Israeli forces suddenly penetrated the vicinity of the universities and industrial areas south of the Tal Al-Hawa neighborhood in southern Gaza City and besieged a number of families.
The Israeli army said an officer in the 82nd Battalion was seriously wounded during battles with the Palestinian Resistance in the northern Gaza Strip.
According to the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation (KAN), the heads of the security services were shocked by the statement of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office regarding the exchange deal.
According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 38,098 Palestinians have been killed, and 87,705 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.
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Tuesday, July 9, 12:00 am (Gmt+2)
GAZA GOVERNMENT MEDIA OFFICE: We warn our people of the occupation’s calls to move from Gaza City to the south.
CHANNEL 14: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized Israeli spokesman Daniel Hagari in a closed session following his statements that Hamas will remain in Gaza even in 5 years.
Monday, July 8, 11:00 pm (Gmt+2)
US DEPARTMENT OF STATE: We are working to bridge the gaps between Hamas’ response and Israel’s position.
RED CROSS SPOKESMAN IN GAZA: Interventions and protection of food and medicine entering the sector are necessary.
CHANNEL 12: Hamas tunnels are still in good condition in the central camps, most of Rafah city, and in the Shuja’iyya neighborhood. The army’s assessment is that if the war stops, Hamas will still be able to launch an attack near the border and may even be able to cross it.
KIRBY: President Biden’s proposal will put an end to this conflict once and for all.
Monday, July 8, 10:00 pm (Gmt+2)
ISRAELI MEDIA: The occupation army was exposed to 4 difficult security incidents in the Tel al-Hawa area, noting that 3 injured soldiers were transferred from the Gaza battles.
UNRWA: The situation in Gaza is catastrophic.
AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: We targeted a Zionist Merkava 4 tank with a ground bomb on the advance axis in the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood, west of Gaza.
AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: Al-Qassam Brigades announced the destruction of “a Zionist military jeep with an Al-Yassin missile on Al-Sina’a Street in the Tal Al-Hawa neighborhood, west of Gaza City.”
Monday, July 8, 9:00 pm (Gmt+2)
AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: We targeted “a Zionist infantry force with an anti-personnel bomb in the Chalets area west of the Tel Al-Hawa neighborhood in Gaza City, killing and wounding members of the force.”
HAMAS: Israel’s moves in Gaza will return negotiations to square one.
CHANNEL 13: Disagreements within Benjamin Netanyahu’s government are increasing and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir is looking for excuses to dismantle it and go to early elections.
Recognizing Palestine – Mélenchon’s Victory Signals Shift Toward Palestine
ITAMAR BEN-GVIR (cited by Channel 13): Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is running the government as if it were a one-man government, and we joined it to influence, not to encourage.
HAARETZ: Demonstrators are blocking the street opposite the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv and demanding the immediate return of the kidnapped.
CHANNEL 12: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir after he requested to enter the mini-government in exchange for supporting the rabbis’ law.
Monday, July 8, 8:00 pm (Gmt+2)
COMMANDER OF CENTRAL COMMAND OF ISRAELI ARMY: What is happening now in the West Bank poses a threat to Israel’s survival. The army received a severe blow on October 7, and this war taught us a lesson in humility.
Dozens Detained, Jenin Death Toll Rises – West Bank Raids Intensify
HEZBOLLAH: We bombed a building used by Israeli enemy soldiers in the settlement of Metula with appropriate weapons.
CHANNEL 12: A building in the Upper Galilee was severely damaged by a rocket explosion, without any human casualties.
Monday, July 8, 7:00 pm (Gmt+2)
HAMAS: Netanyahu puts more obstacles in the way of negotiations.
ISRAELI OFFICIAL: Our ability to defend Israel is linked to the presence of a strong Palestinian force.
CHANNEL 13: The security system knows how to stop and resume fighting.
CHANNEL 12: An Israeli soldier was seriously injured during clashes with the resistance in the northern Gaza Strip.
Monday, July 8, 6:00 pm (Gmt+2)
CHANNEL 12: 9,300 rockets fired from Gaza towards Israel.
THE GUARDIAN: Labour plans to withdraw Britain’s request to delay the issuance of arrest warrants by the International Criminal Court against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: Our capabilities are very weak and the fuel shortage represents a major crisis for us.
THE GUARDIAN: Labour plans to withdraw Britain's request to delay the issuance of arrest warrants by the International Criminal Court against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. pic.twitter.com/reooHFtokO
— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) July 8, 2024
Monday, July 8, 5:00 pm (Gmt+2)
PALESITNIAN MEDIA: The Israeli occupation forces burn a number of houses and shell areas in the center of Rafah city, south of the Gaza Strip.
WALLA: Negotiating delegation to discuss reopening Rafah crossing and preventing smuggling in Cairo.
SMOTRICH: The ceasefire agreement under discussion is a defeat for Israel. I will not be part of an agreement to submit to Hamas. Prime Minister, this is not the absolute victory you promised. It will be an absolute failure.
Monday, July 8, 4:00 pm (Gmt+2)
LIEBERMAN: Avigdor Lieberman called on French Jews to leave and immigrate to Israel.
LAPID: I will give Netanyahu a safety net if he agrees to the deal.
ISRAELI ARMY RADIO: Egypt offered to build an underground barrier to prevent arms smuggling to Gaza.
AL-QUDS BRIGADES: We blew up two Israeli military vehicles with land explosives planted in advance on the axis of progress in the Tal Al-Hawa neighborhood.
AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: We targeted the occupation forces in the Netzarim axis with a number of Rajum rockets, 114 mm in caliber.
In this video, Al-Quds Brigades fighters are seen bombing the Israeli army’s operations command center in the Shejaiya neighborhood, east of Gaza City.
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— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) July 8, 2024
Monday, July 8, 3:00 pm (Gmt+2)
AL-QUDS BRIGADES: We blew up two Israeli military vehicles with land explosives planted in advance on the axis of progress in the Tal Al-Hawa neighborhood.
AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: We targeted the occupation forces in the Netzarim axis with a number of 114mm Rajum rockets.
LAPID: Netanyahu does not have to choose between the deal and the government.
AL-QUDS BRIGADES: We shelled an Israeli occupation army command center on the supply line in the Netzarim axis with mortar shells.
Monday, July 8, 2:00 pm (Gmt+2)
ISRAELI ARMY: 23 soldiers were injured in the past 24 hours, including 17 who were injured in the Gaza battles.
GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: 38,193 Palestinians have been killed, and 87,903 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.
KAN: The general budget deficit rose to 7.6% last June.
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ISRAELI OFFICIALS: Netanyahu’s terms for deal harm talks with Egypt.
ISRAELI RADIO: The Minister of Agriculture told Israeli Radio that the war will not stop until all the detainees are returned.
AL-JAZEERA: The bodies of two Palestinians were recovered from the east of Rafah city and transferred to Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis.
FAMILIES OF ISRAELI CAPTIVES: Don’t go to Washington until the captives are returned.
Monday, July 8, 1:00 pm (Gmt+2)
AL-JAZEERA: A medical source told Al-Jazeera that 436 cancer patients have died as a result of the blockade and the lack of treatment since the start of the war on the Gaza Strip.
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Two people were killed and a number of people were injured in an Israeli shelling targeting Al-Qadisiyah junction in the Tal Al-Sultan neighborhood, west of Rafah.
UNRWA (Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees Philippe Lazzarini:
50% of our institutions in Gaza were destroyed and more than 500 people were killed while at our headquarters.
Some 250,000 people have been displaced from Khan Younis for the sixth or seventh time, and nowhere is safe in Gaza.
We are facing the loss of an entire generation in Gaza and children must be returned to a safe learning environment.
#GazaGenocide LIVE BLOG: UNRWA: 'Entire Generation Lost' | Haaretz: 'Painful Defeat' | Tal Al-Hawa Under Siege | 436 Cancer Patients Died – Day 276 https://t.co/pwSwt2hcOM via @PalestineChron
— Ramzy Baroud (@RamzyBaroud) July 8, 2024
EGYPTIAN MEDIA (Citing Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry):
We reject the use of starvation Israel as a weapon against civilians in the Gaza Strip.
An immediate ceasefire and humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip are essential.
We have provided 70% of the aid that has entered Gaza and will continue to support the Strip.
IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY:
Any attack on Lebanon will constitute a ground for increasing tension in the region and threatening security and peace in the region.
Defending Lebanon is our fundamental principle and there is no doubt that we will support Lebanon in the face of any Israeli aggression.
It Israel bear the consequences of any attack on Lebanon and the international community must shoulder its responsibilities.
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Four Palestinians were killed in an Israeli raid on Al-Shujaiya neighborhood, east of Gaza City.
HAARETZ (Citing Retired General Yitzhak Brik:
If Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejects the deal again, it will be like an atomic bomb dropped on us.
This means that we will lose the kidnappers forever and we will be on the brink of regional war.
Continued fighting will never contribute to victory, but the defeat of Israel will be even more painful.
If the IDF is not able to defeat Hamas, it will certainly not be able to defeat Hezbollah.
‘Until War Aims are Met’ – Netanyahu Says Any Deal Must Allow Israel to Continue Fighting
Monday, July 8, 09:30 am (Gmt+2)
AL-JAZEERA: Israeli warplanes are bombing parts of the Al-Jundi Tower in the Al-Rimal neighborhood in central Gaza City.
LIEBERMAN: We did not learn any lesson from October 7 and the Israeli system is stuck on October 6.
Monday, July 8, 08:00 am (Gmt+2)
ISRAELI ARMY: The Air Force bombed last night a Hezbollah military site in Jabal Tura in southern Lebanon.
Thousands of Palestinians are being forcibly displaced from the eastern areas of Gaza City under heavy Israeli bombardment and gunfire.
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— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) July 8, 2024
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli forces suddenly penetrated the vicinity of the universities and industrial areas south of the Tal Al-Hawa neighborhood in southern Gaza City, and besieged a number of families.
KAN (citing two security sources): The heads of the security services were shocked by the statement of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office regarding the exchange deal.
CHANNEL 12: The volume of sirens in the areas south of Nahariya, northern Israel, rose to 500%.
Monday, July 8, 07:00 am (Gmt+2)
ISRAELI ARMY: The Israeli army said an officer in the 82nd Battalion was seriously wounded during fighting in the northern Gaza Strip.
Monday, July 8, 06:00 am (Gmt+2)
AL-JAZEERA: sirens sounded early this morning in the settlement of Nahal Oz in the Gaza envelope.
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Two Palestinians were killed and five others were injured in an Israeli bombardment that targeted a residential apartment belonging to the Kashkawa family near the Industrial Junction, south of Gaza City.
AL-JAZEERA: Israeli warplanes are bombing parts of the Al-Jundi Tower in the Al-Rimal neighborhood in central Gaza City.
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli forces suddenly penetrated the vicinity of the universities and industrial areas south of the Tal Al-Hawa neighborhood in southern… pic.twitter.com/z7NXGarkAi
— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) July 8, 2024
Monday, July 8, 03:00 am (Gmt+2)
AL-JAZEERA: The Israeli occupation forces launched a night raid that destroyed the aviation building in the center of Gaza City.
WAFA: The Israeli army launched intensive raids tonight on areas east of Gaza City, which led to the deaths of martyrs and the injury of a number of people.
Monday, July 8, 02:00 am (Gmt+2)
ISRAELI ARMY: The Israeli occupation army said it was bombing targets in the central Gaza Strip.
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli occupation aircraft bombed the Al-Tuffah neighborhood east of Gaza City.
Monday, July 8, 01:00 am (Gmt+2)
NASSER HOSPITAL: Children in the nursery may die due to the interruption of the electric generators.
(The Palestine Chronicle)
