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May 23, 2024 Blog, News
Israel continues to carry out massacres against Palestinian civilians in Gaza.(Photo: Mahmoud Ajjour, Palestine Chronicle)

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

According to a report published in Israel Hayom, the International Court of Justice is poised to order a halt to the eight-month-long war on Gaza.

Israeli forces continued to carry out massacres in Gaza and intensified their operations in the northern areas, as Israeli hospitals recorded a significant increase in the number of wounded soldiers.

Meanwhile, Israeli forces withdrew from the northern West Bank city of Jenin, after killing 12 Palestinians and injuring many more. 

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 35,800 Palestinians have been killed, and 80,011 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.

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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.

US AGENCY FOR DEVELOPMENT: About 900,000 people were forced to flee Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, as a result of the Israeli military operation on the city.

UN: The United Nations has warned of the dire situation in the Gaza Strip, saying that “without significant aid, hunger and despair will spread rapidly.”

Friday, May 24, 12:00 am (GMT +2)

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli occupation aircraft launched violent raids on Jabalia camp in the northern Gaza Strip.

Thursday, May 23, 11:00 pm (GMT +2)

AXIOS (citing officials): CIA director will meet in Europe with the Qatari prime minister, foreign minister, and Mossad chief to revive prisoner talks.

AXIOS (quoting Israeli officials): Israel’s new proposal includes concessions regarding the number of living hostages to be released. The proposal includes readiness to discuss Hamas’ request for permanent “calm” in the Gaza Strip in the second phase of the deal.

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POLITICO (citing US officials): Washington is considering appointing a senior American official as civilian advisors to a mostly Palestinian force in the Gaza Strip.

AL-JAZEERA: There was a power outage in Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital due to running out of fuel. It is the only hospital operating in the central Gaza Strip.

CHANNEL 12: Estimates indicate that the International Court of Justice will call for a halt to the Battle of Rafah or the war on Gaza completely. We do not intend to respond to the Court of Justice’s decision politically or militarily.

Thursday, May 23, 10:00 pm (GMT +2)

ISRAELI MEDIA: Religious Jews (Haredim) demonstrated in Jerusalem against military service and blocked the train line.

SABA AGENCY: Yemeni students organized a solidarity event with the Gaza Strip on board an Israeli ship that has been held by the Ansarallah group since last November.

AL-JAZEERA: 51 Palestinians – including children and women – were killed as a result of Israeli raids on various areas of the Gaza Strip since dawn today.

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: The Al-Quds Brigades announced that its fighters “were able this afternoon to snipe a Zionist soldier southwest of Gaza in the Netzarim axis.

BIDEN: US President Joe Biden said that his country does not recognize the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court.

Thursday, May 23, 9:00 pm (GMT +2)

DANIEL HAGARI: The army failed in its mission on October 7, and we now have the task of investigating and reforming to ensure this does not happen again.

KAN: The Israeli War Council assigns the negotiating team to formulate a proposal for a prisoner exchange deal.

LAPID: Netanyahu said in response to prior security warnings that Hamas had been deterred.

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CHANNEL 13: The CIA Director will visit the region to push negotiations on an exchange deal.

Thursday, May 23, 8:00 pm (GMT +2)

HEZBOLLAH: attacked with drones the headquarters of the 769th Brigade in the Kiryat Shmona barracks and targeted the offices of its officers and the communications company building.

WALLA: The leaders of the security services and the negotiating team called for an exchange deal to be reached, even if the price was the proposal to which Hamas agreed.

FORMER CHAIRMAN OF KNESSET SECURITY COMMITTEE: Hamas dealt a severe blow to Israel on October 7, destroying its multidimensional defense doctrine within hours.

AL-JAZEERA: The death toll resulting from Israel’s bombing of a social development aid store east of Deir al-Balah in the Gaza Strip has risen to 12.

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli Chief of Staff Halevy extended the state of emergency in the city of Jenin and its camp, indicating the possibility of renewed occupation operations there soon.

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WALLA (citing informed sources9: Halevy stressed in the War Council meeting the urgent need to reach an agreement regarding captives.

HAARETZ (citing Israeli officials): Israel fears that the Court of Justice will take a tough stance against our attack on Gaza, which could expose us to international sanctions.

GANTZ: An investigation committee must be formed immediately into the events of October 7.

Thursday, May 23, 6:00 pm (GMT +2)

ISRAELI FM: Recognizing the State of Palestine would entail “serious consequences”.

ISRAELI ARMY RADIO (citing soldiers from 202nd Battalion): The battles of Jabalia camp are among the most difficult battles. Israeli soldiers noted that the Qassam Brigades militants showed a degree of audacity that they have never seen before.

KAN: Israeli soldiers stole vouchers from the army and sold them to settlers.

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: The commander of the Gaza Division was captured during the Al-Aqsa Flood operation.

GAZA INTERIOR MINISTRY: Israel assassinated the Assistant Commander of the National Security Forces while he was on a field tour in the Saraya area in the center of Gaza City, wounding four officers who were with him.

Thursday, May 23, 5:00 pm (GMT +2)

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: Our fighters blew up “a tunnel site that was previously booby-trapped by a Zionist foot force, causing its members to be killed or wounded” in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip.

CHANNEL 12: We are strengthening our forces in Rafah and the operation there will continue.

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: 35,800 Palestinians have been killed, and 80,011 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.

Thursday, May 23, 4:15 pm (GMT +2)

CHANNEL 12: 15 rockets were launched from southern Lebanon towards the Upper Galilee.

HAARETZ: An investigation by the occupation army revealed that its soldiers violated regulations and “accidentally” killed a United Nations relief worker in the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.

ISRAELI GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN: There is no force on the ground that can prevent Israel from protecting its citizens and pursuing Hamas in Gaza.

CHANNEL 12: Israeli Channel 12 reported – quoting a German government spokesman – that if an arrest warrant were issued against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Berlin would be forced to arrest him.

Thursday, May 23, 3:30 pm (GMT +2)

HEZBOLLAH: Our fighters targeted the leadership of the Sahel Battalion of the 769th Brigade at the Beit Hillel base with dozens of Katyusha rockets.

UN RAPPORTEUR ON TORTURE: We are concerned about violations in Israeli prisons. We call on Israel to allow international observers access to places where Palestinians are detained immediately.

AL-JAZEERA: Sirens sounded in the Kerem Shalom area in the Gaza Strip and in settlements in Upper Galilee.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: A number of Palestinians were killed and others were injured in an Israeli bombing that targeted a gathering of Palestinians in the center of the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.

ISRAELI ARMY: Five soldiers were injured in battles in Gaza during the last 24 hours.

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: Dozens of patients are at risk of death within hours due to running out of fuel.

KAN OPINION POLL: 48% of Israelis believe that it is not possible to subjugate Hamas, compared to 35% who see it as possible.

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: Our fighters targeted three Merkava tanks of the Israeli occupation army with Al-Yassin 105 shells near the Haboob Building and Al-Madares Street in the Jabalia Camp, northern Gaza Strip.

HEZBOLLAH: We targeted the Israeli Metulla site and its spy equipment.

Thursday, May 23, 1:45 pm (GMT +2)

KAN: The decision to return settlement outposts in the northern West Bank is dangerous and reckless.

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: Our fighters attacked the occupation forces penetrating south of Rafah with mortar shells.

AL-JAZEERA: The Israeli occupation army launched a raid on the town of Al-Tiri, south of the city.

CHARGE D’AFFAIRES OF IRANIAN FM: We will continue our strategy to support the resistance.

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AL-JAZEERA: Two missiles were fired from southern Lebanon towards an Israeli position in the town of Metulla in the Upper Galilee.

AL-JAZEERA: Fires broke out in areas in the Upper Galilee as a result of missiles fired by Lebanese Hezbollah from southern Lebanon.

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: Our fighters bombed a position for maintaining Israeli occupation army vehicles east of the Central Governorate in Gaza with a “107” missile salvo.

HEZBOLLAH: Hezbollah said that its forces bombed the newly established 91st Division headquarters at the Illit base with dozens of “Katyusha” rockets.

Thursday, May 23, 12:30 pm (GMT +2)

ISRAELI ARMY: An Israeli soldier from the Netzah Yehuda Battalion was seriously injured in battles in the northern Gaza Strip.

ISRAELI MEDIA: 30 missiles were launched from Lebanon towards Israeli sites in the Upper Galilee.

AL-JAZEERA: Sirens sounded in 10 towns in the Upper Galilee in the eastern sector of the border with Lebanon on suspicion of infiltration.

ICJ: The International Court of Justice announced that its decision regarding South Africa’s request to take additional temporary measures against Israel against the backdrop of its war on the Gaza Strip will be issued tomorrow, Friday.

ISRAELI ARMY RADIO: Two American soldiers were injured in the floating dock area off Gaza.

AL-JAZEERA: A Palestinian was killed as a result of an Israeli bombing targeting members of the National Security of the Ministry of Interior at the Saraya Junction in the central Gaza Strip.

Thursday, May 23, 11:00 am (GMT +2)

ISRAEL HAYOM (quoting senior diplomatic source): The International Court of Justice is preparing to issue an order to stop the war in the Gaza Strip.

BORRELL: European Union donors have resumed support for UNRWA.

YEDIOTH AHRONOTH: Israeli hospitals record a significant increase in the number of wounded soldiers.

Thursday, May 23, 10:00 am (GMT +2)

AMBREY: A missile attack on a commercial ship near Hodeidah.

ISRAELI ARMY: The Netzah Yehuda Brigade began an incursion into Beit Hanoun, north of the Gaza Strip.

LEBANESE CIVIL DEFENSE: One person was killed and 3 injured in an Israeli raid.

AL-JAZEERA: The occupation army is intensifying its firing, coinciding with the expansion of its incursion into the Jabalia camp in the northern Gaza Strip.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli drones dropped firebombs on boats and fishermen’s equipment in the port of Rafah, and the occupation forces also bombarded the area with artillery.

KAN: 70% of Israelis support early general elections.

Thursday, May 23, 09:00 am (GMT +2)

AL-JAZEERA:

Sirens were sounding in the Metulla area in the Upper Galilee, near the border with Lebanon.

An Israeli raid targeted a car in the vicinity of the town of Kafr Dajjal in southern Lebanon.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: 35 Palestinians were killed as a result of Israeli raids on various areas of the Gaza Strip

Thursday, May 23, 08:00 am (GMT +2)

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli occupation forces withdrew completely from the city of Jenin and its camp after a two-day operation, which resulted in the killing of 12 Palestinians.

PALINFO: The death toll resulting from the ongoing Israeli military operation in the city of Jenin and its camp had risen to 12.

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli forces bombarded Jabaliya camp in the northern Gaza Strip with artillery.

Thursday, May 23, 04:00 am (GMT +2)

US CENTRAL COMMAND: We confronted 4 drones in an area controlled by the Ansarallah.

AL-JAZEERA: 16 people, including about 10 children, were killed after the Israeli occupation bombed a house in the Al-Daraj neighborhood in central Gaza City.

Thursday, May 23, 03:00 am (GMT +2)

GAZA CIVIL DEFENSE: A Palestinian was killed after the occupation targeted a house for the Al-Shaer family, northwest of Rafah.

AL-JAZEERA: A violent Israeli bombardment targeted the vicinity of the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.

ISLAMIC RESISTANCE IN IRAQ: We attacked a vital target in Eilat.

Thursday, May 23, 02:00 am (GMT +2)

AL-JAZEERA: Nine people were killed and a large number wounded as a result of the bombing of a school housing displaced persons in the Al-Darraj neighborhood in central Gaza City.

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ISREALI PM’S OFFICE: The War Council directed the negotiating team to continue negotiations for the return of the captives.

Thursday, May 23, 01:00 am (GMT +2)

AL-JAZEERA: Two Palestinians were killed and others wounded in an Israeli bombing of the Fatima Al-Zahra Mosque, which shelters displaced people, in the Al-Daraj neighborhood in central Gaza City.

ISRAELI SOLDIERS to Yedioth Ahronoth: We did not find a big difference between what we faced in Gaza and what we are facing now in Jenin.

EU: There is no alternative to establishing a Palestinian state.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Eight Palestinians were killed and others injured in an Israeli bombing of a house north of the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

Thursday, May 23, 12:00 am (GMT +2)

COLOMBIAN FM: The Colombian President orders the opening of an embassy in Ramallah.

(The Palestine Chronicle)

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