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Israel continues to carry out massacres against Palestinian civilians in Gaza.(Photo: Mahmoud Ajjour, The Palestine Chronicle)

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

The Lebanese movement Hezbollah carried out an air attack with drones on an Israeli military base.

Israeli forces committed new massacres throughout the Gaza Strip, from Khan Yunis to Nuseirat.

The Israeli newspaper Walla reported that the army is preparing for unprecedented attacks on its bases.

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 39,624 Palestinians have been killed, and 91,469 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.

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Tuesday, August 6, 02:00 am (GMT+2)

NYT: Russia has begun delivering advanced radars and air defense equipment to Iran.

Tuesday, August 6, 01:00 am (GMT+2)

WASHINGTON POST: A US airstrike near Baghdad last week killed a leader of the Ansar Allah group (Houthis) who specialized in manufacturing drones.

US STATE DEPARTMENT: A number of American soldiers were injured in a missile attack on Monday night on a base housing American forces in western Iraq, noting that the Pentagon is working “to assess the damage following the attack.”

Tuesday, August 6, 12:00 am (GMT+2)

CHANNEL 12: it is no longer clear at what time Iran will launch its attacks on Israel, and there is deliberate camouflage by Iran through its military movements.

Monday, August 5, 11:00 pm (GMT+2)

IRANIAN INTELLIGENCE MINISTER: Iran’s response to the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh will be strong, and diplomatic moves will not limit its severity.

IRANIAN AIRPORTS COMPANY: There are no restrictions on flights to the west and northwest of the country and flights are being operated to all destinations.

ISRAELI ARMY: The Air Force targeted a leader in Hezbollah’s Radwan Unit.

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HAARETZ (citing B’tselem report): There is a systematic policy put in place by Ben Gvir to torture Palestinian prisoners and psychologically and sexually abuse them. There is documentation of the martyrdom of 60 Palestinians in occupation prisons.

HEZBOLLAH: We launched an air attack with a squadron of suicide drones on the Mount Neria base (currently occupied by Golani forces), targeting the positions of its officers and soldiers.

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: The Qassam Brigades announced that it had carried out a “complex ambush in the Tel al-Sultan neighborhood west of Rafah city,” where Qassam fighters were able to “target 4 Zionist Merkava tanks with 105 Yassin shells and an M113 armored personnel carrier with a suicide bomb and a 105 Yassin shell, and our fighters monitored the landing of a helicopter for evacuation.”

Monday, August 5, 10:00 pm (GMT+2)

KAN: The United States asked its allies to pressure Iran to implement a “controlled, non-reckless” response.

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WASHINGTON POST: The administration of President Joe Biden informed lawmakers in Congress that the Iranian strike would be today or tomorrow.

IRAQI SECURITY SOURCE: At least one missile fell inside the Ain al-Assad base , which houses US forces affiliated with the coalition.

CHANNEL 12: 4 drones were launched from Lebanon, one was intercepted, and 3 exploded in the Mount Jarmaq area, “without injuries.”

AMERICAN RESEARCH REPORT: Half of the Qassam Brigades have rebuilt their capabilities, despite the passage of nearly 10 months since Israel’s attack on Gaza. Hamas has made effective use of dwindling resources on the ground in its confrontation with Israel’s war on Gaza. Units of the Qassam Brigades returned to the main areas that were cleared by the Israeli army after fierce battles.

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AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: The Al-Qassam Brigades announced that it had blown up “a tunnel shaft in a Zionist force and caused casualties and injuries in the Zalata area east of Rafah city” in the southern Gaza Strip.

AL-JAZEERA: Explosions and sirens sound in Horfesh, Meron and Tzuriel in the Western Galilee after drones infiltrated.

KAN: Israel prepares for immediate response to Iran after launching its attack.

Monday, August 5, 8:30 pm (GMT+2)

CHANNEL 13: The occupation estimates that Hezbollah will initiate the attack, followed by Iran.

YEDIOTH AHRONOTH: There is uncertainty in Israel about the timing of the Iranian response, and preparations are underway for an immediate attack that could be launched at any moment.

YEDIOTH AHRONOTH: The seven soldiers who were injured in Rafah today were hit by a hand grenade after a resistance fighter managed to infiltrate their surroundings.

Monday, August 5, 7:00 pm (GMT+2)

TURKISH FM:

We conclude from Israel’s assassination of Ismail Haniyeh that Netanyahu does not want a ceasefire.

Israel wants to kill the Palestinian people in Gaza through starvation.

On Wednesday we will submit a request to join South Africa’s lawsuit against Israel before the International Court of Justice.

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Monday, August 5, 5:00 pm (GMT+2)

MALAYSIA: The Malaysian government has demanded an apology from Meta after it removed posts by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim about the assassination of Hamas political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran.

ERDOGAN: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has denounced the “fascism” of social media sites that cannot “even allow photos of Palestinian martyrs” and immediately censor them.

PALESTINIAN ORGANIZATIONS: Gazan prisoner Omar Junaid (26 years old) died today, Monday, as a result of being tortured in Sde Teiman prison.

Monday, August 5, 5:00 pm (GMT+2)

LAPID: Is it reasonable for an entire country to sit for 5 days in a state of alert, tension and mobilization? There is no deterrence and no government.

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AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: Our fighters were able to “detonate an anti-personnel (thunder) bomb at a Zionist infantry force next to an armored personnel carrier, killing and wounding them in the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood, south of Gaza City.”

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: All forms of inhuman treatment, including torture and sexual violence, are “war crimes,” said Sarah Hashash, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa.

Monday, August 5, 4:00 pm (GMT+2)

ERDOGAN: The world order has raised the flag of surrender over what is happening in Gaza.

ISRAELI MEDIA: 7 soldiers were injured, including 2 seriously, in a serious security incident in Rafah.

IRGC ADVISOR: Revenge against Israel for the assassination of Haniyeh will be through a new scenario that will be implemented suddenly.

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WALLA: The police opened an investigation against former Prime Minister Ehud Barak on charges of incitement and sedition, after he called for protest and civil disobedience against the government. The investigation came after a complaint filed by a right-wing activist.

Monday, August 5, 3:00 pm (GMT+2)

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: We detonated two explosive devices against an Israeli engineering force in the Zalata area, east of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, confirming that its members were killed and wounded.

IRELAND: Ireland advises citizens against travel to Israel, Palestine and Lebanon.

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: We detonated an explosive device at an Israeli force in Khan Yunis.

Monday, August 5, 2:00 pm (GMT+2)

LUFTHANSA: Lufthansa Group has suspended all flights to Tel Aviv, Tehran and Beirut until August 12, due to regional tensions.

MEDICAL SOURCES: 18 Palestinians were killed as a result of Israeli raids on various areas in the Gaza Strip since Monday morning.

RUSSIA: Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu has arrived in Tehran to discuss regional security with Iranian officials, amid rising regional tensions as Iran awaits a response to the assassination of Hamas political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran.

WESTERN DIPLOMATS: We are preparing for days of intense exchange of strikes between Iran and Israel.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Two Palestinian youths were killed when Israeli aircraft targeted a group of civilians in the customs police area southeast of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.

AL-JAZEERA: The bodies of the 84 Palestinians that the occupation handed over through the Kerem Shalom crossing are decomposed, and the medical teams are unable to take DNA samples from them to determine the identities of the martyrs.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Four Palestinians were killed in an Israeli bombardment of a group of citizens in the Tal al-Hawa area on al-Abraj Street, south of Gaza City.

KAN: An Israeli was injured by shrapnel from a rocket fired from Gaza at the Ashkelon settlement in the Gaza envelope, located east of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: 39,624 Palestinians have been killed, and 91,469 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.

Monday, August 5, 1:00 pm (GMT+2)

CHANNEL 12: 15 rockets were fired from the southern Gaza Strip towards settlements in the Gaza envelope, east of Khan Yunis.

AL-JAZEERA: The Israeli occupation authorities handed over the bodies of 84 unidentified Palestinians they were holding via the Kerem Shalom crossing.

Monday, August 5, 12:00 pm (GMT+2)

BLOOMBERG: Bloomberg reported the biggest decline in Israeli stocks since last October due to fears of a possible attack by Iran and what it describes as its “proxies” in the region.

SMOTRICH: It is fair to kill two million people in Gaza if the detainees are not returned.

CHANNEL 12: missiles fired at Kiryat Shmona, northern Israel, from southern Lebanon were intercepted.

Monday, August 5, 11:00 am (GMT+2)

IRAN: We have taken the necessary legal measures and no one has the right to prevent us from responding.

WALLA: The army is preparing for unprecedented attacks on its bases.

IRGC COMMANDER: Israel will receive a crushing response.

ISRAEL HAYOM: The US will supply Israel with 1,000-pound bombs as regional tensions escalate.

Monday, August 5, 10:00 am (GMT+2)

SMOTRICH: We are working to remove the threat of establishing a Palestinian state.

HEZBOLLAH: We targeted the Israeli military site in Al-Malikiyah with a suicide drone.

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli artillery shelling targeted various areas east of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.

WALLA: Blinken told his G7 counterparts that the attack could begin today.

YEDIOTH AHRONOTH: A draft American commitment reached Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, stipulating the resumption of the war if the agreement on the second phase of the deal fails, after signing an agreement.

Monday, August 5, 09:00 am (GMT+2)

ISRAELI ARMY: The Israeli army targeted a weapons depot and Hezbollah infrastructure in Kfar Kila, Shebaa and Rashaya al-Fakhar in southern Lebanon last night.

JAPAN: Japan’s foreign ministry has urged its citizens in Lebanon to leave, amid reports that Iran’s response to the assassination of Hamas’s political bureau chief could begin Monday.

LEBANESE HEALTH MINISTRY: Two people were killed in an Israeli raid on the town of Mays al-Jabal in southern Lebanon, without information about their identities.

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli vehicles opened fire on the vicinity of the Wadi Gaza Bridge, northeast of the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.

LEBANESE NATIONAL NEWS AGENCY: A number of people were injured as a result of an Israeli drone bombing of the vicinity of the cemetery area in the town of Mays al-Jabal, south of Lebanon.

Monday, August 5, 08:00 am (GMT+2)

AL-JAZEERA: Air raid sirens sounded in towns in the Western Galilee and the vicinity of Nahariya after rockets were fired from southern Lebanon.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli aircraft launched raids in the vicinity of Al-Qastal Towers, east of Deir al-Balah city, in the central Gaza Strip.

Monday, August 5, 06:00 am (GMT+2)

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli occupation aircraft launched a series of raids on residential neighborhoods in the city of Deir al-Balah and the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.

Monday, August 5, 05:00 am (GMT+2)

US MEDIA: Biden to meet with security team to discuss Middle East developments.

BLINKEN: Iran, Hezbollah attack on Israel could begin Monday.

Monday, August 5, 04:00 am (GMT+2)

PENTAGON: Austin assured Galant of Washington’s support for Israel’s security.

ISRAELI ARMY: An officer and a soldier were injured as a result of the recent missile attack from Lebanese territory.

KAN: Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant had a new phone call with his American counterpart, Lloyd Austin.

HEZBOLLAH: We carried out an air attack with a squadron of suicide drones on the newly established 91st Division headquarters in the Elite barracks.

ISRAELI ARMY: A drone launched from southern Lebanon exploded near a shelter in the Ayelet Hashahar area in the Upper Galilee.

Monday, August 5, 03:00 am (GMT+2)

ISRAELI MEDIA: A rocket fired from southern Lebanon fell in the Upper Galilee.

AL-JAZEERA: Air raid sirens are sounding continuously in several areas in Upper Galilee, northern Israel, due to suspicions of a drone infiltrating from southern Lebanon.

Monday, August 5, 01:00 am (GMT+2)

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: An Israeli airstrike targeted the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, north of Gaza City.

(The Palestine Chronicle)

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