GAZA LIVE BLOG: New Israeli Massacres in Gaza | Tensions in Israeli War Cabinet | Hezbollah Targets Israel | Gantz in Washington – Day 150

March 4, 2024 Blog, News
Israel continues to carry out massacres in Gaza. (Photo: Mosab Shower, via Eye on Palestine)

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

Israeli forces continued to carry out massacres throughout Gaza, particularly in Rafah and Nuseirat, in the southern and central Gaza Strip respectively. 

Tensions within the Israeli War Cabinet are running high, following Benny Gantz’s visit to Washington, while Israeli media reported the resignation of senior officials in the army’s information unit, led by Daniel Hagari.

Hezbollah targeted Israeli military sites with missiles achieving direct hits, while Egyptian media reported that meetings aimed at achieving a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip will resume in Cairo today.

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 30,534 Palestinians have been killed, and 71920 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.

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LATEST UPDATES

Tuesday, March 5, 01:30 am (GMT+2)

BIDEN: US President Joe Biden said that he will not stop pressure until an agreement is reached that “guarantees the release of the hostages and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza for 6 weeks.”

GAZA CIVIL DEFENSE: The occupation repeatedly targets those seeking aid.

WHITE HOUSE: Kamala Harris urges Israel to take action to increase aid to Gaza.

ISRAELI ARMY: We bombed Hezbollah sites.

HEZBOLLAH: We targeted groups of Israeli enemy vehicles

Tuesday, March 5, 12:00 am (GMT+2)

UNRWA COMMISSIONER: It seems that an attack on Rafah, where about 1.4 million displaced people are concentrated, is imminent.

TIMES OF ISRAEL: Ten rockets were launched from Lebanon at the Western Galilee. The Iron Dome intercepted some of them.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: The death toll resulting from Israeli raids on two homes in the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, has risen to 19.

Monday, March 4, 11:00 pm (GMT+2)

CHANNEL 12: Instructions were issued to the Israeli embassy in London not to assist in the visit of Minister of the War Council, Benny Gantz, to Britain.

Monday, March 4, 10:00 pm (GMT+2)

AL-JAZEERA: Sirens sounded in 15 Israeli towns in the Western Galilee, near the border with Lebanon.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Six Palestinians were killed in an Israeli bombing that targeted a house near the European Hospital, east of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.

WHITE HOUSE: We call on Israel to open additional crossings into Gaza.

Monday, March 4, 9:15 pm (GMT+2)

YEMENI MEDIA: American and British forces launched 3 raids on the Baqim district in Saada, northern Yemen.

US STATE DEPARTMENT: It is very difficult to deliver aid to northern Gaza. The humanitarian situation in Gaza is unbearable.

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli aircraft launched a raid on the vicinity of the town of Bint Jbeil in southern Lebanon.

ISRAELI ARMY SPOKESMAN: Israeli aircraft launched a raid on the vicinity of the town of Bint Jbeil in southern Lebanon.

FINANCIAL TIMES: Lack of information hampers the Western campaign against the Houthis.

CHANNEL 12: The families of detainees in Gaza closed the street opposite the Ministry of Defense building in Tel Aviv.

ISLAMIC HEALTH AUTHORITY IN LEBANON: 3 paramedics were killed in an Israeli raid on Al-Adaysah, southern Lebanon.

Monday, March 4, 8:00 pm (GMT+2)

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli air defenses intercepted a drone launched from Lebanon in the sky of the Galilee region.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: The bodies of 30 Palestinians have been recovered in various areas in the city of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, since Monday morning.

AL-JAZEERA: a Palestinian was killed and a number of others were wounded in an Israeli bombing that targeted the Kuwait Roundabout area south of Gaza City.

ANSARALLAH MILITARY SPOKESMAN: We targeted the Israeli ship “MSC Sky” with a number of missiles, and achieved an accurate and direct hit.

GAZA GOVERNMENT MEDIA OFFICE: We warn of the deepening famine crisis in the Gaza Strip, especially in the northern regions. Airdrops of aid are not the best way to end famine in the Strip. The only solution to end the famine is to open the crossings and allow 1,000 aid trucks to enter daily.

Monday, March 4, 7:00 pm (GMT+2)

AL-JAZEERA: Two Palestinians were killed and others were injured as a result of an Israeli bombing that targeted a gathering of Palestinians west of the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.

AMBREY MARITIME SECURITY: A fire broke out on board an Israeli container ship flying the Liberian flag, which was targeted on Monday while sailing in the Red Sea.

Monday, March 4, 6:00 pm (GMT+2)

AL-JAZEERA: An Israeli raid caused casualties in the town of Al-Adisa, south of Lebanon.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: The occupation blew up homes in Khan Yunis, south of Gaza.

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: We captured two Israeli drones in Khan Yunis.

SDEROT MUNICIPALITY: A missile was fired from the Gaza Strip and landed in an open area, but no injuries or damage were reported as a result.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: The bodies of 18 Palestinians have been recovered in Khan Yunis since this morning.

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: Our fighters blew up 4 Israeli tanks and two military bulldozers with Al-Yassin 105 shells in the Al-Amal neighborhood in the Gaza Strip.

Monday, March 4, 5:00 pm (GMT+2)

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Ambulance crews in the Gaza Strip recovered the bodies of 18 Palestinians from different areas in the city of Khan Yunis since Monday morning.

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: Our fighters blew up 4 Israeli tanks and two military bulldozers with Al-Yassin 105 shells in the Al-Amal neighborhood in the Gaza Strip.

REUTERS: An Israeli ship has been damaged as a result of an attack in the Red Sea.

WHO DIRECTOR-GENERAL: The situation of hospitals in Gaza is horrific. The lack of electricity in Kamal Adwan Hospital is a serious threat to patients, especially in the intensive care unit.

HEZBOLLAH: We targeted Israeli spy devices in Ruwaisat al-Alam in the occupied Lebanese Kfar Shuba hills, and achieved a direct hit.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: A Palestinian was killed by Israeli occupation army gunfire on Al-Rashid Al-Sahili Street, opposite Madinat Al-Zahra in the central Gaza Strip.

Monday, March 4, 4:00 pm (GMT+2)

SMOTRICH: Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich launched a scathing attack on a member of the Israeli war cabinet, Benny Gantz , describing him as the weakest link in the government.

BEN-GVIR: Israeli Minister of National Security Ben Gvir called for immediate instructions to stop the talks and move to a stronger phase of fighting.

UKMTO: We received a report indicating that an incident had occurred 91 nautical miles southeast of the city of Aden in Yemen.

LAPID: Netanyahu is running a campaign against the leaders of Israeli security services.

SENIOR ADVISOR TO US PRESIDENT: We seek to end the escalation in Lebanon.

Monday, March 4, 3:00 pm (GMT+2)

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: We bombed a gathering of Israeli occupation forces with a barrage of mortar shells in the Al-Zinna area, east of the city of Khan Yunis.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: there were casualties as a result of an Israeli bombing that targeted a house in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City.

ISRAELI ARMY: We bombed two Hezbollah military sites.

Monday, March 4, 2:00 pm (GMT+2)

PALESTINIAN MEDICAL SOURCES: Palestinian medical sources confirmed the death of 17 Palestinians in the Israeli raids that targeted two homes in the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.

PRCS: Civil Defense has no mechanisms to recover victims of the bombing.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Two Palestinians were killed and others – including children – were injured in an Israeli bombing targeting the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip, which has been subjected to intense Israeli raids since dawn today.

Monday, March 4, 1:00 pm (GMT+2)

LEBANESE NEWS AGENCY: Israeli aircraft launched a raid on the town of Aita al-Shaab and another on the town of Shihin in southern Lebanon.

KAN: A meeting that was supposed to discuss security preparations for the month of Ramadan was canceled this evening, due to the health problems of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

CHANNEL 12: Families of detainees in the Gaza Strip are demonstrating in the corridors of the Knesset, demanding their immediate release, amid continuing negotiations to conclude an exchange deal.

ISRAELI AMBULANCE SERVICE: One Israeli settler was killed and 10 others were injured as a result of rocket shells fired from southern Lebanon falling on the Margaliot settlement in Upper Galilee, northern Israel.

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: We monitored about one million cases of infectious diseases in the Strip.

ISLAMIC JIHAD MOVEMENT: Israel failed to crush the resistance.

Monday, March 4, 11:30 am (GMT+2)

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: One Palestinian was killed and a number of others were wounded in an Israeli artillery shelling on the town of Al-Qarara in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: 30,534 Palestinians have been killed, and 71920 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.

Monday, March 4, 10:30 am (GMT+2)

HAARETZ (quoting Israeli army officials): Scenes of killing would be repeated if the method of bringing aid into Gaza did not change.

GIDEON SA’AR (to Maariv): Israel is still far from achieving the goals of the war in the Gaza Strip.

AL-JAZEERA: The Deputy Prime Ministers of Belgium and Spain stressed that Europe must take unified action regarding the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza.

ISRAELI FM: UNRWA will not remain in Gaza and UNRWA director must resign.

AL-JAZEERA: The child Yazan Al-Kafarneh died in Abu Youssef Al-Najjar Hospital in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, due to malnutrition.

Monday, March 4, 09:00 am (GMT+2)

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: the Israeli occupation army blew up a residential square in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.

AL-JAZEERA: 12 Palestinians – including children – were killed in Israeli raids on two homes in the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, last night.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli fighter jets launched several raids on the Jabaliya camp in the northern Gaza Strip, without any initial news about the number of martyrs and injured as a result of those raids.

Monday, March 4, 08:00 am (GMT+2)

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Al Jazeera’s correspondent reported that the occupation aircraft launched a raid on a house in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip, without any initial news about the victims.

Monday, March 4, 03:00 am (GMT+2)

CHANNEL 12: The commander of the US Central Command visited Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Israel last week, and he met in Tel Aviv with the Chief of Staff and the Minister of Defense.

ISRAELI ARMY: We detected missile launches from Lebanon.

Monday, March 4, 01:00 am (GMT+2)

ISARELI MEDIA: Israeli Channel 14 reported the resignation of senior officials in the army’s information unit, noting the retirement of a large number of officials in the unit run by military spokesman Daniel Hagari.

HEZBOLLAH: We targeted an Israeli force with missiles in the Qatamoun Valley, opposite the town of Rmeish.

Monday, March 4, 00:00 am (GMT+2)

AL-JAZEERA: the Israeli occupation aircraft launched bombing amid intense overflights in several areas of Rafah.

KAMALA HARRIS: A ceasefire must be declared immediately.

AL-JAZEERA: 12 Palestinians were martyred and more than 40 were injured. They arrived at Al Awda Hospital following an Israeli bombing on a house in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip

Sunday, March 3, 11:30 pm (GMT+2)

KAN: The army admitted to killing two prisoners by mistake in Gaza. The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation revealed an audio recording of two detainees who the army said were mistakenly killed in Gaza. The channel said that the detainees, Alon and Yotam, screamed and appealed to the army soldiers to save them, but he killed them by mistake.

(The Palestine Chronicle)

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