GAZA LIVE BLOG: Third Day of Truce | Freed Palestinian Prisoners Tell Horror Stories | Aid Trucks Reach Northern Gaza – DAY 51

November 26, 2023 Blog, News, Videos
Free Palestinian prisoner Israa' Ja'abis with her son, Mu'tasim. (Photo: AlQuds Albawsala, via Eye on Palestine)

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza: Death Toll: 14,854 Palestinians, including nearly 6,150 children. Wounded: 36,000. Missing: 7,000, including more than 4,700 women and children.

Government Media Office in Gaza: The Israeli attacks left 88 mosques fully destroyed, 174 others partially damaged. Three churches were targeted. Nearly 50 percent of all residential homes in Gaza were destroyed.

Human Rights Watch: At least 300 schools have been damaged and 183 teachers killed.

World Health Organization: “At least 553 people have been killed in 178 attacks on medical facilities in Gaza between October 7 and November 21, and the majority of hospitals in Gaza are no longer functional.”

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LATEST UPDATES:

Monday, November 27, 2:35 am (GMT+3)

X: Thai Prime Minister Srita Tavisen wrote on X on Monday that Thai detainees released by the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas from the Gaza Strip are in good health. “I am delighted,” he said, noting that they were in good health and did not need urgent medical care.

Monday, November 27, 1:30 am (GMT+3)

US CENTRAL COMMAND: An American aircraft carrier crosses the Strait of Hormuz and reaches the Gulf waters.

REUTERS: An American ship responded to a call from a tanker detained in the Middle East.

AL-JAZEERA: The UN Security Council will hold a closed session on Monday at the request of Russia to discuss humanitarian truces in Gaza and the detainees deal.

AL-JAZEERA: The first prisoner from Gaza was released as part of the prisoner swap deal.

LEADER OF ISLAMIC JIHAD: Extending the truce in Gaza is subject to the resistance’s evaluation.

ISRAELI AMBASSADOR: Extending the truce is conditional on the release of more hostages

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli warplanes are currently flying over the cities of Rafah and Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.

Monday, November 27, 12:25 am (GMT+3)

WHITE HOUSE: We are collecting information regarding the shooting of 3 Palestinians in Vermont.

BLINKEN: We will continue our efforts until all detainees are released.

BIDEN: We worked to increase aid to Gaza during the truce.

Sunday, November 26, 11:00 pm (GMT+3)

ISRAELI PRESIDENT TO CNN: We will extend the truce if Hamas releases more detainees.

BIDEN: We will not abandon the two-state solution.

NETANYAHU: During a phone call with US President Joe Biden, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his welcome to the possibility of releasing 10 Israeli detainees for every additional day of truce in Gaza.

KAN: Israeli war cabinet meets to discuss extending the truce.

HAMAS TOP OFFICIAL KHAL AL-HAYYA: We are serious about proceeding with a comprehensive prisoner exchange deal.

Sunday, November 26, 9:50 pm (GMT+3)

US VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS: Stopping the fighting in Gaza is extremely important.

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli police completed the process of releasing Palestinian children and youth in occupied Jerusalem, as part of the third installment of the prisoner exchange agreement between Hamas and Israel.

HAMAS: We seek to extend the humanitarian truce in Gaza.

Sunday, November 26, 8:50 pm (GMT+3)

AL-JAZEERA: Freed Palestinian prisoners arrive in Ramallah.

ISRAELI MILITARY SPOKESMAN DANIEL HAGARI: We are ready to continue the war, and our goal is to free the detainees.

ERDOGAN: Iran and Turkiye will continue efforts to maintain the truce.

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli occupation forces fired bullets and tear gas bombs in Beitunia, near Ramallah, to prevent the Palestinians from photographing the bus carrying the liberated children as part of the third batch of the prisoner exchange agreement.

AL-JAZEERA: A bus carrying imprisoned Palestinian children left Ofer Prison, accompanied by a Red Cross crew, towards the city of Ramallah.

US SENATOR CHRIS MURPHY TO CNN: US lawmakers should consider linking aid to Israel to its compliance with international humanitarian law.

US DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR: We believe that extending the exchange deal is possible.

US NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR JAKE SULLIVAN TO NBC: Sending aid to Israel with conditions is a “worthwhile thought.”

Sunday, November 26, 7:50 pm (GMT+3)

BIDEN: The exchange process was successful and must continue.

RED CRESCENT: Two Palestinians were injured by Israeli army gunfire in the vicinity of Ofer Prison.

Sunday, November 26, 6:30 pm (GMT+3)

ISRAELI CHANNEL 12: The detainees in the third batch were handed over to the Israeli army, on their way to a crossing near Kibbutz Be’eri, after they were handed over by the Qassam Brigades to the Red Cross.

CBS (QUOTING WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL): The American CBS channel quoted a White House official as saying that President Joe Biden will speak today, Sunday, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

SYRIAN ARMY: The Syrian army said that its defenses intercepted Israeli missiles coming from the occupied Golan after putting Damascus International Airport out of service.

QASSAM BRIGADES: The Al-Qassam Brigades confirmed the handover of 13 Israeli detainees, 3 Thai detainees, and a Russian detainee to the Red Cross as part of the third phase of the exchange.

NETANYAHU’S OFFICE: Benjamin Netanyahu met with Israeli leaders and soldiers in Gaza today and received security updates.

Sunday, November 26, 5:40 pm (GMT+3)

PALESTINIAN PRISONERS AND EX PRISONERS AFFAIRS AUTHORITY: All Palestinian prisoners of the third batch are children.

POPE FRANCIS: Today, Pope Francis expressed his hopes for more humanitarian aid to reach Gaza, and his insistence on dialogue for peace.

HAMAS: We released a detainee with Russian nationality in response to Russian President Putin.

CHANNEL 12: The war council will meet to discuss extending the truce.

GAZA MUNICIPALITY: The destruction is massive in many areas of the city, and entire neighborhoods have been wiped out. We cannot re-provide services to citizens.

EGYPT: Egypt receives the names of the prisoners who will be released today.

Sunday, November 26, 4:00 pm (GMT+3)

REUTERS (QUOTING US OFFICIALS): There are indications that unidentified gunmen seized an oil tanker linked to Israel, “Central Park”, in the Gulf of Aden today.

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: The Palestinian Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip appealed to all medical and nursing staff present in the Gaza and North governorates to immediately join work at Kamal Adwan Hospital, given the difficult circumstance that the hospital is going through due to the enormous work pressure.

Sunday, November 26, 3:45 pm (GMT+3)

US NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR JAKE SULLIVAN: We expect an American detainee to be released today.

UNRWA: We need 120 tons of fuel daily in Gaza.

RED CRESCENT: We sent 50 aid trucks to Gaza and the north.

DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS: A four-day truce is not enough to transport aid.

WALL STREET JOURNAL: Negotiators hope to extend the truce by 4 days.

Sunday, November 26, 2:30 pm (GMT+3)

WASHINGTON POST: The Biden administration bears many burdens because of Israel.

ISRAELI PRISON SERVICE: We are preparing to implement the third phase of the prisoner exchange.

Sunday, November 26, 1:45 pm (GMT+3)

QATAR: The pace of aid to Gaza does not meet the needs.

ISLAMIC JIHAD: What is happening in the West Bank is a war aimed at exterminating our people and implementing the displacement plan.

Sunday, November 26, 12:00 pm (GMT+3)

PALESTINIAN RED CRESCENT: A farmer was killed by occupation bullets east of Al-Maghazi camp in the central Gaza Strip.

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: The A-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), mourned a number of its most prominent leaders, led by Ahmed al-Ghandour, a member of the Military Council and commander of the Northern Gaza Strip Brigade. Al-Qassam also mourned a number of its fighters, including commanders Wael Rajab, Raafat Salman, and Ayman Siam.

NYT: Israel dropped two 900-kg bombs on Jabaliya on October 31.

GAZA GOVERNMENT MEDIA OFFICE: The truce revealed the extent of the massive massacre committed by the occupation.

AL-JAZEERA: Seven Palestinians were injured by occupation bullets in Tal al-Hawa and the vicinity of the Indonesian Hospital

GAZA MUNICIPALITY: The suffering is still severe and we did not receive sufficient quantities of fuel.

GAZA CIVIL DEFENSE: We need equipment to remove rubble and search for missing persons.

Sunday, November 26, 11:00 am (GMT+3)

ISRAELI CHANNEL 12: The Israeli Prison Service received a list of the names of the 39 Palestinian prisoners who will be released today as part of the third batch of the prisoner exchange agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Resistance.

Sunday, November 26, 10:00 am (GMT+3)

AL-JAZEERA: The Israeli army is warning the Palestinians against heading to the northern Gaza Strip.

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY DIRECTOR GENERAL: The quantities of fuel and medical aid entering the Strip are limited, especially in northern Gaza. The priority is the introduction of medicines and medical supplies, especially bone stabilizers.

Sunday, November 26, 09:00 am (GMT+3)

YEDIOTH AHRONOTH (CITING US OFFICIALS): The third phase of the prisoner exchange deal is expected to include the release of Americans.

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli forces carried out a strike in Jenin which resulted in the killing of five Palestinians.

Sunday, November 26, 08:00 am (GMT+3)

WSJ: US President Joe Biden hopes that more detainees will be released soon as part of a prisoner exchange deal between Israel and the Palestinian Resistance.

Sunday, November 26, 07:00 am (GMT+3)

PALESTINIAN RED CRESCENT: A Palestinian was killed and others injured in the bombing on the Jenin camp in the West Bank by Israeli drones.

AL-JAZEERA: A Palestinian man was killed by Israeli army gunfire in the village of Yatma, south of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus.

Sunday, November 26, 04:00 am (GMT+3)

QATARI FM: “What we hope is that the momentum that resulted from the release of prisoners and detainees on these two days and from the four-day agreement will allow us to extend the truce and enter into more serious discussions about the remaining days.”

FREED PRISONER MAYSOON AL-JABALI: Female prisoners were beaten by the Israeli prison authorities, which imposed many restrictions on us during detention.

ANADOLU: 33 released Palestinian prisoners arrived at Al-Bireh Municipality Square.

Sunday, November 26, 03:00 am (GMT+3)

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Large crowds continue to celebrate Palestinian children released from Israeli detention centers today.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Freed Palestinian prisoner Israa’ Ja’abis arrives at her home in the Palestinian city of Occupied Jerusalem. She said that Palestinians cannot celebrate when Gaza is wounded.

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