By Palestine Chronicle Staff   “According to the plan, the operation will move forward in stages, based on a regional division of the Gazan city into defined areas.” The Pentagon has said that while it shares Israel’s “objective to see Hamas defeated in Rafah,” it still has some concerns about a ground assault of the southern Gaza town. Israeli media reports, meanwhile, indicate that the invasion of Rafah, which houses more than 1.4 million displaced Palestinians, is imminent. “I can tell you that coming out of the recent meeting that was hosted by the White House, the U.S. and Israel hav ..read more

By Ramzy Baroud   It goes without saying that Ben-Gvir, and his threats to topple Netanyahu’s coalition government, have been the main driving force behind the genocide in Gaza. Throughout history, fringe religious Zionist parties have had limited success in achieving the kind of electoral victories that would allow them an actual share in the country’s political decision-making. The impressive number of 17 seats won by Israel’s extremist religious party, Shas, in the 1999 elections, was a watershed moment in the history of these parties, whose ideological roots go back to Avraham It ..read more

By Iqbal Jassat It is abundantly clear that despite various attempts by the apartheid regime to garner and maintain global support for its terrorism in Gaza, it has turned out to be a dismal failure. Gaza’s killing fields by the settler colonial regime has now entered the seventh month, without any reprieve for the besieged Strip’s millions of refugees. Official records reveal that on day 200 (April 23) of the barbaric Zionist genocide, 3,025 massacres have been perpetrated, 42,510 innocent civilians mercilessly butchered, including 15,780 children slaughtered. An estimated 7,000 missing under ..read more

By Palestine Chronicle Staff   The US, along with Germany and more than a dozen other countries suspended funding to UNRWA at the end of January following Israeli allegations. Germany has announced it will resume funding the UN Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in Gaza. The decision comes after an independent investigation led by former French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna found that Israeli authorities had not yet provided sufficient evidence to support its claims that the organization’s employees were involved in the October 7 operation carried out by the Palestinian Resistance ..read more

By Abdallah Aljamal – Gaza The Palestine Chronicle spoke with three Palestinians who used to live in the Al-Sahli Tower, and whose houses were destroyed by Israel in the ongoing assault. The massive destruction of residential buildings, vital services and infrastructure in Gaza has been described as a form of ‘domicide’ – the “systematic or widespread violation of the right to adequate housing”. According to a statement issued by UN experts six months into Israel’s genocidal war on the Strip, “more housing and civilian infrastructure has now been destroyed in Gaza as a percentage, compared to ..read more

By Robert Inlakesh By striking military targets in the north of Akka, triggering sirens that caused hysteria among Israeli settlers, Hezbollah have just expanded confrontation between Lebanon and the Israeli regime. The Lebanese Resistance Movement Hezbollah has expanded the range of its strikes against the Israeli military, marking 200 days since the beginning of Israel’s genocidal attack on Gaza and the initiation of Operation al-Aqsa Flood by the Palestinian resistance. On October 8, Hezbollah opened up what is referred to as the ‘northern front’ to support the Palestinian Resistance groups ..read more

By Palestine Chronicle Staff   The funding allocated to Israel reportedly provides more than $5 billion to replenish the Iron Dome, David’s Sling and Iron Beam defense systems. The US Senate approved a $95 billion aid package for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan on Tuesday, with a bipartisan majority backing the measure. The final vote stood at 80 to 19, the New York Times reported. According to the paper, “in order to steer around opposition from right-wing Republicans in the House, Speaker Mike Johnson (..) used a convoluted plan to pass it over the weekend”. The aid package was broken into t ..read more

Scores of Palestinian civilians were killed on Wednesday, while others were injured during Israel’s ongoing aggression on the Gaza Strip, now in its 201st day. Three civilians were killed and several others wounded when Israeli occupation forces bombed a group of civilians near the Abu Araban School in the Nuseirat refugee camp, located in the central Gaza Strip, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Meanwhile, Israeli aircraft conducted a series of airstrikes northwest of the new camp, north of Nuseirat, alongside artillery shelling in the surrounding areas. Injuries were repor ..read more

By Palestine Chronicle Staff   Israeli media reported that the army is preparing to invade the southern city of Rafah very soon and that reserve brigades have been transferred to Carmel before moving to Gaza. Students at Columbia University refused to accept the ultimatum by the university, which threatened to disperse the sit-in with the National Guard. Following the report by Catherine Colonna, stating that Israel did not provide any evidence supporting its claims against UNRWA, Germany decided to resume funding to the UN agency. According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 34,183 Palestinia ..read more

By Palestine Chronicle Staff   Abu Obeida gave a speech on the 200th day of war, to illustrate the achievements of the Resistance and the failures of the criminal Israeli army. 200 days have passed since the beginning of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza. Israeli forces committed thousands of massacres and all sorts of horrific crimes.  The Palestinian Resistance, however, showed an unparalleled strength and was able to strategically defeat the Israeli army. Abu Obeida, the military spokesman for the Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian Resistance movement Hamas, gave a ..read more