GAZA LIVE BLOG: Arab Resistance Strikes US Base in Jordan | Violent Bombardment in Central, Southern Gaza | Gaza Hospitals Out of Service | War on UNRWA – DAY 114

January 28, 2024 Blog, News
Despite the ICJ's ruling, Israel continues to target civilians in Gaza. (Photo: via Eye on Palestine)

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

The death toll has increased as Israel continues to attack hospitals and intensifies its strikes in the southern Gaza Strip. 

Israeli envoy to the United Nations Gilad Erdan attacked United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres after he criticized countries that suspended funding for UNRWA.

According to the New York Times, an agreement between the Israeli government and the Palestinian Resistance movement Hamas is imminent. 

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 26,422 Palestinians have been killed, and 65,087 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7. Palestinian and international estimates say that the majority of those killed and wounded are women and children.

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LATEST UPDATES

Sunday, January 28, 11:55 pm (GMT+2)

POLITICO: Options for responding to the attack that led to the death of 3 American soldiers and the injury of dozens of others in Jordan are now being developed.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Violent clashes are now taking place between the Palestinian resistance and the occupation forces in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, east of Gaza City.

MUJAHIDEEN BRIGADES: We bombed the Israeli Ra’im base, which was the headquarters of the Israeli command of the Gaza Division, with missiles.

HEZBOLLAH: targeted the Israeli Khirbet Maar base with two “Falaq 1” missiles and achieved a direct hit there.

Sunday, January 28, 10:00 pm (GMT+2)

US SECRETARY OF DEFENSE: We will not tolerate attacks on American forces.

JORDAN: We condemn the terrorist attack that targeted an advanced site on the border with Syria.

AL-JAZEERA: Continuous Israeli raids on homes and apartments in Gaza City and the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip have so far left 40 Palestinians killed and dozens injured.

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: We bombed the settlements surrounding the Gaza Strip with concentrated missile bursts.

AL-JAZEERA: 12 Israeli ministers, some of them from the Likud Party led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and more than 15 Knesset members participated in a conference on returning settlements to Gaza, amid calls by participants from far-right supporters to “displace” Palestinians from the Gaza Strip.

Sunday, January 28, 9:00 pm (GMT+2)

TOP HAMAS OFFICIAL: The head of Hamas abroad, Sami Abu Zuhri, said that they warned the American administration of the expansion of the conflict in the Middle East as a result of the aggression on Gaza.

ISLAMIC RESISTANCE IN IRAQ: In 100 days, we carried out 178 attacks with drones and missiles on American and Israeli sites in Iraq, Syria and the occupied territories.

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: We destroyed 11 Israeli military vehicles within 48 hours.

WASHINGTON POST: The Pentagon is investigating the failure of the air defense at the “Tower 22” base.

AL-AQSA TV: Israeli occupation aircraft are now throwing fire belts and violent raids on the western and northern neighborhoods of Gaza City.

Sunday, January 28, 8:00 pm (GMT+2)

KAMALA HARRIS: The attack on our forces in northeastern Jordan was carried out by armed groups supported by Iran.

PALESTINIAN RED CRESCENT: Israeli military vehicles surround Al-Amal Hospital in Khan Yunis.

WALL STREET JOURNAL (quoting US official): Iraqi militias attacked with a drone Tower 22, a small military site in Jordan near the Syrian border.

Sunday, January 28, 7:00 pm (GMT+2)

JORDAN: Minister of Government Communications and spokesman for the Jordanian government, Muhannad Moubaideen, said that the attack that targeted American soldiers did not occur on Jordanian soil.

CNN: Three US soldiers were killed and 24 wounded in an attack in Jordan near the Syrian border.

Sunday, January 28, 6:30 pm (GMT+2)

GALLANT: We will not stop as long as we have detainees in Gaza.

GAZA GOVERNMENT MEDIA OFFICE: The Israeli army committed 38 massacres that claimed the lives of 350 martyrs during the past 48 hours.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: The bodies of 35 martyrs were buried in a mass grave inside the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.

Israeli Police Clash with Protesters in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv

AL-JAZEERA: Several Palestinians were killed and wounded in an Israeli bombing that targeted a residential apartment east of the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: 24 Palestinians were killed in the Israeli bombing on Khan Yunis during the last 24 hours.

EURO-MED MONITOR: Israel is besieging the hospitals that remained partially operational in Khan Yunis.

Sunday, January 28, 5:30 pm (GMT+2)

WHITE HOUSE: There is no change in our policy towards Israel.

AL-JAZEERA: Sirens sound in Katsarin, south of the Golan Heights, on suspicion of infiltration from Lebanon.

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: We are engaged in fierce clashes with Israeli soldiers, in the areas of Al-Amal, Al-Maskar and Abasan Al-Kabira neighborhoods in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli raids targeted Jabal Balat and the surroundings of the towns of Marwahin and Aita al-Shaab in southern Lebanon.

HEZBOLLAH: We targeted Israeli soldiers with missiles at the Tal Shaar site and achieved direct hits.

AL-JAZEERA: missiles were launched towards Israeli positions in the Upper Galilee, off the eastern sector of southern Lebanon.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Clashes with machine guns occurred in Jabalia, north of the Gaza Strip.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: An Israeli bombing targeted the southern areas of Gaza City.

NBC: The Biden administration is discussing stopping arms shipments to Israel.

AL-JAZEERA: The Knesset General Assembly will vote tomorrow, Monday, on a proposal of no confidence in the government presented by Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid.

Sunday, January 28, 4:30 pm (GMT+2)

TURKISH FM: We are concerned about some countries suspending their funding to UNRWA.

Sunday, January 28, 3:30 pm (GMT+2)

FRENCH FM: The French Foreign Ministry said that it has suspended aid directed to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) for the first quarter of 2024.

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: We targeted 3 Israeli military vehicles with RPG shells in the Al-Amal neighborhood and Jourat Al-Aqqad, west of Khan Yunis.

AL-JAZEERA: A Palestinian was martyred and others injured, as a result of an Israeli artillery shelling that targeted a school housing displaced people in the Al Amal neighborhood, west of Khan Yunis.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli artillery shelling renewed on the northern areas of the Gaza Strip.

HEZBOLLAH: We targeted Israeli enemy soldiers in and around the Ramim barracks with missiles, causing direct hits.

AL-JAZEERA: Sirens sounded in Sderot, Efim and Niram in the Gaza Strip.

CHANNEL 12: The Israeli army declared the Kerem Shalom crossing a closed military zone.

UNRWA: Suspension of funding will stop our activities in Gaza within weeks.

AL-JAZEERA: Palestinian citizens were injured while waiting for aid to enter, after the Israeli army targeted the Kuwait Roundabout in Gaza City.

SAUDI FM: Israel is practicing a systematic starvation policy.

Sunday, January 28, 2:00 pm (GMT+2)

EGYPTIAN FM: The situation in the Red Sea is a direct result of what is happening in Gaza.

ISLAMIC RESISTANCE IN IRAQ: We targeted the American Harir base near Erbil Airport with a drone.

BRITISH DEFENSE MINISTER: Houthi attacks cannot be tolerated.

‘Unexpected’ – NYT Reveals Source of Hamas Weapons

UNRWA: The rainy weather exacerbated the suffering of hundreds of thousands of displaced people in Gaza.

HEZBOLLAH: We targeted Israeli soldiers with missiles east of the Birkat Risha site in southern Lebanon, causing direct hits.

JORDANIAN FM: UNRWA should not be punished based on accusations against 12 people.

ISRAELI ARMY: 2,765 soldiers have been injured since the beginning of the war.

174 Palestinians Killed in 24 Hours – Israel’s Genocidal War on Gaza Continues

BEN-GVIR: Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir said that he decided to extend the weapons licenses that were distributed to the Israelis since the beginning of the war on Gaza for a period of 6 months.

ISRAELI ARMY: Eight soldiers were injured in the Gaza battles in the past 24 hours.

Sunday, January 28, 1:10 pm (GMT+2)

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: violent clashes are currently taking place in Jabalia, northern Gaza Strip, amid heavy overflights of Israeli warplanes.

NORWEGIAN REFUGEE COUNCIL: Gaza will collapse if UNRWA operations are suspended.

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: We targeted 4 Merkava tanks west of Khan Yunis.

AL-JAZEERA: A huge explosion has rocked the southern areas of Gaza City, north of the Strip.

ISRAELI ARMY RADIO: The Kiryati Reserve Brigade completed its mission in the city of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, and left.

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: Al-Amal Hospital and Nasser Complex are unable to provide services, with Israeli drones bombing their surroundings.

IRANIAN FM: The war in Gaza is not the solution.

Sunday, January 28, 11:30 am (GMT+2)

CHANNEL 12: Israeli Channel 12 published a video clip of the removal of the South African flag from the center of the city of Rishon LeZion, near Tel Aviv, in implementation of the orders of the city’s mayor following the lawsuit filed by Pretoria at the International Court of Justice in The Hague against Israel, accusing it of genocide in the Gaza Strip.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Heavy flight of Israeli warplanes north of the Gaza Strip.

AL-JAZEERA: For the fourth day, dozens of Israeli demonstrators obstructed the entry of goods into the Gaza Strip at the Kerem Shalom crossing.

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli aircraft launched two raids on the towns of Zabqin and Hula in southern Lebanon, without immediate reports of deaths or injuries.

Sunday, January 28, 11:00 am (GMT+2)

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: 26,422 Palestinians have been killed, and 65,087 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.

PALESTINIAN RED CRESCENT: Oxygen stock ran out at Al Amal Hospital.

ISRAELI DIPLOMAT: An Israeli diplomat attacked United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres after he criticized countries that suspended funding for UNRWA.

Sunday, January 28, 10:00 am (GMT+2)

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: Our fighters are engaged in fierce clashes with occupation soldiers on the frontlines of the advance in the city of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.

PALESTINIAN RED CRESCENT: Continued Israeli bombing and gunfire around its Al-Amal Hospital in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Eight Palestinians were killed and wounded in an Israeli bombing on a house for the Salmi family in the Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City.

Sunday, January 28, 09:00 am (GMT+2)

MAARIV: The return of Hamas activity previously controlled by the Israeli army in the northern Gaza Strip raises concern in Tel Aviv.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Two Palestinians were killed and injured in an Israeli bombing of a house west of the city of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.

WALL STREET JOURNAL: About 80% of Hamas’ tunnels are still intact.

Sunday, January 28, 08:00 am (GMT+2)

ISLAMIC RESISTANCE IN IRAQ: We targeted the Israeli Zevulon facility.

AL-JAZEERA: Sirens sounded in the Kissufim area in the Gaza Strip.

UN SECRETARY-GENERAL: In a statement, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed to donor countries to ensure the continuation of the operations of UNRWA in Gaza, after 9 countries temporarily suspended their funding for the agency.

UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON PALESTINE: Suspending funding for UNRWA means participating in genocide in Gaza.

Sunday, January 28, 07:00 am (GMT+2)

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli artillery shelling and heavy gunfire in the Al-Tahlia and Al-Manara neighborhoods, south of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip.3

NYT: An agreement is close to being reached between Hamas and Israel to release the prisoners in stages in exchange for stopping the war for two months.

Sunday, January 28, 02:00 am (GMT+2)

AL-JAZEERA: Israel launched new raids on the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood, southwest of Gaza City.

Sunday, January 28, 00:50 am (GMT+2)

JEREMY CORBYN: Britain joining other countries in suspending funding for UNRWA amounts to collective punishment.

(The Palestine Chronicle)

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