 25 operations so far against the Israeli occupation forces.
US PRESIDENT: We are in discussions with the Israelis about options to respond to Iran and we do not support launching a strike on sites linked to the nuclear program
EHUD OLMERT: What we are doing now will not return the residents of the north to their homes, but we will remain stuck for a long time with a severe loss of life in Lebanon.
Wednesday, October 2, 8:15 pm (GMT+2)
ISRAELI MEDIA:
Loud explosions were heard in the Tiberias area.
Sirens are now sounding in Rosh Pina, Mishmer HaYarden, Eilet HaShahar and the Upper Galilee
US PRESIDENT BIDEN: We are in discussions with the Israelis about options to respond to Iran and we do not support launching a strike on sites linked to the nuclear program.
AL-MAYADEEN: A medium-range missile salvo hits Israeli targets north of Lake Tiberias.
FORMER ISRAELI PM EHUD OLMERT: What we are doing now will not return the residents of the north to their homes, but we will remain stuck for a long time with a severe loss of life in Lebanon.
HEZBOLLAH: Our fighters targeted the Israeli enemy forces at 6:50 pm today, Wednesday, with rockets while they were moving inside the Shtula settlement, and hit them directly.
IRANIAN PRESIDENT FROM QATAR:
Destabilizing the region is not in the interest of the Europeans or the United States.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian from Qatar: If Israel wants to respond to us, our response will be stronger
ISRAELI MEDIA: Sirens are now sounding in the settlements of Acre and Nahariya.
AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: The Al-Qassam Brigades announces its responsibility for the heroic Jaffa operation carried out by the two Qassam fighters, Muhammad Rashid Misk and Ahmad Abdul Fattah Al-Haimouni, from the city of Hebron.
Wednesday, October 2, 7:30 pm (GMT+2)
ISRAEL’S UN ENVOY: The world must act to make Iran pay a heavy price for its attack and anything less is complicity. Immediate sanctions must be imposed on Iran.
HEZBOLLAH: We targeted a gathering of Israeli forces in the settlement of Yaara with a large barrage of rockets.
HALEVI: We have the ability to reach anywhere in the Middle East and hit any location.
CHANNEL 12: 8 soldiers were killed in two battles with Hezbollah and 35 others were injured.
Once again, an Isreali airstrike targeted the Al-Nuseirat Primary School (B), a UNRWA school in the new camp north of Nuseirat.
Tents of displaced people were also targeted as a result.
ISREALI ZIV MEDICAL CENTER: The Israeli Ziv Medical Center said that it received 39 injured soldiers today, who arrived by helicopters and military ambulances.
LEBANESE PM: We call for an immediate ceasefire, implementation of Resolution 1701, and the deployment of the Lebanese army to the south of the Litani.
HEZBOLLAH SOURCE to Al-Mayadeen: The heroic epic that our Mujahideen fought and are fighting against the Israeli elite forces on more than one axis on the front line in southern Lebanon, resulted in the killing and wounding of more than 80 officers and soldiers and the destruction of approximately 5 tanks.
HEZBOLLAH: Our fighters targeted at 5:50 pm today a gathering of enemy forces in the Yara settlement with a large missile salvo.
CHINESE DELEGATE TO UNSC:
In Lebanon, more than a thousand civilians were killed and more than a million people were displaced, including Palestinians. The Security Council bears responsibility and must act quickly to stop the war in Gaza, calm the war in the north, and return to a political solution. Any escalation rhetoric is rejected.
Israel must exercise restraint and refrain from any action that would jeopardize peace.
Entering Lebanon is a violation of Lebanon’s sovereignty and Resolution 1701.
RUSSIAN DELEGATE TO UNSC:
Western countries ignore everything that Israel does against the countries of the Middle East.
Iran used force only after two months of restraint met with more Israeli assassinations.
❗️West Staked Everything on Using Force, US Paralysing UNSC
ISRAELI MEDIA: Rescue helicopters headed back to southern Lebanon to evacuate the dead and wounded.
HEZBOLLAH:
Our fighters in the air defense units fired a surface-to-air missile at an enemy helicopter in the airspace of the Beit Hillel settlement, forcing it to leave immediately.
An enemy Israeli infantry force attempted to infiltrate towards the town of Yaroun from the direction of the Sals Hill. At 5:40, Islamic Resistance fighters detonated an explosive device at the advancing force, killing and wounding its members.
AL-MAYADEEN: Hezbollah detonated a pre-prepared explosive device in a house that the occupation soldiers entered in the town of Kfar Kila
Wednesday, October 2, 6:00 pm (GMT+2)
ISRAELI ARMY: 40 rockets were fired from Lebanon towards the Upper Galilee.
HEZBOLLAH: We destroyed three Israeli Merkava tanks with guided missiles as they advanced towards the town of Maroun al-Ras in southern Lebanon.
ISRAELI ARMY: The Israeli army announced the killing of 8 officers and soldiers in the battles in southern Lebanon and the wounding of 7 others, two of whom were seriously injured.
CHANNEL 13: The eight Israeli dead fell in two different places as a result of direct clashes with Hezbollah elements at close range
Wednesday, October 2, 5:30 pm (GMT+2)
CHANNEL 13: The eight Israeli dead fell in two different places as a result of direct clashes with Hezbollah elements at close range.
ISRAELI MEDIA: The Israeli army announced the killing of 8 soldiers in Lebanon, including 2 captains, and 5 were injured, including an officer, all from the “Egoz” unit of the “Commando” division.
AL-MAYADEEN: Hezbollah is fiercely confronting ground violations at point zero, the first line of defense.
? Fierce armed clashes between Hezbollah and the Israeli army continue as Israeli forces attempt to breach the southern border. pic.twitter.com/4yc3hFFwDA
HEZBOLLAH: Our fighters targeted at 16:20 today, Wednesday, a gathering of enemy forces between Maskaf Am and Kafr Jalaadi with a rocket salvo and hit it directly.
GUTERRES:
Israel rejected an American-French proposal for a ceasefire in Lebanon and escalated its strikes, including the killing of Hassan Nasrallah.
The safety and security of all UN personnel must be ensured.
Since last October, Israel has waged a military campaign in Gaza that is considered the most bloody and destructive in my years as Secretary-General.
HEZBOLLAH: We targeted a gathering of Israeli enemy forces between Odaisseh and Maskaf with a guided missile, killing and wounding them.
AL-AWDA HOSPITAL: We received 10 bodies and 27 wounded in Israeli raids on the Nuseirat and Bureij camps in the central Gaza Strip.
HEZBOLLAH: At 1:00 PM today, our fighters targeted a gathering of enemy forces between Adaisseh and Maskaf Am with a guided missile against individuals, hitting them directly, killing and wounding them.
DMITRY PESKOV: Declaring Guterres “persona non grata” shows that “Israel” does not allow any role for the United Nations.
ISRAELI MEDIA: Sirens are now sounding in the settlement of “Mosgav Am”.
AL-MAYADEEN: Israel carried out several raids in the Beak area.
ISRAELI ARMY: The Israeli army announced the death of a third soldier from the Israeli Egoz commando unit in battles in southern Lebanon.
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Three Palestinians were killed and others were injured, including children and women, in an Israeli raid on a school housing displaced people in Nuseirat in the Gaza Strip.
⚡️Second and third dead Israeli soldiers’ names to be released today, Daniel Azzam and Niraz Itkin.
ISRAELI ARMY RADIO: A commando unit confronted gunmen inside a building in a village in southern Lebanon. The medical rescue unit was called in to provide treatment to the soldiers in the field. The rescue operation was very complex and took place under difficult conditions and amidst gunfire. During the rescue operation, Hezbollah continued to fire mortar shells and the forces responded with heavy fire.
LEBANESE CIVIL DEFENSE: Ten people, including 4 paramedics, were killed in two Israeli raids on the towns of Aitaroun and Janta in southern and eastern Lebanon.
NETANYAHU’S OFFICE: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is holding consultations with security chiefs.
Wednesday, October 2, 3:30 pm (GMT+2)
HAMAS: The terrorist occupation committed horrific massacres in various parts of the Gaza Strip, including the barbaric, indiscriminate shelling of eastern Khan Younis and the barbaric raids on the Masqat School and the Al-Amal Orphanage, which house displaced people in Gaza City, which led to the deaths of about eighty martyrs.
Hamas: The terrorist occupation committed horrific massacres in various parts of the Gaza Strip, including the barbaric, indiscriminate shelling of eastern Khan Younis and the barbaric raids on the Masqat School and the Al-Amal Orphanage, which house displaced people in Gaza… pic.twitter.com/P2L5bXsqxf
NETANYAHU: Iran made a big mistake and will pay the price for it.
HEZBOLLAH:
While an Israeli enemy force was trying to encircle the town of Yaroun from the direction of the forest, the Islamic Resistance fighters surprised them by detonating a special explosive device, leaving all members of the force between dead and wounded.
We carried out an air attack with a squadron of attack drones on the artillery position in “Neve Ziv” and hit their targets accurately.
?HEZBOLLAH: While an Israeli enemy force was trying to encircle the town of Yaroun from the direction of the forest, the Islamic Resistance fighters surprised them by detonating a special explosive device, leaving all members of the force between dead and wounded. pic.twitter.com/WvYHTRrnW9
SMOTRICH: Iran wants to destroy Israel and we will not allow it to reach the nuclear bomb.
CHANNEL 13: 100 rockets were fired from Lebanon towards the north, and fires broke out in various locations.
LEBANESE ARMY: An Israeli force crossed the Blue Line into the country’s territory at Khirbet Yaroun and the Adaisseh Gate, then withdrew.
HOME FRONT COMMAND: sirens sounded in several towns in the Western Galilee and the central sector due to suspected infiltration of drones.
ISRAELI FM: UN Secretary-General is persona non grata and is banned from entering Israel
Wednesday, October 2, 1:00 pm (GMT+2)
ISRAELI MEDIA: Sirens sounded in areas between Lake Tiberias and Safed.
AL-MAYADEEN: Many injuries among the Israeli soldiers opposite Maroun al-Ras, and we may be facing a “difficult event” similar to what happened in Odaisseh this morning
HEZBOLLAH: We are engaged in clashes with Israeli enemy soldiers who infiltrated the town of Maroun al-Ras from the eastern side, and we inflicted several casualties among them, and the clashes are still ongoing.
ISRAELI ARMY RADIO: The Air Force intercepted 3 drones launched from Lebanon towards the Western Galilee.
A detailed look at the key figures, weapons, and targets involved in Iran’s large-scale missile strike on Israel, known as Operation Promise Two.
(Sources: Israeli Army Radio, Iranian State TV, Iranian Chief of Staff, CNN, ABC News, Wall Street Journal) pic.twitter.com/SkSlHSE1aK
KREMLIN: The situation in the region is developing according to the most worrying scenario.
GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: 41,689 Palestinians have been killed, and 96,625 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7, 2023.
FRENCH PRESIDENCY: France has mobilized its military resources in the Middle East to help Israel in the face of the Iranian missile attack.
Wednesday, October 2, 12:00 pm (GMT+2)
HEZBOLLAH: We targeted a gathering of Israeli enemy forces in the “Admit” settlement with a salvo of rockets and achieved a direct hit.
ISRAELI MEDIA: Two soldiers were killed during fighting on Lebanese territory.
RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL: We call for an immediate end to hostilities in the region and an end to the violation of the integrity and sovereignty of neighboring countries.
LEBANESE MEDIA: Israel launched an airstrike on the town of Mashghara in the Bekaa Valley, eastern Lebanon.
IRANIAN LEADER ALI KHAMENEI: The presence of the United States and European countries in the region is the root of the problem and the reason for these wars.
ISRAELI MEDIA:
Hezbollah shelled the border area in the north, causing injuries among the army.
Military helicopters landed at Rambam hospitals in Haifa, Ziv in Safed and Linzon in central Israel.
HEZBOLLAH: We targeted a gathering of Israeli enemy forces in Avivim with a large missile barrage in support of Gaza and in defense of Lebanon and its people.
ISRALI POLICE: The perpetrators of yesterday’s shooting attack in Tel Aviv were from Hebron, and one of them was killed and the other was injured.
Wednesday, October 2, 11:00 am (GMT+2)
ANSARALLAH SPOKESMAN: The spokesperson for the Yemeni Armed Forces announces a military operation targeting military sites deep within Israel using three Quds-5 cruise missiles.
AL-MAYADEEN: Israeli warplanes target the Choueifat area on the outskirts of Beirut’s southern suburbs.
ISRAELI MEDIA: Four houses were damaged in Matula in the last hour as a result of shelling from Lebanon.
IRANIAN FM: We told the United States that our next response will be harsher in the event of an attack on Iran.
ANSARALLAH SPOKESMAN: The spokesperson for the Yemeni Armed Forces announces a military operation targeting military sites deep within Israel using three Quds-5 cruise missiles. pic.twitter.com/ZLxUduT7bJ
HEZBOLLAH MEDIA RELATIONS: We are organizing a media tour at 1:00 PM for those media outlets and accredited journalists who wish to cover some of the barbaric Israeli attacks on residential buildings and media institutions in the southern suburbs of Beirut.
ISRAELI MEDIA: Israel Railways Authority announced that it will be temporarily closed starting today until further notice.
AL-MAYADEEN: A missile salvo was launched from Lebanon targeting the front edge of the Western Galilee.
ISRAELI MEDIA: Hezbollah has fired more than 100 rockets towards Israel since morning.
IRAN: Iran has maintained restraint for two months in the hope of achieving a ceasefire in Gaza.
ISRAELI ARMY: The Israeli army said the 36th Division and the Etzioni Brigade joined the ground operation in southern Lebanon.
AL-MAYADEEN: Israel launched a raid on the vicinity of the southern suburb of Beirut.
Horrific Israeli massacre against the Al-Farra family in the Ma'an area in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza. pic.twitter.com/fLTwKgH2Un
IRANIAN GOVERNMENT: Operation True Promise 2 was in defense of our national interests within the framework of international laws. We seek peace, not war, but we will respond to any party that crosses its boundaries.
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Three people were killed and others injured in Israeli artillery shelling of the town of Khuza’a, east of Khan Yunis.
IRANIAN FM: Any country that allows our enemies to use its airspace against us will bear responsibility.
CHANNEL 12: About 20 shells were fired from Lebanon at the Western Galilee and Krayot areas north of Haifa.
HOME FRONT COMMAND: Sirens sounded in Haifa and the Western Galilee after rocket launches were detected.
Wednesday, October 2, 09:45 am (GMT+2)
GAZA MEDICAL SOURCES: 57 people were killed in Israeli raids on different areas in the Gaza Strip since dawn.
HEZBOLLAH: We targeted a concentration of enemy forces and artillery positions south of Kiryat Shmona with a rocket barrage and caused casualties.
TASNIM: Iran had extended flight cancellations until 5 a.m. on Thursday.
ISRAEL’S CHANNEL 12: At least 100 homes in the central Israeli city of Hod Hasharon were damaged by the Iranian attack.
AL-MAYADEEN: Israeli soldiers tried to enter Odaisseh, but when they reached the barbed wire, they fell into a tight ambush.
AL-MAYADEEN: Israeli soldiers tried to enter Odaisseh, but when they reached the barbed wire, they fell into a tight ambush.
HEZBOLLAH: the fighters of the Islamic Resistance, at dawn on 2-10-2024, confronted an enemy Israeli infantry force that attempted to infiltrate the town… pic.twitter.com/nqUsARwBnk
HEZBOLLAH: the fighters of the Islamic Resistance, at dawn on 2-10-2024, confronted an enemy Israeli infantry force that attempted to infiltrate the town of Odaisseh from the direction of Khallet Al-Mahafer, clashing with it, inflicting casualties, and forcing it to retreat.
HOME FRONT (ISRAEL): Sirens continued to sound in Kiryat Shmona and towns in the Upper Galilee.
ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli soldiers were wounded in shelling and exchanges of fire with Hezbollah near the border with Lebanon, adding that the soldiers were taken to Rambam hospitals in Haifa and Ziv in Safed in the Upper Galilee on Wednesday morning.
ISRAEL HAYOM: About 30 rockets had been fired at Metulla since the morning.
HOME FRONT (ISRAEL): Israel’s Home Front said sirens sounded in the western and upper Galilee, as well as in several cities and areas in northern Israel.
IRAN (Iranian Parliament Speaker): Iran’s next response to any aggression by Israel will be at a very different level.
REUTERS: Danish police say that two explosions occurred in the vicinity of the Israeli embassy in Copenhagen and are being investigated, noting that there are no reports of injuries from the explosions.
Just as Israeli authorities were responding to a Palestinian attack in central Yaffa, missiles from Iran and rockets from Hezbollah began falling on all regions in Israel.
Within a short period of time, the military spokesman for the Palestinian movement Hamas issued a statement congratulating Iran on its response to Israel’s assassination of top Palestinian and Lebanese leaders Ismail Haniyeh and Hassan Nasrallah.
“The Iranian response that covered the entire geography of occupied Palestine (..) dealt a strong blow to the criminal occupation that thought that its rampage in the region and its aggression against its people could pass without punishment,” Abu Obeida said.
The masked Palestinian fighter and spokesman said that the Iranian retaliation was “an exceptional day in the history of the struggle.”
“The fires of the nation’s resistance crossed in the skies of Palestine, and Tel Aviv was exposed to the strikes of the fighters from Yemen, Lebanon, Palestine, and Iran. This is a call to all the free people of the nation to make a share in the liberation of Palestine.”
Indeed, the nature of the coordinated attack indicates that a year after the Israeli war and genocide in Gaza, coordination between all members of what is known as the ‘Axis of Resistance’ continues to operate at full capacity.
In fact, the latest coordination exceeds that of military arrangements typically associated with the concept of the ‘unity of the square,’ to a high level of geostrategic coordination as well.
The decisive Iranian response, and the interpretation of the attacks by various members of the ‘Axis of Resistance’, as expressed in the words of Abu Obeidia suggest that Israel’s enemies have succeeded in restoring deterrence.
The days ahead are likely to be decisive.
Below are the latest statements by the two main Resistance forces in Gaza, and the Lebanese Resistance Movement Hezbollah.
The statements were communicated via their Telegram channels and are published here in their original form.
Al-Qassam Brigades (Hamas)
“Al-Qassam Brigades targeted a zionist Merkava tank and two D9 military bulldozers with Al-Yassin 105 shells east of Al-Fakhari, area east of Khan Younis city in the southern Gaza Strip.”
Al-Qassam Brigades target enemy forces in the Netzarim axis with a number of Rajoom rockets and heavy mortar shells.
“The fighters of the Islamic Resistance, on Tuesday 1-10-2024, targeted a force of Israeli enemy soldiers at the gate to the Shtula settlement with artillery shells, achieving direct hits.
“The fighters of the Islamic Resistance, at 7:40 on Tuesday 1-10-2024, targeted a movement of Israeli enemy soldiers in the Metulla site with artillery shells, inflicting direct hits.
“The fighters of the Islamic Resistance, at 8:05 on Tuesday 1-10-2024, targeted a gathering of Israeli enemy soldiers in the settlement of Metulla with a rocket barrage.
“The fighters of the Islamic Resistance, at 8:55 on Tuesday 1-10-2024, targeted a gathering of Israeli enemy soldiers in the settlement of Avivim with artillery shells.
“The fighters of the Islamic Resistance, at 10:00 AM on Tuesday 1-10-2024, targeted a gathering of Israeli enemy soldiers near the settlement of Rosh Pina with a rocket barrage.
?ABU OBEIDA:
We congratulate the Iranian response that covered the entire geography of occupied Palestine and dealt a strong blow to the criminal occupation that thought that its rampage in the region and its aggression against its people could pass without punishment.
“The fighters of the Islamic Resistance, at 10:30 AM on Tuesday 1-10-2024, targeted the Doviv barracks with a Falaq-2 missile.
“As part of the Khaybar series of operations, and in response to the targeting of civilians and the massacres committed by the enemy, and with the call of ‘We are at Your Service O Nasrallah,’ the fighters of the Islamic Resistance launched a barrage of Fadi-4 missiles at the Glilot base belonging to the Military Intelligence Unit 8200 and the Mossad headquarters located in the outskirts of Tel Aviv.
“The fighters of the Islamic Resistance, at 11:45 AM on Tuesday 1-10-2024, targeted a gathering of enemy soldiers between the Ramtha and Samaqa sites in the occupied Lebanese Kfar Shuba hills with 32 Katyusha rockets.
“The fighters of the Islamic Resistance, at 1:40 PM on Tuesday 1-10-2024, targeted a gathering of enemy forces at the Metulla site with artillery shells, hitting it directly.
“The fighters of the Islamic Resistance, at 1:40 PM on Tuesday 1-10-2024, targeted a gathering of enemy forces in the Kfar Giladi settlement with a barrage of Katyusha rockets.
“As part of the Khaybar series of operations, and in response to the targeting of civilians and the massacres committed by the enemy, and with the call of ‘We are at Your Service, O Nasrallah’ the fighters of the Islamic Resistance launched a barrage of Fadi-4 missiles at the Sde Do” airbase located in the outskirts of Tel Aviv.
“The fighters of the Islamic Resistance, at 18:35 PM on Tuesday 1-10-2024, targeted a gathering of enemy forces east of the Ras Al-Naqoura coastal site with a barrage of rockets.
“The Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the Ilania base at 17:53 on Tuesday 10-19-2024 with a barrage of rockets, achieving precise hits.
“The Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of enemy forces the Metulla site at 8:00 pm on Tuesday 1-10-2024 with a barrage of rockets.
“The fighters of the Islamic Resistance, at 21:50 on Tuesday, 01-10-2024, targeted the artillery position in Beit Hillel with a rocket barrage.”
Palestinians carried out an armed operation in the center of Yaffa. (Photo: video grab)
Palestinians carried out an armed operation in the center of Yaffa (Jaffa), killing and wounding a number of people, according to Israeli media.
Initial reports on the number of dead and wounded conflicted. Israel Hayom reported that the death toll had reached eight people. Later, the Israeli authorities reduced the number of dead to six and the number of wounded to 16.
Israel’s Channel 12 reported that there were 10 injured, six of them in critical condition, while Israeli Army Radio said there were four critically injured.
Israeli army radio said that the attackers infiltrated Israel, stabbed a soldier, seized his weapon, and carried out the attack with his weapon.
Regarding the identity of the attackers, Israel’s Channel 13 said that they were from the West Bank city of Al-Khalil. Palestinian media identified them as Mohammed Rashid Misk and Ahmed Al-Haymouni.
Hamas praised what it described as a ‘heroic operation’ in ‘occupied Yaffa’, saying it was “a natural response to the war of extermination and Zionist aggression in Gaza, the West Bank, Jerusalem and Lebanon.”
In Israel’s first reaction, Channel 12 quoted Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich as saying, “I will now demand at the cabinet meeting that the family members of the perpetrators who carried out the heinous attack in Jaffa be transferred to Gaza.”
This is considered the largest operation in Tel Aviv since the second intifada in 2000, Al-Jazeera reported.
The attackers in Tel Aviv were seen carrying rifles after moving out of the light rail system. pic.twitter.com/pJ7RJTb0XL
The Israeli website Walla reported on Monday that the army had raised its alert against the backdrop of warnings of attacks ahead of the holidays and in light of the pressure exerted on the West Bank.
Aside from the genocide in Gaza, Israel has killed hundreds of Palestinians and arrested thousands in recent months in the West Bank.
ISRAELI MEDIA: Scenes from the scene of the operation in Tel Aviv are harsh and we will not publish them. pic.twitter.com/2ZXKjGjDvP
The Israeli attacks included deadly raids on the town and refugee camp of Jenin, Nablus, Al-Khalil and other areas.
According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, over 700 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank at the hand of the Israeli army and armed Jewish settlers in the last year.
Nearly 11,000 have been arrested.
Additionally, over 150,000 Palestinians have been killed, wounded or missing since the start of the Israeli genocide in Gaza.
The long-anticipated Iranian retaliation to the Israeli assassination of Palestinian leader Ismail Haniyeh and Lebanese leader Hassan Nasrallah was more decisive than expected.
Hundreds of Iranian missiles rained all over Israel on Tuesday, though reportedly aiming for military and strategic targets.
The Iranian missiles, many of which have reached their intended targets, seemed to be concentrated in two major areas: the Tel Aviv-Yaffa region and the Naqab, where many Israeli military bases are situated.
The full impact of the Iranian retaliation is yet to be understood. However, the massive explosions were watched live on television, and eyewitnesses throughout the country have reported to have heard loud booms resulting from Iranian missiles hitting the ground.
Unlike the previous Iranian retaliatory attack on Israel on April 13, the latest Iranian operation seemed to be larger in terms of scope and more precise in its targets.
It was also obvious that the several layers of the anti-missile Israeli defense systems have failed at intercepting a large number of Iranian ballistic missiles.
According to the Israeli army, sirens were activated in nearly 1,500 areas throughout the country.
Initially, Israeli media said that about 100 Iranian missiles were fired toward Israel. The number, however, kept increasing and only one hour after the Iranian attack, the estimated number of missiles had reached nearly 400, according to Israeli media.
The Israeli army has said that the sirens have affected 10 million Israelis throughout the country, meaning that the geographic scope of the Iranian attack covered the entirety of Israel.
Particularly interesting is that sirens were also sounding in the so-called Gaza envelope region, in southern Israel. This means that for the first time, sirens in that area were activated due to rockets or missiles fired from outside Gaza.
Thousands of Iranians rushed to the streets in celebration of the Iranian retaliation, carrying pictures, and posters of Palestinian leader Haniyeh and the recently assassinated leader of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah.
?The Israeli Iron Dome failed to intercept Iranian missiles hitting military bases in Israel. pic.twitter.com/L3VwHcsroc
Both leaders were killed by Israel on July 31 and September 27 respectively. They were among many Palestinian, Lebanese and Iranian leaders and commanders who were killed in Israeli operations in the last few months.
The recent assassination of Nasrallah in particular had revived Israel’s sense of triumphalism, renewing hopes among Israelis that Netanyahu has managed to restore Israel’s so-called deterrence against its enemies.
Despite threats by Israeli leaders and extremist ministers, following the Iranian attack, it has become clear that Netanyahu’s recent victories in Lebanon were short-lived.
Immediately following the attack, US President Joe Biden has reportedly held a meeting with vice president and presidential candidate Kamala Harris from the Situation Room.
US Warning
Israeli army spokesperson Daniel Hagari stated that earlier on Tuesday Washington had informed Israel that it was monitoring Iranian preparations to launch missiles toward the country.
The New York Times, citing Israeli officials, reported that the Iranian attack would likely include both drones and ballistic missiles aimed at Israel.
Similarly, the Wall Street Journal quoted a Pentagon official, saying, “We have observed an increase in readiness and the movement of missile launchers by Iran over the past day.”
NBC News reported that White House and Pentagon officials expect Iran to target military and government sites in Israel, rather than civilian locations. Israeli officials have confirmed that the anticipated attack is likely to target three military air bases and an intelligence headquarters north of Tel Aviv within the next 12 hours.
‘Violent Attacks’
For its part, however, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard issued a statement on Monday, announcing that “in response to the assassination of Martyr Ismail Haniyeh, Martyr Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, and Martyr General Abbas Nilforoushan, we have begun striking important military targets in the occupied Palestinian territories with dozens of rockets.”
“If the zionist regime responds to the operation, it will face violent attacks,” the statement added.
Iran’s mission at the United Nations also issued a statement saying that “Iran’s legal, rational, and legitimate response to the terrorist acts of the Zionist regime—which involved targeting Iranian nationals and interests and infringing upon the national sovereignty of the Islamic Republic of Iran—has been duly carried out.”
“Should the Zionist regime dare to respond or commit further acts of malevolence, a subsequent and crushing response will ensue. Regional states and the Zionists’ supporters are advised to part ways with the regime,” the statement added.
The timing of the operation was also particularly interesting as it took place immediately following several Palestinian operations in Jaffa, resulting in the death of eight Israelis and the wounding of at least ten others, according to Israeli medical sources.
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Israeli military vehicles storm the Balata refugee camp. (Photo: video grab) 
Israeli forces targeted an orphanage in Gaza. (Photo: via social media) 
Standard and Poor’s downgraded Israel’s creeping rating. (Photo: Shashank457, via Wikimedia Commons) 
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. (Photo: U.S. Mission, Eric Bridiers, via Wikimedia Commons) 
The majority of Palestinians killed by Israel in Gaza are women and children. (Photo: via WAFA) 
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. (Photo: Mehr News Agency, via Wikimedia Commons) 
Iran launched hundreds of ballistic missiles towards Israel. (Photo: video grab) 
Abu Obeida, the military spokesman of Al-Qassam Brigades. (Photo: via Al-Qassam military media) 
Palestinians carried out an armed operation in the center of Yaffa. (Photo: video grab) 
Iran launched hundreds of ballistic missiles towards Israel. (Photo: video grab) 
