A mass grave was found at the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, following the Israeli army’s withdrawal.
Israeli forces carried out strikes against residential buildings in Rafah, killing 14 Palestinians, including nine children.
Tensions are running high in the occupied West Bank, with relentless military raids in cities, towns and refugee camps.
According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 34,097 Palestinians have been killed, and 76,980 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.
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Monday, April 22, 03:10 am (GMT+2)
AL-JAZEERA, PALESTINIAN MEDIA:
An Israeli artillery shelling targeted the eastern Maghazi camp in the central Gaza Strip, in parallel with an Israeli raid targeting the southeastern area of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.
Israeli occupation forces shelled with artillery north of Al-Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.
Injuries reported following in an Israeli raid targeting Al-Taqwa Mosque in Al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.
An Israeli raid targeted a house in the Al-Brook area of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.
An Israeli raid targeted the Zeitoun neighborhood south of Gaza City.
Monday, April 22, 12:45 am (GMT+2)
AL-JAZEERA: Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant discussed with Chief of Staff Herzi Halevy Washington’s intention to impose sanctions on the Netzah Yehuda battalion.
ISRAEL’S CHANNEL 7 (Citing Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich): If it weren’t for war council ministers Benny Gantz and Gadi Eisenkot, we would be in Rafah by now.
AL-JAZEERA: The number of Palestinians killed in Israeli raids on two houses in Rafah has risen to 26, including 16 children and 6 women.
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli warplanes launched a raid On the Al-Mawasi area, west of the city of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.
AL-JAZEERA (Citing unnamed sources): Explosions heard in the vicinity of the US base in the field of Omar in the province of Deir Ezzor in eastern Syria.
US to Sanction Israeli Military Unit over West Bank Rights Abuses – Report
Sunday, April 21, 11:15 pm (GMT+2)
ISRAELI ARMY: We bombed a Hezbollah military building on Sunday evening that housed a Hezbollah member in the southern Lebanese town of Kafr Kila.
ISRAEL’S CHANNEL 13: 68% of Israelis disagree with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s statement that Israel is one step away from victory in Gaza.
TIMES OF ISRAEL: Washington is considering sanctions against other Israeli military and police units as well as the Netzah Yehuda battalion.
In this video, Al-Qassam fighters are seen targeting a military D9 bulldozer with an Al-Yassin 105 shell east of Deir Al-Balah, central Gaza Strip. pic.twitter.com/Z3Pl79qFFc
— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) April 21, 2024
AL-AQSA TV (Citing Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra):
11,000 people were missing under the rubble in the Strip.
The daily average of those killed as a result of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip reaches 172 martyrs, including 70 children.
AL-JAZEERA: The number of martyrs in Israeli raids on two houses in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip has risen to 24, including 16 children and 6 women.
ISRAEL’S CHANNEL 14: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened during a meeting of the war council to remove anyone who leaked information about a possible prisoner swap.
Sunday, April 21, 7:30 pm (GMT+2)
KAN: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Defense Minister Yoav Galant of leaking closed discussions in his presence and with the participation of the heads of the Shin Bet and Mossad.
HAGARI: The Chief of Staff approved the next steps for operations in Gaza. The spokesman confirmed that the occupation forces completed operations targeting the military infrastructure of the Hamas movement in the central Gaza Strip.
CHANNEL 14: Defense Minister Yoav Gallant will discuss with army commanders tonight the expected US sanctions on the Netzah Yehuda Battalion due to human rights violations against the Palestinians.
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: a number of Palestinians – most of them children – were injured in an Israeli bombing that targeted a house north of the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.
CHANNEL 14: Defense Minister Yoav Gallant will discuss with army commanders tonight the expected US sanctions on the Netzah Yehuda Battalion due to human rights violations against the Palestinians.
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— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) April 21, 2024
GERMAN GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN: A German government spokesman said that Chancellor Olaf Scholz telephoned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday and discussed with him the situation in the region.
AL-JAZEERA: Gantz calls on Washington to refrain from imposing sanctions on Netzah Yehuda.
ISRAELI ARMY: An Israeli officer died from the wounds he sustained in the Hezbollah bombing of Arab Al-Aramsheh.
POLITICO: Israeli President Isaac Herzog said that he recommends American political leaders not to interfere in Tel Aviv’s internal politics.
The Palestinian leader of the Tulkarm Brigade, Mohammed Jaber, known by his nom de guerre Abu Shujaa, is alive and appeared at the funeral of the victims of the Israeli raid in Nur Shams.
This is his interview. 🔻 pic.twitter.com/hG6cSy0Vfz
— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) April 21, 2024
Sunday, April 21, 6:00 pm (GMT+2)
HEZBOLLAH: We targeted occupation spy equipment at the Al-Malikiyah site.
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: 7 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli raid that targeted a house in the Nuseirat camp.
WAFA: A Palestinian woman was killed by Israeli bullets in the northern Jordan Valley.
Sunday, April 21, 5:00 pm (GMT+2)
NETANYAHU: I will confront any sanctions imposed on our army.
US to Sanction Israeli Military Unit over West Bank Rights Abuses – Report
AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: We bombed the Israeli Shumira barracks from southern Lebanon.
GANTZ:
Israel did not achieve all the goals of the war on Gaza, but he stressed that he would not give up any of them, most notably the return of detainees.
Yahya Sinwar in Gaza is the “key” to the release of the detainees, and there must be pressure on him.
Sunday, April 21, 3:00 pm (GMT+2)
ISRAELI ARMY: The Israeli army said on Sunday that it was not aware of any US sanctions on the Netzah Yehuda military unit, after media reported that Washington intended to take such a decision against the unit due to human rights violations.
HAMAS: Hamas condemned the US House of Representatives’ approval to provide billions of dollars in new military aid to Israel, and considered it a “green light for aggression” against the Palestinians.
US Passes $26 Billion Aid Package for Israel – These Lawmakers Voted against It
ISRAELI MEDIA: the Israeli army shot a Palestinian woman near a military checkpoint in the Jordan Valley under the pretext of an attempt to stab soldiers.
TURKISH FM: Our efforts will continue until a Palestinian state is established.
HEZBOLLAH: We targeted spy equipment at the Misgav General site with appropriate weapons.
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Two Palestinians were killed and others were injured in an Israeli bombing of the Al-Nuwairi family home west of the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.
AL-JAZEERA: Sirens sounded in Ramot Naftali, Jephthah, and neighboring towns in the Upper Galilee.
AL-JAZEERA: the number of bodies recovered from the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip has risen to 210.
AL-JAZEERA: the number of bodies recovered from the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip has risen to 210.
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— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) April 21, 2024
Sunday, April 21, 2:00 pm (GMT+2)
AL-JAZEERA: Sirens sounded in Jish, Reyhanliyya and Avivim in the Western Galilee on suspicion of a drone infiltration from Lebanon.
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: One person was injured in an Israeli airstrike on a house north of Rafah.
ALI KHAMENEI: The basis for the operation of our armed forces was to showcase our capabilities. Our armed forces carried out this operation at the lowest cost and achieved great achievements, and this was done with great wisdom.
Sunday, April 21, 1:00 pm (GMT+2)
HAMAS: The mass grave in the Nasser complex raises questions about the fate of thousands of missing people.
BEN-GVIR: Washington’s sanctions on Netzah Yehuda are aimed at putting pressure on us.
HEAD OF ISRAEL’S LABOR PARTY: The Netzah Yehuda Brigade must be dismantled.
Rafah Massacre – Rising Casualties and Miraculous Fetal Rescue
AL-QUDS BRIGADES: We targeted Israeli military checkpoints and settlements.
AL-JAZEERA: Israel launched an air strike on the town of Aita al-Shaab in southern Lebanon.
Sunday, April 21, 12:00 pm (GMT+2)
GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: 34,097 Palestinians have been killed, and 76,980 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.
GAZA GOVERNMENT MEDIA OFFICE: We expect the presence of 700 bodies in mass graves who were executed by the occupation inside the Nasser complex.
GAZA GOVERNMENT MEDIA OFFICE: We expect the presence of 700 bodies in mass graves who were executed by the occupation inside the Nasser complex.
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— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) April 21, 2024
AL-JAZEERA: Civil defense teams recovered the bodies of 190 martyrs from the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis.
Sunday, April 21, 11:00 am (GMT+2)
LAPID: The Israeli army and its leaders are the first to be affected by the illegal policy and political failure of the government.
Sunday, April 21, 10:00 am (GMT+2)
GADI EISENKOT: Imposing sanctions on the Netzah Yehuda Brigade is fundamentally wrong, and we will work to prevent the decision.
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: The death toll resulting from an Israeli bombing that targeted two homes in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, has risen to 14, including nine children.
HEZBOLLAH: We targeted the espionage equipment surrounding the Duviv Barracks.
PALESTINIAN CIVIL DEFENSE: More than 50 bodies were recovered from a mass grave in the Khan Yunis after the occupation’s withdrawal. There are about 500 missing people in the Khan Yunis massacre.
More than 150 bodies were recovered from a mass grave in the Khan Yunis after the occupation’s withdrawal.
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— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) April 21, 2024
Sunday, April 21, 09:00 am (GMT+2)
ISRAELI ARMY: The Israeli army said its forces bombed Lebanese Hezbollah targets with aircraft, including an observation point in Al-Adisa and two facilities in Khiam.
Sunday, April 21, 08:00 am (GMT+2)
HEZBOLLAH: Our fighters targeted a building used by occupation soldiers in the Shomera settlement with appropriate weapons.
Sunday, April 21, 07:00 am (GMT+2)
ISRAELI ARMY RADIO: There was an attempted shooting at the Beit Ainun Junction, north of Hebron (Al-Khalil).
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: The death toll resulting from an Israeli bombing that targeted two homes in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, has risen to 14, including nine children.
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— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) April 21, 2024
Sunday, April 21, 05:00 am (GMT+2)
ANADOLU: Ismail Haniyeh, head of the political bureau of the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas:
Washington’s position on the Rafah invasion is deceptive and we did not fall into the swapping roles between Americans and Israelis.
If the enemy decides to go to Rafah, our people will not raise the white flag and the Resistance is ready to defend itself.
Israel did not agree to a ceasefire and what it wants is to take back its prisoners and then resume the war, and this will not happen.
The administration of the Gaza Strip must be carried out by Palestinian will.
We welcome any Arab or Islamic forces if they come as liberator, and not to provide protection for the occupation.
First Time since October 7 – Hamas Leader Haniyeh Meets Turkish President in Istanbul
(The Palestine Chronicle)
