GAZA LIVE BLOG: More Terror Attacks in Lebanon | Hamas: ‘Living Martyrs’ | UN: Landmark Resolution – Day 348

September 18, 2024 Blog, News
Israel continues to carry out massacres against Palestinian civilians in Gaza.(Photo: via QNN)

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

The Israeli army officially admitted that four soldiers were killed in an ambush set up by the Palestinian resistance in Rafah. Five soldiers, including an officer, were injured in the same ambush.

Israel fears retaliation from the Lebanese group Hezbollah following a major terror attack through explosive devices. 

Israeli websites, infrastructure, departments and companies were reportedly subjected to cyber attacks early on Wednesday.

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 41,272 Palestinians have been killed, and 95,551 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.

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Thursday, September 19, 03:15 am (GMT+2)

AL-AQSA TV: The Israeli occupation army blew up residential buildings in Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City, just before dawn today. Explosions caused by blowing up buildings in the southern areas of Gaza City were heard across the Strip.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: The Israeli army stormed the northern West Bank city of Nablus just before dawn. The occupation army also stormed the town of Kafr Qalil, east of Nablus.

AL-AQSA TV: Israeli occupation forces re-arrested early on Thursday the freed prisoner Jamal Hindi during their raid into the city of Qalqilya in the northern West Bank.

Thursday, September 19, 2:30 am (GMT+2)

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli artillery targeted early Thursday the eastern areas of the Zeitoun neighborhood southeast of Gaza City. The artillery shelling coincides with airstrikes targeting several areas in Gaza City.

AL-JAZEERA: Two Palestinians were killed, and others wounded early Thursday after an Israeli shelling targeted a house in the Al-Fakhoura area of Jabaliya refugee camp in northern Gaza.

ISLAMIC RESISTANCE OF IRAQ: We bombed a target in Haifa with drones. (The Israeli army claimed to have intercepted a march from Iraq over Tiberias.)

Thursday, September 19, 1:30 am (GMT+2)

CNN (Citing informed sources): Israel told Washington before Tuesday’s attacks it would launch an operation in Lebanon, without elaborating. US officials remained uninformed of Israel’s plans until news of the explosions surfaced.

WALLA (Israeli news website): Israeli army carried out aerial and artillery bombardment of military infrastructure and rocket launchers belonging to Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.

AL-AQSA TV: Five Palestinians were killed tonight in an Israeli raid on a house in Al-Sabra neighborhood, south of Gaza City.

Thursday, September 19, 12:30 am (GMT+2)

LEBANESE MINISTERY OF HEALTH: Death of 20 martyrs and more than 450 wounded in a new toll of explosions that targeted radios today.

CNN (Quoting Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bouhabib): We fear that successive deadly attacks in Lebanon are a prelude to war.

MEDIA REPORTS: Iran’s representative said in a letter to the United Nations that his country continues to follow the attack on its ambassador to Lebanon and reserves the right to take measures to respond.

KAN (Citing sources familiar with the matter): Netanyahu is determined to dismiss Galant.

‘The Living Martyr’ – Resistance Roundup – Day 348

Wednesday, September 18, 10:50 pm (GMT+2)

JOHN KIRBY (Strategic Policy Coordinator at the U.S. National Security Council): We did not participate in the attacks in Lebanon yesterday and today.

‘Use It or Lose It’ – Israel Launched Attack on Lebanon amid Fears of Being Exposed

ISRAEL’S CHANNEL 12: Israeli cabinet authorizes Netanyahu and Galant to take defensive and offensive measures against Hezbollah.

AL-QASSAM: The Qassam Brigades publishes a video titled “The flood of martyrs will drown you”, showing scenes from attacks carried out in Tel Aviv. The video also included a message from the martyr Jaafar Mona, who carried out the Tel Aviv attack last August.

HAMAS: We welcome the UN General Assembly resolution calling on the Zionist entity to end its illegal presence in the occupied Palestinian territories.

‘Within 12 Months’ – UNGA Passes Resolution Demanding End of Israeli Occupation

Wednesday, September 18, 9:30 pm (GMT+2)

LEBANESE HEALTH MINISTRY: The death toll from the Israeli cyber aggression has risen to 14 martyrs and more than 450 wounded.

WSJ: Israeli unit transferred to the north, coinciding with Lebanon bombings.

CUBA: We affirm our solidarity with the victims and the Lebanese people and our absolute rejection of this aggression. The silence of Israel’s allies regarding what it is committing in Lebanon is another example of complicity and cowardice.

AL-MAYADEEN: Three Palestinians were killed and a number of wounded in the occupation’s bombing of a house in Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip.

IRANIAN RED CRESCENT: 95 Lebanese wounded were transferred to Iran for treatment.

ANSARALLAH: We are all confident in the strength and ability of Lebanon and Hezbollah to confront the Israeli escalation.

OCASIO CORTEZ: Congress needs a full explanation of the attack, including an answer from the State Department on whether there was any assistance from Washington.

AL-MAYADEEN: Erdogan expresses his solidarity with the Lebanese people and confirms that he has given instructions to provide the necessary assistance to the Lebanese.

Wednesday, September 18, 8:30 pm (GMT+2)

AL-MAYADEEN:

Two Palestinians were killed in an Israeli bombardment that targeted two houses in the Musbah area, north of Rafah city, south of the Gaza Strip.

Four Palestinians were killed and a number injured in the targeting of the occupation aircraft of a group of people in the Al-Tawbah area in the Jabaliya camp in the northern Gaza Strip.

Seven people, including three children and a woman, were killed in a house bombing in the Qizan al-Najjar area, south of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip.

AXIOS: The decision to conduct the second attack was also driven by the assessment that Hezbollah’s investigation into the pager explosions would likely expose the security breach in the walkie-talkies.

AL-MAYADEEN: At Lebanon’s request, Algeria calls for an emergency session of the UN Security Council to study the dangerous developments in Lebanon, especially the recent attacks.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israel denounces UN General Assembly resolution on ending occupation, calling it “biased and shameful”.

Taiwan’s Gold Apollo: Explosive Pagers Were Manufactured in Hungary

UNGA: UNGA adopts resolution urging Israel to stop occupation of Palestine.

Wednesday, September 18, 8:15 pm (GMT+2)

ISRAELI MEDIA: Germany decided to suspend new permits to export weapons to Israel.

NETANYAHU: We will return the residents of the north to their towns safely.

WASHINGTON POST (citing sources): Government oversight bodies are preparing to publish the results of investigations examining the Biden administration’s supply of weapons to Israel.

ISRAELI CHIEF OF STAFF: Hezbollah will pay a higher price at every stage.

GALLANT: We move forces and resources towards the northern front.

‘Mass Killing’ – World Leaders Condemn Israel’s Terror Attack in Lebanon

HAMAS: We strongly condemn the continued Zionist aggression against the Lebanese people and targeting civilians by blowing up wireless devices.

AL-JAZEERA: Lebanese security forces detonated a wireless device found in a Beirut location.

AP: Israel moved forces to the border with Lebanon today as a precautionary measure.

Wednesday, September 18, 7:30 pm (GMT+2)

HAARETZ: Netanyahu and his aides briefed Gideon Sa’ar on security developments in the north and Gaza despite his lack of the necessary security clearance.

GALLANT: The center of gravity has shifted to the north and we are at the beginning of a new phase in the war.

FORMER ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTER YA’ALON: “Sinwar did not decide to kidnap Israelis to kill them, but to exchange them for Palestinian prisoners, and those who are obstructing the deal are Smotrich and Ben-Gvir, not the Hamas leader.”

LEBANESE CIVIL DEFENSE: Extinguishing fires in 60 houses and shops due to today’s explosions in Nabatieh.

UNGA: The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution calling for an end to the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories within a year.

LEBANESE HEALTH MINISTRY: The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced the death of “9 martyrs and more than 300 injured in the toll of the new explosions that targeted wireless devices.”

Wednesday, September 18, 7:00 pm (GMT+2)

LEBANESE PM: I assure the Lebanese that the influx of wounded to hospitals has now stopped. I requested that the UN Security Council be called to convene urgently to discuss the bombing of communications devices in Lebanon. The Israeli enemy is violating all international laws. We will do everything we can to prevent war in Lebanon and secure peace.

QNN: Lebanese citizens attacked UNIFIL forces in Tyre, claiming that they contribute to monitoring resistance targets.

SAUDI CROWN PRINCE: We will not establish relations with Israel unless it meets the requirements for establishing a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital.

LEBANESE HEALTH MINISTRY: The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced “the death of one person and the injury of more than 100 in the initial toll of the new explosions that targeted wireless devices.”

LEBANESE NEWS AGENCY: Explosions occurred in solar energy systems in a number of homes, coinciding with the explosion of wireless devices.

AL-JAZEERA: The explosions that took place in areas of Lebanon were widespread, but the explosion of the devices was not large.

Wednesday, September 18, 5:45 pm (GMT+2)

AXIOS (citing sources): Today’s attack is the second phase of an Israeli intelligence operation against Hezbollah’s communications network.

HAARETZ: The Taiwanese company that manufactured the communication devices that exploded yesterday in Lebanon has closed its offices and is not answering calls.

AXIOS (citing sources): Israel has blown up thousands of wireless communication devices used by Hezbollah members in Lebanon.

Wednesday, September 18, 5:30 pm (GMT+2)

HASHEM SAFIEDDINE (Head of Hezbollah’s Executive Council):

This aggression will inevitably have its own punishment and retribution, and this punishment will inevitably come.

Netanyahu knows that this method is only to pass his deception and lies and that this does not lead him at all to his goals.

We tell the enemy, if your goal is to stop the support battle, then know that this battle will increase in strength, determination and progress.

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: We killed and wounded “a large number of occupation soldiers after targeting a building in which they were fortified with a guided missile in the Tel al-Sultan neighborhood, west of Rafah, yesterday afternoon.”

AL-JAZEERA:

Wireless communication devices exploded in a number of Lebanese regions, and some of these explosions led to fires in apartments and cars.

Explosions were heard in a number of Lebanese regions, including the southern suburb, which is the headquarters of Hezbollah.

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: Footage obtained by Al Jazeera shows Qassam Brigades elements taking control of a military vehicle after it was targeted east of Rafah.

CHANNEL 12: Israel hacked into surveillance cameras in Beirut and distributed video of the explosion in the vegetable store.

AL-JAZEERA: Air raid sirens are sounding in Kiryat Shmona and several towns in its vicinity in the eastern sector of the border with Lebanon.

UN HIGH COMMISSIONER: Explosions that occurred yesterday simultaneously in Lebanon and Syria are unacceptable.

Wednesday, September 18, 5:00 pm (GMT+2)

AL-MAYADEEN: A Palestinian was killed by the occupation army firing on the beach of the town of Al-Zawayda in the central Gaza Strip.

ABC (citing intelligence source): Israel has been working for some time to perfect such attacks by intercepting supply chains.

CHANNEL 14: Hezbollah has fired more than 8,000 rockets since October.

HEZBOLLAH: We bombarded “enemy artillery positions in Neve Ziv with rockets in response to enemy attacks on southern villages.”

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli occupation forces withdraw from Al-Fawar camp, south of Hebron, after a 13-hour raid.

IRANIAN AMBASSADOR: I am proud that my blood was mixed with the blood of the wounded of the honorable Lebanese people.

IRGC SPOKESMAN: No Iranian advisers was killed in the Israeli cyber attack on Lebanon.

AL-MAYADEEN: Wounded in the occupation’s bombing of a group of Palestinians in the Beit Lahia area, north of the Gaza Strip.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: The number of martyrs in the occupation’s bombing of the “Ibn al-Haytham” school, which shelters displaced people in the Sheja’iyya neighborhood, east of Gaza City, rises to 10.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Fires broke out in the north after rockets fired from Lebanon

Wednesday, September 18, 4:00 pm (GMT+2)

LEBANESE FM: Israel’s unprecedented attack represents a blatant assault on Lebanon’s sovereignty and a violation of international conventions.

IRANIAN PRESIDENT: The Zionist entity’s use of entertainment facilities in Lebanon as a tool for terrorism is an act that reflects its brutal and criminal nature. The Lebanon incident proves that the West supports the Zionist operations despite its apparent efforts to stop the war in Gaza.

YEDIOTH AHRONOTH: The goal of the Lebanon operation was deterrence, not killing.

COMMANDER OF ISRAEL’S NORTHERN COMMAND: We are determined to change the security situation.

Tensions with Hezbollah Escalate – Nasrallah Expected to Speak

AL-JAZEERA: Sirens sounded in large areas of the Western Galilee in northern Israel, warning of falling missiles.

BLINKEN: It is important to know exactly what happened in Lebanon yesterday and we continue to work to find out.

Wednesday, September 18, 2:00 pm (GMT+2)

EGYPTIAN FM: Hamas confirmed its full commitment to the understandings reached previously regarding the ceasefire agreement in Gaza.

BLINKEN: We are working with Egypt and Qatar to reach a ceasefire in Gaza.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: 8 people were killed and wounded in an Israeli airstrike on a school housing displaced people in the Shuja’iyya neighborhood, east of Gaza City.

WALLA: Hezbollah was seeking to assassinate former defense minister Moshe Ya’alon.

‘Israel Planted Explosives’ – NYT Confirms Israel’s Role in Major Attack on Lebanon

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: We targeted the Israeli occupation army’s command and control headquarters in the city of Al-Zahraa, south of the Netzarim axis, with 107 guided missiles.

LEBANESE HEALTH MINISTRY: Yesterday, between 2,750 and 2,800 wounded people arrived at hospitals within half an hour. The death toll has risen to 12, including two children. The number of serious injuries reached about 300. 460 surgeries have been performed so far, mostly on the eyes and face. Several countries have contacted us about sending aid.

FORMER ISRAELI CHIEF OF STAFF HALUTZ: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a threat to our security and seeks to continue the war for as long as possible.

Wednesday, September 18, 1:00 pm (GMT+2)

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: Our fighters in Qabatiya were able to discover an Israeli special force while trying to besiege a house.

AL-JAZEERA: The occupation army is sending reinforcements to the town of Qabatiya, south of Jenin, after special forces stormed the town.

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: the Israeli occupation committed two massacres in the Strip, resulting in 20 martyrs and 54 wounded people arriving at hospitals in one day.

ISRAELI ARMY: The Israeli military said it intercepted a drone en route from Iraq to Israel last night.

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

CHANNEL 14: The “Commando 98” division moved from the south to operate under the northern command until further notice.

ISRAELI ARMY RADIO: There are 14,000 booby-trapped buildings to target soldiers in Rafah. The killing of the soldiers came just one week after the army announced the elimination of the Rafah Brigade.

AL-JAZEERA: Air raid sirens are sounding in a number of towns in Upper Galilee, northern Israel.

YEDIOTH AHRONOTH (citing military official): Military leaders yesterday warned against taking rash steps on the northern front.

Wednesday, September 18, 11:00 am (GMT+2)

JERUSALEM POST: The bombing of Hezbollah pagers was a joint intelligence operation between Mossad and military intelligence.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: The bodies of 5 Palestinians were recovered after the occupation forces targeted homes in Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip yesterday

Wednesday, September 18, 10:00 am (GMT+2)

RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY: The mass bombing of communication devices in Lebanon requires an investigation and international attention.

YEDIOTH AHRONOTH: The commander of the Northern Command presented the Chief of Staff and the political echelon with a series of plans to launch a ground operation in Lebanon.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Ambulance crews recovered the bodies of 4 martyrs who were killed in an Israeli bombardment yesterday in the Khirbet al-Adas area, north of Rafah.

WASHINGTON POST (citing US officials): US officials were in indirect contact with Iran yesterday to confirm that Washington had no role in the attack. The United States will help defend Israel against Hezbollah if necessary.

PALESTINIAN HEALTH MINISTRY: The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced the martyrdom of Dr. Ziad Al-Dalo in the occupation prisons after he was kidnapped from the Al-Shifa Complex in Gaza last March.

ISRAELI ARMY RADIO: Despite the incident in Lebanon attributed to Israel, the replacement of Defense Minister Yoav Galant with Gideon Sa’ar is still possible.

ISRAELI ARMY: The Israeli army said that its forces spotted a number of Hezbollah militants in a military building in Majdal Silm yesterday and targeted the building with an air strike.

Wednesday, September 18, 09:00 am (GMT+2)

WALLA: Minutes before the devices were detonated in Lebanon, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant made a phone call to his American counterpart, Lloyd Austin.

SMOTRICH: In response to the announcement of the killing of 4 soldiers in Rafah, Smotrich said: “I’d a difficult and painful morning. We must continue fighting until victory to ensure the security of our citizens in the south and north and to return the kidnapped”.

Wednesday, September 18, 08:00 am (GMT+2)

AP (citing US official): Israel informed the United States of the operation to blow up the communication devices in Lebanon after it was completed.

ISRAELI ARMY: Seven soldiers were injured in two attacks in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, one of which was an ambush that included booby-trapping a building.

CHANNEL 12: Air defenses intercepted a Hezbollah drone in the maritime area near the city of Nahariya.

HEZBOLLAH: Hezbollah said it would continue operations to support Gaza, explaining that this path is separate from the difficult reckoning that the enemy must face for its massacre in Lebanon.

ISRAELI ARMY: Four soldiers were killed in an ambush set up by the Palestinian resistance in Rafah. Five soldiers, including an officer, were injured in the same ambush.

Wednesday, September 18, 07:00 am (GMT+2)

ISRAELI ARMY: The Israeli army said it intercepted a drone belonging to the Lebanese Hezbollah over the Tiberias area.

Wednesday, September 18, 06:00 am (GMT+2)

AL-AQSA TV: Israeli vehicles opened fire this morning in the vicinity of the Kuwait roundabout, southeast of Gaza City.

CNN (citing Pentagon officials): It is unusual for two calls between Lloyd Austin and his Israeli counterpart Yoav Galant to be scheduled on the same day. The two calls between Austin and Galant show how serious Washington is about the current situation.

AL-MONITOR (citing intelligence sources): Suspicions of two Hezbollah members prompted Israel to carry out the bombing plan before it was too late.

REUTERS (citing Su Ching-Kuang, founder of Taiwanese company Gold Apollo): The devices that were exposed to explosions in Lebanon were manufactured by a company in Europe.

ISRAELI FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE: A fire broke out at dawn today near the city of Safed after a rocket fell.

Wednesday, September 18, 05:00 am (GMT+2)

AL-JAZEERA: Sirens sounded at dawn today in several Israeli towns near Tiberias, due to suspicions of infiltration of drones and the launching of missiles from Lebanon.

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli websites, infrastructure, departments and companies were reportedly subjected to cyber attacks early today.

Wednesday, September 18, 04:00 am (GMT+2)

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: The Israeli occupation forces blew up buildings in the Zahra area, north of the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip, before dawn today.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Lebanese sources reported that Israeli warplanes launched raids early today on the towns of Adaisseh, Maroun al-Ras and Sheheen in southern Lebanon.

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.

(The Palestine Chronicle)

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