Hundreds of People Killed, Wounded as Israel Bombs Several Areas across Gaza
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Scores of Palestinian civilians, mainly children and women, were killed, including a journalist and her family, in early morning bombings in several areas throughout the Gaza Strip. Journalist Haneen al-Qashtan was killed along with eight members of her family, while dozens were injured after Israeli warplanes bombed their house in […]
GAZA LIVE BLOG: Israel Bombs Al-Shifa, again | Awda under Siege | HRW: Hunger as a Weapon | 100 Killed in Jabaliya – DAY 73
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Over 100 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli bombing in the Jabaliya refugee camp in northern Gaza. Scores more were killed in Israeli bombardments of other parts of the Gaza Strip, while several were killed in renewed Israeli strikes at Al-Shifa hospital. Meanwhile, four more Israeli soldiers were killed in […]
Israeli Government Calls on Families of Captives to Stop Protests
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The Israeli government called on the families of Israeli captives being held by the Palestinian Resistance movement Hamas in Gaza to stop their protests, Israeli media reported. According to Al-Jazeera, Israel’s Channel 12 reported that the officer responsible for the detainees’ file in the Israeli government asked the families to […]
Israeli Army Admits to the Killing of Five More Soldiers in Gaza
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The Israeli army acknowledged on Monday that five of its soldiers were killed on Sunday night in battles taking place south of the Gaza Strip, Al-Jazeera reported. This raises the number of soldiers killed since the start of the ground operation in Gaza to 133, according to Israeli official estimates. […]
Israel Uses Starvation of Civilians as a Weapon of War in Gaza – HRW
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Israel is using starvation as a “weapon of war” in Gaza by deliberately denying access to food and water to Palestinian civilians, Human Rights Watch said on Monday. “The Israeli government is using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare in the Gaza Strip, which is a war crime,” […]
Four Palestinians were killed in Israeli Army Raid on Faraa Refugee Camp
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The Ministry identified the victims as Rashed Habib al-Aydi, 17, Mohammad Samir Milhem, 17, his brother Hikmat, 24, and Yazan Khatib, 20. Israeli occupation forces killed four Palestinians on Monday during a military raid in Al Faraa refugee camp, south of the city of Tubas in the northern Jordan Valley, […]
Turn Gaza into Auschwitz – Israeli Town Leader
Metula council chief accused the Palestinians of carrying out a second Holocaust, while calling on the army to fully destroy the Gaza Strip, Russia Today reported. The Gaza Strip should be completely leveled and transformed into an empty museum like the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland, discouraging the Palestinians from ever trying to live there […]
Hamas, Israel Discuss Ceasefire – These Are the Main Points
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The Palestinian movement insists on setting the list of captives to be released unilaterally. Egyptian security officials told Reuters on Sunday that “Israel and Hamas are both open to a renewed ceasefire and hostage release.” However, there are still a few obstacles, which are currently being discussed, according to two […]
Israel Kills French Diplomat in Gaza – And France is Furious
France’s Foreign Ministry has condemned an Israeli airstrike in Gaza that led to the death of one of its diplomatic staff in Rafah, Russia Today reported on Sunday. The man, whose name has not been revealed, was taking shelter at a colleague’s house when the building came under attack on Wednesday. Following her arrival on […]
Al-Shifa Hospital’s Emergency Department is a ‘Bloodbath’ – WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported alarming conditions at Al-Shifa Hospital, the largest medical center in Gaza, describing its emergency department as a “bloodbath.” The hospital is overwhelmed with hundreds of injured patients, WHO said in a statement, as new cases are arriving every minute. Trauma patients are being treated on the floor due […]