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February 15, 2024 Blog, News
Displaced Palestinians in Rafah. (Photo: Mahmoud Ajjour, The Palestine Chronicle)

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

After many days of siege, and sniping of many civilians in its vicinity, Israel bombed the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis before turning it into a military barracks, the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza said. 

Israeli forces also renewed strikes in southern Lebanon, after the killing of at least 11 civilians on Wednesday. 

Washington said that Israel needs a “credible plan” to invade Rafah, while Australia said the operation is not justifiable and Germany called for a truce. 

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 28,576 Palestinians have been killed, and 68,291 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.

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Thursday, February 15, 11:00 pm (GMT+2)

CHANNEL 12: The CIA director informed Benjamin Netanyahu that Qatar is requesting the entry of more aid into Gaza to advance the detainees deal.

ICJ: The International Court of Justice said it had received Israel’s response to South Africa’s request on February 12 to take additional measures regarding the war in Gaza.

KAN: The tension within the War Council has reached its peak. The sources said that Netanyahu has doubts regarding Gantz’s communication with American officials.

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AL-JAZEERA (Citing diplomatic source): An expected vote in the Security Council next week on a revised draft resolution for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

AL-MONITOR (quoting French proposal): Paris is working with the administration of President Joe Biden to avoid the outbreak of an all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah.

AL-JAZEERA: the Israeli army carried out a raid on the Labouneh area in the western sector of southern Lebanon.

Thursday, February 15, 9:30 pm (GMT+2)

AL-JAZEERA: the Israeli army carried out a raid on the Labouneh area in the western sector of southern Lebanon.

BRITISH PM’S OFFICE: Rishi Sunak informed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Britain’s deep concern about the loss of civilian lives in Gaza.

DANIEL HAGARI: We did not find anything related to the captives in Nasser Hospital

ISRAELI ARMY RADIO: The army reduced reserve forces in Gaza and withdrew the 646th Paratroopers Brigade from Khan Yunis, south of the Strip.

Too Scared – Israel’s Givati Brigade Troops Refuse to Rejoin Gaza War

CHANNEL 13: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a meeting with CIA Director William Burns, along with the head of Mossad David Barnea.

UN: Field hospitals do not replace Gaza hospitals.

Thursday, February 15, 8:00 pm (GMT+2)

WASHINGTON POST: An Israeli plan to establish camps on the seashore.

ISRAEL TODAY: Tel Aviv is pessimistic about the possibility of reaching an agreement with Lebanon

BLINKEN: “We have received Hamas’ response regarding the deal for the detained prisoners, and there are some very difficult issues that must be resolved.”

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AXIOS: CIA Director William Burns arrived in Israel after a quick visit to Doha.

TIMES OF ISRAEL (quoting US Officials): US President Joe Biden has already run out of patience with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and voices are growing within the US administration to take a tougher approach towards Netanyahu.

Thursday, February 15, 7:00 pm (GMT+2)

ISRAELI ARMY: The Israeli occupation army reported that one soldier was killed, and three others seriously wounded in the ongoing battles in the southern Gaza Strip.

ISRAELI ARMY RADIO: 14 rockets targeted the city of Kiryat Shmona, including two that did not sound sirens when they struck their targets. Earlier, Lebanese Hezbollah announced targeting the Samaqa site on the Israeli-Lebanese border with rockets and achieving a direct hit.

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Thursday, February 15, 6:45 pm (GMT+2)

AXIOS: In his meeting with Blinken, Netanyahu expressed ‘displeasure’ with Washington’s consideration of the option of recognizing the state of Palestine. Netanyahu made clear to Blinken that Washington’s move would hurt any effort by the Biden administration on peace and normalization.

AL-JAZEERA: Al-Jazeera correspondent reported that the number of Palestinians killed in the Israeli shelling in Jalaa Street in Gaza rose to three.

KAN: The Israel Broadcasting Corporation (KAN) reported that three rockets fired from Lebanon landed in the center of Kiryat Shmona without activating the sirens.

CNN (Citing an ‘informed source’): Qatar is still waiting for Hamas’ response to Israel’s position earlier this week on the detainee deal. The main point of contention over the swap proposal was the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza.

ISRAELI CHANNEL 12: The Israeli War Council and the expanded government would hold separate meetings tonight to discuss the detainee deal.

AXIOS (Citing an informed source): Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) William Burns arrived in Israel to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the director of Israeli intelligence Mossad, David Barnea to discuss negotiations on the detainees.

HEZBOLLAH: Lebanese Hezbollah announced the targeting of the Israeli site of Al-Samqah with rockets and achieved a direct hit.

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MEDIA REPORTS: Ambry’s maritime security authority reported that a cargo tanker was targeted with an explosive shell while sailing east of Aden, Yemen. The ship suffered minor damage from shrapnel that hit the diesel generator pipe, causing a leak.

AL-JAZEERA: Sirens sounded in Zarit in the Upper Galilee in northern Israel.

COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS: We are investigating whether the Israeli military deliberately targeted journalists and their family members in Gaza.

KAN: Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant said air force planes now flying over Lebanon were carrying heavy bombs for distant targets. The Israel Broadcasting Corporation quoted the defense minister as saying, “We will escalate against Hezbollah at the level of one-tenth of what we can.”

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Thursday, February 15, 4:00 pm (GMT+2)

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: Israeli occupation forces destroyed two ambulances inside the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis, stormed the maternity building inside the complex, and carried out searches.

TOP ANSARALLAH OFFICIAL: The United States is primarily responsible for crime in Gaza.

ISRAELI MEDIA: The families of Israeli prisoners threaten Netanyahu to escalate their movement.

UN OFFICIAL: The situation of children in Gaza is catastrophic.

Thursday, February 15, 3:00 pm (GMT+2)

ISRAELI ARMY: 11 officers and soldiers were injured in the battles in the Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours.

DIRECTOR OF SURGERY AT NASSER MEDICAL COMPLEX: We are suffering from catastrophic conditions.

Thursday, February 15, 2:00 pm (GMT+2)

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: One Palestinian was killed and 3 wounded in an Israeli bombing of the Shujaiya neighborhood.

UNIFIL: A worrying shift in clashes between Hezbollah and Israel.

HEZBOLLAH: We targeted, with a Falaq missile, the Israeli military barracks of Zibdin in the occupied Lebanese Shebaa Farms, and achieved a direct hit.

AL-JAZEERA: Sirens were sounding in areas of the Upper Galilee, after a suspected drone infiltration from southern Lebanon.

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: 28,663 Palestinians have been killed, and 68,395 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.

SOUTH KOREAN FM: South Korea expresses its concern about Israel launching a military operation in Rafah.

Thursday, February 15, 1:00 pm (GMT+2)

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: An Israeli bombing on a house in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip left 10 martyrs, including 4 children, and dozens wounded.

ISRAELI ARMY: We bombed dozens of Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon.

LAZZARINI: Dismantling UNRWA would be a disappointment to the Palestinians from the international community.

IRISH FM: Ireland calls on the United States to rethink the decision to suspend support for UNRWA.

Thursday, February 15, 12:00 pm (GMT+2)

ISRAELI MINISTER GIDEO SA’AR: International recognition of the Palestinian state complicates the conflict.

LEBANON: We will submit an urgent complaint to the UN Security Council against Israel.

GERMAN FM: There is a need for a truce, and the Qatari-Egyptian proposal is an opportunity.

AUSTRALIAN FM (quoted in Bloomberg): Any Israeli operation in Rafah is unjustified.

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: The occupation stormed the Nasser Medical Complex and turned it into a military barracks.

AL-JAZEERA: Strong explosions in the Wadi Saluki area in southern Lebanon, opposite the Galilee region.

Thursday, February 15, 11:00 am (GMT+2)

GAZA EUROPEAN HOSPITAL: The director of nursing at Gaza’s European Hospital told Al Jazeera that Al Jazeera’s correspondent, Ismail Abu Omar, needs to be transferred abroad to complete his treatment.

AL-JAZEERA: Occupation forces storm the southern courtyard of Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: The body of a Palestinian arrived at Al-Najjar Hospital in Rafah after being hit by occupation forces’ fire in Al-Mawasi, west of Khan Yunis.

Thursday, February 15, 10:00 am (GMT+2)

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli forces launched two raids on the Labouneh area in the western sector of the south of the country.

HEAD OF GANTZ’S NATIONAL UNITY: The head of the State Camp bloc in the Knesset said that the establishment of a Palestinian state would lead to the risk of repeating the events of October 7 in all of Israel, he said.

AL-JAZEERA: Heavy gunfire and artillery shelling occurred in the vicinity of the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.

BEN-GVIR: The world wants to give the Palestinians a state and this will not happen.

SMOTRICH: We will not agree to reward the Palestinians with a state with Jerusalem as its capital

WALLA: The army directed harsh criticism at its air defense system due to its failure to repel Hezbollah missiles yesterday.

REUTERS: Reuters quoted a hospital director and three Lebanese security sources as saying that 11 civilians, including 6 children, were killed in a barrage of Israeli strikes on villages located in southern Lebanon yesterday.

Thursday, February 15, 09:00 am (GMT+2)

AL-JAZEERA: A missile was fired at the Israeli Ruwaisat Al-Alam site in the occupied Kfar Shuba hills in southern Lebanon.

Thursday, February 15, 08:00 am (GMT+2)

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli fighters bombed a mosque west of the city of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.

WSJ: The State Department is investigating allegations that the Israeli Air Force used white phosphorus in its raids on the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.

Thursday, February 15, 07:00 am (GMT+2)

PENTAGON: Austin and Gallant discuss negotiations to secure the release of hostages in Gaza.

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: The Ministry of Health in Gaza announced the death of one of the injured as a result of an Israeli targeting of the orthopedic department at the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis.

Thursday, February 15, 06:00 am (GMT+2)

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: The oxygen pressure in the Nasser Medical Complex, especially in the intensive care department, had decreased due to oxygen leakage from the main tube due to its damage as a result of the Israeli bombing of the complex, and indicated that this exposes patients to danger, especially in the intensive care department.

Thursday, February 15, 05:00 am (GMT+2)

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: A Palestinian was killed and others were injured as a result of an Israeli occupation army bombing at dawn on Thursday, targeting the orthopedic department at the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.

Thursday, February 15, 04:00 am (GMT+2)

PALESTINIAN MINISTRY OF CULTURE: 44 writers, artists and activists in the field of culture were martyred during the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli occupation forces storm the courtyard of the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis, open fire at its medical departments, and demand the wounded and medical teams to leave.

WFP: The World Food Program warned that the escalation of occupation violence and the restriction of the movement of individuals in the West Bank “increases hunger among Palestinians.”

Thursday, February 15, 02:00 am (GMT+2)

JAKE SULLIVAN: US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said that his country does not want Israel to attack the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip without a “credible and feasible” plan.

Wednesday, February 14, 11:30 pm (GMT+2)

ISRAELI MINISTRY OF DEFENSE: The Medical Rehabilitation Department has treated more than 5,500 wounded since the beginning of the war.

(The Palestine Chronicle)

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2 Comments

  1. Heartbreaking news! Hope and pray that these abuses of Nazi descendants will stop soon either thru ceasefire agreement or victory of the resistance forces. We cry for the victims of these heinous crimes and may the world’s true armies unite to defeat these evil Nazi descendants.

    • My hope is in South Africa and Minister of International Relations, Naledi Pandor! There is never been a need for peace keepers (Russia and Iran should do it!)

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