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December 21, 2023 Blog, News
Gaza reels under new massacres carried out by the Israeli army. (Photo: via Eye on Palestine)

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

Many Palestinians were reportedly killed in the Jabaliya refugee camp in Israeli shelling and strikes. The Israeli military however is reportedly preventing medics and civil defense workers from reaching the wounded.

Israeli bombardment on various parts of the besieged Strip also continued with hundreds reportedly killed and wounded.

The Israeli army announced the killing of several of its officers and soldiers in fierce fighting in Khan Yunis.

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Friday, December 22, 07:30 am (GMT+3)

AL-JAZEERA:

Heavy Israeli artillery shelling and airstrikes on the town and refugee camp of Jabaliya.

Also, intense strikes are currently taking place in Khan Younis in the south.

ISRAELI ARMY: An officer and a soldier were killed in ongoing battles in the north and south of the Gaza Strip. Three other soldiers were seriously wounded.

NYT: Former Israeli detainee Sahar Calderon said in an interview with The New York Times that she used to hear loud explosions from airstrikes while she was detained in the Gaza Strip; and that she was telling herself that she would die from Israeli rockets, not Hamas.

Friday, December 22, 03:00 am (GMT+3)

REUTERS (Citing Diplomats): A vote on a UN Security Council resolution to boost aid to Gaza had been postponed to Friday.

AL-JAZEERA: Five Palestinians were killed, and others were wounded in an Israeli raid on a house in the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.

Golani Units Pulling out from Gaza – What It Means

Friday, December 22, 01:00 am (GMT+3)

RNN: Rarely do we get the chance to see and hear what happens on the Israeli military side when Palestinian Resistance anti-personnel shells hit their targets. This leaked footage, shared by the Resistance News Network on their Telegram Channel, provides an answer.

IRAQ ISLAMIC RESISTANCE: We targeted a site in “occupied Umm al-Rashrash” (Eilat), in response to the massacres against the people of Gaza.

ISRAELI MEDIA: The Israeli army distributed photos of Israeli captives to its soldiers in Gaza in order to avoid repeating the “disaster” of killing three prisoners in the Shejaiya neighborhood.

AL-JAZEERA: The Director General of the Ministry of Health in Gaza, Dr. Munir Al-Bursh, was injured and his daughter was killed in an Israeli bombing on Jabaliya, north of the Strip.

ISRAELI MEDIA: The War Council is now meeting in Tel Aviv amid disagreements over the negotiating frameworks for a new prisoner exchange

AL-JAZEERA: Renewed Israeli air strikes are reported on inhabited homes in the southeast of the Gaza Strip.

AP: An analysis of satellite images showed that the Israeli bombing destroyed more than two-thirds of the buildings in northern Gaza and a quarter of the buildings in Khan Yunis in the south of the Strip.

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: A worker in the besieged Al-Awda Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip was killed by Israeli occupation snipers.

Thursday, December 21, 11:35 pm (GMT+3)

AL-JAZEERA: Seven Palestinians were killed in an Israeli bombing of a house in the Nuseirat camp.

AL-JAZEERA: Two people were killed and injured in an Israeli bombing that targeted a house southeast of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.

AL-JAZEERA: The UN Security Council session was postponed to vote on a draft resolution to expand the scope of humanitarian aid to Gaza.

WHO: Catastrophic levels of food insecurity in Gaza.

Thursday, December 21, 10:00 pm (GMT+3)

ISRAELI MEDIA: The Golani Brigade was withdrawn from Gaza after 60 days of fighting in which it suffered heavy losses.

WHITE HOUSE: There is no draft resolution for a vote in the Security Council on Gaza now and we are working with our partners on the wording of a draft resolution.

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: We targeted a group of occupation soldiers with an “ Al-Yassin 105 ” shell north of the city of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip , and killed and wounded the Israeli soldiers.

WHITE HOUSE: The Israelis realize the need to move to a different phase of the military campaigns.

FRENCH MP THOMAS PORTES: 4,000 French nationals with dual citizenship are participating in the war on Gaza with the Israeli army.

KAN: Israel is considering extending the truce to persuade Hamas to release detainees.

Thursday, December 21, 9:00 pm (GMT+3)

ISRAELI ARMY SPOKESMAN: Israeli forces continue to deepen ground operations north and south of the Gaza Strip.

AL-JAZEERA: Violent clashes in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza.

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: Our fighters are engaged in clashes with occupation soldiers in the Yarmouk area and Al-Jalaa Street in Gaza City.

AXIOS: Israel made a new offer regarding the exchange of prisoners.

PPC: The total number of Israeli arrest campaigns in the West Bank has risen to more than 4,655 since last October 7.

PALESTINIAN RED CRESCENT: The Israeli occupation forces stormed the Jabalia Ambulance Center in the northern Gaza Strip, arrested all the crews and paramedics, and took them to an unknown destination.

Thursday, December 21, 7:45 pm (GMT+3)

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: We bombed the Israeli military crowds in the vicinity of Al-Zalal Mosque, east of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, with a barrage of mortar shells.

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: The Al-Qassam Brigades broadcast a video clip of three prisoners, saying they were killed by Israeli army weapons.

ABU OBEIDA:

Our mujahideen are still in the field confronting the aggression and inflicting heavy losses on it.

The number of vehicles we have targeted since the start of the ground aggression has reached 720 vehicles.

During the last week, our mujahideen carried out more than 15 successful sniping operations.

Thursday, December 21, 6:35 pm (GMT+3)

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: Our fighters targeted seven Israeli military vehicles on various fighting fronts, confirming that certain casualties had occurred. We confirm the killing of six soldiers and the wounding of others in a house where they had barricaded themselves in the Yarmouk area.

BENNY GANTZ: Israeli War Council member Benny Gantz also said that there is no intention to stop the war and it will continue for as long as it takes.

ISRAELI PM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he will not stop the war and will fight until victory, and that Hamas has two options: surrender or death.

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: We targeted an Israeli special force in the Al-Tawam area, north of Gaza City, and clashed with them with heavy machine guns. We confirm the killing of 11 soldiers from the Special Forces, and also announced the detonation of an anti-personnel device in its support force.

CANADIAN PM: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he was concerned that Israel’s war tactics were putting its long-term security and diplomatic support at risk.

ANBSARALLAH: The spokesman for the Ansarallah group said that the operations in the Red Sea are only a source of concern for Israel to push it to stop its aggression. The spokesman warned of Israel’s efforts to involve the world by expanding the conflict and giving Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a lifeline.

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PALESTINE CHRONICLE CORRESPONDENT: One Palestinian was killed and another injured in an Israeli artillery shelling in the center of the city of Khan Yunis.

Thursday, December 21, 5:25 pm (GMT+3)

PALESTINE CHRONICLE CORRESPONDENT:

Israeli occupation forces blew up a number of homes in the town of Bani Suhaila, east of Khan Yunis Governorate, south of the Gaza Strip.

The Israeli army blew up the entire Palestine Mosque area in the Al-Rimal neighborhood after being stationed there for a full month.

RUSSIAN FM: The West is not ready to implement the two-state solution.

WASHINGTON POST: There is no evidence that Hamas used Al-Shifa Hospital as a command and control center.

AL-JAZEERA: Sirens sounded in the Margaliot settlement on the border with Lebanon and several areas in Western Galilee.

Thursday, December 21, 4:00 pm (GMT+3)

WASHINGTON POST (citing US official): The United States will not agree to exclude Israel from inspecting Gaza aid.

CNN (citing US intelligence analyses): Hamas’ credibility and influence have grown significantly since the October 7 military operation.

HAARETZ: Five Israelis were injured as a result of anti-tank missiles falling on the northern border.

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: We targeted occupation soldiers near an Israeli tank in the Al-Mughraqa area, in the central Gaza Strip, with an anti-personnel missile.

Thursday, December 21, 2:30 pm (GMT+3)

PALESTINE CHRONICLE CORRESPONDENT

An air strike accompanied by artillery shelling targeted the Shejaiya neighborhood, east of Gaza City.

Israeli air strikes are reported in the Ma’an area, east of Khan Yunis Governorate, south of the Gaza Strip

One Palestinian was killed as a result of the occupation’s bombing and destruction of “Hira Mosque” in Jabaliya Al-Balad, north of the Gaza Strip.

Israeli aircraft targeted a house belonging to the Arouq family near the Sheikh Radwan Pool in Gaza City

Israeli aircraft targeted a house belonging to the Al-Arabid family in the Sheikh Radwan area of Gaza City.

Thursday, December 21, 2:20 pm (GMT+3)

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Clashes with heavy machine guns take place on the outskirts of the Shejaiya neighborhood.

AL-JAZEERA: The Resistance launched a large batch of missiles toward the Greater Tel Aviv area, noting that more than 20 missiles were fired in two batches.

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: targeted an Israeli force holed up in a building in the Al-Mughraqa area in the central Gaza Strip with an anti-fortified TBG shell.

HEZBOLLAH: We targeted the Doviv and Avivim colonies with “appropriate weapons” and achieved confirmed casualties.

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: We bombed crowds of enemy forces penetrating east of the city of Khan Yunis with heavy-caliber mortar shells.

Thursday, December 21, 1:00 pm (GMT+3)

HAMAS: There should be no talk about prisoners or exchange deals except after a comprehensive cessation of Israeli aggression.

ISRAELI ARMY: 40 soldiers were injured in the Gaza Strip within 24 hours.

AL-JAZEERA: 20 missiles were launched towards Israeli positions in the occupied Lebanese Kfar Shuba hills.

PALESTINIAN RED CRESCENT: an Israeli bombing targeted the vicinity of the Al Amal Hospital building in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Clashes broke out between the occupation forces and the resistance west of Jabaliya in the Gaza Strip.y

AL-JAZEERA: Missiles were fired towards Israeli positions in the occupied Shebaa Farms from southern Lebanon.

POLITICO: Politico reported from a Quinnipiac University poll that Americans are dissatisfied with their country’s support for Israel as the war on Gaza approaches its third month.

EGYPTIAN FM: The UN Security Council must bear its responsibility.

PENTAGON SOURCES: Washington has deployed more of its forces in the Red Sea.

BRITISH FM: We are working to keep the crossings open to ensure the entry of aid.

AL-JAZEERA: Four Palestinians, including the director of the Karen Abu Salem (Karem Shalom) Crossing, were killed as a result of the occupation aircraft targeting the crossing facilities while they were working.

Thursday, December 21, 12:00 pm (GMT+3)

AL-JAZEERA: Two missiles were fired at two Israeli military sites in the Upper Galilee.

BEN-GVIR: Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir said that the idea of ​​reducing operations in the Gaza Strip reflects the failure of the War Council to manage the battle, and that the War Council must be dissolved immediately.

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: Our fighters bombed a gathering of Israeli soldiers in the vicinity of the Civil Administration in the northern Gaza Strip with a barrage of mortar shells.

WHO: There are no hospitals operating in the northern Gaza Strip.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: An air strike, accompanied by artillery shelling, targeted the Shejaiya neighborhood, east of Gaza, while an Israeli helicopter fired its heavy machine guns.

Thursday, December 21, 11:00 am (GMT+3)

PALESTINIAN RED CRESCENT: Our medical teams are heading towards the Rafah crossing after receiving calls about wounded and injured as a result of Israeli bombing near the crossing, amid an intensification of the bombing in various areas of the Gaza Strip.

WASHINGTON POST: Democratic lawmakers are demanding greater congressional oversight of US military aid sent to Israel.

MEDICAL SOURCE (to Al-Jazeera): Three wounded people died in Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City due to a lack of medical supplies, amid continuing Israeli raids on the north and center of the besieged Strip.

AL-JAZEERA: Violent artillery shelling targeted the northern areas of the Gaza Strip. Heavy machine gun fire was heard in the Al-Shujaiya neighborhood, east of Gaza.

Thursday, December 21, 10:00 am (GMT+3)

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli occupation boats are intensively bombarding the beaches of Rafah and Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.

Thursday, December 21, 09:00 am (GMT+3)

PALESTINIAN MEDICAL SOURCES: 55 Palestinians were killed in Israeli raids on citizens’ homes in Khan Yunis during the past 24 hours.

KAN: Tel Aviv is offering a financial grant of up to $5,600 per month to Israelis who return to their homes 4 kilometers from the Gaza Strip border.

ISRAELI ARMY: Residents of towns located four kilometers from the border with the Gaza Strip can return to their homes.

LEBANESE CIVIL DEFENSE: A woman was killed and her husband was injured in an Israeli bombing of their house in Maroun al-Ras.

Thursday, December 21, 08:00 am (GMT+3)

PALESTINE CHRONICLE CORRESPONDENT: Renewed clashes between the Palestinian Resistance and the invading Israeli forces in the vicinity of the administration site of the Al-Qassam Brigades, east of Jabaliya, in the northern Gaza Strip.

ISRAELI ARMY: Five Israeli soldiers were seriously injured in Khan Yunis.

AL-JAZEERA: An Israeli raid targeted the outskirts of Kafr Kila in southern Lebanon.

AL-JAZEERA: The occupation forces continue to besiege a building belonging to the Red Crescent in Jabaliya.

AL-JAZEERA: Sirens sounded in Misgav Am in the Upper Galilee.

PALESTINE CHRONICLE CORRESPONDENT: Israeli occupation continues to cut off communications and the Internet from the Gaza Strip for the second day in a row.

Thursday, December 21,07:15 am (GMT+3)

RED CRESCENT: Israeli occupation forces continue to besiege a building belonging to the Red Crescent in Jabaliya refugee camp in northern Gaza. Palestinian medics and wounded are trapped inside.

(The Palestine Chronicle)

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