A spokesperson for the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza pleaded with Egypt to open the Rafah crossing to allow urgent medical supplies and a safe exit for thousands of wounded Palestinians.
The appeal was made against a backdrop of continued Israeli massacres that have reached hundreds of families across the Gaza Strip. The latest such massacres took place in Jabaliya, along with mass killings in Nuseirat and Shati refugee camps.
Israeli forces continued their attempts to penetrate Gaza from various directions to no avail.
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Wednesday, November 1, 06:40 am (GMT+3)
ISRAELI ARMY: 9 soldiers killed yesterday in an attack by Palestinian fighters, using anti-artillery shells.
Wednesday, November 1, 05:20 am (GMT+3)
NEWS REPORTS: Complete shutdown of internet and telephone lines of Gaza. Once again, the besieged Strip experiences a second blackout in the matter of a week.
Wednesday, November 1, 02:20 am (GMT+3)
CHILE: Chilean President Gabriel Boric said on Tuesday the country was recalling its ambassador to Israel for consultations after Israel’s violations of international humanitarian law’ in the Gaza Strip. “Chile strongly condemns and observes with great concern… these military operations,” Boric wrote in a post on social media platform X.
Ante las inaceptables violaciones del Derecho Internacional Humanitario en que ha incurrido Israel en la franja de Gaza, como Gobierno de Chile hemos resuelto llamar en consultas a Santiago al embajador de Chile en Israel, Jorge Carvajal.
Chile condena enérgicamente y observa…
— Gabriel Boric Font (@GabrielBoric) October 31, 2023
Wednesday, November 1, 02:15 am (GMT+3)
ISRAELI MILITARY: The Israeli military announced that it intercepted an air target identified in the Red Sea (south of the city of Eilat) without causing casualties.
Wednesday, November 1, 01:35 am (GMT+3)
AL-MAYADEEN: Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank raided by Israeli forces.
Wednesday, November 1, 12:00 am (GMT+3)
AXIOS: US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken will travel again to Israel next Friday.
AXIOS: #US Secretary of State Anthony #Blinken will travel again to #Israel next Friday.
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— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) October 31, 2023
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS:
Thousands of families in Gaza are trying to reach safety and medical staff are exhausted.
We need to deliver humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, and that is not happening.
We had a big team in Gaza, and we had to move it to the south of the Strip.
We need extra aid and teams, and we desperately need fuel.
Tuesday, October 31, 10:35 pm (GMT+3)
SYRIAN MEDIA: Explosions were heard inside the American base in the Al-Omar oil field, east of Deir ez-Zor.
AL-JAZEERA: In Tunisia, the National Salvation Front and the Coordination of Joint Action for Palestine carried out a solidarity stand with the Palestinian people denouncing the JabaliYa camp massacre.
#Bolivia cuts ties with #Israel citing crimes against humanity. pic.twitter.com/hvbf41GBeU
— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) October 31, 2023
AL-JAZEERA: Dozens of Moroccans organize a demonstration in the Place des Nations in the city of Tangier, denouncing the continued “genocide” carried out by Israel against the Palestinians in Gaza.
AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: We bombed Tel Aviv again in response to the Zionist massacres against civilians.
JORDANIAN FM: We condemn in the strongest terms the targeting of JabaliYa camp and hold Israel responsible.
The #Gaza Strip has become a graveyard of children, #UNICEF spokesman James Elder told a news briefing in Geneva.https://t.co/j14bGBEqFm pic.twitter.com/6eV5cbSO3y
— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) October 31, 2023
US OFFICIAL: Israel had already intercepted a number of surface-to-surface cruise missiles launched from Yemen on Tuesday.
EU: The escalation of settler terrorism in the West Bank has led to large numbers of victims.
UNICEF SPOKESMAN: 420 children are killed or injured in Gaza every day.
Tuesday, October 31, 9:15 pm (GMT+3)
REUTERS: The country of Bolivia cut diplomatic ties with Israel.
REUTERS: The country of #Bolivia cut diplomatic ties with #Israel.
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— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) October 31, 2023
NETANYAHU’S SENIOR ADVISOR: Israel has no intentions of remaining in Gaza.
QATARI FM: We condemn the Israeli occupation’s bombing of Jabaliya camp in a new massacre.
AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: “We bombed Tel Aviv with a new volley of rockets in response to the massacres against civilians.”
WHO DIRECTOR: The number of civilian casualties in Gaza is staggering.
SAUDI FM: We condemn in the strongest terms the Israeli occupation’s targeting of Jabaliya camp in the besieged Gaza Strip.
AL-JAZEERA: Large missile explosions shake Tel Aviv.
HEZBOLLAH: We have carried out 105 attacks since October 8, targeting intelligence and communications systems, jamming systems, and 33 radars.
US STATE DEPARTMENT: The ceasefire will enable Hamas to rearm itself.
#US STATE DEPARTMENT: The #ceasefire in #Gaza will enable #Hamas to rearm itself.
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— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) October 31, 2023
IRANIAN FM: The Iranian Foreign Ministry said that Iran condemns the “brutal attack” on Jabaliya camp and calls on the international community and the Security Council to shoulder their responsibilities.
ISRAELI ARMY SPOKESMAN: Israeli military spokesman: We have informed the families of 317 of the killed army soldiers, and we are working to return the kidnapped ones.
ISRAELI ARMY SPOKESMAN: Israeli military spokesman: We have informed the families of 317 of the killed army soldiers, and we are working to return the kidnapped ones. https://t.co/fTi0cwmwm7
— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) October 31, 2023
HAMAS: Hamas confirmed that “the terrorist Zionist enemy’s talk about the presence of a Hamas leader in Jabaliya, the site of the massacre, is false and baseless.”
FRENCH FM: Two French children were killed in northern Gaza, and we renew the call for a humanitarian truce.
KIRBY: We still cannot get Americans and other foreigners out of Gaza.
Tuesday, October 31, 8:15 pm (GMT+3)
UN SECRETARY-GENERAL GUTERRES: The level of humanitarian aid allowed into Gaza is completely insufficient
PENTAGON SPOKESMAN: Our forces have been subjected to 27 attacks in Iraq and Syria since October 17.
ISRAELI ARMY SPOKESMAN (TO CNN): We bombed the Jabaliya camp, where a Hamas leader was hiding. “We cannot confirm that we killed him.”
ABU OBEIDA: We destroyed 22 (Israeli) military vehicles.
Abu Obeida updated Palestinians on the latest from the battlefield. He also discussed other issues pertaining to prisoners and captives while sending strong political statements to Israel and the rest of the world. https://t.co/Ps3IDX6IVD pic.twitter.com/WbYMQErOp9
— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) October 31, 2023
ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTER: We are making great achievements and paying a heavy price.
GAZA GOVERNMENT MEDIA OFFICE: UNRWA has abandoned its responsibilities in the northern Gaza Strip.
AL-JAZEERA: The Lebanese Foreign Ministry said that it will submit a complaint to the UN Security Council to condemn Israel’s use of white phosphorus in its attacks on Lebanon.
ISRAELI MEDIA: The army is mobilizing more tanks in northeastern Gaza.
UNICEF: Gaza has become a graveyard for thousands of children.
UN SECRETARY-GENERAL GUTERRES: Guterres said that international humanitarian law is clear, and not a list from which one can choose and apply selectively.
ERDOGAN: Israel does not act like a state, and we will work to prosecute it.
ERDOGAN: #Israel does not act like a state, and we will work to prosecute it.
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— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) October 31, 2023
AL-JAZEERA: A march took place in the city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank to denounce the massacre carried out by Israeli occupation aircraft near the Indonesian hospital in the Jabaliya camp in the Gaza Strip.
AL-JAZEERA: An explosion sounded in Tel Aviv after a missile launch from Gaza.
AL-JAZEERA: Craig Mokheiber, Director of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in New York, announced his resignation from his position in protest against the handling of the situation in Gaza by UN bodies.
AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: Al-Qassam Brigades announced that its fighters ambushed Zionist vehicles penetrating the Juhr al-Dik area, east of the Central Governorate in the Gaza Strip, in a “tight ambush.”
ISRAELI ARMY: The Israeli army announced that two of its soldiers from the Givati Brigade were killed and two others were seriously injured in the Gaza Strip, on Tuesday.
Tuesday, October 31, 7:15 pm (GMT+3)
AL-MAYADEEN (CITING GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY): We call on students and new graduates from medical and nursing schools, in addition to retired doctors, to immediately join or return to work at all Gaza hospitals.
Tuesday, October 31, 6:00 pm (GMT+3)
DR. MADS GILBERT (NORWEGIAN MEDIAL MISSION TO GAZA) The world must act now. I call on Israel to bring water, fuel and food into the Gaza Strip immediately.
MUSLIM AMERICANS TO BIDEN: No vote in your favor without a ceasefire in Gaza.
AL-JAZEERA: Al Jazeera's correspondent reported that there were killed and wounded in an Israeli bombing that targeted a residential building in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.
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— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) October 31, 2023
AL-JAZEERA: Al Jazeera’s correspondent said that there were 14 martyrs and dozens wounded as a result of an Israeli bombing that targeted homes in the Shati (Beach) Camp in Gaza.
AL-JAZEERA: Al Jazeera’s correspondent reported that there were killed and wounded in an Israeli bombing that targeted a residential building in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.
Tuesday, October 31, 5:00 pm (GMT+3)
GAZA INTERIOR MINISTRY: Jabalyia camp was bombed with 6 bombs, each weighing a ton of explosives. The initial number of victims of the Jabalyia camp massacre is estimated at 400, including martyrs and wounded.
🔴 GAZA INTERIOR MINISTRY: Jabalyia camp was bombed with 6 bombs, each weighing a ton of explosives. The initial number of victims of the Jabalia camp massacre is estimated at 400, including martyrs and wounded.
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— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) October 31, 2023
DIRECTOR OF INDONESIAN HOSPITAL: We were unable to count the killed and wounded in the massacre in the Jabaliya Camp.
Tuesday, October 31, 4:00 pm (GMT+3)
GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY SPOKESMAN: A horrific massacre in Jabaliya and the number of victims may be nearly as many as the number of victims at the Ahli Baptist Hospital.
🚨 GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: A horrific massacre in Jabalia and the number of victims may be nearly as many as the number of victims at the Ahli Baptist Hospital.
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— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) October 31, 2023
NATO SECRETARY-GENERAL: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said it was important that the Gaza war does not expand, and that “Israel’s response to Hamas attacks must adhere to international law.”
HOUTHI MILITARY SPOKESMAN: Yahya Saree, the military spokesman for the Ansar Allah group (Houthis), said that they launched missiles and drones at targets in Israel.
AL-JAZEERA MEDIA: The network’s websites and operating systems are subject to electronic hacking attempts aimed at disrupting publishing and broadcasting systems.
AL-JAZEERA MEDIA: The network's websites and operating systems are subject to electronic hacking attempts aimed at disrupting publishing and broadcasting systems. https://t.co/peSb2A4ypW
— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) October 31, 2023
Tuesday, October 31, 3:00 pm (GMT+3)
GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: Dozens of Palestinians were killed and wounded in a new massacre in the Jabalyia camp a short while ago.
GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: Dozens of Palestinians were killed and wounded were killed in a new massacre in the Jabalia camp a short while ago.
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— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) October 31, 2023
AL-JAZEERA CORRESPONDENT: Large explosions in the eastern areas of Tel Aviv due to the fall of rockets launched from Gaza.
Al-QASSAM BRIGADES: We bombed Gush Dan with a missile barrage for the third time in response to the Zionist massacres against civilians.
AL-JAZEERA: At least 4 Palestinians were killed and a large number were wounded in Israeli raids on the areas of Zaytoun, Khan Yunis, and Rafah.
AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: Al-Qassam Brigades said that its fighters were attacking Zionist vehicles penetrating the northwestern and southern Gaza axes with dozens of mortar shells.
AL-JAZEERA: a large number of Palestinians were killed and wounded as a result of an Israeli bombing of two homes in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City.
GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: Dozens of Palestinians were killed and wounded were killed in a new massacre in the Jabalia camp a short while ago.
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— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) October 31, 2023
ISRAELI BROADCASTING CORPORATION: Israel is considering responding to the Houthis after they launched missiles towards Eilat on the Red Sea.
Tuesday, October 31, 2:00 pm (GMT+3)
AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: A bomb was detonated nearby an Israeli vehicle penetrating northwest of Gaza in the Tawam axis, killing its crew.
RESISTANCE NEWS NETWORK: Three Jewish settlers have been injured after a rocket fell in the Naqab region.
RESISTANCE NEWS NETWORK: Three Jewish settlers have been injured after a rocket fell in the Naqab region.
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— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) October 31, 2023
AL-JAZEERA CORRESPONDENT WAEL AL-DAHDOUH: There are fierce battles on several fronts in Gaza as the occupation forces attempt a ground incursion.
AL-JAZEERA CORRESPONDENT WAEL AL-DAHDOUH: There are fierce battles on several fronts in Gaza as the occupation forces attempt a ground incursion.
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— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) October 31, 2023
Tuesday, October 31, 1:40 pm (GMT+3)
ISRAELI ARMY: The Israeli Air Force said that it intercepted a surface-to-surface missile fired at Israel from the Red Sea region.
Tuesday, October 31, 1:28 pm (GMT+3)
UNICEF: Gaza children’s deaths due to drought are increasing.
Tuesday, October 31, 1:14 pm (GMT+3)
GAZA INTERIOR MINISTRY: Israeli forces seek to separate the northern Gaza Strip from its south. The occupation forces entered the Strip from the northwestern Gaza area, and their vehicles are in the Karama area.
🚨GAZA INTERIOR MINISTRY: Israeli forces seek to separate the northern Gaza Strip from its south. The occupation forces entered the Strip from the northwestern #Gaza area, and their vehicles are in the Karama area.
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— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) October 31, 2023
Tuesday, October 31, 1:00 pm (GMT+3)
GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: The number of Palestinians killed since the beginning of the war has risen to 8,525, including 3,542 children and 2,187 women.
🔴 GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: The number of Palestinians killed since the beginning of the war has risen to 8,525, including 3,542 children and 2,187 women.
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— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) October 31, 2023
HAMAS SPOKESMAN HAZEM QASSEM (TO AL-JAZEERA): The occupation has not achieved any military achievement in Gaza. It is infiltrating weak axes that were bombed before and there is no military achievement for it. Al-Qassam has surprises.
Tuesday, October 31, 12:08 pm (GMT+3)
AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: Al-Qassam fighters attacked a Zionist unit after it entered a building in Beit Hanoun, targeting a bulldozer and a vehicle that were securing the infantry force.
🚨 AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: Al-Qassam Mujahideen attacked a Zionist unit after it entered a building in Beit Hanoun, targeting a bulldozer and a vehicle that were securing the infantry force.
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— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) October 31, 2023
Tuesday, October 31, 12:00 pm (GMT+3)
AL-JAZEERA: Al Jazeera correspondent said that the Palestinian resistance targeted Israeli tanks in northern and southern Gaza.
Tuesday, October 31, 11:30 am (GMT+3)
AL-JAZEERA: Several Palestinians were killed after the Israeli occupation aircraft bombed a house in the Ashqoula neighborhood, east of Gaza City.
PALESTINIAN MINISTRY OF HEALTH: An elderly Palestinian was killed by Israeli army gunfire in the town of Tubas, bringing the death toll in the West Bank to 124 since October 7.
A Palestinian child and an elderly man were killed by Israeli gunfire, raising the number of slain Palestinians in the West Bank since October 7 to 124.https://t.co/kGHIwf17le pic.twitter.com/i4SX9m0G0o
— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) October 31, 2023
ISRAELI ARMY SPOKESMAN: Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari added in a press conference that fierce fighting is taking place in Gaza and the situation requires “steadfastness and patience.”
Tuesday, October 31, 10:30 am (GMT+3)
RESISTANCE NEWS NETWORK: Missile sirens ring in the Israeli military site in Nirim.
ISRAELI MILITARY SPOKESMAN: So far, the families of 315 dead soldiers and officers and 240 kidnapped Israelis have been informed after the “Al-Aqsa Flood” operation on October 7.
KUWAIT: Kuwaiti Crown Prince Sheikh Meshaal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah said that his country is following the bloody events taking place in Gaza and denounces the violations and brutal Israeli bombing.
KUWAIT: Kuwaiti Crown Prince Sheikh Meshaal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah said that his country is following the bloody events taking place in Gaza and denounces the violations and brutal Israeli bombing.
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— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) October 31, 2023
OMAN: Omani Foreign Minister Badr bin Hamad bin Hamoud Al Busaidi called on the international community to investigate and prosecute Israel for targeting civilians in Gaza.
Tuesday, October 31, 9:30 am (GMT+3)
AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: The Brigades said that its fighters were engaged in a clash with enemy forces penetrating northwest Gaza, and confirmed that two vehicles had been targeted and a soldier had been killed.
AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: The Brigades said that its fighters were engaged in a clash with enemy forces penetrating northwest #Gaza, and confirmed that two vehicles had been targeted and a soldier had been killed.
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— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) October 31, 2023
AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: The Al-Qassam Brigades announced the destruction of an Israeli vehicle east of the Erez crossing with an explosive device and two “Al-Yassin 105” shells.
🚨 Al-Qassam Brigades released footage of the clashes between Palestinian fighters and invading Israeli forces west of Erez on Sunday, October 29.
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— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) October 31, 2023
CHANNEL 13: A missile coming from Yemen was intercepted in the Red Sea region near Eilat.
ISRAELI ARMY: Sirens sounded in the area of the Red Sea city of Eilat on Tuesday, and the Israeli army said that the alert related to a possible violation by an enemy aircraft.
ISRAELI ARMY: Sirens sounded in the area of the Red Sea city of Eilat. Alert related to a possible violation by an enemy aircraft.
CHANNEL 13: A missile coming from #Yemen was intercepted in the Red Sea region near Eilat.https://t.co/qKD0sxzXgp pic.twitter.com/jSDaD9e5CS— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) October 31, 2023
Tuesday, October 31, 8:30 am (GMT+3)
ISRAELI SOURCES: Violent battles broke out last night between Palestinian militants and army forces that penetrated via land into the northern Gaza Strip.
AL-JAZEERA: An Al-Jazeera correspondent reported the death of a woman and a number of injuries as a result of an Israeli artillery shelling that targeted displaced people in the Al-Tawam area in the northern Gaza Strip.
AL-JAZEERA: An Al-Jazeera correspondent reported the death of a woman and a number of injuries as a result of an Israeli artillery shelling that targeted displaced people in the Al-Tawam area in the northern Gaza Strip.
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— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) October 31, 2023
AL-QASSAM: We targeted a Zionist force and vehicles penetrating west of the Al-Tawam area.
(The Palestine Chronicle)
For Israelis to leave Israel to avoid death by the war of God more mag 6 earthquake tsunami lightning hurricane Daniel 2 fires tornadoes meteorites floods new H1N1 war October 31, 2023.
god bless palestine. Your act of fighting for independence and freedom is honorable, and you would succeed one day. Only blood and iron could be trade for freedom and victory.