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July 26, 2024 Blog, News
Israel continues to carry out massacres against Palestinian civilians in Gaza.(Photo: via QNN)

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

United States Vice President Kamala Harris said that it is time for the war in Gaza to end and the statement upset Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Israeli forces carried out new massacres throughout several areas of the Gaza Strip, including Nuseirat, Khan Yunis, and Gaza City, killing and wounding many Palestinians. 

The Israeli army announced that a soldier was killed in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip.

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 39,175 Palestinians have been killed, and 90,403 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.

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Saturday, July 27, 02:00 am (GMT+2)

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli tanks fired live bullets at the tents of the displaced in the Qizan Rashwan area, south of Khan Yunis.

Saturday, July 27, 12:00 am (GMT+2)

MAARIV: The Israeli town of Metula, near the Lebanese border, has turned into a ghost town, with only 15 people remaining.

CHANNEL 12: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is ready to appoint Gideon Sa’ar as Minister of Defense, but the obstacle is the justification for the dismissal of Defense Minister Yoav Galant.

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US DOCTORS VOLUNTEER IN GAZA (in a letter to Biden): The death toll is much higher than announced by the Gaza Health Ministry. The casualties may exceed 92,000, a horrific number that represents 4.6% of Gaza’s population.

UN: More than 100,000 displaced from Khan Yunis in days.

Friday, July 26, 10:30 pm (GMT+2)

MEDICAL SOURCE (Cited by Al-Jazeera): The bodies of 26 martyrs have arrived at the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis since this morning.

ISRAEL’S CHANNEL 12: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will make up his mind about the dismissal of Defense Minister Yoav Galant and the assignment of the Defense Ministry to Gideon Sa’ar after his return from Washington on Sunday.

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AL-QASSAM: Our fighters “fired a SAM-7 missile at a helicopter in the sky of the Tel al-Hawa neighborhood, south of Gaza City.”

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli occupation forces blew up residential buildings east of Al-Qarara town in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip.

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: Our fighters “clashed with a special Zionist force that barricaded itself inside a school in Gaza City and achieved direct casualties.”

PALESTINE (Palestinian Representative to the United Nations):

The Security Council has failed to reduce human suffering in the Gaza Strip.

An immediate ceasefire is the first step on the road to stopping human suffering.

The Security Council should rein in those who kill tens of thousands of Palestinians.

Displaced people in the Gaza Strip are fleeing one inevitable fate to another.

Netanyahu’s speech to Congress is a war criminal speech hostile to peace.

We must put an end to the horrific assault on the Gaza Strip.

We cannot ignore any of the provisions of the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice.

The Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories must end as soon as possible.

‘Highest Level of Killing’ – UN Chief Slams Israel’s Military Campaign in Gaza

AXIOS: Biden and his advisers are unsure whether Netanyahu really wants a deal or wants to prevent his government from collapsing.

Friday, July 26, 6:00 pm (GMT+2)

RUSSIA (Russian representative to the Security Council):

The humanitarian situation in Gaza remains catastrophic.

Nowhere is safe in Gaza.

More than 50,000 bombs were dropped on the Gaza Strip.

There is a threat of spillover of the conflict into Lebanon and Syria.

Security Council resolutions on the conflict remain ‘dead letters’.

The Israeli authorities continue to obstruct humanitarian supplies to the Gaza Strip.

We are deeply concerned about the continuation of the irreplaceable disinformation campaign against UNRWA.

We call on the Israeli authorities to abide by international humanitarian law and take responsibility.

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ISLAMIC JIHAD:

PA security forces surrounded Abu Shujaa, commander of the Tulkarm Brigade in the Jerusalem Brigades, in the hospital where he is being treated.

The PA besieged the jihadist Abu Shujaa to arrest him after he survived Israeli assassination attempts.

The behavior of the PA’s security forces proves that security coordination has crossed red lines and harms all efforts at unity and reconciliation.

UN (UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Palestine):

Children in the Gaza Strip are at risk of disease and bombs.

625,000 children are deprived of a full year of schooling.

Gazans face the threat of hunger, unsanitary conditions and lack of care.

We must ensure that aid is securely received, dispatched and distributed in Gaza.

Attacks on UNRWA are unacceptable and jeopardize our efforts.

Civilians and humanitarian workers must be protected.

All crossings must be opened for the delivery of aid, including the Rafah crossing.

The current procedures in place for the transfer of aid are cumbersome and dangerous.

ISRAELI CHANNEL 13: A fire broke out on the beach of the city of Ashkelon after rockets were fired from Gaza.

UNRWA (UNRWA Deputy Commissioner-General):

The Security Council passed resolutions to end the war that had no effect, and the suffering in the Gaza Strip is increasing.

Two-thirds of UNRWA facilities and installations in the Gaza Strip were bombed.

UN aid and relief convoys were targeted when trying to head towards northern Gaza.

The Israeli Knesset will adopt bills that target us and destroy the basis of international law.

An anti-UNRWA campaign will undermine the UN mandate over the humanitarian situation in Gaza.

We are facing a lot of hardship now and many of our schools have been targeted in the Gaza Strip.

The repercussions would be catastrophic if Israeli laws were passed banning UNRWA.

Efforts to dismantle UNRWA continue.

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: We shelled the city of Ashkelon and the settlements surrounding Gaza with a rocket barrage.

ISRAELI ARMY: 13 soldiers were injured in the battles in the Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours.

HEZBOLLAH: We targeted “a building used by Israeli enemy soldiers in the Avivim settlement with appropriate weapons and we achieved a direct hit.”

AL-JAZEERA:

Two people were killed after an Israeli march was shelled on the town of Abasan, east of Khan Yunis.

Clashes are currently taking place between the Palestinian resistance and the occupation forces, which are infiltrating Tel Al-Hawa, southwest of Gaza City.

AL-QASSAM: Our fighters detonated an antipersonnel thunderstorm in a Zionist infantry force, killing and wounding its members in the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood.

BRITISH GOVERNMENT: We will not endorse the previous government’s proposal to reject Netanyahu’s arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court. The decision on whether to issue an arrest warrant against Netanyahu is up to the ICC.

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AL-QUDS BRIGADES: We destroyed two Merkava-4 Zionist tanks around a number of soldiers with two Shuath canisters in Tal al-Hawa, south of Gaza City.

Friday, July 26, 2:00 pm (GMT+2)

CHANNEL 12: Air defense systems fired an interceptor missile at a missile fired from Lebanon towards the Upper Galilee.

AL-JAZEERA: Missiles were fired towards an Israeli site in the occupied Shebaa Farms in southern Lebanon.

WHO: There is no safe place in Gaza and we are forced to reduce food rations to ensure coverage for the newly displaced.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli helicopters are currently firing heavily east of Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip.

HAMAS: Netanyahu repeatedly obstructed the agreement, and Washington must compel him to stop the war.

AL-JAZEERA: The Israeli Central Court approved the government’s decision to close Al Jazeera’s office for an additional 45 days.

Friday, July 26, 12:30 pm (GMT+2)

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: We shelled enemy soldiers and vehicles with mortar shells around the Rafah crossing gate.

PEACE NOW: Netanyahu’s government exploited the war to create new facts on the ground in the West Bank.

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

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: We bombed enemy soldiers’ gatherings in the Netzarim axis.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: A child was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Barakasat area north of Rafah city.

AL-JAZEERA: A person was killed as a result of an Israeli drone strike near Al-Alam roundabout, west of Rafah city.

JOINT STATEMENT BY AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, CANADA: The human suffering in Gaza is unacceptable and must not continue. There is an urgent need for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

Friday, July 26, 11:00 am (GMT+2)

AL-JAZEERA: A number of people were injured as a result of Israeli artillery shelling near the Eilabun School in Al-Qarara, northeast of Khan Yunis.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: The bodies of 6 martyrs were recovered from Salah al-Din Street, east of Khan Yunis.

HEZBOLLAH: We targeted the technical system at the Ramia site with a guided missile, and that it achieved a direct hit that led to its destruction.

BEN-GVIR TO HARRIS: “Madam candidate, there will be no cessation of hostilities”.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Two people were injured by Israeli snipers’ bullets near Bani Suhaila roundabout, east of Khan Yunis.

AXIOS: A US official said that Netanyahu was upset that Harris spoke of the exchange deal as an end to the war.

Friday, July 26, 09:30 am (GMT+2)

AXIOS: The statement made by US Vice President Kamala Harris after her meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was much more critical than what she said to Netanyahu during their meeting. The official added that Netanyahu was upset that Harris spoke of the exchange deal as an end to the war.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Three people were killed and others were injured as a result of Israeli shelling of an apartment in the Al-Sahaba building in Gaza City.

AL-JAZEERA: Two women were killed and others were injured as a result of an Israeli bombardment of a house in the town of Abasan, east of Khan Yunis.

ISRAELI ARMY RADIO: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting with US President Joe Biden “was positive, which we cannot say about his meeting with Vice President Kamala Harris.

SMOTRICH: Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said that US Vice President Kamala Harris revealed the truth of the deal, which is to surrender to Sinwar and end the war.

WALLA: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held difficult talks with US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, and he strongly protested to Sullivan about the sanctions imposed on settlers by President Joe Biden’s administration.

Friday, July 26, 08:00 am (GMT+2)

KAN: A soldier was killed in Rafah while targeting a D9 bulldozer.

Friday, July 26, 05:00 am (GMT+2)

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Two people were killed and several others were injured in an Israeli bombardment of a house in the Al-Sahaba neighborhood in central Gaza City.

WHITE HOUSE: Biden and Netanyahu discussed developments in Gaza, ceasefire negotiations, and release of detainees during their meeting.

Friday, July 26, 04:00 am (GMT+2)

AL-JAZEERA: Sirens sounded in the Gaza Strip at dawn on Friday, warning of rocket fire.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Three people were killed and several others were injured in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a residential apartment on Al-Sahaba Street, east of Gaza City, at dawn on Friday.

Friday, July 26, 03:00 am (GMT+2)

AL-JAZEERA: There were injuries in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a house on Al-Sahaba Street, east of Gaza City, early Friday morning.

Friday, July 26, 02:00 am (GMT+2)

KAMALA HARRIS:

My commitment to Israel and its security is unwavering.

I expressed to the Israeli Prime Minister my deep concern about the scale of the human suffering in Gaza.

I assured Netanyahu of my support for Israel and its right to self-defense.

I held frank and constructive talks with Netanyahu.

I work with President Biden every day to bring the captives home.

Hamas is a brutal terrorist organization.

There is an optimistic trend regarding the ceasefire talks in Gaza.

Let us all do what we can and condemn anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and hatred of any kind.

Let us all do what we can to end the suffering of innocent civilians.

Let’s reach an agreement to be able to end the war in Gaza.

I will not be silent about the suffering in Gaza.
The two-state solution is the only way to have a secure Jewish state.

I expressed to the Israeli Prime Minister my deep concern about the number of deaths in Gaza.

It’s time for the Gaza war to end.

Friday, July 26, 01:00 am (GMT+2)

AXIOS: Netanyahu told families of detainees that Israel will present Hamas with a proposal within two days.

Friday, July 26, 12:00 am (GMT+2)

ISRAELI FIRE AND RESCUE AUTHORITY: The Israeli Fire and Rescue Authority reported an explosion on Yehezkel Street in Tel Aviv.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli army’s artillery is shelling areas east of Khan Yunis amid heavy gunfire.

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli occupation forces targeted a residential tower in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.

Thursday, July 25, 10:00 pm (GMT+2)

WHITE HOUSE: Netanyahu is not a war criminal.

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