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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 349

Deir el-Balah

Illustrative: This picture taken from Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip shows smoke billowing over the Hamad residential towers in Khan Younis following Israeli bombardment on August 17, 2024. (Bashar Taleb/AFP)
August 20, 2024, 5:25 am
Army says it hit PIJ operative in strike that reportedly killed Gazan mom, her 6 kids
Following death of Palestinian women and her children, including quintuplets, IDF says it used precision munition to target ‘significant Islamic Jihad terrorist’ in Deir el-Balah
By ToI Staff and Agencies
An unusually large tunnel uncovered by the IDF on the Gaza-Egypt border area, in a photo cleared for publication on August 4, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
August 4, 2024, 4:13 pm
IDF finds tunnel large enough for vehicles to drive through in Gaza-Egypt border area
At least 5 rockets launched from Gaza, triggering sirens near Ashdod and sparking blaze; military says it targeted Hamas cells operating out of 2 schools, Palestinians say 25 killed
By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Reuters
Palestinians play volleyball on a beach in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on April 17, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by AFP)
April 18, 2024, 12:24 pm
IDF kills top Hamas intel officer in airstrike; crowds enjoy the beach in central Gaza
Footage of Gazans relaxing on beach in Deir al-Balah sparks criticism in Israel that government not applying enough pressure on Hamas as hostages languish; IDF finishes Beit Hanoun op
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Palestinians storm a UN-run aid supply center, that distributes food to displaced families following Israel's call for more than one million residents in northern Gaza to move south for their safety, in Deir el-Balah on October 28, 2023. (MOHAMMED ABED/AFP)
October 29, 2023, 1:30 pm
Gazans plunder UNRWA food supplies as ‘civil order’ breaks down in war-torn Strip
Thousands of desperate residents break into warehouses, stealing staples and hygiene supplies as conditions worsen amid siege; UN chief Guterres urges ceasefire to end ‘nightmare’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Illustrative: A ball of fire is seen following an Israeli airstrike at Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, after Palestinian terrorists fired two rockets toward Israel, June 27, 2020. (Said Khatib/AFP)
June 26, 2020, 9:23 pm
Two rockets fired at Israel from Gaza, IDF hits Hamas targets in response
Rocket warning sirens blare in Israeli communities around the Strip a day after Hamas warned Israeli annexation in West Bank would be a ‘declaration of war’
By ToI Staff
Palestinians mourn over the bodies of Rasmi Abu Malhous and seven of his family members who were killed in an Israeli missile strike that targeted their house, in a mosque during their funeral in town of Deir el-Balah, central Gaza Strip, November 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
December 24, 2019, 6:45 pm
IDF defends intel for Gaza strike that killed 9 Palestinian civilians
Army says it did not expect to kill civilians in raid during Operation Black Belt; investigation shows home in Dir al-Balah had been used by Islamic Jihad for terror activity
By ToI Staff
Palestinians mourn over the bodies of Rasmi Abu Malhous and seven of his family members who were killed in an Israeli missile strike that targeted their house, in a mosque during their funeral in town of Deir el-Balah, central Gaza Strip, November 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
November 22, 2019, 2:31 pm
Ninth member of family hit in Gaza strike dies of wounds
Mohammed al-Sawarka becomes the latest of the Sawarka family to die from an Israeli airstrike that has been called into question during fighting with Islamic Jihad
By ToI Staff
Palestinian mourners carry out the bodies of Rasmi Abu Malhous and seven members of his family who were killed in overnight Israeli missile strikes that targeted their house, during their funeral at a mosque in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip,, November 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
November 17, 2019, 4:45 pm
IDF official admits post alleging strike targeted terrorist may be ‘imprecise’
Avichai Adraee, the army’s Arabic-language spokesman, says information he was not previously aware of has raised ‘suspicions about the credibility’ of his original claim
By Adam Rasgon
A Facebook post by the IDF's Arabic-language spokesperson Lt. Col. Avichay Adraee including false information about the target of an Israeli airstrike that killed a Palestinian family of eight on November 14, 2019. (Screen capture)
November 17, 2019, 3:22 am
Despite IDF admitting info false, its posts on strike that killed family stay up
Arabic spokesman’s social media posts claiming attack targeted Islamic Jihad rocket chief remain in place without clarification
By Judah Ari Gross
Palestinians attend the funeral procession of members of the same family who were killed overnight in an Israeli airstrike, on November 14, 2019 in Deir al-Balah. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)
November 15, 2019, 6:55 pm
UN envoy urges swift IDF probe into deaths of family of 8 in Gaza strike
Hamas said calling for International Criminal Court to investigate the civilian fatalities; Israeli military says it believed building to be empty
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Palestinians attend the funeral procession of members of the same family who were killed in an Israeli airstrike, on November 14, 2019 in Deir al-Balah (MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)
November 15, 2019, 9:31 am
IDF probing deaths of 8 family members in Gaza strike, believed home empty
Military sources tell newspaper the intent had been to hit Islamic Jihad infrastructure; says IDF spokesperson made up details about supposed target from social media rumors
By ToI Staff and Agencies
A screenshot of video shown by the Kan public broadcaster of a protest in the Gaza Strip over the cost of living on March 15, 2019. (Screen capture: Twitter)
March 16, 2019, 7:11 pm
Hamas violently disperses demonstrators on 3rd day of internal protests
Ramallah asks Egypt to intervene; Fatah official: ‘This is not the occupation, it’s Hamas gangs terrorizing Gaza’; conflicting reports on alleged self-immolation by one man
By ToI Staff
A screenshot of video shown by the Kan public broadcaster of a protest in the Gaza Strip over the cost of living on March 15, 2019. (Screen capture: Twitter)
March 15, 2019, 8:56 pm
Hamas said to beat Gazans protesting dire economic conditions for second day
Reports of live fire as residents of Hamas-ruled enclave burn tires in Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis in rare show of dissent to terror group’s rule
By ToI Staff
The Narnia event hall in Beersheba. (Google maps)
October 20, 2016, 3:03 pm
Terror attack on wedding hall in south foiled — security agency
Shin Bet says Palestinians from Gaza planned to target Beersheba venue where one worked, kidnap and murder soldier, use body as bargaining chip
By Stuart Winer
Palestinian Mohammed Baraka, who has become something of a local hero for his strength, pulls a bus tied to a rope as he performs a trick in Deir el-Balah, in central Gaza, on January 4, 2016. (AFP/Mohammed Abed)
February 19, 2016, 6:24 am
Pulling buses with his teeth, Gaza’s Jason Statham
20-year-old Mohammed Baraka’s amateur stunts are generating a buzz among Palestinians on social media
By Adel Zaanoun
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