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January 17, 2024 Blog, News
The Israel war escalated, mostly killing civilians. (Photo: via Eye on Palestine)

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

On the 103rd day of the Israeli war on the besieged Gaza Strip, a mediated agreement allowed for the transfer of medicine to Israeli prisoners in Gaza and Palestinian patients in the Strip. 

The agreement, some hope, would be the start of the return to negotiations regarding freeing prisoners, allowing for badly needed supplies and ultimately ending the war. 

On the ground, however, the Israel war escalated, mostly killing civilians in Khan Younis, Rafah, Deir Al-Balah and Jabaliya. 

Palestinian Resistance continues to hit back, carrying out many operations against invading Israeli soldiers. 

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 24,448 Palestinians have been killed, and 61,504 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7. Palestinian and international estimates say that the majority of those killed and wounded are women and children.

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Thursday, January 18, 07:30 am (GMT+2)

STATEMENT: The Ansarallah Houthi group confirmed following a US bombing of several sites in Yemen the continuation of its operations in the Red Sea, according to the group’s Al-Masirah channel.

US Middle East Military Command: US military bombed at dawn on Thursday in Yemen 14 missile launchers that the Ansarallah Houthis had prepared to be launched on shipping lines in the Red Sea.

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HAARETZ: Senior security officials in Israel have not been briefed on the details of the agreement under which the medicines will be transferred to Israeli prisoners held by the resistance in Gaza.

UNHCR: The UN Human Rights Office has called for an end to the unlawful killing of Palestinians under siege and intensified attacks by Israel.

It was Hamas, Not Israel that Managed Gaza Medicine Agreement – Top Official Explains

BLOOMBERG: The European Union plans to impose sanctions on Hamas leaders and on the group’s funding starting from Monday.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli Chief of Staff Herzi Halevy said the likelihood of war with Lebanon’s Hezbollah in the coming months is much higher than in the past.

Thursday, January 18, 12:30 am (GMT+2)

AL-JAZEERA: 16 Palestinians were killed, and a number of others were wounded in an Israeli occupation warplane bombardment on a house east of the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.

‘100 Days in 100 Seconds’: UNRWA Video Describes Gaza Assault as ‘Largest Displacement since 1948’

NBC (quoting US officials):

Blinken informed Netanyahu that there is no military solution regarding the fate of Hamas, and Israel must acknowledge this. During Blinken’s visit, Netanyahu rejected all of Washington’s requests except not to attack Hezbollah.

The divisions between the Biden administration and Netanyahu have become more apparent since Blinken’s visit to Israel.

The Biden administration is looking beyond Netanyahu to achieve its goals in the region.

The Biden administration is trying to prepare with other Israeli leaders to form a post-Netanyahu government.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Seven Israeli navy soldiers were injured as a result of a military boat capsizing off the shores of Ashkelon (Asqalan) in southern Israel. They did not mention the reason for the boat’s capsizing.

GERMAN MINISTER OF CULTURE: We must show solidarity with Israel to prevent anti-Semitism in Germany.

QATAR: Medicines and aid were brought into the Gaza Strip on Wednesday.

WHO: There is no evidence that Gaza hospitals are being used for other purposes.

Half of the Troops Simply Walked Out – Israeli Army Crisis Deepens

Wednesday, January 17, 11:50 pm (GMT+2)

ANSARALLAH MILITARY SPOKESMAN YAHYA SAREE:

We carried out an attack on an American ship in the Gulf of Aden with naval missiles.

We will not hesitate to target sources of threat in the Arabian Sea and the Red Sea.

We confirm the continuation of navigation to all destinations except occupied Palestine (Israel).

The response to the American and British attacks is inevitably coming.

Any new aggression will not remain unanswered and unpunished.

Our operations against Israeli ships or those heading to occupied Palestine (Israel) will not stop until the aggression stops and the blockade is lifted.

US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE SPEAKER: Federal employees who plan a pro-Palestinian strike should be fired.

CNN: An increasing number of insurance companies refuse to cover American, British, and Israeli ships in the Red Sea.

Israeli Occupation Forces Hands over Body of 3-Year-Old Palestinian Girl

Wednesday, January 17, 10:30 pm (GMT+2)

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Fierce clashes between Palestinian Resistance and invading Israeli forces in the city of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza.

PENTAGON: A spokesman for the US Department of Defense, Patrick Ryder, said that US attempts to deter the Ansarallah Houthi group have so far been unsuccessful.

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Wednesday, January 17, 10:15 pm (GMT+2)

MEMBER OF ANSARALLAH POLITICAL BUREAU: Our operations will stop as soon as aid enters and the aggression against Gaza stops.

US SENATOR CHUCK SCHUMER: Democrats in the US Senate are considering setting conditions on aid to Israel.

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: We targeted with a guided missile a crowd of enemy vehicles and soldiers in Jabal al-Rayyis, east of Jabaliya.

KIRBY: We will not hesitate to direct further strikes against the Houthis if they continue to launch their attacks.

BEN-GVIR (quoted by Channel 7): There is no escape from starting a real war in the north with Lebanon.

CHANNEL 12: The Labor Party will submit a proposal to withdraw confidence from the Netanyahu government.

Wednesday, January 17, 9:15 pm (GMT+2)

US OFFICIAL (to Al-Jazeera): A commercial ship owned by an American company was attacked from Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen.

ISRAELI ARMY SPOKESMAN: We completed the destruction of infrastructure that was used to manufacture missiles.

LAPID: News of Gallant’s exclusion from security decisions confirms that we do not have a competent prime minister.

US STATE DEPARTMENT: Targeting ships has nothing to do with the war in Gaza, and we will do everything possible to prevent it.

YEMENI SOURCE (to Al-Jazeera): Ansarallah Houthi forces targeted a ship in the Red Sea.

NETANYAHU’S OFFICE: The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in response to his accusation of obstructing a prisoner exchange proposal that the Prime Minister only rejected the request of Hamas to end the war.

ISRAELI CHANNEL 13: Netanyahu obstructed in recent days a proposal for a prisoner exchange deal, drawn up by the Ministers of the War Council.

WASHINGTON POST: The Washington Post quoted a senior American official as saying that Israel did not provide any evidence proving that Hamas stole or diverted UN aid.

UKMTO: A ship was attacked by a drone southeast of Aden.

BEN-GVIR: : We have to occupy Gaza, and Netanyahu has two options: my way or Gantz’s way.

Wednesday, January 17, 8:30 pm (GMT+2)

KAN: Netanyahu excluded Gallant from contacts bringing medicine into the Gaza Strip.

US SENATOR MARK WARNER: Israel may lose Washington’s support if the management of the conflict in Gaza does not change.

Germany Considers Sending Tank Ammunition to Israel – Der Spiegel

WHO: We deal with 60,000 wounded daily.

ISRAELI CHIEF OF STAFF: The possibility of war with Hezbollah is much higher than before.

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: We bombarded with mortar shells concentrations of enemy soldiers behind the Issa site, and near the Abu Madin site, south of Bureij.

IRANIAN FM: I assured my Pakistani counterpart that we respect his country’s sovereignty, but we do not allow anyone to threaten our national security.

ANSARALLAH POLITICAL BUREAU: The classification is American misinformation and a failed attempt to distort our reputation.

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BLOOMBERG: The European Union intends to impose sanctions on Hamas.

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: We shot down a Zionist quadcopter drone in the Bureij camp.

UNRWA: The population of Rafah has almost quadrupled.

Wednesday, January 17, 7:30 pm (GMT+2)

OSAMA HAMDAN: The Resistance is still managing the battle with strength and ability.

ISRAELI MEDIA: A drone had infiltrated the Mount Meron area in the Upper Galilee, indicating that sirens were sounding in the area.

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: We targeted a Merkava tank in the Bureij camp.

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: We targeted the enemy’s headquarters in Khan Yunis.

GALLANT: If we do not dismantle Hamas, we will not be able to live in Israel.

US SENATOR CHRIS COONS: We are concerned about the way Israel is managing the war.

ISRAELI ARMY: The Israeli occupation army announced the killing of two other soldiers – one of them an officer – during the ongoing battles in Gaza.

Wednesday, January 17, 6:30 pm (GMT+2)

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: From southern Lebanon, we bombed Western Galilee with 20 missiles.

US NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR JAKE SULLIVAN: Washington has re-listed the Ansarallah in Yemen as a global terrorist organization.

NETANYAHU: “The war will continue until we achieve all our goals: returning the kidnapped people, eliminating Hamas, and ensuring that Gaza does not pose a threat to us.”

OFFICIAL ISRAELI RADIO: A number of army reserve soldiers refused to participate in the fighting inside the Gaza Strip. The radio added that the soldiers who refused to participate in the fighting spoke of serious gaps in the level of training.

Wednesday, January 17, 5:00 pm (GMT+2)

AL-JAZEERA: Ten missiles were fired from southern Lebanon towards Israeli positions in the Western Galilee.

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: Our fighters targeted an Israeli infantry force, killing and wounding its members, on the outskirts of the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza City.

AL-JAZEERA: Sirens sounded in several areas of the Upper Galilee.

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: We ambushed an Israeli special force n the Karama neighborhood, northwest of Gaza City

Wednesday, January 17, 4:00 pm (GMT+2)

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: A Palestinian was killed and others were injured in an Israeli bombing west of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip.

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli occupation army bombed a residential square east of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: We took control of an Israeli drone during a reconnaissance mission east of Gaza.

Wednesday, January 17, 3:00 pm (GMT+2)

IRANIAN FM: We are witnessing an expansion of the conflict in the Middle East. We respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Pakistan and Iraq, but we do not allow our national security to be threatened.

JERUSALEM POST (quoting Netanyahu): The war may continue until 2025.

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli airstrikes targeted Jabalia, northern Gaza City, and the southern areas of the Strip.

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES:

Our Mujahideen confirmed the destruction of 6 Zionist Merkava tanks and a troop carrier in the Maghazi camp in the central Gaza Strip.

In a joint mission with the Al-Quds Brigades, we destroyed a Zionist bulldozer with an anti-armor device in Al-Maghazi camp.

Our mujahideen sniped 4 Zionist soldiers and targeted a force of 7 soldiers and finished them off from a distance of zero.

Our Mujahideen detonated an explosive device with a group of soldiers barricaded inside a mosque and then finished them off.

Wednesday, January 17, 2:00 pm (GMT+2)

ISRAELI ARMY: 35 soldiers were injured in the battles in the Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours.

AL-JAZEERA: The death toll from the Israeli bombing on Khan Yunis since Tuesday evening has risen to 27.

Wednesday, January 17, 12:45  pm (GMT+2)

JORDANIAN ARMY: a member of the Jordanian field hospital in Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip was injured as a result of the clashes taking place in the vicinity of the hospital. The Jordanian army added that it holds Israel responsible for the safety of the Jordanian field hospital staff in Khan Yunis.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Two Palestinians were killed and others wounded in an Israeli bombing targeting citizens in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.

ISRAELI ARMY: We carried out an airdrop for the 98th Division in Khan Yunis, which included weapons, equipment, fuel, and food.

GUTERRES: “I reiterate my call for a ceasefire in Gaza and to prevent the expansion of the conflict in the region”.

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli Air Rescue Unit continues to transport wounded soldiers from battle zones in the Gaza Strip.

AL-JAZEERA: An occupation army troop carrier was targeted with an Al-Yassin 105 shell, east of Jabaliya, in the northern Gaza Strip.

Wednesday, January 17, 11:45  am (GMT+2)

BLINKEN: Terminating the Iran nuclear deal was a big mistake, and we are now in a situation we did not want in this regard.

GAZA HEALTH MNISTRY: 24,448 Palestinians have been killed, and 61,504 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.

Wednesday, January 17, 10:50  am (GMT+2)

HAMAS: Germany’s intention to send 10,000 missiles to Israel is a partnership in the genocidal war against our people

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Clashes broke out between the Palestinian Resistance and the occupation forces east of Jabaliya, north of Gaza.

Wednesday, January 17, 09:00  am (GMT+2)

AL-JAZEERA:

25 Palestinians were killed and dozens were injured following an Israeli bombing of homes in the Al-Daraj neighborhood in Gaza City.

The bodies of seven Palestinians were recovered after Israeli military vehicles withdrew from the vicinity of Nasser Hospital.

Wednesday, January 17, 08:00  am (GMT+2)

AL-JAZEERA: A group of missiles were fired from southern Lebanon towards Israeli military sites in the Shebaa Farms.

Wednesday, January 17, 06:15 am (GMT+2)

ISRAELI ARMY: An Israeli officer and a soldier were killed in fighting in northern Gaza last night.

(The Palestine Chronicle)

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  1. It is a shame what German’s regime is doing. They don´t represent the german people. They are acting in a genocidal way, being complicit in the Gaza Holocaust…it is pathetic, they are pathetic, siding with a criminal zionist occupation, because the historical guilt? for sure because the zionist lobby, and the inmature stupidity of the actual rulers. I am so deeply sorry!!!!!!!!

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