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March 19, 2024 Blog, News
Israeli forces continue to carry out massacres in Gaza. (Photo: Mahmoud Ajjour, The Palestine Chronicle)

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decided to sideline War Cabinet Minister Benny Gantz from decision-making in the negotiations taking place in Qatar, according to Israeli media. 

Israeli Minister Avi Dichter said there is no alternative to the invasion of Rafah, while US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Israel must protect civilians. 

New massacres were carried out across the Gaza Strip, particularly in Gaza City and the Shati (Beach) camp.

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 31,819 Palestinians have been killed, and 73,934 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.

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Thursday, March 20, 3:00 am (GMT+2)

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli airstrikes targeted several areas of Gaza City, including the town of Beit Lahia. This is taking place in conjunction with artillery shelling and heavy gunfire in various areas in northern Gaza.

SANDERS: US Senator Bernie Sanders said that given the catastrophe and famine in the Gaza Strip, the US should not give any penny to Netanyahu’s war machine.

‘Zionist Response’ to EU Declaration – Smotrich Calls for Expanding Illegal Settlements

Thursday, March 20, 1:30 am (GMT+2)

ISLAMIC RESISTANCE OF IRAQ: We targeted Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv with drones.

AXIOUS: Administration of US President Joe Biden will propose alternatives to the invasion of Rafah to an Israeli delegation that will visit Washington, noting that Washington is considering several alternatives to the Israeli ground invasion of Rafah.

Tears and Sand – The Gaza Mother Who Dug Her Son from under the Rubble

GAZA GOVERNMENT: Director General of the Government Media Office in Gaza Ismail Al-Thawabteh said in a statement:

In less than a week, the Israeli occupation committed 8 massacres against aid centers.

The occupation is trying to create an administrative vacuum to deepen the famine in the Gaza Strip.

The occupation targeted aid coordinators to deepen the chaos.

We are in a new phase of starvation by undermining attempts to alleviate the crisis.

The occupation allows the entry of aid and then targets those who seek it.

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli shelling of a residential building in Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City, left dead and injured.

‘In the Vicinity of Al-Shifa’ – Resistance Roundup – Day 165

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF PALESTINIAN TRIBES:

The occupation is trying to spread chaos by targeting our Palestinian police and the Popular Protection Committees.

We affirm our support for our national police and the protection committees supporting them in the Gaza Strip.

We mourn the martyred sons of the police and the popular committees who made efforts to protect aid.

We affirm that our people, with all its components, are united in protecting the back of the resistance and the home front.

We will continue to support our people, our government and our resistance in the face of the futile attempts of the occupation and its lackeys.

Scores Killed – Israel Massacres Clan Committee Members while Distributing Aid in Gaza

Tuesday, March 18, 10:55 pm (GMT+2)

JERUSALEM POST: Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Jolie announced a halt to arms exports to Israel following a non-binding resolution from the House of Commons.

‘Temporary Pause’ – Canada Halts Exports of Military Goods to Israel

Tuesday, March 18, 10:45 pm (GMT+2)

GUARDIAN: The British newspaper The Guardian quoted internal UN documents as saying that the organization’s staff in the occupied West Bank are subjected to a systematic Israeli harassment campaign, including blindfolding and beatings.

Tuesday, March 18, 10:30 pm (GMT+2)

WORLD BANK: The World Bank called for urgent action to save lives in the Gaza Strip and promote immediate and free access to medical and food supplies and essential life services through all means widely available to the people of Gaza.

Tuesday, March 18, 10:15 pm (GMT+2)

AL-JAZEERA:

At least 23 Palestinians were killed by Israeli shelling of a group of people who were helping facilitate the distribution of international aid to the starving population of Gaza.

Israeli occupation forces forced some patients to leave Al-Shifa Medical Complex towards Al-Rashid Street, which witnessed the flour massacre at the end of February.

15 Palestinians were killed while many are still buried under the rubble following an Israeli strike at house in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.

Tuesday, March 18, 10:00 pm (GMT+2)

ISRAELI ARMY: The occupation army admitted to arresting 300 Palestinians and killing dozens during its ongoing military operation since Monday at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza, while the government media office in Gaza confirmed that the occupation committed a massacre that killed dozens, including children, inside the hospital.

Tuesday, March 18, 9:45 pm (GMT+2)

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu has stated that Tel Aviv must end dependence on US weapons in a way that allows it to fight for a long time without the need for US support, arguing that confrontation with Washington is inevitable.

Tuesday, March 18, 9:15 pm (GMT+2)

KAN: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu excluded the security establishment from the decision to send a delegation to Washington to discuss the military operation in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.

AL-JAZEERA: An Israeli bombing targeted a gathering of committees formed by notables and tribes southeast of Gaza City, resulting in dead and wounded.

HANIYEH: The occupation’s targeting of the Gaza police demonstrates its attempt to sabotage the negotiations.

NYT (Senator Chuck Schumer): Israel, led by Netanyahu, may become a global pariah.

AXIOS: Israeli and American sources confirmed that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had agreed to the visit of Defense Minister Yoav Galant to Washington.

Tuesday, March 18, 8:20 pm (GMT+2)

UN SPECIAL COORDINATOR IN LEBANON: The United Nations Special Coordinator in Lebanon warned that repeated violations of Resolution 1701 – which required a cessation of fighting in Lebanon in 2006 – increase the risk of deterioration of the situation at the Blue Line.

ISRAELI PM: The Israeli Prime Minister announced the dispatch of Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer and National Security Council Chairman Tzachi Hanegbi to hold discussions in Washington about launching an operation in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: We targeted with Tandem and RPG shells two Israeli military vehicles in the vicinity of the Al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City.

Tuesday, March 18, 7:30 pm (GMT+2)

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: The Israeli raid on a car in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip targeted the Nuseirat Police Director, Mahmoud Al-Bayoumi, who was killed along with his wife and two children.

US STATE DEPARTMENT: Washington has not yet seen conclusive evidence indicating that Israel is using starvation as a weapon in the Gaza war.

Tuesday, March 18, 7:00 pm (GMT+2)

AXIOS: Biden told Netanyahu that he is not trying to undermine him.

ISRAELI ARMY: two soldiers were injured as a result of rockets being fired from southern Lebanon at sites in Upper Galilee.

WASHINGTON POST: There is no truth to Israel’s claims regarding the assassination of journalists Hamza al-Dahdouh and Mustafa Thuraya.

WHITE HOUSE: The White House expressed deep concern about the UN report indicating an imminent famine in Gaza, saying that Israel should allow relief aid to arrive unhindered.

HRW: There is no credibility for Israel’s assertion that it is using American weapons legally.

AL-JAZEERA: Five Palestinians, including children, were killed in an Israeli raid that targeted a car in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

Tuesday, March 18, 6:00 pm (GMT+2)

HEZBOLLAH: We targeted an Israeli military force in the vicinity of Al-Tayhat Hill with artillery and missile weapons, and we also targeted another Israeli force south of the Pranit site, confirming that a direct hit was achieved with both targets.

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: We bombed concentrations of occupation soldiers west of Netzarim (north of the Central Governorate) with Type 107 missiles.

BELGIUM: The European Union agrees on the need to stop the violence in Gaza.

ITALY: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni affirmed her country’s opposition to a possible ground incursion by Israeli forces into the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, due to its disastrous consequences for civilians.

Tuesday, March 18, 5:15 pm (GMT+2)

ISRAELI ARMY: The Israeli army confirmed the formation of a new regional brigade on the Syrian-Lebanese border, which will operate in the area of ​​Mount Hermon and the Shebaa Farms.

PENTAGON: We have not yet seen a plan for an operation in Rafah that guarantees the safety of civilians.

AL-JAZEERA: The Israeli War Council will meet tonight to discuss negotiations for an exchange deal.

VOLKER TURK: The High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, said that Israel created a catastrophe that could have been avoided in Gaza.

NETANYAHU: I agreed with Biden that Washington would present ideas for aid before the Rafah operation.

Tuesday, March 18, 4:30 pm (GMT+2)

ISRAELI ARMY: Eight soldiers were injured in the Gaza Strip battles during the past 24 hours, without adding details about the nature of the battles that led to their injuries.

HEZBOLLAH: We targeted a deployment of Israeli soldiers at the Birkat Risha site with missile weapons, confirming that a direct hit had been achieved.

Tuesday, March 18, 3:40 pm (GMT+2)

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: Patients and medical staff detained at Al-Shifa Hospital continue their fast for the second day in a row without breaking their fast due to the lack of water and food as a result of the Israeli siege.

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: We targeted two Israeli vehicles in the vicinity of Al-Shifa Hospital.

NETANYAHU: There are parties inside Israel that have joined the United States to prevent a military operation in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip. Netanyahu attacked Israeli War Council Minister Benny Gantz, who traveled to the United States without coordination.

ANSARALLAH: We targeted Umm Al-Rashrash (Eilat) in southern Israel, with cruise missiles.

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: We targeted 5 Israeli vehicles with Al-Yassin 105 shells in the vicinity of Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.

Tuesday, March 18, 2:00 pm (GMT+2)

UN: Deaths from famine in the Gaza Strip were caused by Israel’s sweeping restrictions on the entry of aid.

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli aircraft launched a raid on the vicinity of the town of Marwahin, south of Lebanon.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli aircraft once again launched violent raids and artillery shelling on the western areas of Gaza City.

Tuesday, March 18, 1:00 pm (GMT+2)

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: The Israeli aircraft once again launched violent raids and artillery shelling on the western areas of Gaza City.

ISRAELI ARMY: An Israeli commander was killed in the operations room of an Israeli brigade in Gaza.

QATARI FM: Negotiations on an exchange deal have resumed in all their tracks in Doha.

WFP: The aid currently provided does not save the lives of Gazans.

Tuesday, March 18, 12:00 pm (GMT+2)

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: 15 Palestinian women were killed in an Israeli bombing that targeted a home for the Muqbel family in central Gaza City

AL-JAZEERA: the Israeli occupation army continues to target areas surrounding the Shifa Medical Complex in the northern Gaza Strip.

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: 31,819 Palestinians have been killed, and 73,934 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.

BELGIUM: Hamas cannot be defeated by starving civilians in Gaza.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Contact has been lost with everyone trapped inside Al-Shifa Medical Complex. The Israeli army is ordering residents in the vicinity of the hospital to leave their homes.

Tuesday, March 18, 11:00 am (GMT+2)

AL-JAZEERA: The Israeli occupation army launched a raid on the town of Al-Adissa in southern Lebanon.

ISRAELI ARMY RADIO: The “New Hope” party led by Minister Gideon Sa’ar will leave the government next week, because it was not included in the war council by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Tuesday, March 18, 10:00 am (GMT+2)

PRCS: 14 members of our crews were killed in Gaza since the beginning of the war.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Several Palestinians were killed and wounded as a result of raids launched by the Israeli occupation forces on homes west of Gaza City, and artillery shelling targeting the Beach Camp in the Strip.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: tents of displaced people in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip were drowned as a result of heavy rains.

Tuesday, March 18, 09:00 am (GMT+2)

ISRAELI MINISTER AVI DICHTER: There is no alternative to a ground operation in Rafah to undermine Hamas.

BLINKEN: Israel must protect civilians in Gaza and provide aid.

Tuesday, March 18, 08:00 am (GMT+2)

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: The Israeli occupation aircraft launched raids on several areas in the western and central Gaza Strip.

ISRAELI HAYOM:  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided to exclude Israeli War Council member Benny Gantz from decision-making in the negotiations taking place in Qatar to reach a ceasefire and release the detainees.

Tuesday, March 18, 07:00 am (GMT+2)

US STATE DEPARTMENT: Blinken will visit Saudi Arabia and Egypt to discuss a ceasefire in Gaza and the entry of humanitarian aid.

Tuesday, March 18, 06:00 am (GMT+2)

AL-AQSA TV: Israeli occupation artillery was shelling the vicinity of the town of Al-Qarara, north of the city of Khan Yunis, in the south of the Gaza Strip.

Tuesday, March 18, 05:00 am (GMT+2)

WHITE HOUSE: Biden reiterated his concern about the possibility of Israel launching a ground operation in Rafah.

Tuesday, March 18,

BIDEN: I asked Netanyahu to target Hamas without attacking Rafah

Tuesday, March 18, 1:45 am (GMT+2)

SHEHAB: Israeli strikes target an UNRWA aid center in Jabaliya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, leaving two dead and a number of wounded.

(The Palestine Chronicle)

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  1. Satanyahu and his IDF are running berserk and showing Biden and everyone that he is unstoppable. Besides the world do not know actually that what’s being done now in Gaza is just pure drama between this Satan and the other Satans-backers in the USA, Germany Nazis et al. The Resistance has our prayers that God Allah will soon grant them victory for Free Palestine despite the Judases in the present PA.

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