Feb. 14, 2024
- Israeli media reported that one Israeli was killed and several others were wounded in Safed following a bombing of the city from Lebanon. Hezbollah reportedly used precise missiles and the Iron Dome failed to intercept the last one.
- According to U.S. media reports, negotiations for a possible prisoner exchange deal did not result in any tangible progress.
- Meanwhile, Israel’s bombing of Gaza continued to kill Palestinian civilians, including writer and journalist Ayman al-Rafati.
- According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 28,473 Palestinians have been killed, and 68,106 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting Oct. 7
LATEST UPDATES
Wednesday, February 14, 11:00 am (GMT+2)
ISRAELI MEDIA: The Israeli War Council is examining how to respond to the bombing launched by Hezbollah on the city of Safed in the Upper Galilee, which left one dead and eight wounded.
CHANNEL 12: Israeli Channel 12 reported from Ziv Hospital in Safed that 8 wounded were receiving treatment in the hospital, one of them in serious condition, after a bombing that targeted the city.
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Three Palestinians, including writer and journalist Ayman al-Rafati, were martyred in an Israeli bombing that targeted a house on Al-Jalaa Street in Gaza City.
KAN: The Israeli army confirmed that rockets were launched from Lebanon and targeted a military base in the city of Safed.
ISRAELI MEDIA: The seven wounded in the bombing that targeted the Upper Galilee were Israeli soldiers.
Wednesday, February 14, 10:00 am (GMT+2)
AL-JAZEERA: Sirens sounded in the Al-Manara area in the Upper Galilee, where a missile strike targeted the city of Safed, causing direct casualties.
CHENNEL 14: An Israeli settler was killed by the bombing that targeted the city of Safed in Upper Galilee.
ISRAELI MEDIA: Iron Dome failed to intercept a Hezbollah missile.
KAN: 5 people were taken to the hospital in Safed following a bombing of the city, while the Israeli ambulance said that there were 4 wounded following a bombing of the city of Safed in the Upper Galilee.
Wednesday, February 14, 08:00 am (GMT+2)
ISRAELI MEDIA: A building was directly hit in the city of Safed in the Upper Galilee by rockets fired from Lebanon.
Wednesday, February 14, 04:00 am (GMT+2)
UN: 30% of Gaza’s schools were directly bombed.
SOUTH AFRICA: Israel’s attack on Rafah ignores International Justice resolutions.
Wednesday, February 14, 03:00 am (GMT+2)
US MEDIA: Cairo negotiations regarding a possible exchange deal between Israel and Hamas did not result in tangible progress.
Wednesday, February 14, 01:00 am (GMT+2)
UN RAPPORTEURS: United Nations rapporteurs stressed the need to allow peaceful demonstrations in various countries to support the Gaza Strip in the face of ongoing Israeli attacks.
KAN: The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation reported, citing sources in the Likud Party – headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – that opposition leader Yair Lapid cannot continue to act irresponsibly and harm negotiations whose details he does not know.
ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid called on the Ministers of the War Council, Gadi Eisenkot and Benny Gantz, to join him in opposing the draft law on conscription, which exempts religious Jews (Haredim) from military service.
Wednesday, February 14, 12:00 am (GMT+2)
KAN: Hamas’ position on the deal has not changed.
WFP: The United Nations World Food Program said it was “deeply concerned” by Israel’s expanded military offensive in the city of Rafah, where more than a million people live.
POLITICO (citing US officials): Washington will not hold Tel Aviv accountable if it launches an attack on Rafah.
YEMENI MEDIA: American and British raids on Hodeidah Governorate.
US STATE DEPARTMENT: A prisoner exchange agreement between Israel and Hamas is still possible.
(The Palestine Chronicle)