Despite threats by Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz, Spain reiterated that no one will prevent Madrid from recognizing the state of Palestine.
Israeli forces continued to carry out massacres in Gaza, launching intense raids in the northern, central, and southern areas.
The Speaker of US House Representatives, Mike Johnson, said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will soon address the Congress.
According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 35,857 Palestinians have been killed, and 80,293 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.
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Saturday, May 25, 05:50 am (GMT +2)
AL-QASTAL NEWS: An Israeli shelling targeted a residential apartment in Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip, leaving 4 dead and a number of people injured.
صورة تظهر آثار استهداف طائرات الاحتلال لشقة سكنية في برج النوري شمال مخيم النصيرات. pic.twitter.com/7E9opXW72H
— القسطل الإخباري (@AlQastalps) May 25, 2024
AL-AQSA CHANNEL: Israeli occupation aircrafts continue its intensive bombardment of the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
SHEHAB NEWS: Israeli artillery shelled the eastern border areas between the cities of Deir al-Balah and Khan Yunis.
AMNESTY INTERNATIOANL: Israel must comply with the decision of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to cease military operations in the southern Gaza city of Rafah completely and immediately.
‘Time of Greatest Need’ – Netanyahu to address US Congress soon, amid Growing Isolation
CANADIAN MEDIA: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called for the implementation of an International Court of Justice order that asked Israel to halt its military operations in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah.
ISLAMIC RESISTANCE IN IRAQ: We attacked with drones a vital target in the city of um al-Rashrash (Eilat) in our occupied Palestinian territory.
Saturday, May 25, 01:15 am (GMT +2)
ISRAELI CHANNEL 13: We are approaching a stage in which the pressure mechanisms on Hamas will run out.
ADMINISTRATION OF CANADIAN UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO: The administration of the Canadian University of Toronto gave the students protesting to demand an end to the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip until next Monday to end the sit-in.
EGYPTIAN SOURCE: We are keen on solutions for Gaza relief and will not accept a fait accompli policy.
GUTERRES: The International Justice resolution is binding, and we will refer it to the Security Council.
PRISONERS’ INFORMATION OFFICE IN PALESTINE: “The occupation forces arrested about 180 displaced Palestinians from Al-Harthani School in Jabalia Camp, northern Gaza Strip.”
Friday, May 24, 11:45 pm (GMT +2)
UNRWA (to Politico): We suspended food distribution in Gaza because there is nothing to distribute.
SOUTH AFRICA’S LEGAL TEAM: We received Western messages warning against confronting Israel.
‘Groundbreaking’ – South Africa Welcomes ICJ Ruling on Rafah, Other Reactions
CHANNEL 12 POLL: 67% of Israelis believe that the government is not doing enough to return prisoners from Gaza.
KAN: Senior officials support concluding a deal with Hamas.
AL-JAZEERA: Türkiye calls on the United Nations to put pressure on Israel.
Friday, May 24, 10:00 pm (GMT +2)
AL-JAZEERA: US President Joe Biden expressed his “full” commitment to supporting the reopening of the Rafah crossing in the southern Gaza Strip with arrangements that are “acceptable” to Egypt and Israel.
AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: Al-Qassam carries out an ambush on the occupation forces in Beit Lahia.
AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: “We sniped two occupation soldiers in the Beit Lahia project, north of the Jabaliya camp, north of the Gaza Strip.”
L-QASSAM BRIGADES: Al-Qassam carries out an ambush on the occupation forces in Beit Lahia.
AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: “We sniped two occupation soldiers in the Beit Lahia project, north of the Jabaliya camp, north of the Gaza Strip.” pic.twitter.com/eB8h0YQwlI
— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) May 24, 2024
KAN: Senior military personnel believe that even if it is agreed to stop the war, Israel may resume it if necessary.
CAIRO NEWS CHANNEL: Egypt will send aid again through the Rafah crossing to Gaza through a mechanism to be agreed upon in coordination with the Palestinian Authority.
Friday, May 24, 9:00 pm (GMT +2)
GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: 35,857 Palestinians have been killed, and 80,293 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.
GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: 35,857 Palestinians have been killed, and 80,293 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.
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— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) May 24, 2024
WHITE HOUSE: Biden welcomed Sisi’s commitment to allow the flow of aid from Egypt through the Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing temporarily.
YEDIOTH AHRONOTH: Major damage to Kibbutz Dovev caused by missiles from Lebanon.
Friday, May 24, 8:00 pm (GMT +2)
CHANNEL 14: An attempt to assassinate the commander of the Rafah unit in the Al-Qassam Brigades, Muhammad Shabana, has failed.
HEZBOLLAH: We targeted a building in which an Israeli military intelligence force was stationed in “Al-Manara Colony, which contains technical spy equipment with appropriate weapons, and they directly hit it, leading to the destruction of the spy equipment.”
EGYPTIAN MEDIA: Sisi and Biden agreed in a call on the need to intensify efforts to make the ceasefire talks in Gaza a success.
US SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM: “As far as I’m concerned, the ICJ can go to hell.”
As far as I’m concerned, the ICJ can go to hell.
It is long past time to stand up to these so-called international justice organizations associated with the UN. Their anti-Israel bias is overwhelming.
The ICJ’s ruling that Israel should stop operations that are necessary to…
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) May 24, 2024
NETANYAHU’S OFFICE: South Africa’s allegations against Israel are false, outrageous and disgusting.
ANSARALLAH: The Yemeni Ansarallah claimed responsibility for an attack on a Greek ship off the coast of Yemen.
HASSAN NASRALLAH: Netanyahu must expect surprises from the Resistance in Lebanon,
Friday, May 24, 7:00 pm (GMT +2)
GANTZ: “We will continue to fight to return our abductees at any time and any place, including Rafah.
ISRAELI ARMY: A reserve soldier was seriously injured during battles in the northern Gaza Strip.
Friday, May 24, 6:00 pm (GMT +2)
AL-JAZEERA: Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the city of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip announced the restarting of electricity within the hospital after supplying a limited amount of fuel sufficient for 3 days through international organizations.
ISRAEL HAYOM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided to hold an emergency meeting to which the Ministers of the War Council, Benny Gantz and Gadi Eisenkot, were not invited.
Friday, May 24, 5:00 pm (GMT +2)
HAMAS: Hamas welcomed the decision of the International Court of Justice. The movement called on “the international community and the United Nations to put pressure on the occupation to immediately oblige it to this resolution, and to proceed in a real and serious manner in translating all the UN resolutions that force the Zionist occupation army to stop the genocidal war it has been committing against our people for more than 7 months.”
AL-QUDS BRIGADES: We targeted “with a 107-guided missile a gathering of Zionist enemy soldiers in the vicinity of the Turkish Friendship Hospital, and we achieved direct hits.”
International Court of Justice Orders Immediate Halt of Israel’s Operation in Rafah – BREAKING
AL-JAZEERA: Israeli occupation aircraft launched violent raids on the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, coinciding with the decision of the International Court of Justice calling for a halt to military operations in the city.
KAN: Netanyahu holds a meeting to discuss the response to the Court of Justice’s decision
BEN-GVIR: Our future does not depend on what the Gentiles say, but on what we Jews do.
Friday, May 24, 4:00 pm (GMT +2)
PALESTINE CHRONICLE: The International Court of Justice welcomes the request of SouthAfrica for urgent measures and orders an immediate halt to the military operations in Rafah.
AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: We argeted a Merkava tank with an Al-Yassin 105 shell and a military bulldozer with a Tandom shell near the Salah al-Din Gate in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.
PALESTINE CHRONICLE: The International Court of Justice welcomes the request of #SouthAfrica for urgent measures and orders an immediate halt to the military operations in #Rafah pic.twitter.com/hz3jU6vfst
— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) May 24, 2024
AL-JAZEERA: Hundreds of Jordanians demonstrate in solidarity with Gaza.
AL-JAZEERA: German police are investigating people who demonstrated in support of Palestinians.
Friday, May 24, 3:00 pm (GMT +2)
EUROPEAN OFFICIAL: A trip to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza was canceled due to Israel’s attack on the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, and the closure of the crossings.
AL-JAZEERA: Israeli occupation artillery bombed the vicinity of Kuwait Specialized Hospital in the center of the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.
YEDIOTH AHRONOTH: Hezbollah’s drones caused severe damage in northern towns and caused a number of deaths.
Israeli forces have surrounded the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern #Gaza, opening fire and bombing its vicinity.
Medical staff and patients are under siege.
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— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) May 24, 2024
UNICEF: The lives of 20 newborns in Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital are threatened due to the lack of fuel.
AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: Our fighters were able to snipe an Israeli soldier inside a house in the Jabaliya camp in the northern Gaza Strip.
AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: We lured an Israeli force into a tunnel and caused its members to be killed or wounded.
JOSEP BORRELL: There are countries that have tried to intimidate and threaten the judges of the International Criminal Court.
Friday, May 24, 2:00 pm (GMT +2)
ISRAELI ARMY: soldiers were injured in battles in the Gaza Strip during the last 24 hours.
AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: Our fighters targeted 3 Israeli tanks with “Al-Yassin 105” shells and strobe charges northeast of the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.
WSJ: Washington changed its position on the Israeli attack on the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, after Israel informed US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan of revised plans regarding its invasion of the city.
NYT (citing international relief officials): Hunger is worsening in Gaza as the Israeli attack on Rafah continues. We expect famine in Gaza this month unless Israel lifts its restrictions on humanitarian aid.
AL-JAZEERA: Israeli occupation artillery bombed the vicinity of Kuwait Specialized Hospital in the center of the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.
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— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) May 24, 2024
Friday, May 24, 1:00 pm (GMT +2)
AL-JAZEERA: an Israeli occupation army drone launched a raid on the vicinity of the town of Hanouiyeh, south of Lebanon.
AL-JAZEERA: Sirens sounded for the second time – today, Friday – in the Upper Galilee.
AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: Our fighters targeted two Israeli Merkava 4 tanks with two Al-Yassin 105 shells on Al-Ajarma Street in Jabaliya Camp, northern Gaza Strip.
LAPID: The chances of recovering the kidnapped people from Gaza are diminishing.
Friday, May 24, 11:30 am (GMT +2)
NETANYAHU: We are doing everything in our power to bring back the living and the dead.
ISRAELI ARMY: The Israeli army announced the recovery of the bodies of 3 prisoners in Gaza.
SPANISH FM ALBAREZ: No one will prevent us from recognizing Palestine.
ISLAMIC RESISTANCE IN IRAQ: The Islamic Resistance in Iraq announces the targeting of Haifa Port.
JOSEP BORRELL: Recognizing a Palestinian state is not a gift to Hamas.
Friday, May 24, 10:00 am (GMT +2)
AL-JAZEERA: An Israeli bombing targeted the west of the town of Al-Zawaida in the central Gaza Strip, leaving two dead.
ISRAELI FM KATZ: the Spanish Consulate in Jerusalem was prevented from serving the Palestinians after Madrid recognized the Palestinian state.
AL-JAZERA: Israeli occupation targeted Hamdan Street in the Al-Faluga area in the Jabalia refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, with air and artillery bombardment.
AL-JAZERA: Israeli occupation targeted Hamdan Street in the Al-Faluga area in the Jabalia refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, with air and artillery bombardment.
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— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) May 24, 2024
Friday, May 24, 09:00 am (GMT +2)
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli artillery shelling continued on the Al-Fakhoura area, west of the Jabalia refugee camp, in the northern Gaza Strip.
AL-JAZEERA: Israeli occupation forces launched violent raids on the Jabaliya camp in the northern Gaza Strip.
Friday, May 24, 08:00 am (GMT +2)
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Five Palestinians were killed and others were injured in an Israeli bombing that targeted a house in the Al-Fakhoura neighborhood, west of the Jabalia refugee camp, in the northern Gaza Strip.
AL-JAZEERA: Israeli occupation forces launched violent raids on the Jabaliya camp in the northern Gaza Strip.
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Five Palestinians were killed and others were injured in an Israeli bombing that targeted a house in the Al-Fakhoura neighborhood, west of the Jabalia… pic.twitter.com/OfGnKzDpfq
— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) May 24, 2024
Friday, May 24, 07:00 am (GMT +2)
ISRAELI ARMY: We intercepted a drone coming from the east.
Friday, May 24, 06:00 am (GMT +2)
WORKD BANK: The risk of financial collapse of the Palestinian Authority – which administers the West Bank – is increasing after its financial situation deteriorated in the past three months.
Friday, May 24, 03:00 am (GMT +2)
SPEAKER OF US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: We will soon host Netanyahu in Congress.
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli vehicles stationed in the Netzarim axis were firing heavily at the southern neighborhoods of Gaza City.
Friday, May 24, 01:30 am (GMT +2)
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli occupation aircraft launched new raids on the eastern areas of the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, while the occupation artillery continued to bomb the Jabaliya camp in the northern Gaza Strip.
(The Palestine Chronicle)
Maybe Netanyahu will die in his sleep. Here’s to hoping!