LIVE BLOG: Massacre in Beit Lahia | Hezbollah Media Officer Assassinated – Day 408

AL-MAYADEEN: Israeli forces targeted the Islamic Group Center in the Mar Elias area in Beirut.

AL-MAYADEEN: Israeli forces targeted the Islamic Group Center in the Mar Elias area in Beirut. pic.twitter.com/NgKTWJCfHI

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) November 17, 2024

AL-MAYADEEN: An Israeli occupation raid targeted the Lebanese capital, Beirut.

CHANNEL 12: The week following the new security minister’s “victory speech” was one of the bloodiest for Israel in the north and south.

YAHYA SAREE: The military spokesman for the Ansarallah group, Yahya Saree, announced that they carried out a “qualitative operation in Jaffa and Ashkelon using a number of drones.”

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🔴 Yahya Saree: We targeted Jaffa and Ashkelon

The spokesman for the Ansar Allah group in Sanaa announced the implementation of a drone operation against the areas of Jaffa (Tel Aviv) and Ashkelon in Israel. pic.twitter.com/dO08s40Dp5

— South Today (@SouthToday5) November 17, 2024

AL-MAYADEEN: The Israeli army acknowledged the killing of two soldiers from the Nahshon battalion of the Kfir brigade earlier today in the northern Gaza Strip.

AL-MAYADEEN: The Israeli army acknowledged the killing of two soldiers from the Nahshon battalion of the Kfir brigade earlier today in the northern Gaza Strip. pic.twitter.com/2BgZqhpLGN

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) November 17, 2024

AL-MAYADEEN: Israeli artillery shelling targets the east of Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip

KAN:  A bill has been approved that prohibits raising Palestinian Authority flags on institutions funded by Israel.

ISRAELI ARMY RADIO: One person was injured by a rocket explosion in the Upper Galilee.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Rockets fell in more than one location in the Hurfeish area in the Upper Galilee, and they caused damage to one of the houses.

CHANNEL 12:

We are in an impossible situation in Gaza and paying a heavy price.

We are prolonging the war and not moving forward to where we can return the prisoners.

The current situation is that Hamas is responsible for everywhere the army is not present in the Gaza Strip.

The situation is the same as it was before October 7, 2023.

AL-JAZEERA: Jordanian activists continued their hunger strike for the 17th day, demanding the entry of 500 aid trucks into northern Gaza, the lifting of the siege on the Strip, and the cessation of the occupation’s land bridges.

AL-JAZEERA: Jordanian activists continued their hunger strike for the 17th day, demanding the entry of 500 aid trucks into northern Gaza, the lifting of the siege on the Strip, and the cessation of the occupation’s land bridges. pic.twitter.com/Fn1AQ0MPSG

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) November 17, 2024

CHANNEL 13: Mossad chief will present new Gaza ceasefire proposals today during a meeting with Netanyahu

VATICAN NEWS: Pope Francis called into an investigation into whether Israeli actions in Gaza fit the definition of genocide.

VATICAN NEWS: Pope Francis called into an investigation into whether Israeli actions in Gaza fit the definition of genocide. pic.twitter.com/Yy8Uv4mrcR

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) November 17, 2024

ISRAELI ARMY: Five soldiers were injured during the past 24 hours, 3 of them in Gaza and 2 in Lebanon.

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: Our fighters are engaged in “fierce clashes with machine guns and anti-tank weapons with enemy soldiers and vehicles in the Al-Hatabiya area, west of Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip.”

UNIFIL: One of our forces came under fire in the town of Maarakeh in southern Lebanon, without any injuries being reported.

YEDIOTH AHRONOTH: An officer and 5 soldiers from the Lotar unit of the Israeli army were killed in an ambush by the Qassam Brigades a few days ago while they were setting up an ambush to trap the resistance fighters in Jabaliya.

SECRETARY-GENERAL OF ARAB SOCIALIST PARTY BAATH PARTY (to Al-Mayadeen):

Hezbollah media relations official Hajj Muhammad Afif, who was coincidentally present in the targeted building, was martyred.

There are those who threatened Hajj Muhammad Afif by name and through local and Arab media platforms.

Hajj Muhammad Afif did not fight with weapons and did not lead a military unit in Hezbollah, but rather led a media unit.

SECRETARY-GENERAL OF ARAB SOCIALIST PARTY BAATH PARTY:

Hezbollah media relations official Hajj Muhammad Afif, who was coincidentally present in the targeted building, was martyred.

There are those who threatened Hajj Muhammad Afif by name and through local and Arab media… pic.twitter.com/3bNKVqawJU

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) November 17, 2024

AL-JAZEERA: Two Palestinians were killed and others were injured in an Israeli bombardment of the Qizan al-Najjar area, south of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip.

LEBANESE HEALTH MINISTRY: One person was killed and three were injured in an Israeli airstrike on the Ras al-Nabaa area in Beirut.

AL-JAZEERA (citing security source):  Hezbollah’s media relations official, Muhammad Afif, was targeted in an airstrike on the Ras al-Nabaa area in Beirut.

شنّ العدو الإسرائيلي غارة في العاصمة #بيروت على مبنى في منطقة رأس النبع pic.twitter.com/Qn1Go8PW8H

— Al Modon – المدن (@almodononline) November 17, 2024

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: We targeted two Merkava tanks and a Zionist bulldozer with 105 Al-Yassin shells east of Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip.

AL-JAZEERA:

An Israeli raid targeted the Lebanese capital, Beirut.

Two Israeli raids on the outskirts of the towns of Kafra and Yater in south Lebanon.

AL-JAZEERA: Two Palestinians were injured in Israeli artillery shelling of the town of Al-Nasr, northeast of the city of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip.

LEBANESE MEDIA: Israeli artillery shelling targeted the vicinity of the town of Shamaa in the Tyre district in south Lebanon.

AL-JAZEERA: One Palestinian was killed by Israeli drone fire in the Qizan al-Najjar area in the southern Gaza Strip.

ISRAELI HOME FRONT COMMAND: Sirens sounded again in several settlements in the Upper Galilee after detecting rockets being launched from southern Lebanon.

LEBANESE MEDIA: Our Lady of Salvation Church in the Hadath area, adjacent to the southern suburb, was damaged on Sunday as a result of the Israeli raid that targeted a nearby residential building this morning, amid the ongoing Israeli aggression on various areas in Lebanon.

الاضرار داخل كنيسة سيدة النجاة في منطقة الحدث pic.twitter.com/4whPhSHKJF

— MDM News (@MDMNews4) November 17, 2024

HEZBOLLAH: We targeted with artillery shells a gathering of Israeli enemy forces on the southwestern outskirts of the town of Shamaa, Tyre District, in south Lebanon.

KAN: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is holding security consultations this evening, Sunday, as contacts regarding the settlement in Lebanon progress.

AL-JAZEERA: The Israeli army blew up a number of houses in the Wata al-Khiam area in south Lebanon.

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: We destroyed a Zionist military vehicle near the western roundabout in Beit Lahia, north of the Gaza Strip, by detonating a highly explosive, piercing explosive device.

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: We destroyed a Zionist military vehicle near the western roundabout in Beit Lahia, north of the Gaza Strip, by detonating a highly explosive, piercing explosive device. pic.twitter.com/mpy2jobuin

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) November 17, 2024

HAARETZ: A third of the Israeli war dead are members of the reserve forces.

HEZBOLLAH: Our fighters bombarded the Krayot area north of the occupied city of Haifa with a barrage of rockets.

AL-JAZEERA: An Israeli drone opened fire on Palestinians in Jabalia, north of the Gaza Strip, killing and wounding others.

HAMAS: The massacre committed by the occupation army by bombing a residential building over the heads of its residents in Beit Lahia is an attempt to perpetuate the war of extermination, ethnic cleansing, and brutal revenge against defenseless civilians.

AL-JAZEERA: New Israeli raids targeted areas in the southern suburbs of Beirut.

AL-JAZEERA: New Israeli raids targeted areas in the southern suburbs of Beirut. pic.twitter.com/rMaJ0HHjjn

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) November 17, 2024

AL-JAZEERA: The Israeli occupation forces bombed the town of Khiam in southern Lebanon with incendiary shells.

ISRAELI MEDIA: A rocket fired from southern Lebanon fell in the town of Kfar Masrik, south of Akka.

HEZBOLLAH: We targeted the Ma’ale Golani barracks, the headquarters of the 810th Hermon Brigade, with a rocket salvo.

MEDICAL SOURCES (to Al-Jazeera): 96 people were killed in Israeli raids on the Gaza Strip since dawn on Sunday, including at least 67 in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip.

A horrific massacre was perpetrated in northern Gaza. Israel bombed a building in Beit Lahiya where more than 70 displaced people were sheltering, killing scores of them, including children and women. pic.twitter.com/3qQHVmWvtq

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) November 17, 2024

ISRAELI HOME FRONT COMMAND:  Sirens are sounding in the Nahal Oz settlement in the Gaza Strip.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Dozens of demonstrators blocked the entrance to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office in occupied Jerusalem, demanding the fall of the government and the conclusion of a prisoner exchange deal with Hamas.

AL-JAZEERA: At least seven people were killed and others were injured in the occupation’s bombing of a house in Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip. The search is continuing for missing people under the rubble.

ISRAEL HAYOM:  The drone infiltration incident ended, and it was reported that it fell near the Rehovot junction, south of Tel Aviv.

DIRECTOR OF HEALTH IN GAZA: The occupation deliberately bombs civilians late at night so that no one can save them.

ISRAELI HOME FRONT COMMAND: Sirens were sounding in Ness Ziona and towns in central Israel after a drone was spotted being launched from the east.

ترجمة قدس| جيش الاحتلال يعلن أن الطائرة المسيرة التي استهدفت “يفني” قرب أسدود قادمة من الشرق. pic.twitter.com/TPwcDWe9gz

— شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@qudsn) November 17, 2024

AL-JAZEERA: An Israeli raid on a house in Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip killed and wounded several Palestinians.

CIVIL DEFENSE SPOKESMAN: The department received appeals from residents of a house bombed by the Israeli occupation in Beit Lahia, but we cannot move to rescue them.

MEDICAL SOURCES (to Al-Jazeera): An Israeli bombardment of a house in the Beit Lahia market in the northern Gaza Strip left at least 50 martyrs.

LAPID: Ultra-Orthodox Jews must commit to enlisting in the army, or they should be deprived of passports and budgets.

LAPID: Ultra-Orthodox Jews must commit to enlisting in the army, or they should be deprived of passports and budgets. pic.twitter.com/CkJNMoa0ui

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) November 17, 2024

AL-JAZEERA: An Israeli air strike targeted the Al-Hadath area in the southern suburb of Beirut.

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli shelling targeted a house in the Beit Lahia project in the northern Gaza Strip, leaving dead and wounded, including women and children.

اللحظات الأولى بعد قصف الاحتلال منزل عائلة عبد العاطي في بيت لاهيا شمال قطاع غزة pic.twitter.com/bNsNlbWSeC

— وكالة سند للأنباء – Snd News Agency (@Snd_pal) November 17, 2024