GAZA LIVE BLOG: Soldiers Killed, Injured in Netzarim | Massacres in Khan Yunis, Nuseirat | Ben Gvir Clashes with Shin Bet – Day 270

July 2, 2024 Blog, News
Majority of Palestinians killed by Israel in Gaza are women and children. (Photo: Mahmoud Ajjour, The Palestine Chronicle)

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

The Israeli army admitted that an officer and a soldier were killed and 11 others were injured in an attack launched by the resistance on the Netzarim axis in the central Gaza Strip.

Israeli occupation forces carried out new massacres in the central refugee camp of Nuseirat and in the southern city of Khan Yunis, where 250,000 Palestinians were forced to flee again.

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir accused the Shin Bet director of threatening him while the internal security agency said that prison overcrowding is Ben-Gvir’s problem. 

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 37,925 Palestinians have been killed, and 87,141 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.

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LATEST UPDATES

Wednesday, July 3, 12:00 am (GMT+2)

STATEMENT: In a statement, 12 US government officials who resigned in protest of the Gaza war said that Biden’s Gaza policy has failed and threatens national security.

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: We bombed a gathering of “enemy soldiers and vehicles near the cemetery of the Tel al-Sultan neighborhood, west of Rafah city, with mortar shells.”

HEZBOLLAH: Israel should not expect limited fighting if it attacks Lebanon.

Devastating Impact – Over 8,500 Students Killed in Gaza, 100 in West Bank Since October 7

Tuesday, July 2, 11:00 pm (GMT+2)

HAMAS SPOKESMAN JIHAD TAHA: The Palestinian people are the ones who decide the future of Gaza after the war.

ISRAELI ARMY: Israeli forces blew up a residential block in the Shuja’iyya neighborhood, east of Gaza City.

Tuesday, July 2, 10:00 pm (GMT+2)

ISRAELI MEDIA: Demonstrations took place in front of the home of the head of the Histadrut trade union, demanding that he declare an economic strike until the government falls, early elections are held, and a prisoner exchange deal is concluded.

KAN: The commanders of the divisions in the occupation army fighting in Gaza sent a letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in which they said that “there is depletion in the ranks of the forces and criticism of reserve soldiers, due to the inequality in the burdens.”

KAN: The army is collecting data on young religious Jews (Haredi) to begin sending them draft orders.

Intimidation for Cash – Pro-Israel Disinformation Network Behind Anti-Palestinian Propaganda

BEN-GVIR: The Attorney General’s request to open an investigation against me seems fabricated.

KAN: The Attorney General requests opening a criminal investigation into Ben Gvir on charges of incitement to violence against Gaza residents.

PENTAGON: We have not set a date for the return of the floating dock.

US STATE DEPARTMENT: We do not want Hamas rule to remain in the Gaza Strip.

Tuesday, July 2, 9:00 pm (GMT+2)

ISRAELI CHIEF OF STAFF: The war on Gaza continues and will turn into a war of attrition against Hamas’ capabilities.

Tuesday, July 2, 8:00 pm (GMT+2)

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: Our fighters, along with the Al-Quds Brigades, eliminated two Israeli soldiers at point-blank range in the Shejaiya neighborhood, east of Gaza City.

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: We targeted an Israeli force of 14 soldiers who had taken refuge in a house in the ShEjaiya neighborhood with a TPG shell, killing and wounding them.

WALLA: The Israeli army has begun expanding the Netzarim corridor from 2 to 4 kilometers in preparation for the third phase of the war.

Tuesday, July 2, 7:00 pm (GMT+2)

HEZBOLLAH: Our fighters had fired dozens of Katyusha rockets at the settlement of Kiryat Shmona in response to Israeli attacks on civilians in southern Lebanon.

ISRAELI MEDIA: The Israeli State Comptroller said that an investigation is being considered into the release of the director of the Al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza.

SHIN BET CHIEF: The prisons hold 21,000 Palestinian detainees but do not have room for more than 14,500.

Tuesday, July 2, 6:00 pm (GMT+2)

AL-JAZEERA: The French representative to the Security Council called for the urgent implementation of Security Council resolutions related to the situation in Gaza.

HEZBOLLAH: Our fighters shelled the Israeli Jal al-Alam position with artillery and achieved a direct hit.

CHINESE DELEGATE TO UNSC: Humanitarian agencies have become legitimate targets in Gaza.

CHANNEL 12: Air defenses intercepted several shells fired from southern Lebanon towards the Kiryat Shmona area.

Tuesday, July 2, 5:30 pm (GMT+2)

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: The death toll resulting from the Israeli bombardment that targeted a house in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip has risen to nine.

MEDICAL SOURCES: 31 Palestinians, including children and women, were killed in Israeli shelling of the Gaza Strip since dawn on Tuesday.

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: Our fighters targeted an Israeli special force entrenched inside a building in the Shejaiya neighborhood with a TPG shell, killing and wounding its members.

Tuesday, July 2, 4:30 pm (GMT+2)

MAARIV: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded to a New York Times report, making it clear that he would categorically not allow what was stated in the report to happen. Netanyahu stressed that the war will not stop until all declared goals are achieved.

AL-JAZEERA: Three Palestinians were killed in the Israeli bombing of the Al-Mansoura area in the Shejaiya neighborhood east of Gaza City.

‘Ceasefire Now’ – Israeli Generals Reveal Extent of Army Crisis in Gaza

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Eight Palestinians were killed in an Israeli bombardment that targeted a market near the Candle Mosque in the Zeitoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City, in the central Gaza Strip.

ISRAELI ARMY COMMANDER: We may remain in the Philadelphi and Netzarim axes for years.

LEBANESE CIVIL DEFENSE: The Lebanese Civil Defense confirmed the death of a civilian in an Israeli raid that targeted the vicinity of the town of Al-Bustan in the south of the country.

Tuesday, July 2, 2:00 pm (GMT+2)

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: 37,925 Palestinians have been killed, and 87,141 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.

CHANNEL 12: Defense Minister Yoav Gallant summoned Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi and the military prosecutor after issuing instructions that make it difficult to eliminate Hamas police officers.

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: We clashed with an Israeli infantry force in Shejaiya.

ISRAELI ARMY RADIO: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is giving a security briefing in the Knesset to members of the Intelligence Subcommittee.

Tuesday, July 2, 1:00 pm (GMT+2)

NYT (citing officials): Senior Israeli generals want to start a ceasefire in Gaza even if it means the survival of Hamas.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Two Palestinians were injured as a result of an Israeli drone attack on the Tel al-Sultan neighborhood, west of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip.

UNRWA: Our funding covers our operations in Gaza until August only.

Tuesday, July 2, 12:00 pm (GMT+2)

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: We bombed the occupation soldiers and vehicles in Shejaiya and Netzarim.

MEDICAL SOURCES IN GAZA: The ongoing Israeli bombardment of various areas in the Gaza Strip since dawn today has so far led to the killing of 17 Palestinians.

ISRAELI ARMY: The Israeli army admitted that an officer and a soldier were killed and 11 others were injured in an attack launched by the resistance on the Netzarim axis in the central Gaza Strip.

UNRWA: 250,000 people forced to flee again in Khan Yunis.

AL-JAZEERA: Two Palestinians were killed and others were injured in an Israeli bombardment that targeted a market near the Candle Mosque in the Zeitoun neighborhood in Gaza City, in the central Gaza Strip.

LEBANESE NATIONAL NEWS AGENCY: An Israeli drone targeted the electricity transformer in the Taybeh project in the south of the country, which led to a fire.

LUFTHANSA: A Lufthansa spokesperson told Al Jazeera that due to current developments in the Middle East, it will suspend its night flights to and from Beirut.

IRAN: We do not want war in the region, but if it happens, we will support Hezbollah.

Tuesday, July 2, 11:00 am (GMT+2)

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli sources confirmed the killing of two soldiers and the injury of 10, 5 of whom are in critical condition, in an attack launched by the resistance on the Netzarim axis in the central Gaza Strip, after news last night of an attack in the area.

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: We targeted two tanks in Rafah and monitored evacuation planes.

PALESTINIAN MINISTRY OF EDUCATION: 8,672 students were killed and 14,583 others were injured since the start of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip and the West Bank on October 7.

BEN-GVIR: My highest goal is to change the conditions of Palestinian prisons for the worse.

Tuesday, July 2, 10:00 am (GMT+2)

SHIN BET: Prison overcrowding is a problem of the Ministry of National Security.

CHANNEL 12 (citing Israeli security sources): The “military achievement” in Gaza now allows for a cessation of fighting if Israel is forced to move the negotiations file. after 9 months of the outbreak of the war, the army forces are close to completing the ground maneuver in the Gaza Strip, noting that the army estimates that it needs 4 additional weeks to complete the operation in Rafah.

BEN-GVIR: The Sde Teman detention camp should remain open and not be closed because it is overcrowded with detainees.

Tuesday, July 2, 09:00 am (GMT+2)

BEN-GVIR: The Shin Bet chief threatened me and released Gaza prisoners without consulting me.

ISRAELI SOURCES: A number of soldiers were injured, including 3 critically, in a battle and attack by the resistance in the vicinity of the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli boats fired shells at the Nusairat beach in the central Gaza Strip, and its aircraft carried out raids on Tal al-Hawa, southwest of Gaza City.

Tuesday, July 2, 08:00 am (GMT+2)

WAFA: One Palestinian was killed and two were injured as a result of the occupation’s bombing of the displaced in the Customs Police neighborhood east of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.

Tuesday, July 2, 07:00 am (GMT+2)

MEDIA REPORTS: Palestinian news websites quoted Israeli media reports as saying that two soldiers were killed and three were injured, two of them in critical condition, following a “security incident” that occurred on the Netzarim axis in the central Gaza Strip.

Tuesday, July 2, 04:00 am (GMT+2)

AL-AQSA TV: 8 Palestinians were killed and more than 30 others were injured in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip as a result of the intense Israeli bombardment of the city.

Tuesday, July 2, 03:00 am (GMT+2)

ISRAELI SOURCES: Palestinian news websites quoted Israeli sources as saying that an Israeli army force was trapped in an ambush in the Gaza Strip and was rescued, and that a number of soldiers were injured in the operation.

AL-AQSA TV: Israeli aircraft launched an airstrike early Tuesday on the Qizan al-Najjar area, south of Khan Yunis , resulting in deaths and injuries.

Tuesday, July 2, 01:20 am (GMT+2)

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Several Palestinians were injured as a result of the Israeli occupation forces targeting the Abu Jalala family home northwest of the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip early Tuesday.

(The Palestine Chronicle)

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