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Gaza reels under new massacres carried out by the Israeli army. (Photo: via Social Media)

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

A temporary ceasefire in Gaza is expected, following news that Hamas and the Islamic Jihad have informed Qatar and Egypt of their positions on the matter.

The ceasefire would arrive at a critical time for Palestinians in Gaza, as the World Food Program announced that 2.2 million of all people in the Strip – nearly the total population of the small region – are in urgent need of food assistance.

Meanwhile, fierce fighting between Palestinian Resistance and invading Israelis continued in several areas in northern Gaza.

Israeli massacres targeting civilians also continued unabated.

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Wednesday, November 22, 04:30 am (GMT+3)

HAMAS:

We confirm agreement on a 4-day humanitarian truce through Qatari and Egyptian efforts.

50 hostages, women and children, will be released in exchange for the release of 150 women and children of our people in the prisons of the occupation.

Under the agreement, hundreds of trucks of humanitarian, relief and medical aid and fuel will be brought to all areas of the Gaza Strip.

Under the agreement, the movement of Israeli military vehicles in the Gaza Strip will also be suspended.

According to the agreement, a ceasefire will be established by both sides and the cessation of all military actions of the occupation army in all areas of the Gaza Strip.

Under the agreement, the free movement of people from north to south along Salah al-Din Street is guaranteed.

During the period of the truce, the occupation carries out no attack or arrest of anyone in all areas of the Gaza Strip.

Under the agreement, air traffic in the south will be suspended for the duration of the truce days and in the north for 6 hours a day.

As we announce the conclusion of the truce agreement, we affirm that our hands will remain on the trigger and our battalions will remain on the lookout to defend our people.

The resistance managed the negotiations from a position of steadfastness and strength on the ground despite the attempts of the occupation to prolong them.

The terms of the agreement were formulated in accordance with the vision of the Resistance, which aim to serve our people and strengthen their steadfastness in the face of aggression.

AL-JAZEERA: All Israeli government ministers supported the release of detainees except for three ministers belonging to the Religious Zionist Party.

REUTERS (Citing US officials): US military as carrying out precision strikes against two facilities in Iraq in response to attacks targeting its forces there.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA:

A Palestinian was killed by Israeli gunfire in the town of Azzun, east of Qalqilya, in the northern occupied West Bank.

Occupation forces stormed the city of Tulkarm in the northern occupied West Bank.

AXIOS: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken plans to travel to Israel next week.

Wednesday, November 22, 00:54 am (GMT+3)

POLITICO: Washington provided Tel Aviv with the sites of humanitarian organizations in Gaza, but Israel bombed them.

KAN (ISRAELI BROADCASTING CORPORATION): Directors of the security services presented the details of the prisoner deal to the government.

AL-JAZEERA: An Israeli drone bombed the vicinity of the town of Naqoura in southern Lebanon.

AL-JAZEERA: Three Palestinians were killed and several others were wounded in an Israeli bombing that targeted a house west of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.

AL-JAZEERA: A Palestinian journalist was killed in the bombing of the Shujaiya neighborhood.

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli forces stormed the city of Tulkarm in the northern occupied West Bank.

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli warplanes launched raids on two homes in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip and the city of Rafah in the south of the Strip.

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli raids on two homes in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip and the city of Rafah in the south of the Strip.

PENTAGON: Austin stressed to Gallant Washington’s support for Tel Aviv and the importance of preventing regional escalation.

Tuesday, November 21, 11:00 pm (GMT+3)

PALESTINIAN RED CRESCENT: Two Palestinians were injured by Israeli occupation forces’ bullets in the town of Dura, south of Hebron.

AL-JAZEERA: 13 Palestinians were killed in a new Israeli bombing that targeted a house in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.

EU FOREIGN POLICY CHIEF JOSEP BORRELL: The EU is concerned about an Israeli ground operation south of Gaza.

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: The Al-Quds Brigades announced the death of Israeli settler Hanna Katzir, whom the brigades had expressed their willingness to release for humanitarian reasons.

ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTER: We will continue fighting in Gaza after the prisoner deal stage.

NETANYAHU: The war has stages, and the recovery of prisoners will be in stages.

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli bombing targeted a house in the vicinity of Kamal Adwan Hospital

IRANIAN FM: We hope that the efforts made will lead to a ceasefire in Gaza.

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: We ambushed an Israeli foot force in Beit Hanoun

Tuesday, November 21, 10:00 pm (GMT+3)

AL-JAZEERA: Satellite images obtained by Al Jazeera showed Israeli tanks and vehicles gathering in the hospital square in Gaza City.

BEN-GVIR: The expected exchange deal with Hamas will bring us disaster.

AL-JAZEERA: 15 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli bombing of a residential apartment in Khan Yunis.

AL-JAZEERA: The Israeli occupation forces’ bombing of a house in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip caused two martyrs and a number of injuries.

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli occupation forces bombed a house in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, causing the deaths of 8 Palestinians and a number of injuries.

PENTAGON: We continue to supply Israel with artillery shells and guided missiles.

US CENTRAL COMMAND: The US Ain al-Asad base in Iraq was attacked by a short-range ballistic missile, wounding 8 soldiers.

AL-AQSA SATELLITE CHANNEL: The Palestinian resistance is engaged in fierce clashes with the Israeli occupation forces on Al-Jalaa Street and Al-Saftawi Roundabout in Gaza City.

AL-JAZEERA: The Israeli government is now meeting with all its members to resolve a prisoner exchange deal with Hamas.

Tuesday, November 21, 9:00 pm (GMT+3)

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: Nearly 120 people were killed and dozens are missing in the northern Gaza Strip.

US STATE DEPARTMENT: A prisoner exchange agreement is close to being reached between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, but there is no final agreement yet.

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli occupation forces’ bombing of a residential apartment in Hamad City in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, caused the death of 10 Palestinians, including children, and a number of injured people.

ISRAELI ARMY SPOKESMAN DANIEL HAGARI: We are doing everything we can to return the prisoners

AL-JAZEERA: Al Jazeera’s correspondent confirmed the end of the Israeli War Council meeting and the start of the Cabinet meeting to vote on a prisoner exchange deal with the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas).

Tuesday, November 21, 8:00 pm (GMT+3)

JOHN KIRBY: We are close to reaching an agreement on the prisoner exchange.

ISRAELI ARMY: We intercepted several drones that crossed the border from Lebanon.

AL-JAZEERA: A number of Palestinians were killed and wounded in an Israeli bombing that targeted the gate of the Civil Defense headquarters in the Jabaliya camp in the northern Gaza Strip.

US ENVOY DAVID SATTERFIELD: The humanitarian aid that entered Gaza is insufficient.

FINANCIAL TIMES: Israel’s fiscal deficit will expand over the next year with an increase in military spending.

HAMAS TOP OFFICIAL KHALIL AL-HAYYA: We have submitted our response to the truce and prisoner exchange proposal and are awaiting the occupation’s response

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: Our fighters eliminated four Israeli soldiers in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood.

Tuesday, November 21, 7:17 pm (GMT+3)

GAZA GOVERNMENT MEDIA OFFICE: The death toll of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip has risen to 14,128 martyrs, including 5,840 children and 3,920 women.

AL-JAZEERA: Several Palestinians were killed and others wounded as a result of Israeli raids that targeted two homes in Beit Lahia and the Jabalia camp in the northern Gaza Strip.

HEZBOLLAH: We targeted an occupation gathering at the Bayad Blida site.

AL-JAZEERA (QUOTING US OFFICIAL): 10 soldiers were injured yesterday, Monday, in a missile attack targeting American forces at the Ain al-Asad base in Iraq.

Tuesday, November 21, 6:45 pm (GMT+3)

AL-JAZEERA: Sirens were sounding in Greater Tel Aviv, its south, the coast, and central Israel, while the Israeli army announced that its air defenses intercepted 8 missiles.

BIDEN: We are very close to concluding an agreement on the hostages.

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: We bombed Tel Aviv with a missile salvo “in response to the Zionist massacres against civilians.

AL-JAZEERA: Israel targeted an ambulance in front of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza.

BELGIUM: Israel is an occupying power and is obligated to deliver aid to Gaza.

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: South Africa’s parliament has voted overwhelmingly (248 to 91) for the Israeli embassy in the country to be closed down. More to follow.

Tuesday, November 21, 5:45 pm (GMT+3)

HEZBOLLAH: The Resistance targeted the Beit Hilal military base with Grad missiles

EL-SISI: We reject any attempts to liquidate the Palestinian issue.

ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTER: Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said that they are required to make “decisive and difficult decisions these days,” noting that the return of detainees is a lofty goal. The army will be prepared for every scenario during the ceasefire.

AL-JAZEERA: Sirens sound in the city of Asqalan (Ashkelon).

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: We bombed the Ra’im military base with a concentrated missile attack.

JORDANIAN PM: We received notices from Israel to evacuate the Jordanian field hospital. We did not respond to these demands.

HEZBOLLAH: We targeted a gathering of occupation soldiers at the Al-Malikiyah site.

REUTERS (QUOTING US MILITARY OFFICIAL): American forces in Iraq responded to an attack targeting the Ain al-Asad air base, west of Baghdad.

ERDOGAN: Israel is committing mass crimes and war crimes.

ALGERIAN PRESIDENT: What is happening in Gaza is a human tragedy caused by the heinous crimes of the occupation.

WHO: The situation in Gaza is tragic and the health system is collapsing.

ISRAELI ARMY RADIO: Sirens sounded in Kiryat Shmona and its surroundings.

IRANIAN PRESIDENT EBRAHIM RAISI: The West continues to arm Israel and obstruct the ceasefire.

CHINESE PRESIDENT: There is no peace in the Middle East without a just settlement of the Palestinian issue.

ISRAELI CHANNEL 12: Two anti-tank missiles were fired towards the Israeli town of Avivim on the border with Lebanon.

ISRAELI CHANNEL 12: The Israeli Cabinet is meeting on Tuesday to approve the prisoner deal agreement with the Palestinian Resistance Movement Hamas.

Tuesday, November 21, 4:15 pm (GMT+3)

SAUDI CROWN PRINCE: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said that the brutal crimes against innocent civilians in Gaza require an effort to stop this humanitarian catastrophe.

SCOTTISH PM: We condemn in the strongest terms the killing of innocent people.

HEZBOLLAH: We targeted an Israeli intelligence unit in Al-Manara, killing and wounding its members.

PUTIN: It is necessary to prevent the expansion of the conflict between Palestine and Israel.

NETANYAHU: There has been “progress on the deal for the kidnappers,” indicating their hope that “there will be good news soon.”

EGYPTIAN FM: The ongoing Israeli bombing targeting the displaced in southern Gaza aims to force them to leave the Strip.

PALESTINIAN MINISTRY OF HEALTH: A Palestinian died from wounds sustained by occupation bullets in the Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus, in the northern West Bank.

AL-JAZEERA: Sirens sound in Kissufim.

Tuesday, November 21, 3:00 pm (GMT+3)

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: We bombed the Ra’im military base with a missile salvo.

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli artillery shelling targeted areas in southern Lebanon.

HEZBOLLAH: We targeted an Israeli military site in the Al-Manara settlement off the central sector of southern Lebanon.

QATARI FM: Qatari mediation has reached the closest point to reaching a truce, expressing his country’s hope that its efforts will be crowned with success.

DIRECTOR OF INDONESIAN HOSPITAL: The director of the Indonesian Hospital in Gaza, Atef Al-Kahlot, said that the hospital’s situation is unbearable and that they cannot remove the bodies from inside the facility.

HEZBOLLAH: We targeted the Israeli site Jal al-Alam and achieved direct casualties.

LEBANESE CIVIL DEFENSE: Four civilians were killed in an Israeli strike while they were in their car in the Shaitiyeh area, in southern Lebanon.

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: Dozens of Palestinians were killed in an Israeli bombing of the Indonesian hospital.

SAUDI FM: Our message today is clear: the war in Gaza must be stopped immediately and a serious peace process must be launched.

Tuesday, November 21, 1:30 pm (GMT+3)

OFFICIAL AT BESIEGED INDONESIAN HOSPITAL: Anyone who leaves risks his life.

AL-JAZEERA: An Israeli drone targeted a car with a missile in the town of Shaiteyeh in the western sector of southern Lebanon.

UNRWA: 75% of Gaza’s casualties are women, children and elderly people.

AL-JAZEERA (CITING MEDICAL SOURCES): More than 80 Palestinians were killed and 200 wounded since dawn on Tuesday in an Israeli bombing of the northern Gaza Strip.

PALESTINIAN RED CRESCENT: Five Palestinians were injured during confrontations with the occupation forces in Balata camp, east of Nablus.

HAMAS: Hamas top official Khalil Al-Hayya said that they are still waiting for the Israeli occupation’s response regarding the humanitarian truce agreement after Hamas delivered its response to the Egyptian and Qatari sides.

Tuesday, November 21, 12:30 pm (GMT+3)

DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS: We lost contact with our staff in northern gaza. The health situation in Gaza is catastrophic.

LEBANESE NATIONAL NEW AGENCY: Three citizens, two journalists and a civilian, were killed in an Israeli bombing of the Tayr Harfa al-Jebin triangle.

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli forces are storming the city of Nablus from multiple axes, accompanied by drones.

UNICEF: The situation of children in the Gaza Strip is unfortunate and catastrophic. The children of Gaza do not receive the minimum sufficient amount of drinking water,

AL-JAZEERA (QUOTING LEBANESE SOURCE): AN Israeli shell fell on a Lebanese army position in the Wazzani area, without causing any casualties.

Tuesday, November 21, 11:30 am (GMT+3)

DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF GAZA GOVERNMENT MEDIA OFFICE: Israeli tanks and drones directly bombed the Indonesian hospital.

KREMLIN: Russian President Vladimir Putin will discuss the Gaza war with leaders of the BRICS countries in a video conference on Tuesday.

DIRECTOR GENERAL OF GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: There is no treatment for about 550 people in the Indonesian hospital due to the Israeli blockade.

PPC: Israeli occupation forces arrested 40 Palestinians from different areas in the West Bank.

WORLD FOOD PROGRAM SPOKESWOMAN: The food system in Gaza began to collapse due to the closure of the crossings and the absence of production.

AL-JAZEERA: The Israeli army bombed a number of residential homes in the Beit Lahia housing project in the northern Gaza Strip.

Tuesday, November 21, 10:30 am (GMT+3)

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY SPOKESMAN: Hospitals in northern Gaza are completely out of service.

Tuesday, November 21, 09:45 am (GMT+3)

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: We targeted three military vehicles in the Sheikh Radwan and Al-Nasr neighborhoods with “tandem” shells and “guerrilla action devices.”

CHINESE FM: Palestinian consent is necessary for any arrangement related to their fate.

AL-JAZEERA: Two people were killed and several others injured in a new Israeli raid on a house in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.

WSJ (QUOTING ISRAELI OFFICIALS): The Israeli army has deployed 100,000 soldiers on the border with Lebanon.

Tuesday, November 21, 08:30 am (GMT+3)

AL-JAZEERA: More than 20 Palestinians were killed when Israeli aircraft bombed two houses in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.

HEZBOLLAH: We targeted a building in the Metulla settlement where Israeli occupation army soldiers are stationed, achieving a “direct hit.”

(The Palestine Chronicle)

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