A large explosion rocked Ben Yehuda Street in Tel Aviv, central Israel, and at least one Israeli citizen was reportedly killed.
The Yemeni group Ansarallah announced in a statement it bombed Tel Aviv with a new ‘Jaffa’ drone and that there are more targets in Israel.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces carried out new massacres in Nuseirat, in the central Gaza Strip, and in Khan Yunis, in the south.
According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 38,848 Palestinians have been killed, and 89,459 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.
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Saturday, July 20, 01:00 am (GMT+2)
AL-QUDS BRIGADES: Al-Quds Brigades announced that it and the Al-Qassam Brigades had targeted, in a joint operation, “a Zionist vehicle with a 105 Al-Yassin missile in Al-Shaboura camp in Rafah” in the southern Gaza Strip.
AL-JAZEERA: There were injuries in an Israeli bombing of the Al-Masdar building near Al-Baraka roundabout in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.
HAARETZ: International Court of Justice opinion may lead to expanded sanctions on settlements.
YEDIOTH AHRONOTH: Security leaders support exchange deal with Hamas.
‘Israel’s Continued Occupation of Palestinian Territory Unlawful’ – ICJ
CHANNEL 12 POLL: 66% of Israelis support reaching a deal with Hamas.
Friday, July 19, 10:00 pm (GMT+2)
KAN: Discussions took place in Israel over the past few hours regarding the response to the drone attack on Tel Aviv.
AL-JAZEERA: 50 Palestinians have been killed as a result of the Israeli occupation’s bombing of the central region of the Gaza Strip since midnight yesterday, Thursday.
HAMAS: Hamas welcomes the opinion of the International Court of Justice and calls for obligating the occupation to abide by it.
West Bank Violence – Illegal Armed Settlers Attack Palestinian Towns
Friday, July 19, 6:00 pm (GMT+2)
WALLA:
Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi said during a meeting called by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that a swap deal must be reached now.
Netanyahu decided to end the meeting half an hour after Halevi’s statements during the meeting held yesterday.
Friday, July 19, 5:00 pm (GMT+2)
NETANYAHU: The Jewish people are not occupiers of their land and their eternal capital is Jerusalem.
‘Israel’s Continued Occupation of Palestinian Territory Unlawful’ – ICJ
Friday, July 19, 4:00 pm (GMT+2)
ANSARALLAH SPOKESMAN: Our operations will not stop until the aggression stops.
BEN-GVIR: Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said the ICJ ruling proves that it is anti-Semitic and “we will not accept sermons from it.”
Friday, July 19, 3:00 pm (GMT+2)
YEDIOTH AHRONOTH: Netanyahu wants to fire Galant but doesn’t dare for fear of more protests.
MAARIV: 54% of Israelis support a prisoner exchange agreement with Hamas and a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, while 24% reject it.
YEDIOTH AHRONOTH: Yedioth Ahronoth reported an explosion in Tel Aviv, noting that eyewitnesses spoke of injuries.
AL-JAZEERA: An Israeli raid targeted the town of Blida in southern Lebanon.
BREAKING: Casualties in an Israeli airstrike targeting a house belonging to Saydam family in Nuseirat refugee camp. pic.twitter.com/hZOdWH6n6q
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) July 19, 2024
YEDIOTH AHRONOTH: Hezbollah has fired about 70 rockets at Israel since this morning.
AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: WE targeted the occupation forces positioned in the Netzarim axis with 114 mm Rajum rockets.
ISLAMIC JIHAD: We congratulate the qualitative operation in the center of Tel Aviv by the heroes of Yemen.
HAMAS: We appreciate the qualitative operation carried out by the Ansarallah group in Tel Aviv.
WSJ: US officials said that the commander of the Central Command recently warned that military operations “have failed to deter Houthi attacks.”
Friday, July 19, 2:00 pm (GMT+2)
AL-JAZEERA: Netanyahu consults with security chiefs over drone strike on Tel Aviv.
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: 9 people were killed and others were injured in an Israeli airstrike on a house in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.
Journalist Mahmoud al-Lawh bidding a heartfelt farewell to his sister, killed in an Israeli airstrike this afternoon in Nuseirat refugee camp. pic.twitter.com/AV9KiUQM9Z
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) July 19, 2024
KAN: The commander of the Israeli Air Force is cutting short his visit to Britain after the drone attack on Tel Aviv today, Friday.
AL-JAZEERA: Sirens sounded in several Israeli settlements in the Western Galilee, northern Israel.
Friday, July 19, 1:00 pm (GMT+2)
UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION: There is no safe place in Gaza, the fighting must stop immediately.
HEZBOLLAH: We targeted a gathering of enemy soldiers around the Ramim barracks.
BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY: The government intends to resume funding UNRWA. Israel imposes impossible and unacceptable restrictions on the entry of aid into Gaza.
GALLANT: We will hold accountable anyone who harms the State of Israel or commits terrorism against it.
ISRAELI ARMY: We believe the drone that exploded in Tel Aviv was launched from Yemen.
Friday, July 19, 12:00 pm (GMT+2)
HEZBOLLAH: We bombed the Ruwaysat al-Alam site in the occupied Lebanese hills of Kfar Shuba with a heavy missile, confirming that it had achieved a “direct hit.”
AL-JAZEERA: Sirens sounded in the Meron area and its surroundings in northern Israel.
BEN-GVIR: Israel's red line had been crossed. "Those working to contain the bombing of Kiryat Shmona and Sderot are receiving it in Tel Aviv".
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— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) July 19, 2024
Friday, July 19, 11:00 am (GMT+2)
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Artillery shelling and gunfire targeted the southern neighborhoods of Gaza City.
ISRAELI MEDIA: Global technical failure affects computer systems in Israel.
Friday, July 19, 10:00 am (GMT+2)
AL-JAZEERA: A missile was fired towards the Israeli Ruwaysat al-Alam site in the occupied Kfar Shuba hills in southern Lebanon.
LIEBERMAN: Whoever does not prevent rockets from hitting Kiryat Shmona and Eilat should not be surprised to receive them in Tel Aviv.
AL-JAZEERA: Sirens sounded again in northern Israel.
BEN-GVIR: Israel’s red line had been crossed. “Those working to contain the bombing of Kiryat Shmona and Sderot are receiving it in Tel Aviv”.
AL-JAZEERA: Rockets were fired from southern Lebanon towards Israeli sites in the Upper Galilee.
ISRAELI MILITARY OFFICIAL: We do not rule out any possibility regarding the source of the drone that struck Tel Aviv.
Friday, July 19, 09:00 am (GMT+2)
LAPID: Drone explosion is evidence that the government cannot provide security.
AL-JAZEERA: Air raid sirens are sounding in areas of the Upper Galilee on the border with Lebanon.
ISRAELI ARMY: The air force identified and detected the drone that targeted Tel Aviv today, “but it was not intercepted due to human error.”
ISRAELI POLICE: Israeli police announced that they found the body of a person with shrapnel marks from the explosion that rocked Tel Aviv on Friday.
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— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) July 19, 2024
ANSARALLAH SPOKESMAN:
We bombed Tel Aviv with a new “Jaffa” drone.
The Air Force carried out a qualitative operation targeting Tel Aviv.
We confirm that we have a bank of targets in occupied Palestine, and we will continue to strike them in response to the enemy’s massacres.
Friday, July 19, 08:00 am (GMT+2)
AL-JAZEERA: Air raid sirens are sounding in Matula and the Hula Valley after missiles were fired from Lebanon.
MARITIME AUTHORITY: A maritime authority reported an incident 83 nautical miles southeast of Aden in southern Yemen, noting that the ship’s captain reported being hit by unknown projectiles “and said all crew members were fine.”
CHANNEL 12: The US Army informed Tel Aviv that it intercepted 4 drones this morning that were on their way to Israel.
Friday, July 19, 07:00 am (GMT+2)
AL-JAZEERA: The Israeli army has opened an investigation to determine why air defenses were not activated to intercept the drone that exploded in Tel Aviv today, Friday.
Friday, July 19, 06:00 am (GMT+2)
ISRAELI POLICE: Israeli police announced that they found the body of a person with shrapnel marks from the explosion that rocked Tel Aviv on Friday.
Friday, July 19, 04:00 am (GMT+2)
ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli media reported hearing a huge explosion on Ben Yehuda Street in Tel Aviv, central Israel.
ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli media reported hearing a huge explosion on Ben Yehuda Street in Tel Aviv, central Israel.
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— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) July 19, 2024
Friday, July 19, 03:00 am (GMT+2)
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: The Israeli occupation forces targeted a house in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip with an air strike, resulting in 5 martyrs and 15 wounded.
Friday, July 19, 02:00 am (GMT+2)
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Three Israeli raids targeted a house in the town of Al-Qarara, north of Khan Yunis.
Friday, July 19, 01:00 am (GMT+2)
HEZBOLLAH: Hezbollah mourns Ali Maatouk, who was killed in an Israeli raid in southern Lebanon.
(The Palestine Chronicle)
