GAZA LIVE BLOG: Major Israeli Attack on Lebanon | Massacre in Bureij | Four Soldiers Killed – Day 347

September 17, 2024 Blog, News
Displaced Palestinians try to prevent seawater from flooding their tents. (Photo: via QNN)

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

The death toll resulting from the bombing of a house east of Al-Bureij has risen to three after a girl was pulled out of the rubble.

A reserve soldier from the Givati ​​Brigade was seriously injured last night during the fighting in the southern Gaza Strip.

According to Israeli media, the agreement between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Gideon Sa’ar has been concluded and Netanyahu’s final decision is awaited to dismiss Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 41,252 Palestinians have been killed, and 95,497 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.

Wednesday, September 18, 02:45 am (GMT+2)

CNN (Citing Pentagon officials): Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin phoned twice his Israeli counterpart Yoav Galant.

LEBANESE MEDIA (Cited in Al-Jazeera): Israeli warplanes launched an airstrike on the southern Lebanese town of Khiam.

QUDS NEWS: Illegal Jewish settlers stormed Joseph’s Tomb east of the West Bank city of Nablus under the protection of Israeli forces.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli occupying forces stormed the town of Zita in the Tulkarm governorate in the northern West Bank, firing sound bombs.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Two people were killed and others were injured tonight after an Israeli shelling targeted a house on Al-Sikka Street in Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City.

AL-AQSA TV: Violent clashes broke out tonight between resistance fighters and the Israeli occupation forces in Balata Al-Balad and the vicinity of Joseph’s Tomb, east of the city of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank.

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NEW YORK TIMES (Citing officials):

Israel concealed explosives inside a batch of Taiwanese pager devices imported into Lebanon.

A small-sized explosive was planted next to the battery of each device.

Israel targeted communication devices that were working and receiving messages.

Communication devices requested by Hezbollah before they arrived in Lebanon were tampered with.

Hezbollah has ordered more than 3,000 communication devices from Taiwan’s Gold Apollo.

Communication devices were distributed to Hezbollah members throughout Lebanon.

Communication devices were distributed to some of Hezbollah’s allies in Iran and Syria.

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ISRAEL’S CHANNEL 12 (Citing speaker of the Knesset): “We have made great efforts to search for a non-military solution in the north, and we have reached a point where we say enough is enough.” The statement constitutes an implicit admission of responsibility for the bombings of pager communications devices in Lebanon.

Wednesday, September 18, 12:00 am (GMT+2)

REUTERS: Swiss International Air Lines said it would temporarily avoid Israeli and Iranian airspace until Thursday, Reuters reported.

BLOOMBERG: the German airline Lufthansa has suspended its flights to Tel Aviv and Tehran, and is avoiding flying over Iranian and Israeli airspace.

CHANNEL 12: Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi are now holding consultations with leaders of the military and security establishment, in light of the tensions following the attack in Lebanon.

KAN POLL: 59% of Israelis do not trust Sa’ar as defense minister.

LEBANESE HEALTH MINISTRY: the number of victims of the explosions in the country has risen to 11 dead, and 4,000 injured, 400 of whom are in critical condition.

IRANIAN FM: The Iranian Foreign Ministry condemned what it described as the Zionist entity’s terrorist act of bombing communications systems in Lebanon, which left hundreds dead and injured.

Tuesday, September 17, 11:00 pm (GMT+2)

CHANNEL 12 (citing former Israeli intelligence chief): It’s hard to imagine Hezbollah won’t respond

CHANNEL 13: Netanyahu preparing to dismiss Gallant at the end of the week.

YEDIOTH AHRONOTH: Hezbollah will pay a heavy price if it chooses escalation. Dismissing Defense Minister Galant during a qualitative escalation of this kind in the north is not possible.

WHO: A convoy of its members was fired upon by Israeli tanks while returning from a mission in the northern Gaza Strip, despite having obtained a permit.

Tuesday, September 17, 9:30 pm (GMT+2)

AXIOS: Israel carried out the operation to move its fight against Hezbollah to a new phase.

KAN: Air France has suspended flights to Ben Gurion Airport for 48 hours.

Tuesday, September 17, 9:00 pm (GMT+2)

HAMAS: Hamas condemned the Israeli attack on Lebanon by blowing up communication devices carried by Hezbollah members, saying that “the aggression did not differentiate between civilians and resistance fighters.” The attack was “a crime that defies all laws and norms,” ​​and held the occupation government fully responsible for the repercussions of this crime.”

JORDAN: Jordan’s King Abdullah II has ordered the provision of any medical assistance needed by the Lebanese medical sector following the attack that left hundreds injured.

CHANNEL 14: The security and military weight transfer from the Gaza Strip to the northern front will begin tonight.

WASHINGTON POST (citing a research center): What happened in Lebanon was the result of the largest operation to replace imported communication devices with a shipment containing explosives.

LEBANESE FM: Iran expressed its readiness to send a plane to evacuate the wounded, in addition to the possibility of providing a field hospital.

HEZBOLLAH MP: Israel will certainly pay the price for its crime.

CHANNEL 13: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant spent most of the day in the fortified bunker inside the Defense Ministry headquarters, amid tensions in Lebanon.

WALLA (citing eyewitnesses): Israeli fighter jets were heard near the northern border after the events in Lebanon.

Tuesday, September 17, 8:00 pm (GMT+2)

ISLAMIC JIHAD: The treacherous operation carried out by the Zionist entity is a war crime and caused severe damage to a large number of civilians.

ISRAEL HAYOM:

All Israeli citizens may soon be in shelters.

The war could end in an Israeli loss if it breaks out in the winter, which is why the Israeli army is moving to start it now.

KAN: The army’s home front is expanding the deployment of its crews in the Haifa area in northern Israel, adding that local authorities in the Haifa area have called for preparedness for possible escalation.

CHANNEL 14 (citing former Israeli army commander): The main effort of the army finally moved from the Gaza Strip to the north.

KAN: Senior officers were invited to participate in security consultations at the Defense Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv, amidst preparations for a possible response by Hezbollah to the bombing of pager communication devices, which killed and injured hundreds.

LEBANESE PM: I am unable to express the extent of what happened.

UN: The developments in Lebanon are extremely worrying and take place in a highly volatile context, said Stephane Dujarric.

GAZA CIVIL DEFENSE: The developments in Lebanon are extremely worrying and take place in a highly volatile context, said Stephane Dujarric.

KAN: Israel raises the alert level in all ports.

LEBANESE GOVERNMENT: The Israeli aggression constitutes a serious violation of Lebanese sovereignty.

SYRIAN MEDIA: 11 members of the Lebanese Hezbollah party were critically injured in the Damascus countryside, as a result of the explosion of wireless communication devices.

Tuesday, September 17, 7:00 pm (GMT+2)

ISRAELI MEDIA: US Defense Secretary to arrive in Israel and the region early next week in a pre-planned visit.

LEBANESE INFORMATION MINISTER: The Lebanese government condemns this Israeli attack.

Tuesday, September 17, 6:30 pm (GMT+2)

YEDIOTH AHRONOTH: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his Defense Minister Yoav Galant and senior security officials are currently meeting in the underground operations room of the Defense Ministry against the backdrop of tensions in Lebanon.

LEBANESE MEDIA: 8 people, including a child, and about 2,750 people were wounded so far in Lebanon.

AXIOS: US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is expected to visit Israel on Sunday and Monday regarding tensions in Lebanon.

HEZBOLLAH:

The explosion of pager devices used by a number of employees in various Hezbollah units and institutions.

The mysterious explosions have so far resulted in the death of a girl and two people, and a large number of people were injured.

Hezbollah’s competent authorities are conducting a wide-ranging security and scientific investigation to determine the cause of the simultaneous explosions.

Medical equipment is treating the wounded in a number of hospitals in various Lebanese regions.

We call for attention to rumors and misleading information that serve psychological warfare in the interest of the Zionist enemy.

HAARETZ: The Israeli security establishment estimated that Hezbollah intends to launch a military operation against Israel.

LEBANESE CIVIL DEFENSE: The Lebanese Civil Defense said that it is working to transfer the wounded in the south of the country to other hospitals outside the governorate, as its hospitals cannot accommodate the wounded.

Tuesday, September 17, 6:00 pm (GMT+2)

BORRELL: The European Union’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, commented on the explosion of communication devices in Lebanon, saying, “There is always a risk of repercussions from the escalation in Lebanon.”

MAARIV: The Israeli shekel collapsed against the US dollar due to the explosion of communication devices in Lebanon.

LEBANESE MEDIA: More than 1,200 people were injured in Lebanon in the explosion of mobile communication devices carried by Hezbollah members.

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ISREALI RADIO: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his Defense Minister Yoav Galant, and military leaders are currently meeting at the Ministry of Defense against the backdrop of developments in Lebanon.

KAN: The Home Front Command informed the heads of local authorities of the possibility of a security escalation without new instructions.

LEBANESE MEDIA: The head of the Lebanese Doctors Syndicate issued an urgent appeal to all doctors of all specialties to immediately head to their workplaces and receive those injured as a result of the explosion of communication devices.

Tuesday, September 17, 5:00 pm (GMT+2)

AL-MAYADEEN: Israeli aircraft bombed the city of Khiam and the town of Aita al-Shaab

LEBANESE MINISTRY OF HEALTH:

We ask hospitals to be on maximum alert and raise their level of preparedness.

We ask all citizens who own pager devices to throw them away immediately.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli artillery shelling, along with the launching of smoke bombs, east of Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip.

AL-MAYADEEN: Dozens of Lebanese were injured as a result of the explosion of the pager devices they were carrying.

UNRWA: Israel is working to eliminate the representation of humanitarian organizations.

ISRAELI OFFICIALS (to ABC): Those calling for war with Lebanon are unaware of the difficulty of obtaining ammunition.

Tuesday, September 17, 3:30  pm (GMT+2)

PALESTINIAN HEALTH MINISTRY: The ministry announced the killing of a citizen by Israeli occupation forces’ gunfire near the village of Al-Jarushiya in the Tulkarm district in the occupied West Bank.

YEDIOTH AHRONOTH: Dramatic security consultations are taking place regarding the response to the Lebanese Hezbollah, which may postpone the dismissal of Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.

ISRAELI OFFICERS (to ABC): Benjamin Netanyahu’s failure to sign a ceasefire agreement in Gaza is pushing us towards a potentially catastrophic war with Hezbollah.

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: We destroyed a Zionist Merkava tank east of Rafah by detonating a highly explosive barrel-shaped bomb.

NAFTALI BENNETT: Israel’s leaders should defend it instead of prioritizing their own interests.

Tuesday, September 17, 2:00  pm (GMT+2)

FORMER ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTER MOSHE YA’ALON: Israel is struggling in a war of attrition and will not be able to win on 7 fronts.

HEZBOLLAH: We targeted the Israeli enemy’s artillery positions in the Zaoura site with rockets and achieved a direct hit.

ISRAELI ARMY: We thwarted Hezbollah’s attempt to assassinate a senior security figure.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: The body of a martyr was recovered from the Wadi Gaza area, north of the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.

LEBANESE HEALTH MINISTRY: An Israeli raid on the town of Bilda in southern Lebanon killed three people and wounded two others.

HEZBOLLAH: We targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers in Karantina Hill, confirming that it had achieved a direct hit.

CHANNEL 12: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu concluded a security meeting with the head of the Mossad David Barnea in light of talk of an escalation on the Lebanese front.

FORMER ISRAELI ARMY COMMANDER GADI SHAMNI (to NYT): Hamas is winning this war, and will play a decisive role in the future of Gaza.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Palestinian journalist Mohammed Abu Shawqa was killed in an Israeli bombardment that targeted his home in Al Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip.

AL-JAZEERA: The Israeli artillery is renewing its shelling of the Sabra neighborhood in the south of Gaza City.

LEBANESE MEDIA: Israeli occupation forces bombed a site in the town of Blida, south of Lebanon.

Tuesday, September 17, 12:30 pm (GMT+2)

RESISTANCE COMMITTEE:

Our people will not submit to the enemy and will not surrender, and these heinous massacres confirm the great failure of the Zionist “army” and its bankruptcy in the face of the steadfastness of our people and the bravery of its resistance.

The horrific massacre in Al-Bureij camp would not have taken place without full cover and support from the American administration, a partner in the aggression against our people

AL-MAYADEEN: More than 50 people were targeted in the Israeli bombing of inhabited homes in Al-Bureij camp in the middle of the Gaza Strip, most of them are still under the rubble.

FINANCIAL TIMES: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hardly speaks with his Defense Minister, Yoav Galant.

Tuesday, September 17, 12:00 pm (GMT+2)

EHUD BARAK: Benjamin Netanyahu violated the first rule of a prime minister in war. The removal of Defense Minister Yoav Galant and the entry of Gideon Sa’ar guarantees the continuation of the war under the leadership of a leader who has failed repeatedly, stressing that the price of blood is high and that whoever was responsible for the failure will not correct it.

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION IN GAZA: 11,000 students were killed during the war on Gaza.

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: 41,252 Palestinians have been killed, and 95,497 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: There is intensive air and artillery bombardment targeting the west and center of Rafah city in the southern Gaza Strip.

ISRAEL HAYOM (citing Benny Gantz): Changing the Minister of Defense (Yoav Galant) on the eve of a broad campaign in the north that could turn into a regional war is a security neglect.

Tuesday, September 17, 11:00 am (GMT+2)

AL-JAZEERA: Sirens are sounding in the settlements of Dovev, Bir’am and Ya’ron in the Upper Galilee, after rockets were fired from southern Lebanon.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli artillery shelling targeted a house in Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip, leaving a number of people injured.

WALL STREET JOURNAL (citing Amos Hochstein): Escalation with Hezbollah will not bring security to northern Israel.

GAZA CIVIL DEFENSE: The occupation committed a new massacre in Al-Bureij camp in the middle of the Gaza Strip.

LEBANESE MEDIA: Israeli occupation forces shelled the outskirts of the towns of Alma al-Shaab and Yarin in southern Lebanon with mortar shells.

Tuesday, September 17, 09:00 am (GMT+2)

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: The death toll resulting from the bombing of a house east of Al-Bureij has risen to three after a girl was pulled out of the rubble.

AL-JAZEERA: The Israeli occupation forces took measurements of the house of prisoner Ibrahim Mansour, who carried out the killing of the Israeli prison guard, to demolish his house.

CHANNEL 12: The agreement between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Gideon Sa’ar has been concluded and Netanyahu’s final decision is awaited to dismiss Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.

Tuesday, September 17, 08:00 am (GMT+2)

HEZBOLLAH: Our fighters attacked the Israeli military site of Abbad twice at dawn on Tuesday and achieved direct hits.

YEDIOTH AHRONOTH: The security establishment warns that the escalation on the northern border with Lebanon could turn into a regional war.

AL-JAZEERA: Air raid sirens sounded in the town of Manara in the Upper Galilee, northern Israel, after rockets were fired from southern Lebanon.

CHANNEL 14: Defense Minister Yoav Galant was noticeably late in joining the Security Cabinet meeting on Monday due to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s communication with Gideon Sa’ar.

AL-AQSA TV: The Israeli occupation artillery is violently shelling Block 12 east of Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip.

KAN: The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation revealed intensive flights of warplanes in the skies of northern Israel.

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Tuesday, September 17, 07:00 am (GMT+2)

ISRAELI ARMY: A reserve soldier from the Givati ​​Brigade was seriously injured last night during the fighting in the southern Gaza Strip.

Tuesday, September 17, 06:00 am (GMT+2)

AL-JAZEERA: A number of Palestinians were injured when the Israeli occupation bombed an apartment on Al-Sahaba Street in the Al-Daraj neighborhood, east of Gaza City.

Tuesday, September 17, 04:00 am (GMT+2)

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli occupation forces stormed the eastern outskirts of Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus in the West Bank.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced the addition of a new war target that stipulates that residents evacuated from areas near the northern border will be safely returned to their homes.

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli occupation forces are besieging several streets in the vicinity of the presidential headquarters in Ramallah and Al-Bireh governorate.

(The Palestine Chronicle)

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