GAZA LIVE BLOG: Panic in Israel | US Sends Fighter Jets | Millions Rally for Haniyeh – Day 301

August 2, 2024 Blog, News
Israel continues to carry out massacres against Palestinian civilians in Gaza.(Photo: Mahmoud Ajjour, The Palestine Chronicle)

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

The Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani said that Tehran is determined to take whatever is necessary to defend the country’s national security.

An Australian investigation has found that the Israeli attack on a Gaza aid convoy last April was the result of “serious failures” but was not deliberate.

US President Joe Biden discussed new military deployments to support Israel against threats such as missiles and drones in a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday.

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 39,480 Palestinians have been killed, and 91,128 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.

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Friday, August 2, 11:30 pm (GMT+2)

CHANNEL 12: The website of Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv was down due to heavy pressure from travelers, amid security tensions, airlines canceling flights to Israel, and Israelis seeking to travel.

KAN: The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation quoted sources as confirming that the negotiating team told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that his conditions regarding the Netzarim axis would abort the exchange deal.

UN: There must be a ceasefire so that we can get aid into Gaza.

HAARETZ: Haaretz newspaper quoted officials in the negotiating team as saying that the assessments of the security services leaders indicate that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not interested in concluding a swap deal, a

Friday, August 2, 10:00 pm (GMT+2)

AL-JAZEERA: Two Palestinians were killed and injured in the targeting of a house in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, north of Gaza City.

KAN (citing sources): Netanyahu intended to dismiss Galant after returning from Washington, but the assassinations hindered the matter. Netanyahu is still considering dismissing Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi and Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: 5 Palestinians, including 3 children, a woman and an elderly man, were killed in an Israeli bombardment that targeted the Abu Hasira family home in the Sabra neighborhood in Gaza City.

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: We targeted the Israeli Sufa military site with 10 114 mm Rajum rockets after the Israeli army announced that it had monitored the launch of about 18 rockets from Gaza towards the envelope settlements.

ISRAELI ARMY: We bombed platforms that launched rockets from Gaza.

AL-JAZEERA: Three Israeli raids targeted the Syrian border areas opposite the Hermel district in eastern Lebanon, without adding further information.

ISRAELI ARMY: The Israeli army announced that it had detected 8 more rockets launched from Gaza towards the settlements surrounding the Strip, after detecting the launch of 10 rockets from Gaza.

AL-JAZEERA: The Israeli police decided to release Al-Aqsa Mosque preacher Sheikh Ikrima Sabri after hours of investigation following his eulogy for the martyr Ismail Haniyeh during the Friday prayer sermon.

NETANYAHU’S OFFICE: The negotiating team will leave for Cairo on Saturday evening or Sunday morning to resume talks.

PENTAGON: Our forces in the region have been subjected to 180 attacks since October.

Friday, August 2, 8:30 pm (GMT+2)

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli artillery shelled near the Malaysian school north of the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.

AL-JAZEERA: Air raid sirens sounded in the Sufa area, south of the Gaza envelope, for the second time in less than an hour, after the Israeli army confirmed that 10 rockets were fired from Gaza at the envelope areas.

PENTAGON: The Pentagon confirmed that US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will order changes to the deployment of US forces in the Middle East.

KAN: Great tension occurred between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the negotiating team during a meeting held last Wednesday.

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WALLA: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told US President Joe Biden – during a phone call – that he is only working in accordance with Israel’s security requirements.

HEZBOLLAH: Hezbollah reported that it had bombed the espionage equipment at the Israeli Raheb site, confirming a direct hit, amid continued border clashes after two days of calm following the assassination of leader Fouad Shukr.

CHANNEL 13: 10 rockets were launched from Gaza towards the envelope areas, adding that one of them was intercepted and the rest fell in open areas.

AXIOS: Biden asked Netanyahu – during a difficult call – to stop escalating tensions in the region. Biden called on Netanyahu to move immediately toward a deal on the captives and a ceasefire in Gaza.

Friday, August 2, 7:30 pm (GMT+2)

AL-JAZEERA: Air raid sirens sounded in Sufa and Nir Yitzhak, south of the Gaza envelope, after suspected rockets were fired from inside the Strip, for the second time today.

UN: The United Nations has warned that the risk of infectious diseases spreading in Gaza is rising amid water scarcity and waste accumulation.

CHANNEL 12: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is holding a series of consultations with Defense Minister Yoav Galant regarding the Israeli response to any expected attack.

KAN: The Greek airline Aegean has canceled all its flights from Israel in light of the recent tensions and the expectation of a response from Iran.

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PALESTINIAN MEDIA: At least four Palestinians were killed in a drone strike in the Al-Sabra neighborhood, south of Gaza City.

MAARIV: Thailand has temporarily stopped sending thousands of workers to Israel for fear of a multi-front attack.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: A child and a girl were killed and others were injured in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a house in Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip.

BEN-GVIR: My policy towards instigators is clear, it is zero tolerance, and I am happy and I bless its implementation.

Friday, August 2, 6:00 pm (GMT+2)

ISRAELI ARMY: The Israeli army said its air defenses had successfully intercepted a “suspicious aerial target,” as it called it, that crossed the border from Lebanon toward the Golan Heights.

HALEVI: Our message to the entire Middle East is that whoever attacks our citizens and our country, we are prepared to go far.

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AL-JAZEERA: The Israeli occupation forces arrested the preacher of Al-Aqsa Mosque, Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, from his home in Jerusalem after opening an investigation due to his eulogy for Haniyeh.

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

MAARIV: The Israeli police opened an investigation with the preacher of Al-Aqsa Mosque, Akram Sabri, on suspicion of incitement, following his eulogy for the head of the political bureau of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh.

ISRAELI ARMY: The Israeli army confirmed that it conducted a “successful” experiment to intercept precision missiles using the ‘Lard’ system from the ‘Sa’ar 6’ naval ship, as Israel is prepared for any attack from Iran.

GALLANT: Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant told his British counterpart that it is important to form an alliance to defend Israel against Iran and its allies, amid security tensions in Tel Aviv as it awaits the response of the Axis of Resistance.

ISRAELI MEDIA: A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip fell in an open area in Kiryat Malachi, 30 kilometers from Gaza.

YEDIOTH AHRONOTH: Israeli Interior Minister Aryeh Deri informed the government’s legal advisor of his intention to revoke the residency of Al-Aqsa Mosque preacher Ikrima Sabri.

Friday, August 2, 4:00 pm (GMT+2)

CHANNEL 12: Air defense systems intercepted a drone in the central Golan Heights, without sirens sounding.

IRANIAN ARMY: In a message to Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, Hossein Salami, said that those he described as “enemies of the nation, especially the Zionist gang and its supporters,” should expect revenge from the resistance.

NYT: Washington is preparing to send additional fighter jets to the Middle East, in response to threats from Iran and what it describes as its “proxies.”

Friday, August 2, 3:00 pm (GMT+2)

HEZBOLLAH: We bombed the Israeli Al-Marj site with rockets, confirming a direct hit.

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE: Paris called on its citizens in Iran to leave as soon as possible.

AXIOS: The Biden administration is convinced that Iran will attack Israel within days in response to the assassination of Haniyeh in Tehran.

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HEZBOLLAH: We shelled the Israeli position of Biyad Blida with artillery and achieved a direct hit.

UNRWA: Gaza residents, including children, face an outbreak of hepatitis A.
40,000 cases of hepatitis C were recorded, compared to only 85 cases before the war.

KIRBY: We continue talks with our counterparts, including the Israelis, to reach a 6-week ceasefire.

Friday, August 2, 2:00 pm (GMT+2)

HEZBOLLAH: We bombed the Samaka site in the occupied Lebanese Kfar Shouba hills and achieved a direct hit.

LEBANESE PM: Mikati affirmed Lebanon’s right to defend its land and sovereignty by all means.

AL-JAZEERA: A missile was launched from southern Lebanon towards the Israeli site of Zabadani in the occupied Lebanese Shebaa Farms.

REUTERS: Polish Airlines LOT has canceled 8 flights to Lebanon and Israel after analyzing the security situation in the region.

AL-JAZEERA: The Israeli occupation army launched an air strike targeting the town of Rab Thalatheen in southern Lebanon.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: The Israeli occupation army blew up residential buildings north of Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip.

ISRAELI FM: Israeli Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz said he summoned the Turkish deputy ambassador after the Turkish embassy in Tel Aviv lowered its flag over the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh.

Friday, August 2, 1:00 pm (GMT+2)

AL-JAZEERA: Several states in Turkiye, most notably Istanbul and Ankara, will witness the funeral prayer in absentia for the head of the political bureau of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, after Friday prayers.

AL-JAZEERA: The body of the head of the political bureau of the Palestinian Resistance Movement Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, arrived at the Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque in the Qatari capital, Doha, amidst a large official and popular presence.

Friday, August 2, 12:00 pm (GMT+2)

ISRAELI RESERVE SOLDIERS (cited in CNN): Israeli forces have poor conduct and lack of discipline. Reserve soldiers destroyed and looted homes in revenge.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Palestinian citizens were killed and a number of others were injured as a result of Israeli shelling that targeted a residential apartment in the center of Khan Yunis.

Friday, August 2, 11:00 am (GMT+2)

KNESSET MEMBERS (cited in KAN): The current Israeli military plan for a ground invasion of Lebanon is flawed and could lead Israel to a tragic failure with unprecedented consequences.

ISRAELI ARMY: The ‘Jerusalem Brigade’ joined the combat operations in the central Gaza Strip.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Two Palestinian citizens were killed and others were injured as a result of Israeli shelling that targeted the Abu Hamid roundabout area in the center of Khan Yunis city, south of the Gaza Strip.

AL-JAZEERA: Two Palestinian citizens were killed and several others were injured as a result of the Israeli occupation’s drones bombing the eastern areas of Al-Maghazi camp in the central Gaza Strip.

Friday, August 2, 10:00 am (GMT+2)

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

Friday, August 2, 09:00 am (GMT+2)

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: The Israeli occupation army launched a violent bombardment targeting the eastern areas of Jabaliya camp, east of the Gaza Strip.

ALITALIA: Alitalia announced on its website that it has suspended flights to and from Tel Aviv until the 6th of this month.

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli occupation army vehicles are firing at areas east of Wadi Gaza Bridge, north of Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip.

MAARIV: 41% of Israelis see Gantz as the most suitable candidate to head their government, compared to 39% for Netanyahu.

Friday, August 2, 08:00 am (GMT+2)

JOE BIDEN (cited in Reuters): The killing of Ismail Haniyeh does not help in reaching a ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip.

Friday, August 2, 07:00 am (GMT+2)

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli artillery shelling targeted the west of Rafah city in the southern Gaza Strip early Friday morning.

Friday, August 2, 06:00 am (GMT+2)

AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT: An Australian government review into the killing of World Central Kitchen aid workers has concluded that Israeli strikes on their vehicles were the result of serious procedural failures.

Friday, August 2, 05:00 am (GMT+2)

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli occupation launched a raid at dawn today on the Al-Sabra neighborhood in the south of Gaza City.

Friday, August 2, 03:00 am (GMT+2)

IRANIAN FM: We are determined to take whatever is necessary to defend our national security.

Friday, August 2, 02:00 am (GMT+2)

US PRESIDENT: US President Joe Biden discussed new US military deployments to support Israel against threats such as missiles and drones in a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday.

HEZBOLLAH: We fired missiles at enemy aircraft (referring to Israel) in the airspace of southern Lebanon, forcing them to retreat behind the border.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: An Israeli raid targeted a house in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.

Friday, August 2, 01:00 am (GMT+2)

JOHN KIRBY:

We must take seriously the Iranian leader’s rhetoric about revenge.

Iran has already proven it is capable and willing to launch a major attack on Israel.

ACTING IRANIAN FM: I requested an emergency meeting of the foreign ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to investigate the assassination of Haniyeh.

(The Palestine Chronicle)

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