The Israeli newspaper Maariv reported that Israel is on high alert in anticipation of a broad Iranian response, amid estimates that electricity and communications lines will be targeted.
Several Palestinians were killed and injured in Israeli strikes targeting the Al-Bureij camp and the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, in central Gaza.
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin informed his Israeli counterpart Yoav Gallant of additional measures to support Israel’s defense.
According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 39,550 Palestinians have been killed, and 91,280 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.
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Sunday, August 4, 01:00 am (GMT+2)
CHANNEL 15: About 50 rockets fired from Lebanon towards the Galilee.
AL-JAZEERA: Air raid sirens are sounding in Kiryat Shmona and several areas in the Upper Galilee after dozens of rockets were fired from southern Lebanon.
IRAN: The situation in the region is sensitive due to the crimes of the ruling gang in Israel.
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Heavy artillery shelling targeted the vicinity of the electricity company and the Malaysian school north of the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.
The situation in northern #Israel as a barrage of around 40/50 rockets from Lebanon trigger the @IDF #IronDome.
Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel under Hezbollah rockets.
Routine attack, or the big one‼️#Gaza #Iran #Hezbollah #IranIsraelConflict pic.twitter.com/MBDj2kfekE
— Shafek Koreshe (@shafeKoreshe) August 3, 2024
US STATE DEPARTMENT: The US Embassy in Beirut advised its citizens to leave Lebanon using “any available travel ticket.”
Sunday, August 4, 12:00 am (GMT+2)
CHANNEL 13 (citing security source): Netanyahu made the decision to give up the kidnapped soldiers despite the desire of all parties to conclude a deal.
UKMTO: A vessel 125 nautical miles east of Aden was hit by a projectile and caught fire.
KAN: The Foreign Ministry has directed Israeli representatives abroad to be more cautious in anticipation of an Iranian attack on them.
Saturday, August 3, 11:00 pm (GMT+2)
YEDIOTH AHRONOTH: Demonstrators closed Ayalon Street in Tel Aviv and demanded that the Netanyahu government conclude a prisoner exchange deal with Hamas.
Kiryat Shmona now after dozens of missiles were launched from southern Lebanon. pic.twitter.com/FotWqrV2dH
— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) August 3, 2024
SMOTRICH: If the leaks circulating about leaders in the security establishment who do not support our policy are true, then we welcome their resignation.
AL-JAZEERA: Israir Airlines canceled domestic flights tonight between Eilat and Ben Gurion due to the security situation.
CHANNEL 13: Clashes in Tel Aviv took place between police and demonstrators demanding a hostage deal.
Saturday, August 3, 10:00 pm (GMT+2)
HAMAS: “The movement’s leadership has begun a broad consultation process in its leadership and consultative institutions to choose a new president for the movement.”
AL-JAZEERA: Israel launched a raid on the town of Kfar Kila in southern Lebanon.
Over 50 rockets have been fired from southern Lebanon towards no according to zionist sources.
Rockets made a direct impact in "Beit Hillel" and a fire broke out in the place, according to zionist media. pic.twitter.com/ZdqpOLQkDI
— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) August 3, 2024
Saturday, August 3, 9:00 pm (GMT+2)
AL-JAZEERA: Air raid sirens are sounding in Nahal Oz in the Gaza Strip.
NETANYAHU: We expect the Americans not to interfere in our affairs.
AMBREY: A container ship reports an explosion 170 nautical miles southeast of the port of Aden.
KAN: High alert in anticipation of a possible Iranian attack. Estimates indicate that there will be an attempt to hit military targets in central Israel.
ISRAELI MEDIA: thousands of Israelis are demonstrating in Tel Aviv to demand the completion of a prisoner exchange deal and early elections.”
LAPID: Netanyahu continues to obstruct hostage deal for political reasons.
BRITISH FOREIGN OFFICE: Our citizens must leave Lebanon immediately.
Saturday, August 3, 8:00 pm (GMT+2)
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli raids on Hamama School in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza City left 17 dead and 60 wounded.
HAMAS: The attack on Hamama School is an insistence on the war of extermination.
Today, Israelis committed a massacre in Hamama School, which shelters displaced families in Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, northern Gaza Strip.
🧵 This is a thread documenting it. pic.twitter.com/qZBturXQ6F
— Warfare Analysis (@warfareanalysis) August 3, 2024
Saturday, August 3, 7:00 pm (GMT+2)
YEDIOTH AHRONOTH: Negotiating delegation returns from Cairo due to disagreement with Netanyahu
AL-JAZEERA: Israeli fighter jets once again targeted Hamama School, which houses displaced people in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza City, with a series of airstrikes.
ISRAELI MEDIA: An Israeli drone bombed the town of Deir Siryan in southern Lebanon.
Saturday, August 3, 6:00 pm (GMT+2)
AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: We targeted two Israeli personnel carriers, two bulldozers, and a Merkava tank with Al-Yassin 105 shells in the Zalata area, east of Rafah.
Saturday, August 3, 4:00 pm (GMT+2)
NYT: Ambulance teams in Israel are conducting emergency exercises simulating a large-scale war scenario.
CHANNEL 12: Spanish airline decided to cancel its flights to Israel starting tomorrow until Wednesday.
AL-JAZEERA: A car was targeted inside Syrian territory on the Damascus-Beirut road.
Saturday, August 3, 3:00 pm (GMT+2)
IRGC: Haniyeh’s assassination was carried out by firing a short-range projectile.
WAFA: Four people were killed in a second Israeli drone strike in Tulkarm in the West Bank.
Short-Range Projectile Killed Haniyeh – IRGC Reveals Results of Investigation, Threatens Israel
Saturday, August 3, 2:00 pm (GMT+2)
ISRAELI ARMY: Ali Nazih Abdul Ali, an official in Hezbollah’s southern front, was assassinated in the Bazourieh raid.
AXIOS: A high-ranking Israeli delegation arrives in Egypt, with the participation of the heads of Mossad, Shabak, and the operations coordinator.
Saturday, August 3, 1:00 pm (GMT+2)
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Civil defense crews recovered the bodies of two martyrs from the town of Al-Qarara, east of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip.
NYT: Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered US forces to move to defend Israel if it comes under attack.
AL-JAZEERA: The Israeli Al-Asi site was targeted opposite the town of Mays al-Jabal in southern Lebanon.
AL-JAZEERA: Air raid sirens are sounding in areas of the Upper Galilee in northern Israel.
GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: 39,550 Palestinians have been killed, and 91,280 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.
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— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) August 3, 2024
Saturday, August 3, 12:00 pm (GMT+2)
KAN: Officials and public employees in Britain have frozen applications to renew licenses to export weapons to Israel.
GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: 39,550 Palestinians have been killed, and 91,280 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.
LEBANESE HEALTH MINISTRY: One person was killed and two others were injured in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a car in the vicinity of the town of Al-Bazourieh in southern Lebanon.
Saturday, August 3, 11:00 am (GMT+2)
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Two Palestinians were killed and another was injured as a result of Israeli shelling that targeted areas east of the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City, in the central Gaza Strip.
Israeli occupation forces fire smoke bombs amid artillery shelling north of Bureij refugee camp, central Gaza Strip. pic.twitter.com/VHSvXcP1h2
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) August 3, 2024
US OFFICIAL: Two US Navy destroyers will head to the Mediterranean via the Red Sea. One of the destroyers may remain in the Mediterranean if necessary.
AL-JAZEERA: An Israeli drone bombed a car between the towns of Al-Bazouriyeh and Wadi Jilo in southern Lebanon.
MAARIV:
The Israeli army decided to stop vacations for all its combat units.
Israel is on high alert in anticipation of a broad Iranian response, amid estimates that electricity and communications lines will be targeted.
AL-QUDS BRIGADES: We bombed a gathering of occupation soldiers on the supply line in the Netzarim axis with a number of mortar shells.
Saturday, August 3, 10:00 am (GMT+2)
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli occupation army artillery shelled the northern edges of Block 1 in Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip.
AL-JAZEERA: Five Palestinians were killed as a result of Israeli shelling that targeted a house in the Miraj area, south of Khan Yunis city in the southern Gaza Strip.
Saturday, August 3, 09:00 am (GMT+2)
MEDICAL SOURCES: Five Palestinians were killed when an Israeli drone bombed a Palestinian vehicle near the village of Zeita in Tulkarm, north of the West Bank.
Five Palestinians were killed when an Israeli drone bombed a Palestinian vehicle near the village of Zeita in Tulkarm, north of the West Bank.
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— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) August 3, 2024
Saturday, August 3, 08:00 am (GMT+2)
NYT: More than 20 people arrested in Iran over Haniyeh’s assassination. The officials said those arrested included intelligence officers, military officials and employees of the guest house.
AL-JAZEERA: Two Palestinian citizens were killed when an Israeli army drone bombed a vehicle near the town of Zeita, north of the West Bank.
Saturday, August 3, 04:00 am (GMT+2)
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: A mother and her child were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip.
Saturday, August 3, 03:00 am (GMT+2)
AXIOS (citing US officials): Iran’s response may also include Hezbollah’s involvement in Lebanon. Iran’s response may be similar in style to the April 13 attack and perhaps even broader in scope.
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: An Israeli airstrike on Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip.
A video shows Civil Defense crews pulling out injured Palestinians from under the rubble after the Israeli occupation bombed a home in the Zaytoun neighborhood, south of Gaza City. pic.twitter.com/8Li2pLRivc
— PALESTINE ONLINE 🇵🇸 (@OnlinePalEng) August 2, 2024
Saturday, August 3, 02:00 am (GMT+2)
US DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE: Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin informed his Israeli counterpart Yoav Galant of additional US measures to support Israel’s defense.
PENTAGON: Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the deployment of the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln to replace the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt in the Middle East.
WALL STREET JOURNAL: Attempts to persuade Tehran not to escalate will not be useful in light of the Israeli attacks. Tehran’s response would be surprising and strong.
CHANNEL 12: Hungarian airline Wizz Air has canceled all flights to and from Israel and Jordan until August 4 due to escalating tensions in the region.
PENTAGON: The United States is sending additional fighter squadrons to the Middle East.
Saturday, August 3, 01:00 am (GMT+2)
ISRAEL HAYOM: Estimates in Israel indicate that Iran will launch huge missiles in its expected response to the assassination of the head of the Hamas political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh.
‘Necessary Measures’ – US Prepares To Send More Combat Aircraft to Middle East
LEBANESE AUTHORITIES: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation in Lebanon said that the information circulating about the cancellation of flights to and from Rafic Hariri International Airport in Beirut is not true.
AL-JAZEERA: an Israeli raid targeted the Syrian border area of Al-Qusayr, opposite the Hermel district in eastern Lebanon, after confirming that previous raids had hit the vicinity of the same area.
TURKISH AIRLINES: Turkish Airlines has postponed flights to Iran tonight due to tensions between Israel and Iran.
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.
(The Palestine Chronicle)
