GAZA LIVE BLOG: Hamas Elects New Leader | Nasrallah’s Speech | Operations in Rafah | Hezbollah Attacks Bases – Day 305

August 6, 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 Al-Qassam Brigades announced that an Israeli armored force was ambushed east of the city of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. 

The Israeli occupation army announced that its air defense systems succeeded in intercepting a suspicious ‘flying object’ launched from Lebanon towards the Upper Galilee in northern Israel.

According to the New York Times, Russia has begun delivering advanced radars and air defense equipment to Iran.

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 39,624 Palestinians have been killed, and 91,469 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.

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Wednesday, August 7, 01:00 am (GMT+2)

BLINKEN: We will continue to defend Israel against attacks by terrorist groups and we will continue to defend our forces.

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: The West Bank is experiencing an extended, never-ending phase of resistance.

Wednesday, August 7, 12:00 am (GMT+2)

ISRAELI CAPTIVES’ FAMILIES: We support the continuation of IDF operations to assassinate Hamas leaders.

YISRAEL KATZ (Israeli Foreign Minister): The appointment of the murderer Sinwar as Hamas leader is another reason to eliminate him and erase the memory of this organization from the face of the earth.

HAMAS: Khalil al-Haya is the deputy head of the movement’s new political bureau.

Sinwar Elected as Hamas’ New Top Leader – Who He Is and What It Means

HAMAS:

After in-depth and extensive consultations, it was decided to choose Commander Yahya Sinwar as head of the political bureau, succeeding the martyr Ismail Haniyeh.

The movement expresses its confidence in Sinwar as its leader at a sensitive stage and a complex local, regional and international situation.

At this historic moment, we remember the martyr leader Haniyeh, who provided a model of courageous, wise and open leadership.

We are certain that Sinwar and his brothers in the leadership of the movement will continue the march of the martyr Haniyeh and the march of the previous leaders.

AL-JAZEERA: Gaza Resistance fires heavy rocket barrages, and sirens sound in Ashkelon and a number of settlements in the Gaza periphery.

KAN (Israel Broadcasting Corporation): Estimates in Israel that Hezbollah will use precision missiles in response to the assassination of Fouad Shukr.

Tuesday, August 6, 9:30 pm (GMT+2)

AL-JAZEERA: The resistance launched heavy rocket barrages from the Gaza Strip, and sirens sound in Ashkelon and a number of settlements in the Gaza envelope.

HAMAS: Hamas announced that Yahya Sinwar is the head of the movement.

GANTZ: Military pressure on Lebanon must be increased.

PENTAGON: Five American soldiers and two American contractors were injured in the attack on the Ain al-Assad base that took place yesterday in Iraq.

THE GUARDIAN: The British government has stopped issuing arms export licenses from Britain to Israel until the government review is completed.

Tuesday, August 6, 8:00 pm (GMT+2)

ISRAELI ARMY: 6 soldiers – including a doctor with the rank of officer and a paramedic from the Givati ​​Brigade – were seriously wounded in battles in the southern Gaza Strip.

KAN: The British low-cost airline “easyJet” decided to stop its operations in Israel until March 2025.

CHANNEL 12: 15 rockets were fired from Lebanon towards the Upper Galilee.

GAZA GOVERNMENT MEDIA OFFICE: 166 journalists were killed in Gaza since the beginning of the war.

SMOTRICH: Israel should not respond to Nasrallah’s speech, but assassinate him.

Tuesday, August 6, 6:30 pm (GMT+2)

ISRAELI ARMY RADIO: Five soldiers were injured by an anti-tank missile fired in the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.

NASRALLAH:

The martyrdom of Fouad Shukr is a very big loss for us, but this does not shake us at all nor does it weaken us.

The martyrdom of leader Ismail Haniyeh is a great loss for the Palestinian resistance and the Palestinian people but did not weaken the Palestinian resistance.

The responsibility now is to resist, confront and not submit.

We are committed to responding after the assassination of Fouad Shukr.

ISRAELI ARMY: 16 soldiers were injured, including 14 in the Gaza Strip, during the past 24 hours.

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli fighter jets broke the sound barrier over the Lebanese capital, Beirut.

Tuesday, August 6, 5:00 pm (GMT+2)

ISRAELI ARMY RADIO: A fire broke out in the vicinity of the “Kela” base, north of the occupied Golan Heights, after a drone launched from Lebanon exploded and its fragments flew.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: More wounded, including children, arrived at the Baptist Hospital after the occupation bombed two residential apartments in the Sabra neighborhood, south of Gaza City.

AL-JAZEERA: Dozens of Haredi Jewish protesters stormed the Tel Hashomer military base in central Israel in protest against the decision to conscript them.

Tuesday, August 6, 4:00 pm (GMT+2)

REUTERS (citing Hezbollah source): A retaliatory strike is inevitable and diplomacy is no longer a viable option.

NAHARIYA HOSPITAL: The number of people injured in the explosion of a Hezbollah drone in the Western Galilee has risen to 17, one of whom is in critical condition.

West Bank Escalation – Latest Israeli Incursions in Jenin, Tubas Kill Nine Palestinians

ISRAEL HAYOM: Differences increased and deepened between Defense Minister Yoav Galant and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, as Galant demanded an increase in the budget by 220 billion shekels for the next four years.

ISRAELI OFFICIAL: The mayor of Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel called for a preemptive strike on Iran, as 9 million settlers are in a state of panic and under threat.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Traffic accidents and fires as a result of the drone attack carried out by the Lebanese Hezbollah, targeting the Western Galilee.

Tuesday, August 6, 3:00 pm (GMT+2)

LEBANON’S PM MIKATI: The Israeli aggression in the southern suburbs increased fears of confrontations that could lead to a comprehensive war.

Explosions in Northern Israel – Is This the Preamble to Hezbollah’s Retaliation?

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

ISRAELI MEDIA: One Israeli was killed in an explosion of a drone launched by the Lebanese Hezbollah that fell on a car in the city of Nahariya.

REUTERS (citing Hezbollah source): The attack carried out on Tuesday was not in response to the Israeli assassination of the leader Fouad Shukr.

HEZBOLLAH: We targeted an Israeli vehicle with missiles in the vicinity of the Ruwaysat al-Alam site, which resulted in the deaths and injuries of its crew.

MAYOR OF NAHARIYA: What happens in Nahariya must happen in Beirut

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: 39,652 Palestinians have been killed, and 91,535 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.

Tuesday, August 6, 1:00 pm (GMT+2)

ISRAEL HAYOM: Serious injuries in the explosion of a drone in the Western Galilee.

ISRAEL HAYOM: Columns of smoke are rising from a military site in the gulf between Acre and Haifa.

The Lebanese Hezbollah targeted northern Nahariya, resulting in the injury of two people and damage to a car.

IRAQI SECURITY MEDIA: Ain al-Assad base was targeted with two missiles launched from Haditha.

AL-JAZEERA: Sirens sound non-stop in more than 20 locations in northern Israel.

LEBANESE FM: We are working to ensure that any response to Israel does not lead to a comprehensive war.

Tuesday, August 6, 12:00 pm (GMT+2)

CHANNEL 14: Rockets fell in open areas in the Ramim area of ​​the Upper Galilee before the sirens were activated.

HEZBOLLAH: We targeted a gathering of Israeli occupation soldiers near the Birkat al-Risha site with Burkan missiles.

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: We targeted an Israeli tank that was present with the rescue force while towing a destroyed troop carrier east of Rafah.

A Single Hand Grenade – Resistance Roundup – Day 304

KAN: The Rafah area in the southern Gaza Strip witnessed an “unusual incident” when Palestinian fighters fired an RPG shell at Israeli army forces. The incident led to a decision to close the Kerem Shalom crossing.

LEBANESE HEALTH MINISTRY: Four people were killed in an Israeli raid on the town of Meifdoun in the south of the country.

Tuesday, August 6, 11:00 am (GMT+2)

LEBANESE HEALTH MINISTRY: Four people were killed in an Israeli raid on the town of Meifdoun in the south of the country.

KAN: An Israeli policewoman was injured in a stabbing attack at the Tunnel Checkpoint south of Jerusalem, and the alleged attacker was killed.

IRANIAN JUDICIARY SPOKESMAN: We have started investigations into the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh and will reveal the results later. We did not arrest anyone in connection with Haniyeh’s assassination, and what is being circulated in the media is incorrect.

AL-JAZEERA: An Israeli airstrike targeted the vicinity of the town of Meifdoun in the Nabatieh district in southern Lebanon.

Tuesday, August 6, 10:00 am (GMT+2)

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: The bodies of 5 Palestinians were recovered from the east of Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip.

AL-JAZEERA: Ambulance crews retrieved the body of a Palestinian from the Saudi neighborhood west of Rafah city.

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: An Israeli armored force was ambushed east of Rafah.

Tuesday, August 6, 09:00 am (GMT+2)

MAARIV POLL: 48% of Israelis support launching a preemptive strike against Iran and Hezbollah, while 34% of the participants expressed their belief that Israel should wait and respond only if it is attacked.

HAARETZ: A group of families of the kidnapped men blocked Ayalon Street in Tel Aviv and demanded an immediate exchange deal.

HEZBOLLAH: We bombed a building used by Israeli occupation forces in the settlement of Avivim.

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli forces targeted with artillery shelling Al-Magrafa, Al-Zahraa, the north of Al-Nuseirat camp, Al-Bureij, the west of Beit Lahia town, and the west of Rafah city in the Gaza Strip.

Tuesday, August 6, 08:00 am (GMT+2)

MAHMOUD ABBAS: The Gaza Strip must return to the control of the legitimate Palestinian authorities, and Israeli plans for temporary control of the Strip are unacceptable.

Tuesday, August 6, 07:00 am (GMT+2)

ISRAELI ARMY: The Israeli occupation army announced that its air defense systems succeeded in intercepting a suspicious ‘flying object’ launched from Lebanon towards the Upper Galilee in northern Israel.

WSJ (citing US officials): Since the end of the week, Iran has been observed moving missile launchers and conducting military exercises.

Tuesday, August 6, 06:00 am (GMT+2)

AL-JAZEERA: Sirens sounded in the Upper Galilee, northern Israel, to warn of falling rockets.

Tuesday, August 6, 05:00 am (GMT+2)

AL-JAZEERA: Meta has apologized for removing content from the Malaysian prime minister’s Facebook and Instagram accounts related to the assassination of Hamas political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh.

Tuesday, August 6, 04:00 am (GMT+2)

REUTERS (citing US official): The national security team informed US President Joe Biden that it is not clear when Iran is likely to launch an attack on Israel.

KAMALA HARRIS: “As we prepare to defend Israel against Iran and its terrorist proxies, we are also working to de-escalate tensions”.

Tuesday, August 6, 02:00 am (GMT+2)

NYT: Russia has begun delivering advanced radars and air defense equipment to Iran.

(The Palestine Chronicle)

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