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Israel continued its aggression on Lebanon. (Photo: via Al-Mayadeen)

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

The Lebanese movement Hezbollah announced on Wednesday that its fighters launched a Qader-1 ballistic missile targeting the Mossad headquarters in the suburbs of Tel Aviv.

Israel launched a new wave of strikes in southern Lebanon as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu postponed his visit to New York for the third time. 

Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation forces carried out four massacres in Gaza in 24 hours. 41,495 Palestinians have been killed, and 96,006 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.

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Thursday, September 26, 07:15 am (GMT+2)

UNITED NATIONS (EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell): What is happening in southern Lebanon cannot be viewed in isolation from what is happening in Gaza.

UNITED NATIONS: Joint US-French-European statement in addition to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE calls for an immediate temporary ceasefire in Lebanon.

UNITED NATIONS (Syrian Foreign Minister): Syria considers that the continuation of the barbaric aggression against the Palestinians, Lebanese and Syrians would not have happened without the American support.

AL-MAYADEEN: Martyrs, wounded and missing after the occupation bombed a house in the customs control area, east of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli occupation forces withdraw from Jenin city after hours of raid.

West Bank Raids – Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Man in Hebron, Storm Jenin

AL-MAYADEEN (Mikati): Israel has always violated international resolutions, especially Resolution 1701.

Thursday, September 26, 02:30 am (GMT+2)

LEBANESE MEDIA (Lebanese Ministry of Health): 72 dead and 354 wounded in Israeli raids since Wednesday morning.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Clashes between the Palestinian resistance and the occupation forces in Ain al-Sultan refugee camp in Nablus in the West Bank.

UNITED NATIONS: US Deputy Representative to the Security Council: Washington is trying to avoid a wider war.

AL-MAYADEEN: Martyrs and wounded among civilians in the Israeli aggression that targeted the towns of Shaat, Halabta and Al-Kharayeb in the northern Bekaa.

UNITED NATIONS (Algerian Foreign Minister):

What Lebanon is subjected to are crimes that Israel clones from Gaza.

We stand in solidarity with Lebanon in the face of the heinous Israeli aggression.

The inability of the Security Council to curb the Israeli aggression on Gaza and Lebanon allowed the occupation to commit massacres against civilians.

UNITED NATIONS: French Foreign Minister: US-French plan for a temporary ceasefire in Lebanon will be announced very soon.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: A woman was killed, and others were injured when Israeli warplanes bombed a house in the middle of the Jabaliya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip.

UNITED NATIONS (Russian Deputy Foreign Minister):

Developments over recent days show that our worst predictions have come true.

Civilians are the victims on both sides of the Blue Line.

We strongly condemn the large-scale military offensive and provocations against Lebanon.

We call for an immediate cessation of hostilities in Lebanon.

Avoiding a full-scale war in the region requires an end to the bloodshed in Gaza.

There is a need to implement Security Council resolutions calling for an end to the occupation of Lebanese territory.

We support UNIFIL, which plays a key stabilization role along the Blue Line.

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IRANIAN MEDIA (Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi):

The Security Council must act to stop Israel’s war and impose an immediate ceasefire.

We have shown tremendous patience and restraint for regional peace and stability.

The path to de-escalation is clear and Israel must immediately cease its attacks on Gaza and Lebanon.

Thursday, September 26, 01:00 am (GMT+2)

AL-MAYADEEN:

Israeli raid on the Karak neighborhood in Zahle.

A series of Israeli military raids targeting the city of Baalbek and its surroundings.

11 martyrs, including 3 children and women, in an Israeli massacre in the town of Younin.

Israeli warplanes target the town of Srifa with two raids.

WHITE HOUSE: Biden discussed with Macron efforts to ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah and prevent the outbreak of a wider war

MINISTRY OF HEALTH (Lebanon):

70 killed and 400 wounded in the Israeli aggression on Wednesday.

20 Martyrs and 88 Wounded as a Result of the Israeli Aggression Today on Nabatieh Governorate.

The death toll as a result of the successive raids on Baalbek-Hermel and the Bekaa rises to 12 martyrs and 73 wounded.

Thursday, September 26, 12:00 am (GMT+2)

WSJ (citing US officials): No indications that a ground invasion of southern Lebanon is imminent.

LEBANESE HEALTH MINISTRY: 38 people were killed and 233 injured in Israeli raids on the south of the country.

WASHINGTON POST (citing Pentagon official): Israel that it could not open a new front without consequences. We informed Israel that support would not be without conditions.

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ISRAELI AMBASSADOR TO THE US: If Hezbollah does not change its behavior, we will resort to the military option.

Wednesday, September 25, 10:00 pm (GMT+2)

CHANNEL 13 (citing security official): Hezbollah still has command and control capabilities.

KAN: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pushing for a time-bound settlement in the north aimed at reaching a deal to recover the detainees, and reported that “Netanyahu wants to turn the equation around and test Hamas’ loyalty to Lebanon.”

YEDIOTH AHRONOTH (citing security sources): Hamas is working to strengthen its authority again in the areas that the army left in the Gaza Strip.

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli raids targeted several towns in the Tyre district in southern Lebanon.

CHANNEL 12: Gallant said that the war in the north could lead to a settlement that also includes the return of the detainees.

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MACRON: Israel has the right to defend itself but the war in Gaza has gone on too long.

AL-JAZEERA: 7 Palestinians were injured in an Israeli bombardment that targeted a house in the New Camp area in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.

Wednesday, September 25, 9:00 pm (GMT+2)

YEDIOTH AHRONOTH: The drone launched from Iraq exploded in the port of Eilat, injuring two Israelis.

ISLAMIC RESISTANCE IN IRAQ: The Islamic Resistance in Iraq reported that it attacked Eilat with drones a short while ago, while the Israeli Broadcasting Authority confirmed that a drone was intercepted in Eilat, southern Israel.

TOP HAMAS OFFICIAL OSAMA HAMDAN: The separation between the resistance in Palestine and Lebanon will not happen.

US JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF: The United States continues to work with international partners to avoid a wider conflict in the region.

Wednesday, September 25, 8:00 pm (GMT+2)

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Four Palestinians, including two women, were killed and others were injured in an Israeli bombardment of a house in the town of Al-Nasr, east of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip.

HEZBOLLAH: We targeted and destroyed the espionage equipment at the Israeli Ramya site, and shelled the Branit barracks with heavy artillery and achieved a direct hit.

LEBANESE MEDIA: Israeli raids targeted the towns of Al-Bissariyeh, Mahrouna and Aba in southern Lebanon, noting that Israeli aircraft twice raided the vicinity of the city of Baalbek in the Bekaa Valley in eastern Lebanon.

BRITISH PM: There is no military solution in Lebanon or to the conflict in Gaza.

ISRAELI SOURCES: Members of the security cabinet will discuss authorizing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Galant to approve ground maneuvers in Lebanon.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he could not give details about what Tel Aviv was doing, saying, “We are determined to return the citizens of the north to their homes.”

LEBANESE MEDIA: Two Israeli raids targeted the towns of Kfar Kila and Adaisseh in southern Lebanon, amid continued heavy raids.

Wednesday, September 25, 6:30 pm (GMT+2)

LEBANESE NATIONAL NEWS AGENCY: Five people, including an infant, were killed in an Israeli raid on the town of Shahour in the Tyre district in the south of the country.

ISRAEL HAYOM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has authorized Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer to notify Washington that Israel is ready to negotiate on Lebanon and a temporary ceasefire.

REUTERS: Hezbollah is open to any settlement regarding Gaza and Lebanon.

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli special forces are besieging a house in the village of Anza, south of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, without further details.

Wednesday, September 25, 6:00 pm (GMT+2)

HALEVI: Hezbollah has expanded its circle of fire today and will receive a very strong response later today.

LEBANESE HEALTH MINISTER: Israeli raids today killed 51 people and injured 223 others.

AXIOS: Axios, citing US officials and Israeli officials, reported that the Biden administration is working on a new diplomatic initiative for a temporary ceasefire in Lebanon and the resumption of negotiations on Gaza.

POPE FRANCIS: I hope the international community will make every effort to stop this terrible escalation in Lebanon. I am saddened by the news from Lebanon of bombings, death and destruction.

Wednesday, September 25, 5:00 pm (GMT+2)

ISRAELI ARMY: The Israeli army said it targeted 280 sites in Lebanon since the morning.

HEZBOLLAH: We confronted two hostile warplanes opposite the towns of Houla and Meis Al-Jabal with appropriate weapons and forced them to leave Lebanese airspace.

ISRAELI MEDIA: The army is considering raising the level of attacks in Lebanon.

LEBANESE MEDIA: Israeli raids targeted the towns of Kfar Shuba, Burj al-Shamali, Hanawieh and Jebchit in southern Lebanon.

YEDIOTH AHRONOTH: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided to hold narrow security consultations before the meeting of the security cabinet, which will be held tonight in a fortified basement inside the Defense Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli platforms: Hospital directors in southern Haifa received instructions to raise the alert level due to developments.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Gunfire from Israeli vehicles east of Khan Yunis city, south of the Gaza Strip.

AL-MAYADEEN: Israeli vehicles open fire on areas east of Al-Maghazi in the central Gaza Strip.

Wednesday, September 25, 4:00 pm (GMT+2)

AL-MAYADEEN: A number of civil defense personnel were injured by the occupation’s shelling while they were working to remove rubble inside the town of Burj al-Shamali in the south.

ISRAELI MEDIA: The cost of fighting in two days in the north is 4 billion shekels

CBS (citing US officials): The damage to the fuel ship “USNS Big Horn” was extensive and caused it to partially submerge

HEZBOLLAH: We bombed an explosives factory in the Israeli region of Zikhron with a salvo of Fadi 3 missiles, which it had recently introduced into its military operations.

ISRAELI ARMY: The Israeli army said it has targeted 60 Hezbollah sites in Lebanon since this morning.

CHANNEL 13: The security cabinet will meet this evening, coinciding with the ongoing escalation in Lebanon.

LEBANESE MEDIA: Missiles were launched from southern Lebanon towards the Galilee Finger, noting that an Israeli raid targeted the town of Khiam in southern Lebanon.

ISRAELI ARMY: The Israeli army decided to recruit two reserve brigades to carry out operational missions on the northern front, in light of the ongoing escalation in Lebanon.

LEBANESE PARLIAMENT SPEAKER: Beirut is making serious efforts with international parties, including Washington, to curb the Israeli escalation.

AXIOS: Washington seeks to prevent Israeli ground invasion of Lebanon and deter Iran from interfering.

BLINKEN: The main challenge now is to prevent a wider war, in light of the ongoing Israeli attacks on Lebanon.

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: Our fighters are engaging in machine gun clashes with an Israeli force in the Al-Samman neighborhood in the Jenin camp in the occupied West Bank.

Wednesday, September 25, 3:00 pm (GMT+2)

HEZBOLLAH: Hezbollah announced launching a missile attack targeting the Sa’ar settlement near Nahariya. The Israeli ambulance confirmed that 3 people were injured, one of them seriously, as a result of rockets falling on the Sa’ar settlement.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: A woman was killed and a number of civilians were injured in an Israeli bombardment that targeted a house in Khirbet al-Adas, north of Rafah.

LEBANESE HEALTH MINISTRY: Seven people were killed and 38 others were injured in Israeli raids on the Baalbek-Hermel region in eastern Lebanon.

Wednesday, September 25, 2:00 pm (GMT+2)

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: We are engaged in armed clashes with machine guns with an Israeli force in the Al-Samman neighborhood in the Jenin camp in the northern West Bank.

AL-MAYADEEN: Israeli occupation aircraft launch a raid north of Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip.

WALLA: Injuries were reported in the Sa’ar Cooperative in Western Galilee after a rocket fell in the area.

UNHCR: The devastating bombings in Lebanon are claiming the lives of innocent people and forcing thousands to flee.

LEBANESE HEALTH MINISTRY: Two people were killed and 27 others were injured in an Israeli raid on the town of Tebnine in the south of the country.

ISRAELI MEDIA: The Israeli army bombed about 50 sites in northern and southern Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley during the last hour.

Wednesday, September 25, 1:00 pm (GMT+2)

REUTERS (citing informed sources): Hezbollah’s flexible leadership, tunnel network and arsenal of weapons help it withstand Israel. Hezbollah was bringing missiles into Lebanon at a rapid pace in anticipation of a prolonged conflict, but it seeks to avoid an all-out war.

WASHINGTON POST (citing Israeli official): Netanyahu believes that if he uses force, the enemy will be more flexible. Netanyahu’s approach has not worked in Gaza and Hezbollah is unlikely to back down.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Two Palestinians were killed and others were injured in an Israeli bombardment that targeted a house in Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip.

GAZA HEALTH MINISTER: 41,495 Palestinians have been killed, and 96,006 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.

ISRAELI ARMY RADIO: The army attacked for the first time on Wednesday a town in Mount Lebanon, north of Beirut, about 120 kilometers from the border.

LEBANESE HEALTH MINISTRY:

Three Lebanese were killed and 9 wounded in an Israeli raid on the town of Al-Maaysra in the Keserwan district in Mount Lebanon.

Three Lebanese were killed and 13 wounded as a result of the Israeli enemy raid on Ain Qana, southern Lebanon.

Four Lebanese were killed in an Israeli raid on the town of Joun in the Chouf in Mount Lebanon.

NYT: The decision to escalate in Lebanon was met with strong opposition from some senior officials.

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: Al-Qassam Brigades, in cooperation with Al-Quds Brigades, bombard an engineering site north of Netzarim with heavy mortar shells.

HEZBOLLAH:

We bombed the settlement of Hatzor with dozens of rockets in defense of Lebanon and its people.

We bombed the Dado military base, the headquarters of the Northern Command, with dozens of rockets.

Wednesday, September 25, 12:00 pm (GMT+2)

CNN (citing informed sources): US officials are desperate to reach a ceasefire in Gaza.

ISRAELI ARMY RADIO: A fortified residential building in Safed was hit and a fire broke out in it without causing any injuries.

KAN: 40 rockets were fired from Lebanon towards Safed.

AL-JAZEERA: A series of Israeli raids targeted the Jabal al-Rayhan area, the vicinity of the city of Tyre, and the coastal Zahrani area in southern Lebanon.

ISREALI MEDIA: A batch of rockets was launched from southern Lebanon towards Israeli sites in the Galilee.

IRANIAN SUPREME LEADER ALI KHAMENEI: The Palestinian resistance will win and Hezbollah will win. The resistance forces do not have the enemy’s capabilities and equipment, but they will win in the end.

Washington knows about the crimes of the Zionist entity, supports it, and needs its victory.

We did not succumb to pressure and we will not succumb to it now either.

The enemy does not dare to attack our lands because of the steadfastness of our people, but it practices hostility in another form.

Wednesday, September 25, 11:00 am (GMT+2)

FINANCIAL TIMES: A study by Israel’s Reichman University said that Hezbollah could fire up to 3,000 rockets and missiles at Israel every day.

HOME FRONT COMMAND: The remaining residents of Kiryat Shmona in Upper Galilee should stay near shelters, in light of the exchange of fire between the Israeli army and Hezbollah.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Two Palestinians were killed after Israeli drones targeted Palestinians in Khirbet Al-Adas, north of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip.

ISRAELI ARMY RADIO: Iraqi armed groups have launched 3 drones toward Israel since last night.

Wednesday, September 25, 10:00 am (GMT+2)

ISRAELI MEDIA: The Israeli army intercepted about 10 shells in Haifa and the Krayot area, while others fell in open areas.

ISRAELI HOME FRONT COMMAND: Sirens were sounding in the southern Golan Heights due to suspected drone infiltration.

Wednesday, September 25, 09:30 am (GMT+2)

ISRAELI MEDIA:

Reports of loud explosions heard in Zichron Yaakov, south of Haifa.

A rocket fell in the Bat Shlomo area, south of Haifa.

Sirens sound in Zichron Yaakov for the first time since the start of the war

HOME FRONT COMMAND:

Sirens were sounding in the southern Golan Heights due to suspected drone infiltration.

Sirens are also sounding in several towns south of Haifa.

ISRAELI ARMY: Sirens were sounding in the town of Eliad, northern Israel.

CHANNEL 12: Israel launched raids on the towns of Arzun, Tulin, Majdal Silm, and Al-Sawana, and on the towns of Al-Hawsh, Al-Naqoura, and Al-Qalila in southern Lebanon.

ISLAMIC RESISTANCE IN IRAQ: We attacked a military target north of the occupied territories with drones.

POLITICO: There is a disagreement between the United States and Israel over how to deal with Hezbollah, noting that Israeli strikes against the party sparked controversy within the Biden administration.

HEZBOLLAH: Hezbollah announced that it targeted the Mossad headquarters in the suburbs of Tel Aviv with a Qader-1 ballistic missile, indicating that the targeted headquarters is responsible for assassinating leaders and blowing up communication devices.

Wednesday, September 25, 08:35 am (GMT+2)

ECONOMIST: The scenario of an all-out war with Hezbollah is a nightmare for the Israeli economy.

HEZBOLLAH: On Wednesday morning, at half past six, we fired a Qadir-1 ballistic missile targeting the Mossad headquarters on the outskirts of Tel Aviv. The headquarters is responsible for assassinating leaders and blowing up Pagers and radios.

Wednesday, September 25, 08:00 am (GMT+2)

ISRAELI ARMY: We renew our demand for residents of villages in southern Lebanon not to return to their homes. (Since Monday morning, the Israeli army has launched the most violent and far-reaching attack on Lebanon since the start of clashes with Hezbollah about a year ago, killing 558 people, including 50 children and 94 women, and wounding 1,835, according to the latest data from the Lebanese Ministry of Health.)

Wednesday, September 25, 07:30 am (GMT+2)

ISRAELI MEDIA: Hezbollah strikes Gush Dan and Hasharon for the first time.

Wednesday, September 25, 07:15 am (GMT+2)

ISRAELI ARMY: The missile fired by Hezbollah towards Tel Aviv is a ballistic missile of a medium range.

ISRAELI ARMY RADIO: Israeli Army Radio said rockets from Lebanon were targeting Tel Aviv for the first time in this war.

KAN (The Israel Broadcasting Corporation): One rocket was launched from Lebanon towards Tel Aviv and intercepted by the air defense system.

Wednesday, September 25, 07:15 am (GMT+2)

ISRAELI MEDIA:

Air traffic stopped at Ben Gurion Airport.

Early estimates suggests that Hezbollah seems to have targeted the Glilot military base.

Explosions are heard in Sharon and Gush Dan in the center of Israel.

Sirens sound in Tel Aviv, Netanya, the Sharon area and Emek Hefer north of Tel Aviv.

Sirens sound in the central area.

Sirens sound in Tel Aviv.

(The Palestine Chronicle)

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