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April 16, 2024 Blog, News
Almost 2 million people are displaced in Gaza. (Photo: Mahmoud Ajjour, The Palestine Chronicle)

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

Israeli forces continued their operation in the Nuseirat refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip, killing and wounding many. 

According to Israeli media, international hackers created a website to publish leaks obtained from a sensitive data breach in Israel.

Meanwhile, the Health Ministry in Gaza announced that the electricity generators, which worked at full capacity in hospitals for 193 days, will stop soon.

 According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 33,843 Palestinians have been killed, and 76,575 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.

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Wednesday, April 17, 08:20 am (GMT+2)

AL-JAZEERA: Sirens are sounding in several towns in Israel’s western Galilee.

HEZBOLLAH: Our fighters targeted a new deployment of Israeli occupation army soldiers south of the Barranit barracks with rockets and artillery shells.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA:

Seven Palestinians, including children, were killed as a result of the Israeli occupation forces’ shelling of a house belonging to the Abu Al-Hunud family in Yabna refugee camp in the city of Rafah, southern Gaza Strip.

Israeli warplanes launched an air strike targeting a pharmaceutical factory east of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.

ISRAEL’S CHANNEL 12: Four rockets fired from southern Lebanon landed in open areas in the western Galilee, causing no casualties.

Wednesday, April 17, 06:20 am (GMT+2)

AL-AQSA TV: The Israeli army shelled areas in Gaza City on Wednesday morning with artillery. Similar shelling of the Shujaiya neighborhood earlier in the day killed two people.

Wednesday, April 17, 03:45 am (GMT+2)

UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council will vote on Thursday on a draft resolution drafted by Algeria recommending that Palestine be admitted to the United Nations.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Palestinian sources reported renewed Israeli artillery shelling just before dawn on Wednesday north of the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

‘Prisoners are the Compass of Our Struggle’—Palestinian Prisoners Day amid Gaza Genocide

Wednesday, April 17, 02:15 am (GMT+2)

AL-JAZEERA (Citing Gaza’s Civil Defense): Two people were killed, and 9 others were missing as a result of Israeli shelling that targeted a house in Rafah.

Wednesday, April 17, 01:45 am (GMT+2)

WASHINGTON: US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan announced that the United States will impose new sanctions on Iran in the coming days. Sullivan said the new sanctions would cover Iran’s missile and drone program.

Urgent Call: UK Petition Urges Halt to Arms Sales to Israel amid Gaza Genocide

Wednesday, April 17, 01:15 am (GMT+2)

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Palestinian sources said that Israeli aircraft carried out raids tonight on Salah al-Din Street and the Zeitoun neighborhood southeast of Gaza City. The sources added that Israeli warplanes also bombed the Abu Bakr al-Siddiq mosque in the Sabra neighborhood of Gaza City.

Wednesday, April 17, 01:00 am (GMT+2)

HEZBOLLAH: We targeted an Israeli military vehicle with appropriate weapons as it entered the Metulla site, hitting it directly.

‘We Will Teach Our Children in Tents’ – Israel’s War on Gaza Schools, Mosques Continues

Wednesday, April 17, 12:30 am (GMT+2)

AL-JAZEERA: Seven Palestinians killed in an Israeli shelling that targeted a house in the center of the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.

‘Active Obstruction’ – UN Commission Accuses Israel of Impeding October 7 Probe

Wednesday, April 17, 12:15 am (GMT+2)

IRANIAN MEDIA: Commander of the Iranian Land Forces, Brigadier General Kyomarth Heidari:

Anyone who attacks our land will face punishment, and the era of “hit and run” is over.

The Zionist entity should know that we have imposed a new rule to respond to every aggression.

Any action by the Zionist entity against us will be met with greater force than last Saturday’s operation.

Wednesday, April 17, 12:00 am (GMT+2)

HEZBOLLAH: We targeted an Israeli military vehicle with appropriate weapons tonight as it entered the Metulla site, hitting it directly.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Seven Palestinians were martyred in an Israeli bombing that targeted a house tonight in the center of the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.

Tuesday, April 16, 11:00 pm (GMT+2)

AL-JAZEERA: Seven Palestinians were killed in an Israeli bombing that targeted a house in the center of the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.

AL-QASSAM FIGHTERS: Our fighters were able to snipe an Israeli soldier in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip.

WHO: Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip receives 50 children daily due to drought and food shortages.

IRANIAN GROUND FORCES COMMANDER:

Anyone who attacks our land will face punishment, and the era of “hit and run” is over.

The Zionist entity must know that we have imposed a new rule to respond to every aggression.

Any action by the Zionist entity against us will be met with greater force than last Saturday’s operation.

Tuesday, April 16, 10:00 pm (GMT+2)

ABC: The Israeli war council meeting ended without a decision on Iran.

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli warplanes launched two raids on the vicinity of the towns of Yater and Al-Mansouri in southern Lebanon.

Tuesday, April 16, 9:15 pm (GMT+2)

US NAVY SECRETARY: The United States spent one billion dollars to thwart 130 attacks on its ships in the Middle East during the past 6 months.

US OFFICIAL (to Al-Jazeera): Israel did not inform us of a decisive position regarding the response to Iran.

YEDIOTH AHRONOTH: the British Foreign Secretary and his German counterpart will visit Israel in order to pressure it not to respond to the Iranian attack.

KAN (quoting Israeli official): The possibility of a major strike against Iran is diminishing over time.

HEZBOLLAH: We bombed the headquarters of the 769th Eastern Brigade in Kiryat Shmona with Katyusha rockets.

WHITE HOUSE: Biden does not want the conflict to expand or deepen.

Tuesday, April 16, 8:30 pm (GMT+2)

KAN: Ministers asked Netanyahu to slow down in responding to Iran and wait for the formation of an alliance in the region against it.

AXIOS (citing US official): It will be very difficult to repeat the success we achieved in thwarting the Iranian attack.

GAZA INTERIOR MINISTRY: Seven police officers were killed in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood.

CHANNEL 12: Ten rocket shells were fired from Lebanon towards the Meron area in northern Israel.

UN HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE: The attacks on Gaza schools are systematic.

Tuesday, April 16, 6:30 pm (GMT+2)

AL-JAZEERA: Seven missiles were fired from southern Lebanon towards Israeli sites in the Upper Galilee, while sirens sounded in Kiryat Shmona and various Israeli towns.

ERDOGAN: Netanyahu is trying to prolong the war to remain in power.

DEPUTY US STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN: The situation in Gaza is very difficult.

WASHINGTON POST INVESTIGATION: Israeli armored vehicles were in the area where the little girl, Hind, was trapped last January in Gaza. The gunfire heard in Hind’s calls for help is consistent with Israeli weapons.

Killing Hind – The Gaza Six-Year-Old Whose Story Has Shocked the World

US DELEGATE TO UNSC: We asked Israel not to escalate its war in Gaza after Iran’s attack.

UN: More than 10,000 women were killed in Gaza.

UN HUMANR IGHTS OFFICE: Israel must stop supporting settler attacks.

Tuesday, April 16, 5:30 pm (GMT+2)

AL-JAZEERA: Sirens sounded in the town of Shlomi in Western Galilee.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: There were casualties in an Israeli bombing that targeted a house in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip, and an Israeli raid also targeted the city of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.

AL-JAZEERA: Two dead and wounded in a two-car drone attack in southern Lebanon.

UN RAPPORTEUR ALBANESE: Palestinian society is facing genocide. There is a double standard in Europe regarding the Palestinian issue.

AL-JAZEERA: An Israeli drone targeted a car in the town of Shehabiya, south of Lebanon.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: The number of victims of the Israeli bombing on the Maghazi camp in the central Gaza Strip had risen to 11, including children.

AL-JAZEERA: civil defense crews recovered the bodies of six martyrs from the Al Amal neighborhood, west of the city of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.

Tuesday, April 16, 4:30 pm (GMT+2)

HEZBOLLAH: We bombed the Al-Samaqa site and the Zibdin barracks in the Kfar Shuba hills and the occupied Lebanese Shebaa Farms. We bombed the Beit Hillel base with Katyusha rockets.

AL-JAZEERA: an Israeli raid targeted the town of Alma al-Shaab in southern Lebanon.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: an Israeli bombing targeted a house west of the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip, leaving two dead and a number of wounded.

AL-JAZEERA:

Sirens sounded in the town of Beit Hillel in Galilee.

Sirens sounded in Niram in the Gaza envelope.

Tuesday, April 16, 3:30 pm (GMT+2)

CNN (quoting US official): The escalation between Israel and Iran may open the door to very frightening things.

ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTER: Israel will respond to Iran in the appropriate place, time and methods.

GAZA GOVERNMENT MEDIA OFFICE: The occupation seeks to evacuate Beit Hanoun and eastern Jabaliya.

AL-JAZEERA: The Israeli occupation forces began heavy artillery shelling on Lebanese territory.

KREMLIN: Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a call with his Iranian counterpart, Ebrahim Raisi, expressed his hope that all parties in the Middle East would exercise restraint.

AL-JAZEERA: Loud explosions were heard in the Galilee area in northern Israel, following the launching of missiles from southern Lebanon towards Israeli positions in the western Galilee.

Tuesday, April 16, 2:30 pm (GMT+2)

CHANNEL 12: the army began launching raids inside Lebanese territory following the explosion of two marches in the Galilee.

ISRAELI ARMY: Two bomb-laden drones crossed Lebanese territory towards us.

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli drones bomb Palestinian homes in central Gaza.

ISRAELI ARMY SPOKESMAN: We will respond in the way we choose.

CHANNEL 14: Three Israelis were injured in a drone explosion launched from Lebanon at Beit Hillel near Kiryat Shmona.

IRANIAN PRESIDENT: The Zionist entity and its supporters will realize the true meaning of our response.

AL-JAZEERA: An Israeli artillery shelling targeted the town of Khiam in southern Lebanon.

CHANNEL 12: Countries are pressuring Israel for its response to be thoughtful.

JORDANIAN FM: Netanyahu must be prevented from imposing a war agenda on the region.

HEZBOLLAH: We targeted a gathering of enemy soldiers.

PALESTINIANI MEDIA: Eight Palestinians were killed in an Israeli bombing that targeted a police car in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood in central Gaza City.

Tuesday, April 16, 1:30 pm (GMT+2)

GERMANY FM: The Iranian attack on Israel is unprecedented.

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli aircraft bombed residential homes north of Nuseirat camp.

AXIOS: the US Treasury gave the green light to impose new sanctions on Iran after its attack on Israel.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Smotrich was forced to leave a press conference after loud shouts were directed at him by Israeli settlers from the Gaza envelope.

Tuesday, April 16, 12:30 pm (GMT+2)

NBC (quoting US officials): Israel’s response to Iran may be limited and may include strikes on Iranian forces and its allies abroad.

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: 33,843 Palestinians have been killed, and 76,575 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.

ISRAELI CHANNEL 12: the British airline EasyJet announced the cancellation of all its flights to Israel until next October 27.

POLITICO (quoting informed officials): German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his Austrian counterpart, Karl Nehammer, rebuked European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell over his criticism of Israel.

Tuesday, April 16, 11:30 am (GMT+2)

UN REPORT: Israel continues to impose restrictions on the entry of aid.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Three people were killed and dozens were wounded in continuous Israeli bombing north of the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.

MAYOR OF SDEROT: The return of residents is linked to the invasion of Rafah.

GAZA MUNICIPALITY: About 90 thousand tons of waste accumulated in the city’s streets.

KAN: Airlines are in no hurry to resume business in Israel.

CNN (citing Israeli source): Hamas believes it is victorious because its definition of success is survival, and it has achieved it so far. The longer the conflict lasts, the more rigid Hamas becomes, not the other way around.

HAARETZ:

International hackers created a website to publish leaks obtained from a sensitive data breach in Israel.

Hackers published thousands of documents that they said they obtained after hacking into systems belonging to the Ministry of Defense.

Hackers managed to penetrate systems linked to the Israeli Ministry of Justice and the nuclear research facility in Dimona.

Tuesday, April 16, 10:00 am (GMT+2)

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: The electricity generators that worked at full capacity in hospitals will stop 193 days after the Israeli aggression.

WALLA (citing Israeli official): The Iranians have not said their last word. The Israeli response to Iran may include targeting military infrastructure and weapons depots, as well as assassinating officials.

PEDRO SANCHEZ: The Israeli response to Iran may include targeting military infrastructure and weapons depots, as well as assassinating officials.

ISRAELI IMMIGRATION MINISTER: We do not rule out sliding into a regional war. We are facing an unacceptable reality after the Iranian attack, and we must change the equation.

GAZA CIVIL DEFENSE: The bodies of 15 Palestinian martyrs killed by the Israeli army, including children, were recovered from various areas in the city of Khan Yunis.

Tuesday, April 16, 09:00 am (GMT+2)

ISRAELI ARMY: We destroyed a missile launch pad in the middle of the Gaza Strip.

WFP: We need a humanitarian ceasefire to overcome famine.

IRANIAN PRESIDENT EBRAHIM RAISI: We will respond in a massive, broad and painful manner to the slightest act targeting Iranian interests, and to all its perpetrators.

US TREASURE SECRETARY: We will use sanctions against Iran.

ISRAELI FM: Iran must be stopped now before it is too late.

Tuesday, April 16, 08:00 am (GMT+2)

CHAIRMAN OF KNESSET COMMITTEE (to Jerusalem Post): Israel must respond to prevent Iran from normalizing missile and drone attacks.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Renewed Israeli artillery shelling on the northern areas of the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli forces continue to besiege schools housing displaced people in the town of Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: The occupation forces are continuing their ground operation north of the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip for the sixth day in a row.

NBC (citing US officials): American officials expect a limited Israeli response to Iran.

Tuesday, April 16, 06:45 am (GMT+2)

AL-MAYADEEN: Large explosions in north of the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.

AL-JAZEERA: Israel military carries out incursion into the northern Gaza town of Beit Hanoun.

NBC: Israel’s response to Iran will be limited in scope.

(The Palestine Chronicle)

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