Israeli artillery is shelling the town of Al-Maghraqa and the eastern areas of the Al-Bureij camp, in the central Gaza Strip.
According to Israel’s Channel 13, sirens sounded in the West Bank settlement of Almon, fearing the infiltration of Palestinian gunmen.
After the search operation in Al-Mawasi was completed, the Gaza Civil Defense announced that its crews recovered 400 people, including dead and injured.
According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 38,584 Palestinians have been killed, and 88,881 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.
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Tuesday, July 16, 2:00 am (GMT+2)
UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said that everywhere in Gaza is a “potential death zone”. In a post on the UN secretary-general’s X account, Guterres said the destruction in Gaza is incomprehensible and unacceptable, and no place is safe.
The extreme level of fighting and devastation in Gaza is incomprehensible and inexcusable.
Nowhere is safe. Everywhere is a potential killing zone.
It is high time for the parties to show the political courage and political will to finally reach a deal.
— António Guterres (@antonioguterres) July 15, 2024
Tuesday, July 16, 1:00 am (GMT+2)
YEDIOTH AHRONOTH: Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel was bombarded by heavy rocket fire from Lebanon.
ANSAR ALLAH (Military spokesman): We carried out two operations with boats, drones and ballistic missiles against two ships in the Red Sea. Together with the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, we targeted a ship in the Mediterranean.
Tuesday, July 16, 12:00 am (GMT+2)
HAARETZ: Israeli occupation army has been holding 1,500 unidentified bodies from the Gaza Strip in the Sde Timan camp since October 7, 2023.
‘No New Intel’ – Israeli Army Retracts Claims It Killed Deif
Monday, July 15, 11:00 pm (GMT+2)
AL-JAZEERA: Canadian police use pepper gas and tear gas to disperse students in solidarity with Gaza and Palestine at McGill University’s campus in Montreal.
Monday, July 15, 7:00 pm (GMT+2)
FORMER ISRAELI OFFICIAL: The former director-general of the Ministry of Economy was quoted by the Israeli newspaper Maariv as saying that Israel is approaching an unprecedented economic crisis in 40 years.
BEN-GVIR: I work to give Palestinian prisoners the least rights that the law gives them.
The density in prisons will remain the same despite the government’s legal adviser’s objection.
UNRWA COMMISSIONER GENERAL:
The destruction of UNRWA’s headquarters in Gaza and its grounding after it was turned into a battlefield is appalling.
The destruction of UNRWA’s headquarters in Gaza is a new link in a series of blatant disregard for international humanitarian law.
UN facilities must be protected at all times and should never be used for military or combat purposes.
Every war has rules, and Gaza is no exception.
‘Filled with Smell of Blood’ – Israel Commits New Horrific Massacre at UNRWA School in Nuseirat
Monday, July 15, 6:00 pm (GMT+2)
HEZBOLLAH: Hezbollah official Nawaf al-Musawi says the party has produced non-trackable and downable drones, and “our expertise and potential in these areas are not owned by other powers in the world.”
GIDEON SA’AR: The head of the “New Hope” party, former minister Gideon Sa’ar, rejects the establishment of a Palestinian state, and says that the establishment of a Palestinian state will endanger Israel’s security and future.
That would be a step in the plan to eliminate Israel, he noted.
According to Sa’ar, their experience in Oslo and disengagement has shown that the dangerous illusions of establishing a Palestinian state in the Land of Israel must be abandoned.
YEDIOTH AHRONOTH: Israeli writer Einab Schiff in Yedioth Ahronoth says that the results of a Beeri investigation show not only a series of grave mistakes, but also the end of the myth of the Israeli army.
Monday, July 15, 5:00 pm (GMT+2)
EU FOREIGN POLICY CHIEF BORRELL:
We reject any attempt to designate UNRWA as a terrorist organization.
The tragedy in Gaza has crossed all limits and what is happening is unacceptable.
We condemn the settlers’ attack on humanitarian aid convoys.
UNRWA: Gaza needs 15 years to remove 40 million tons of war-induced rubble.
Monday, July 15, 3:00 pm (GMT+2)
LAPID: Netanyahu is a coward, not a victim, and every soldier in Gaza is at much greater risk than he is talking about.
Netanyahu, who has set up an incitation machine that slowly controls all media in Israel, is now complaining of incitement against him.
MAARIV (citing Lieberman): “Netanyahu will dissolve the Knesset in November to avoid testifying in his trial.”
Monday, July 15, 2:00 pm (GMT+2)
HEZBOLLAH: We bombed the spy equipment at the monk’s position with guided missiles and destroyed them.
AL-JAZEERA: An Israeli raid targeted the town of Marohin in southern Lebanon.
ISRAELI MEDIA: Britain’s foreign minister confirms that London will not withdraw the request to postpone the International Criminal Court Decision on the issuance of Netanyahu’s arrest warrant.
Monday, July 15, 12 pm (GMT+2)
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Theee Palestinians, including a child, were killed and others were injured after an Israeli shelling targeted a house on Al-Salam Street in the city of Deir al-Balah.
AL-JAZEERA: Al-Jazeera correspondent reported renewed artillery shelling northwest of Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.
Monday, July 15, 09:30 am (Gmt+2)
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli artillery shelling targeted the eastern areas of the Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip.
AL-JAZEERA: Israeli artillery is shelling the town of Al-Maghraqa in the central Gaza Strip.
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Heavy gunfire from Israeli occupation helicopters targeted the northwest of Al Zahraa city in the central Gaza Strip.
Monday, July 15, 08:00 am (Gmt+2)
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli occupation forces carried out a raid targeting an apartment in the vicinity of Al-Awda schools, east of Khan Yunis city, in the southern Gaza Strip.
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli occupation forces carried out a raid targeting an apartment in the vicinity of Al-Awda schools, east of Khan Yunis city, in the southern Gaza Strip.
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— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) July 15, 2024
Monday, July 15, 03:00 am (Gmt+2)
AL-JAZEERA: The Israeli army is launching raids targeting buildings west of the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.
CHANNEL 12: Sirens sounded in the West Bank settlement of Almon, fearing the infiltration of Palestinian gunmen.
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: The Israeli army launched artillery shelling targeting the vicinity of Street 8 in the Zeitoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City.
Monday, July 15, 02:00 am (Gmt+2)
AL-JAZEERA: Four Palestinians, including children, were killed, and others were wounded, in an Israeli raid on a house in Al-Maghazi camp in the central Gaza Strip.
AL-JAZEERA: Four Palestinians, including children, were killed, and others were wounded, in an Israeli raid on a house in Al-Maghazi camp in the central Gaza Strip.
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— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) July 15, 2024
Monday, July 15, 01:00 am (Gmt+2)
AL-AQSA TV CHANNEL: The Israeli occupation artillery is targeting the western neighborhoods of Gaza City and the eastern neighborhoods of Al-Bureij camp in the middle of the Strip.
YEDIOTH AHRONOTH: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s talk about his commitment to US President Joe Biden’s proposal is inaccurate after he introduced conditions that hinder reaching a ceasefire agreement in Gaza and a prisoner exchange deal with Hamas.
PALESTINIAN FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION: 300 athletes were martyred during the aggression on the Gaza Strip, the last of whom was Shadi Abu Al-Araj, goalkeeper of the Khan Yunis Youth Team.
GAZA CIVIL DEFENSE: After the search operation in Al-Mawasi was completed, our crews recovered 400 people, including dead and injured.
(The Palestine Chronicle)
