GAZA LIVE BLOG: Al-Qassam Bombs Tel Aviv | ‘Day of Arbaeen’ | Deadly Airstrikes in Gaza – Day 324

August 25, 2024 Blog, News
Hezbollah attacked multiple Israeli military sites. (Photo: video grab)

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

At dawn on Sunday, the Lebanese group Hezbollah launched what it described as a “large-scale” retaliatory attack, targeting numerous Israeli positions.

The attack was anticipated soon following Israel’s assassination of top Hezbollah commander Fouad Shukr, on July 30, and, one day later, Hamas’ top political leader Ismail Haniyeh. 

The attack came amid ceasefire talks in Egypt, which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been accused of attempting to thwart repeatedly.

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 40,405 Palestinians have been killed, and 93,468 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.

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Monday, August 26, 12:00 am (GMT+2)

IRANIAN FM: Our response to the Israeli attack in Tehran will be decisive and well-calculated.

ISRAELI ARMY: The Israeli army announced in a statement that one of its officers was killed and another soldier was wounded during the fighting in central Gaza.

Sunday, August 25, 11:00 pm (GMT+2)

ISRAELI MEDIA: an Israeli woman was injured while running to a shelter after sirens were activated in Tel Aviv.

MAARIV: The air defense systems were unable to intercept the missile that was launched from Gaza and exploded in Tel Aviv.

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: We bombed Tel Aviv with an M90 rocket in response to the Israeli massacres against civilians and the displacement of the Palestinian people.

Sunday, August 25, 10:00 pm (GMT+2)

ISRAELI AMBASSADOR TO UN: We have agreed to reduce our forces in the Philadelphia Corridor.

HAMAS: Hamas’ delegation demanded that the occupation be bound by what was agreed upon on July 2, in accordance with what was stated in Biden’s speech and the Security Council resolution.

Sunday, August 25, 9:00 pm (GMT+2)

DANIEL HAGARI: The operational capabilities of the US military in the region are important to us.

KAN: The delegation negotiating a ceasefire in Gaza returned from Cairo to Tel Aviv.

Sunday, August 25, 8:00 pm (GMT+2)

SPOKESMAN FOR UN SECRETARY-GENERAL: Antonio Guterres is deeply concerned about the escalation between Hezbollah and Israel.

ABU OBEIDA: All fronts will remain ablaze and escalate against the enemy as long as the aggression against our people and nation continues.

Sunday, August 25, 7:00 pm (GMT+2)

NASRALLAH: Israel attacked the southern suburb of Beirut a few weeks ago, crossing all red lines. The resistance has no interest in delaying the response, and the enemy’s state of alert continues.

Sunday, August 25, 6:00 pm (GMT+2)

HEZBOLLAH: Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has begun his speech where he will discuss the details of the first phase of Hezbollah’s initial response to the assassination of Hezbollah commander Fouad Shukr.

LAPID: National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir should have been fired today, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has lost control and his government continues to dismantle the country.

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: Our fighters were able to snipe an Israeli soldier in the vicinity of the university college, south of the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood in Gaza City.

ISRAELI MEDIA: The heads of local authorities in northern Israel have decided to boycott the government until a solution is found that will return residents to their homes.

Sunday, August 25, 5:00 pm (GMT+2)

KAN: British Airways announced the suspension of its flights to Israel until Wednesday.

Sunday, August 25, 4:00 pm (GMT+2)

ISRAELI ELECTRICITY COMPANY: Electricity has been restored to the city of Acre after being cut off for hours as a result of Hezbollah shelling.

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: Our fighters were able to “detonate a minefield prepared in advance in a Zionist armored force, and the helicopters landed to evacuate the dead and wounded.”

MATEH BINYAMIN REGIONAL COUNCIL: An Israeli Navy soldier was killed in cross-border attacks with Hezbollah on Sunday amid rising escalation along the Israeli-Lebanese border.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Two soldiers were injured after a rocket fired from Lebanon fell near an Israeli warship off the coast of Nahariya this morning.

Sunday, August 25, 3:00 pm (GMT+2)

ISRAELI HAYOM: Tel Aviv conveyed a message to a group of foreign parties to help prevent escalation.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Two soldiers were injured after a rocket fired from Lebanon fell near an Israeli warship off the coast of Nahariya this morning.

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: 40,405 Palestinians have been killed, and 93,468 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.

Sunday, August 25, 2:00 pm (GMT+2)

NYT: Military Intelligence (Aman) and the Shin Bet established a special unit at the Shin Bet headquarters whose sole mission was to locate Yahya Sinwar after the October 7 attack. The CIA took responsibility for monitoring Sinwar’s communications and created a special force to track Sinwar’s whereabouts.

ISRAELI OFFICIAL (to NYT): We received significant intelligence assistance from Washington.

AIR FRANCE: Air France said it had canceled flights to Tel Aviv and Beirut until at least Monday.

Sunday, August 25, 1:00 pm (GMT+2)

YEDIOTH AHRONOTH: The Israeli army said that none of its military bases were damaged and that no shells fell in central Israel.

AL-JAZEERA: A number of Palestinians were killed and others were injured in an Israeli bombardment that targeted a residential apartment near the Al-Oyoun intersection, west of Gaza City.

ISRAELI ARMY: State of emergency lifted in central Israel, restrictions in border towns maintained.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Seven Palestinians were killed and others were injured since dawn on Sunday in a series of raids on various areas of the Gaza Strip.

KAN: Ten foreign airlines canceled their flights to Israel this morning.

KAN: The office of opposition leader Yair Lapid contacted the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to request a security update but has not yet received a response.

BRITISH MINISTER OF STATE: We are concerned about a major escalation.

ANSARALLAH: Hezbollah’s strong and effective response deep inside Israel confirms that the resistance is honest in its promise and threat. We reaffirm that the Yemeni response is inevitably coming, and the days, nights and the field will prove that.

LEBANESE PM: The aggression must be stopped first and Resolution 1701 must be implemented.

EGYPT: A statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Egypt warns against “the dangers of opening a new war front in Lebanon, and stressed the importance of preserving Lebanon’s stability and sovereignty and sparing it the dangers of the region slipping into a state of comprehensive instability.”

Sunday, August 25, 12:00 pm (GMT+2)

BEN-GURION AIRPORT: 50 out of 360 international flights were cancelled today.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: The Israeli army retreated from areas southeast of the city of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, leaving “massive destruction” in homes in the area.

MEDICAL SOURCES: A Palestinian was killed and others were injured in an Israeli artillery shelling that targeted Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip, after a bloody day in which dozens were killed.

CHANNEL 12: Netanyahu instructs Likud ministers and MPs not to make statements.

ISRAELI MEDIA: The Dutch airline Transavia is canceling its flights to Israel.

Sunday, August 25, 11:00 am (GMT+2)

NYT (citing US official): We were not notified of Israel’s intention to target Lebanon.

WALLA: Israel is preparing for the possibility of a widespread power outage.

Sunday, August 25, 10:00 am (GMT+2)

CHANNEL 12: Air France cancels its flights to Israel today

JORDAN STATE AGENCY: Royal Jordanian Airlines suspended flights to Beirut on Sunday “due to the current situation.”

LEBANESE PM: The ministerial emergency committee will meet this morning to discuss developments in the past hours.

ISRAELI ARMY RADIO: Mossad chief David Barnea will lead an Israeli delegation to Gaza ceasefire talks in Cairo on Sunday.

NYT (citing senior US OFFICIAL): Israel will bear the brunt of any defense against Hezbollah attacks.

HEZBOLLAH: The Lebanese Hezbollah said that its military operation for today has been completed and accomplished.

YEDIOTH AHRONOTH: Israel sent messages to several parties that the military operation at this stage is over unless surprises occur.

HEZBOLLAH: All attack drones were launched at the designated times and crossed the border towards their targets from multiple paths. The enemy’s claims about preemptive action and disrupting the resistance’s attack are empty claims.

Sunday, August 25, 09:00 am (GMT+2)

ISRAELI ARMY RADIO: Tel Aviv Municipality decided to open all shelters in light of developments in northern Israel.

ISRAELI ARMY SPOKESMAN: Hezbollah was planning to target mainly northern Israel and some targets in central Israel.

LEBANESE STATE NEWS AGENCY: An Israeli air strike on a car in the southern Lebanese town of Khiam on Sunday killed one person.

NETANYAHU: The army is working with great force to eliminate threats.

YEDIOTH AHRONOTH: Hezbollah planned to strike a strategic facility in Tel Aviv.

ISRAELI ARMY: about 100 Air Force warplanes carried out raids on Lebanese targets, destroying thousands of Hezbollah missile launchers.

ISRAELI ARMY: An Israeli soldier was killed and another was injured in the southern Gaza Strip.

HEZBOLLAH: Our fighters carried out an air strike against a specific Israeli military target that will be announced later.

YOAV GALLANT: Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant declared a 48-hour state of emergency across the country, starting at 6 a.m. Sunday (03:00 GMT), after the military announced it was launching strikes in Lebanon to prevent a “major attack” by Hezbollah.

Sunday, August 25, 08:00 am (GMT+2)

GANTZ: The leader of the National Unity camp, Benny Gantz, said that they stand united against Hezbollah and that the government and the army have full and absolute support.

WALLA: We are preparing to face an attack not only from Lebanon.

Sunday, August 25, 07:00 am (GMT+2)

KAN: The weekly meeting of the Israeli government scheduled for today, Sunday, has been postponed due to current security developments.

CHANNEL 12 (citing security official): All Haifa beaches closed to Israelis in light of the security situation.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Estimates in Israel indicate that Hezbollah is preparing to launch about 1,000 rockets deep into Israel.

HEZBOLLAH: The first phase of our operations against Israel was completed with complete success. The first stage included targeting enemy barracks and sites to facilitate the passage of drones towards their desired target deep inside the entity.

ISRAELI MILITARY SPOKESMAN: Dozens of warplanes continue their attacks on southern Lebanon.

ISRAELI ARMY: It was decided to impose partial restrictions on the northern and southern Golan Heights, the Galilee, the Jordan Valley, the Carmel, and the greater Tel Aviv area.

AXIOS: President Joe Biden is closely monitoring events in Israel and Lebanon.

ISRAELI ARMY: We are monitoring a large-scale attack by Hezbollah.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israelis were injured in the areas of Nahariya and Acre in northern Israel as a result of rockets fired by Hezbollah.

HEZBOLLAH: We have launched an attack with a large number of drones towards the depth of Israel.

ISRAEL HAYOM: The electricity was cut off in the coastal city of Acre in northern Israel.

AL-JAZEERA: air raid sirens sounded in Safed and the surrounding areas, and a building was hit in the Western Galilee.

Sunday, August 25, 06:00 am (GMT+2)

ISRAELI AMBULANCE SERVICES: The Israeli ambulance announced raising the state of alert and deploying several crews throughout Israel in light of Hezbollah operations.

CHANNEL 12: several rockets were launched from Lebanon and fell in the Mount Meron area in the Upper Galilee.

AL-JAZEERA: Ben Gurion Airport was closed, and all flights to and from Israel were halted.

ISRAELI MEDIA: The security team was called to an emergency meeting this Sunday morning.

AL-JAZEERA: Air raid sirens are sounding non-stop in various parts of northern Israel.

ISRAELI ARMY: We ask the population to prepare for a response from Hezbollah.

AL-JAZEERA: Air raid sirens sounded in the Western Galilee, northern Israel.

Sunday, August 25, 03:00 am (GMT+2)

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli aircraft are flying intensively in the skies of Gaza City, accompanied by violent shelling of the Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of the city.

(The Palestine Chronicle)

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