Dozens of Bodies Pulled from Rubble
Islamic Jihad: All Palestinian Prisoners Must Be Released
Israeli Strikes Continue
Nov. 22, 2023
A ceasefire agreement between Palestinian resistance groups and Israel was reached through Egyptian and Qatari efforts.
The details of the agreement are much closer to Hamas’, not Israel’s, conditions of an extended truce and significant humanitarian aid.
The next few hours are crucial to the success of the ceasefire. News reports speak of intense Israeli bombardment of various residential targets in central Gaza. Many bodies are also being pulled from the rubble of destroyed homes.
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Wednesday, November 22, 3:35 pm (GMT+3)
AL-JAZEERA: Five Palestinians were killed and 20 wounded when occupation aircraft bombed a house for the Agha family in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.
ERDOGAN: We welcome the armistice agreement and call for a permanent ceasefire.
US NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR JAKE SULLIVAN: The key to reaching an agreement is to put pressure on both sides
AL-JAZEERA: 3 missiles were intercepted in the airspace of Sderot and 2 fell outside the city.
SYRIAN OFFICIAL TV: Israel bombed points in the vicinity of Damascus with two missiles from the occupied Golan.
HEZBOLLAH: We targeted the Israeli Ramya site.
HANIYEH’S ADVISOR: Lists of prisoners are now being exchanged and audited.
HEZBOLLAH: We targeted a gathering of Israeli enemy soldiers with two Burkan missiles.
UNRWA: At least 191 people were killed in our schools since the beginning of the war.
Wednesday, November 22, 2:00 pm (GMT+3)
AL-JAZEERA: The Israeli Prison Service is preparing to begin the release of Palestinian prisoners.
UN SECRETARY-GENERAL GUTERRES: The United Nations announced that Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed the agreement reached by Israel and Hamas, mediated by Qatar and with the support of Cairo and Washington.
GAZA GOVERNMENT MEDIA OFFICE: We demand that all areas in Gaza be supplied with fuel.
LEBANESE PM MIKATI: The international community must deter Israel from committing massacres.
UAE FM: The UAE Foreign Ministry welcomed the announcement of the truce agreement in Gaza, praising the efforts of Qatar, Egypt and the United States in achieving the agreement.
ISRAELI MEDIA: Sirens sounded in northern and southern Israel.
HEZBOLLAH: We targeted Israeli sites and achieved direct hits
IRANIAN FM: The Palestinians are the ones who will decide the future of Gaza and the future of their country.
HEZBOLLAH SOURCE TO AJA: Hezbollah was not part of the negotiations related to the truce agreement and prisoner exchange between the Palestinian Resistance and Israel.
Wednesday, November 22, 1:00 pm (GMT+3)
EGYPTIAN FM: The miserable conditions in northern Gaza should not be exploited to incite displacement.
SAUDI FM: Aid should not be used as a means of collective punishment.
JORDANIAN FM: Gaza needs 800 aid trucks daily.
ISRAELI SOURCES: We are ready to extend the humanitarian truce to bring out more of our citizens.
ISRAELI FM: The release of detainees will begin on Thursday.
ISRAELI ARMY: Sirens sound in northern Israel.
ERDOGAN: “We must rebuild the Gaza Strip, and it will remain Palestinian land even if Israel occupies it.”
IRANIAN LEADER ALI KHAMENEI: The Zionist entity, despite all its enormous capabilities, received a fatal blow from Hamas during Al-Aqsa Flood Operation.
Wednesday, November 22, 12:00 pm (GMT+3)
KREMLIN: The humanitarian truce in Gaza is the only way to reach a sustainable settlement.
DIRECTOR GENERAL OF GOVERNMENT MEDIA OFFICE: More than 200 Palestinians were killed in 24 hours.
AL-QUDS BRIGADES: We engaged in fierce clashes with a number of Israeli soldiers and targeted a military vehicle in the Al-Shati axis.
ISRAELI ARMY: Israeli warplanes recently raided Hezbollah targets in Lebanese territory.
AL-JAZEERA: sirens sounded in the towns of Sderot, Nahal Oz, and Maflasim, north of the Gaza Strip.
GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: Since communications were cut off in Gaza, we are no longer able to announce daily statistics.
AL-JAZEERA: Israeli aircraft launched two raids on the vicinity of the town of Yater in southern Lebanon.
DIRECTOR OF KAMAL ADWAN HOSPITAL: We received about 60 bodies last night, and we have nearly 200 wounded and sick.
Wednesday, November 22, 10:30 am (GMT+3)
PALESTINIAN HEALTH MINISTRY: The death toll of the Israeli invasion of the Tulkarm refugee camp in the West Bank has risen to six.
BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY DAVID CAMERON: The agreement between Israel and Hamas is a “decisive step”
JORDAN: Jordan welcomed the humanitarian truce and prisoner exchange agreement in the Gaza Strip between Israel and Hamas.
ISLAMIC JIHAD: Our non-civilian Israeli prisoners will not gain freedom until all Palestinian prisoners are liberated from occupation prisons.
CHINESE FM: China welcomed the temporary truce and prisoner exchange agreement between Israel and Hamas.
AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: Al-Qassam Brigades mourn its commander Khalil Kharaz, who was assassinated by Israel in southern Lebanon yesterday, Tuesday.
EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT EL-SISI: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi expressed his welcome for the success of the Egyptian-Qatari-American mediation in reaching an agreement to implement a humanitarian truce in Gaza.
Wednesday, November 22, 09:00 am (GMT+3)
BELGIAN FM: “We welcome the agreement that will liberate women and children, and it must be followed by other steps in compliance with international law.”
EU COMMISSION PRESIDENT: The EU Commission will make efforts to use the expected truce to increase humanitarian aid to Gaza.
REUTERS: The Israeli Ministry of Justice published details about the Palestinian prisoners who will be released as part of the prisoner exchange agreement between Hamas and Israel.
AL-JAZEERA (CITING MEDICAL SOURCE): 41 Palestinians were killed in Israeli raids on inhabited homes in the central Gaza Strip last night.
Wednesday, November 22, 08:00 am (GMT+3)
AL-JAZEERA: Israeli occupation forces launched intense artillery shelling on the vicinity of Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip.
QATAR: We hope that the truce will establish a sustainable agreement that will stop the war.
RUSSIAN FM SPOKESWOMAN: “Moscow welcomes the agreement between Israel and Hamas on a 4-day humanitarian truce. (…) This is what Russia has called for since the beginning of the escalation in the conflict.”
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Today at dawn, the occupation forces stormed the Dheisheh camp near Bethlehem in the West Bank and arrested a number of Palestinians.
Wednesday, November 22, 07:00 am (GMT+3)
WAFA: Five Palestinians were killed and several others injured when an Israeli occupation army drone bombed a house in the Tulkarm camp in the occupied West Bank.
ISRAELI ARMY: The Israeli army announced the killing of a unit commander in its Golani Brigade during the ongoing fighting with the Palestinian resistance in the northern Gaza Strip.
US PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: “I welcome the agreement aimed at releasing the hostages held by Hamas during its attack on Israel.”
(The Palestine Chronicle)