GAZA LIVE BLOG: Scores Killed in Gaza | US Announces Draft Resolution | UNRWA: ‘Breaking Point’ | China: Ceasefire Now – Day 140

February 23, 2024 Blog, News
Scores of Palestinians were killed in central, southern Gaza. (Photo: via QNN)

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

The Palestinian Resistance Movement Hamas said that Israel continues its war of extermination, as Israeli relentless bombings killed over 60 Palestinians in central, southern Gaza.

UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said that the Palestinian refugee agency is at a “breaking point”.

While Washington announced a new draft resolution to help release the captives, China’s envoy to the UNSC reiterated his call for an immediate ceasefire.

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 29,514 Palestinians have been killed, and 69,616 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.

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Saturday, February 24, 01:00 am (GMT+2)

FRENCH PRESIDENCY: French President Macron reiterated, in contact with his American counterpart, the necessity of a ceasefire in Gaza and his opposition to launching an attack on Rafah.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: An Israeli artillery shelling targeted the west of the city of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.

AL-JAZEERA: A number of injured people arrived at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital after the bombing of a house in Al-Maghazi camp in the central Gaza Strip.

CHANNEL 12: Netanyahu’s post-Gaza war plan aims to reassure Washington.

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli warplanes launched two raids on the town of Jabal Balat in southern Lebanon on Friday evening.

Friday, February 23, 9:30 pm (GMT+2)

CNN (citing US officials): The administration of President Joe Biden is facing difficulty in how to increase pressure on the Houthis in Yemen.

CHANNEL 13: The negotiating delegation will return from Paris tonight.

AL-MONITOR (citing a source close to Netanyahu): Hamas did not make concessions in the negotiations.

Friday, February 23, 7:00 pm (GMT+2)

AXIOS: Anthony Blinken’s decision to cancel the “Pompeo Doctrine” came in response to Israel’s announcement of plans to expand settlements in the West Bank.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: an Israeli bombing targeted a house in the Jaffa area of ​​Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, killing 26 Palestinians, most of them children and women.

HAMAS: Biden and his administration bear responsibility for the crimes occurring in Gaza.

WHITE HOUSE: We made clear to the Israelis our refusal to occupy the Gaza Strip.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli warplanes launched several raids on various areas in the cities of Gaza and Rafah.

Friday, February 23, 7:00 pm (GMT+2)

WASHINGTON POST (quoting Israeli officials): Netanyahu’s presentation of a post-war plan surprised the Israeli government.

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: We blew up a Merkava tank with a “guerrilla action” device west of Khan Yunis.

HEZBOLLAH: We targeted the Al-Malikiyah site with missile weapons.

GAZA GOVERNMENT MEDIA OFFICE: 700,000 people face famine in the northern Gaza Strip.

BLINKEN: We support Israel’s right to “security and self-defense.

ISRAELI MINISTER OF CULTURE AND SPORTS: We are ready to enter Rafah. Through this step, we can put pressure on Hamas and reach a deal.

Friday, February 23, 6:00 pm (GMT+2)

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: We targeted a Merkava tank south of the Zaytoun neighborhood.

GAZA GOVERNMENT MEDIA OFFICE: The number of journalist martyrs since the start of the Israeli war on the Strip had risen to 132.

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: The number of journalist killed since the start of the Israeli war on the Strip has risen to 132.

PRCS: The Israeli occupation forces bombed the vicinity of Al-Amal Hospital in Khan Yunis and caused significant damage to its facilities.

HEZBOLLAH: We targeted the Al-Malikiyah website.

CHANNEL 12: The families of the “kidnapped” are blocking a main street in Tel Aviv, demanding an immediate prisoner exchange deal.

ISRAELI ARMY: Our fighters bombed Hezbollah infrastructure.

ISRAELI BRIGADE COMMANDER: We did not completely defeat Hamas in northern Gaza.

ABC (quoting US official): The director of the CIA will begin today in Europe a round of negotiations regarding the “hostages” in the Gaza Strip, to reach an agreement before the start of Ramadan.

Friday, February 23, 4:30 pm (GMT+2)

NYT (quoting Israeli officials): Netanyahu’s goal of destroying Hamas is still elusive.

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: We killed and wounded an Israeli foot force during an ambush in the Al-Taqaddum axis in central Khan Yunis.

NORWEGIAN REFUGEE COUNCIL: The situation in Gaza is getting worse every day.

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli raids targeted the Labouneh area and the town of Kafr Kila in southern Lebanon.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: The death toll resulting from the Israeli bombing of displaced people near the Nabulsi roundabout in Gaza City had risen to 22.

Friday, February 23, 3:00 pm (GMT+2)

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: We targeted a military vehicle in southern Gaza.

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: Half a million citizens in the northern Gaza Strip suffer from famine.

AL-JAZEERA: A massive demonstration took place in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, in support of the Gaza Strip and to denounce the genocide committed by the Israeli occupation.

Friday, February 23, 2:00 pm (GMT+2)

CHANNEL 12: The Israeli delegation left for Paris to resume talks on concluding a prisoner exchange deal, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week froze the talks by preventing the negotiating delegation from traveling to Cairo.

INDONESIA: We should consider the occupation illegal from its beginning.

PAKISTAN: Israel has imposed discrimination against Palestinians since 1967.

Friday, February 23, 1:00 pm (GMT+2)

UN EXPERTS: Transferring weapons to Israel for use in Gaza violates international law.

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: Our fighters bombed sites where occupation vehicles and soldiers were gathered south of Gaza City in the middle of the Strip with 60-caliber mortar shells, as battles intensified in the area.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Photojournalist Muhammad Yaghi, his daughter, and his wife were killed in an Israeli bombing on a house in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip. This brings the number of journalists killed in the Gaza Strip since October 7 to 131.

NORWAY’S REPRESENTATIVE TO ICJ: Israel continues to violate international law.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: 19 Palestinians were martyred during the past 24 hours, as a result of Israeli raids and bombing on the city of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip,

Friday, February 23, 12:00 pm (GMT+2)

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: We ambushed two Israeli tanks in the Zaytoun neighborhood.

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: 29,514 Palestinians have been killed, and 69,616 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.

Friday, February 23, 10:30 am (GMT+2)

MAARIV: An opinion poll predicts the rise of Gantz, the decline of Likud, and the fall of Smotrich.

Friday, February 23, 09:00 am (GMT+2)

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli helicopters launched raids on the western areas of the city of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.

AL-JAZEERA: More than 60 Palestinians were killed in the Israeli bombing of homes in various areas in the central and southern Gaza Strip, since yesterday evening, Thursday.

Friday, February 23, 08:00 am (GMT+2)

HAMAS: The Zionist enemy continues its criminal bombing, continuing the war of extermination and ethnic cleansing

AL-JAZEERA: The Israeli occupation forces targeted the western areas of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, with heavy artillery shelling.

CHINA: China’s representative to the United Nations, Zhang Jun, stressed that an immediate ceasefire in Gaza is an urgent necessity to save lives and prevent a broader war.

Friday, February 23, 05:00 am (GMT+2)

KAN: Netanyahu presented to the security cabinet a document of principles regarding policy for the day after the Gaza war.

HAMAS: The head of the movement’s political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, concluded a visit to Egypt that lasted several days to discuss stopping the war in the Gaza Strip. The delegation held several meetings with the head of Egyptian intelligence and his assistants, to discuss the situation in the Gaza Strip.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Five people were killed and a number were wounded in an Israeli raid that targeted a house east of Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip.

AL-JAZEERA: there were casualties in an Israeli bombing that targeted a house in central Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: There were casualties in an Israeli bombing that targeted a camp for displaced people in the Al-Zawayda area in the central Gaza Strip.

Friday, February 23, 01:00 am (GMT+2)

HEZBOLLAH: We targeted the Israeli Maale Golan barracks with missiles.

Friday, February 23, 12:00 am (GMT+2)

ISRAELI MEDIA: Repeated missile attacks towards the Golan.

LAZZARINI: UNRWA in Gaza has reached the “breaking point”.

AL-JAZEERA: Rockets were launched from southern Lebanon towards the Galilee region.

DEPUTY US ENVOY TO UNSC: Washington has a draft resolution that will help ongoing efforts to release detainees in Gaza.

GAZA GOVERNMENT MEDIA OFFICE: 40 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli bombing in the center of the Strip

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: 20 people were killed in Israeli raids that targeted Khalifa Street in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City.

(The Palestine Chronicle)

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