US students continued to protest in support of the Palestinian people and Gaza, despite threats by their university and police raids.
The Chinese foreign ministry announced that representatives of Fatah and Hamas arrived in Beijing to hold an in-depth and frank dialogue to promote Palestinian reconciliation.
Israeli raids targeted several areas in Gaza, committing five massacres in the last 24 hours, which killed 47 Palestinians and injured 61 more.
According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 34,535 Palestinians have been killed, and 77,704 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.
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Tuesday, April 30, 2:00 pm (GMT+2)
UNRA COMMISSIONER-GENERAL: People have not been asked to evacuate Rafah yet.
ISRAELI ARMY RADIO: The perpetrator of the stabbing attack in Jerusalem was a Turkish citizen.
NETANYAHU: We will not accept a settlement regarding Rafah.
AL-JAZEERA: Israeli ccupation forces shoot a young man in the Old City of Jerusalem on suspicion of intending to carry out a stabbing attack.
Tuesday, April 30, 12:30 pm (GMT+2)
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Two people were killed in an Israeli bombing targeting citizens in the city of Al-Zahra in the central Gaza Strip.
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Two people were killed in an Israeli bombing targeting citizens in the city of Al-Zahra in the central Gaza Strip.
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— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) April 30, 2024
AL-JAZEERA: Israeli artillery shelling from the Upper Galilee targeted areas in southern Lebanon.
GAZA CIVIL DEFENSE: It is estimated that there are more than 10,000 missing people under the rubble of destroyed buildings. The accumulation of thousands of bodies under the rubble began to cause the spread of diseases and epidemics, especially with the onset of summer.
GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: 34,535 Palestinians have been killed, and 77,704 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.
GAZA CIVIL DEFENSE: It is estimated that there are more than 10,000 missing people under the rubble of destroyed buildings. The accumulation of thousands of bodies under the rubble began to cause the spread of diseases and epidemics, especially with the onset of summer.
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— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) April 30, 2024
Tuesday, April 30, 11:00 am (GMT+2)
AL-JAZEERA: Israeli raids targeted the town of Al-Mughraqa, north of the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.
CHINESE FM: Representatives of the two movements arrived in Beijing to hold an in-depth and frank dialogue to promote Palestinian reconciliation. Both sides expressed a political desire to achieve reconciliation through dialogue.
SOCIAL MEDIA: Protesters raise the Palestinian flag in the historic administrative building of Columbia University.
Tuesday, April 30, 09:00 am (GMT+2)
AL-JAZEERA: The US State Police of Utah raided a camp set up by students supporting Gaza on the campus of the University of Utah, which is located in Salt Lake City.
AL-JAZEERA: The US State Police of Utah raided a camp set up by students supporting Gaza on the campus of the University of Utah, which is located in Salt Lake City.
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— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) April 30, 2024
ISRAELI ARMY: The Israeli army said that its forces bombed Hezbollah military infrastructure last night in Kafr Kila and Khiam, southern Lebanon.
HEZBOLLAH: We attacked two Israeli targets at dawn today in the Upper Galilee.
ISRAELI ARMY RADIO: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet today, Tuesday, with Israeli Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, against the backdrop of communications regarding the deal with Hamas and the expected military operation in Rafah.
AL-JAZEERA: a group of students took control of two buildings at Columbia University and closed them.
AL-JAZEERA: a group of students took control of two buildings at Columbia University and occupied them.
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— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) April 30, 2024
Tuesday, April 30, 06:00 am (GMT+2)
AL-JAZEERA: Faculty members at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology informed the protesting students of the failure of the negotiations and the need to break up their sit-in within 24 hours.
SOCIAL MEDIA: hundreds of University of Minnesota students gathered in the university square, in a demonstration in support of Palestine and Gaza.
WHITE HOUSE SPOKESWOMAN: “It is not within the jurisdiction of the ICC to issue rulings against Israeli officials.”
AL-JAZEERA: An Israeli raid targeted a short while ago southeast of Gaza City.
Tuesday, April 30, 04:30 am (GMT+2)
CNN (Citing Columbia University’s top student negotiator): The university administration has promoted an anti-Palestinian narrative over the past 6 months.
(The Palestine Chronicle)
