Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound to warn against a possible deal with the Palestinian Resistance and calling for more military pressure.
Israeli occupation forces targeted several areas in central Gaza, killing and wounding scores of Palestinians.
The raid carried out by an Israeli drone on a car in the western Bekaa in eastern Lebanon this morning resulted in the assassination of the leader of the Islamic Group, Muhammad Jabara.
According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 38,848 Palestinians have been killed, and 89,459 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.
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Thursday, July 18, 01:00 am (GMT+2)
HEZBOLLAH: Hezbollah mourns Ali Maatouk, who was killed in an Israeli raid in southern Lebanon.
AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: We are pounding the enemy’s crowds in the Netzarim axis with mortar shells.
Friday, July 19, 12:00 am (GMT+2)
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: 5 people were killed and others were injured in an Israeli raid on a house in Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip.
Thursday, July 18, 11:00 pm (GMT+2)
AL-JAZEERA: Two people were killed and 12 others were injured in an Israeli airstrike on a building near the town of Safad al-Battikh, the civil defense in southern Lebanon said.
Four Palestinians were killed as a result of the targeting of a house in the Bureij refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip pic.twitter.com/QqqUhSCkjG
— Emelia 🇸🇪🇦🇹 (@Bernadotte22) July 18, 2024
Thursday, July 18, 10:00 pm (GMT+2)
KAN: International Justice may publish a tough opinion against Israel tomorrow.
GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: The presence of the virus that causes polio in the sewage water in the Strip represents a new health disaster.
BELGIAN FM: Knesset vote against Palestinian state contradicts UN resolutions.
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Several people were killed and others were injured in an Israeli bombardment of a house near the entrance to Al-Bureij in the central Gaza Strip.
Thursday, July 18, 9:00 pm (GMT+2)
KAN: Mediators told Hamas not to be influenced by Netanyahu’s statements about the negotiations.
AL-JAZEERA: Several people were injured in an Israeli raid on a house near the town of Al-Jumaijma in southern Lebanon.
US STATE DEPARTMENT: We still believe a deal is achievable and are optimistic about the direction in which things are moving forward.
YEDIOTH AHRONOTH: Hundreds of Israelis march to Netanyahu’s home to demand prisoner swap deal.
AL-JAZEERA: Two Palestinians were killed and eight others were injured in a bombing that targeted Al-Falah School in the Al-Zeitoun neighborhood, south of Gaza City.
‘Existential Danger’ – Knesset Votes to Reject Establishment of Palestinian State
Thursday, July 18, 8:00 pm (GMT+2)
AL-JAZEERA: Air raid sirens sounded in the town of Arab al-Aramshe and other towns in the Western Galilee, fearing a drone would infiltrate and launch missiles from southern Lebanon.
KIRBY: Biden and Netanyahu are expected to have the opportunity to meet during the Israeli prime minister’s visit to Washington.
RNN: Hamas and the Islamic Jihad Movement called on the Palestine Liberation Organization to “withdraw recognition of the Zionist entity in response to the Knesset’s failure to recognize a Palestinian state.”
SAUDI FM: Hamas and the Islamic Jihad Movement called on the Palestine Liberation Organization to “withdraw recognition of the Zionist entity in response to the Knesset’s failure to recognize a Palestinian state.”
ISRAEL HAYOM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged to the soldiers during his tour in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip that he would not stop the war until victory was achieved, and that he would inform the Americans of that.
‘Disregard for Human Life’ – Oxfam Slams Israel for Weaponizing Water, Starvation
Thursday, July 18, 7:00 pm (GMT+2)
CHANNEL 13: The war proved that Israel needed a large army.
AL-QUDS BRIGADES: We bombed 107 command and control headquarters belonging to the occupation in the Netzarim axis in the central Gaza Strip with missiles.
ISRAELI ARMY: The Israeli occupation army reported the death of a reserve officer with the rank of major, who succumbed to wounds he sustained when a drone fell in the northern Golan Heights about two weeks ago.
Thursday, July 18, 6:00 pm (GMT+2)
CHANNEL 12: The number of injured after a car was targeted near the settlement of Hermesh in the occupied West Bank rose to 3 Israelis.
ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has just completed a tour of the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
HEZBOLLAH: We bombed the Israeli positions of Al-Raheb and Baraka near the Lebanese border with Burkan missiles, setting them on fire.
‘Ten Out of 26 UN Health Centers Operational in Gaza’ – UNRWA
Thursday, July 18, 5:00 pm (GMT+2)
AXIOS: Netanyahu will hold a discussion session tonight with the Defense Minister and the negotiating team regarding the exchange deal.
CHANNEL 13: A fire broke out in a building in the town of Metula, in the far north of the Galilee Finger, northeastern Israel, after it was targeted by a missile.
Thursday, July 18, 3:30 pm (GMT+2)
HEZBOLLAH: Hezbollah announced the death of one of its members in an Israeli bombardment in the town of Jabal al-Batm in southern Lebanon, bringing the total number of its dead to 371 since October 8.
Islamic Group Leader Killed in Israeli Airstrike in Lebanon – Tensions Escalate
MEDICAL SOURCES: 25 Palestinians were killed as a result of the continued Israeli bombardment of various areas in the Gaza Strip since dawn today.
HEZBOLLAH: Hezbollah announced that it bombed the espionage equipment at the Israeli Hadab Yarin site, destroying it, in the first operation announced since Thursday morning.
ISRAELI FM: Israeli Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz commented on the Knesset’s decision to reject the establishment of a Palestinian state, saying that “the decision is a strong message to the world about our right to the Land of Israel.”
ISRAELI ARMY: 32 soldiers were injured in the past 24 hours in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and the northern front with Lebanon.
HAMAS: Hamas said that the Knesset (Israeli parliament) decision not to allow the establishment of a Palestinian state is invalid and issued by an occupying party that has no legitimacy.
‘Secret Meeting’ – Top US, Israeli and PA Officials Discuss Rafah Crossing
Thursday, July 18, 3:00 pm (GMT+2)
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: One Palestinian was killed and others were injured as a result of Israeli shelling that targeted a house north of the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.
AL-JAZEERA: the residents of the Gaza envelope announced the formation of a civilian investigation committee into the events of October 7, due to the absence of an official investigation committee.
ISRAELI MEDIA: Netanyahu refused to set up a temporary field hospital in Israel for sick children from Gaza despite Gallant’s approval.
Thursday, July 18, 2:00 pm (GMT+2)
CHANNEL 12: Netanyahu does not want the deal before his trip to Washington.
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: 4 Palestinians were killed when the occupation forces opened fire on them on Rashid Street, west of the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.
23 dead, 73 injured after Netanyahu’s military bombed a school in the Nuseirat refugee camp.
UNRWA reports 70% of its schools have been attacked, 95% being used as shelters for displaced Palestinians.
This extremist gov has no regard for civilian life. Labor must act.
— Adam Bandt (@AdamBandt) July 18, 2024
AL-JAZEERA:- Israeli aircraft raided the heights of the town of Ain al-Tineh in the Bekaa region in eastern Lebanon, without any information about the target of the raid.
Thursday, July 18, 1:00 pm (GMT+2)
ISRAELI MEDIA: The Israeli army admitted that it assassinated the leader Muhammad Jabara in a raid that targeted his car in the western Bekaa Valley in eastern Lebanon.
GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: 38,848 Palestinians have been killed, and 89,459 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.
CHIEF RABBI: Chief Rabbi of Sephardic Jews Yitzhak Yosef stressed during his meeting with Israeli President Isaac Herzog the need to conclude a deal now to return the detainees, amid growing protests from the government coalition against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s obstruction of the negotiations.
‘Tear It Up’ – Ultra-Orthodox Rabbi Calls on Haredi Students to Reject Army Conscription
AL-JAZEERA: the Israeli air force carried out two raids on the towns of Blida and Yater in southern Lebanon, while Hezbollah has not announced since Thursday morning that it has carried out operations against Israel.
INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF Red Cross: Health facilities in southern Gaza have reached the point of collapse.
Thursday, July 18, 12:00 pm (GMT+2)
ISLAMIC JIHAD: Ben Gvir’s storming of Al-Aqsa is a serious attack.
MEDICAL SOURCES: 14 Palestinians were killed as a result of the ongoing Israeli bombardment of various areas in the Gaza Strip since dawn on Thursday.
Thursday, July 18, 11;30 am (GMT+2)
AKRAM SABRI: The storming of the mosque by Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir this morning is a blatant assault on its sanctity by force of arms and under the protection of the occupation police, noting that Ben Gvir seeks to enable settlers to carry out larger-scale incursions.
AL-AQSA TV: Areas in the northern Gaza Strip are being subjected to heavy Israeli bombardment.
VON DER LEYEN: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the bloodshed in Gaza must stop.
AL-JAZEERA: An Israeli drone targeted a car in the Batm Mountains in Tyre District, southern Lebanon.
SMOTRICH: We want a deal in which Hamas leader in Gaza Yahya Sinwar surrenders, not us.
BEN-GVIR:
The return of the captives must be achieved through increased military pressure on Hamas.
I went up to the ‘Temple Mount’ for the return of the captives without an illegal deal.
Thursday, July 18, 10:00 am (GMT+2)
AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: bombed the settlers of “Mafalsim” and “Nir Am” in the Gaza envelope this morning, Thursday , with a barrage of rockets.
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: 3 Palestinians were killed and others were injured as a result of Israeli shelling that targeted a car in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.
AL-AQSA TV: Israeli occupation forces bombed Abdullah Azzam Mosque in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip this morning, killing a Palestinian and wounding 15 others.
Thursday, July 18, o9:00 am (GMT+2)
LEBANESE NEWS AGENCY: The raid carried out by an Israeli drone on a car in the western Bekaa in eastern Lebanon this morning resulted in the assassination of the leader of the Islamic Group, Muhammad Jabara.
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: two Palestinians were killed and more than seven others were injured when Israeli aircraft bombed a house in Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip.
AL-JAZEERA: 4 children missing as a result of targeting the house belonging to the Tahrawi family in the Bureij camp.
ISLAMIC ENDOWMENTS: Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque this morning.
LIEBERMAN: Netanyahu does not want a deal because his concern is the continuation of his government.
MAYOR OF TEL AVIV: Netanyahu does not want to end the war because he knows that it will lead to elections that he will lose. Netanyahu knows that his policies have led us to this disaster.
Thursday, July 18, o8:00 am (GMT+2)
AL-AQSA TV: Israeli occupation army vehicles opened heavy and continuous fire this morning in the eastern areas of the northern Gaza Strip.
Thursday, July 18, o7:00 am (GMT+2)
AL-JAZEERA: Israeli artillery shelling targets the city of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.
Thursday, July 18, o3:00 am (GMT+2)
AL-JAZEERA: 8 Palestinians were killed and others were injured – including women and children – as a result of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a house in the town of Al-Zawaida in the central Gaza Strip.
Thursday, July 18, o2:00 am (GMT+2)
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Six Palestinians were killed in an Israeli raid on a house in the town of Al-Zawaida in the central Gaza Strip.
(The Palestine Chronicle)
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