Thousands of families in Gaza have been removed from civil records in Gaza, according to Al-Jazeera.
Clashes took place at the Knesset committee meeting to discuss the Haredi recruitment plan as Israeli officials told Yedioth Ahronoth that every time there is progress in negotiations, a minister threatens to withdraw.
According to the Israeli newspaper Walla, Netanyahu is looking for ways to evade the formation of a committee of inquiry into the October 7 failure.
According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 38,794 Palestinians have been killed, and 89,364 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.
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Thursday, July 18, o2:00 am (GMT+2)
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Six Palestinians were killed in an Israeli raid on a house in the town of Al-Zawaida in the central Gaza Strip.
CHANNEL 13: the Israeli General Security Service (Shabak) arrested a senior official at a well-known medical institution, on suspicion of “harming state security.”
Thursday, July 18, 12:00 am (GMT+2)
UNITED NATIONS: Hospitals and health centres should not be part of the conflict in Gaza.
SHAS PARTY: Israel’s religious Shas party said on Wednesday that now is the right time to sign a prisoner swap deal with Hamas, and urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to be afraid of opponents of the agreement within the ruling coalition.
AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: The Al-Qassam Brigades announced that it, in cooperation with the Al-Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades, bombed the Israeli forces stationed in the Al-Ezba area of Rafah city with mortar shells.
AXIOS: The United States, Israel and the Palestinian Authority held a secret meeting last week regarding the Rafah crossing.
ISRAELI ARMY RADIO: Hezbollah fired 80 rockets towards populated areas in Nahariya and Meron within 24 hours. The activation of sirens in Nahariya caused panic and led more than 60,000 Israelis to go to shelters.
Wednesday, July 17, 10:00 pm (GMT+2)
CHANNEL 13: An investigation is being conducted into a serious security incident after a senior official at a medical institution was arrested on suspicion of harming state security.
AL-JAZEERA: Israeli artillery shelling targeted the vicinity of Abu Madin Center on Salah al-Din Street in the central Gaza Strip.
‘Signs of Torture’ – Israel Releases 16 Detainees Including Elderly Woman and Youth
ISREALI ARMY: A soldier from the Givati Brigade was injured after being targeted by an RPG missile in the Rafah battles.
KAN: Thousands of Israelis are demonstrating in Tel Aviv, demanding that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu strike a deal before he travels to Washington.
Wednesday, July 17, 9:00 pm (GMT+2)
CHANNEL 13: National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said in a ministerial meeting that concluding a deal would be a slap in the face for Trump and a victory for Biden.
‘Systematic Human Rights Abuses’ – EU Imposes Sanctions on West Bank Settlers
US STATE DEPARTMENT: The US State Department has imposed sanctions on a former Israeli army sergeant for committing human rights abuses in the West Bank.
MOSSAD CHIEF: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s insistence on new points in negotiations with Hamas may thwart the agreement.
Wednesday, July 17, 8:00 pm (GMT+2)
IRANIAN FM: Israel is an occupying state and not a legitimate state even if the occupation continues for decades.
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Four Palestinians were killed and others were injured in an Israeli bombardment of a Palestinian gathering in the Al-Shati area, north of Gaza City.
Wednesday, July 17, 7:00 pm (GMT+2)
AL-JAZEERA: 4 Palestinians were killed and others were injured in an Israeli bombardment of a Palestinian gathering in the Al-Shati area, north of Gaza City.
🚨The Palestine Red Crescent teams retrieved six martyrs and three injured individuals following the Israeli occupation targeting a prayer room in the Al-Shati refugee camp west of #Gaza City.
📷Filmed by volunteer: Yousef Khader pic.twitter.com/zsagChjsYg— PRCS (@PalestineRCS) July 13, 2024
LAVROV: We support Palestine’s membership in the United Nations.
Wednesday, July 17, 6:00 pm (GMT+2)
UN SECRETARY-GENERAL: UN agencies need the necessary security services in Gaza to manage risks there.
Wednesday, July 17, 5:00 pm (GMT+2)
AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: The Al-Qassam Brigades announced that its fighters carried out the shooting operation against an Israeli vehicle near the village of Ramin, east of Tulkarm, yesterday, Tuesday.
Wednesday, July 17, 4:00 pm (GMT+2)
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: The death toll from the Israeli bombing in the vicinity of a school in the Al-Rimal neighborhood, west of Gaza City, has risen to 11.
Wednesday, July 17, 3:00 pm (GMT+2)
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: The Israeli occupation released journalist Imad Abu Awad from Nafha desert prison in the Negev after a 9-month detention.
⭕ Journalist Imad Abu Awad has been released after being held captive by Zionist occupying forces for nine months without trial and charge.
Before and after captivity… pic.twitter.com/9n5LMsw1fM
— Palestine Captives 𓂆 (@Palestinecapti1) July 17, 2024
ISLAMIC JIHAD: The enemy’s claim that there is a company commander in the two schools in Khan Yunis is a complete lie.
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Five people were killed and others were injured as a result of Israeli shelling that targeted a house in the town of Abasan, east of Khan Yunis.
NYT (citing US officials): We do not expect a deal until after Netanyahu’s visit to Washington.
GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: 38,794 Palestinians have been killed, and 89,364 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.
Wednesday, July 17, 2:00 pm (GMT+2)
GALLANT: Conditions for reaching an agreement have matured, but Netanyahu is increasing the difficulties.
AL-JAZEERA: 4 people, including 3 children, were killed in an Israeli bombardment near a school in the Al-Rimal neighbourhood, west of Gaza City.
Horrific scenes from the occupation massacre in front of Cairo School in the Al-Rimal neighborhood in Gaza City, which has claimed the lives of 9 martyrs so far. pic.twitter.com/DafIgQUPji
— Emelia 🇸🇪🇦🇹 (@Bernadotte22) July 17, 2024
FAMILIES OF ISRAELI PRISONERS: We demand an immediate clarification from Netanyahu regarding his statement that the “kidnapped” suffer but do not die.
REUTERS: Gallant told his US counterpart Austin that the military operations in Gaza had created the conditions necessary to reach an agreement.
Wednesday, July 17, 12:00 pm (GMT+2)
ISRAELI ARMY: The commander of US Central Command visited Israel this week and conducted a joint assessment of the security situation.
LAPID TO NETANYAHU: You are out of touch with reality, and your only concern is your own safety and your child’s comfort.
AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: We targeted an Israeli Merkava tank with a 105 Al-Yassin shell near the Al-Mashrou’ junction east of Rafah city in the southern Gaza Strip.
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: An elderly Palestinian man was killed in an Israeli bombardment west of Nuseirat.
NETANYAHU: We will achieve our goals through political and military pressure. We are systematically moving forward to achieve the goals of the war, including the return of the kidnapped.
AL-JAZEERA: Ambulances retrieved the bodies of 4 Palestinians from Tal Al-Sultan, west of Rafah.
UNRWA: At least 8 schools have been targeted in Gaza in the past 10 days, 6 of which belong to the agency.
Wednesday, July 17, 12:00 pm (GMT+2)
GAZA MUNICIPALITY: The water crisis in the city will continue due to the interruption of the Mekorot water line that supplies it.
Abdallah, a Palestinian child, exhibits severe symptoms of kidney infection attributed to consuming polluted water.
Gaza faces a water crisis as Israel has destroyed all desalination stations in the strip and targeted most of Gaza's water wells. This has left Gaza entirely… pic.twitter.com/OvHzbtWaBu
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) July 11, 2024
INDEPENDENT COMMISSION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: The Strip has entered an unprecedented humanitarian crisis.
Wednesday, July 17, 11:00 am (GMT+2)
AL-JAZEERA: Air raid sirens are sounding in Kerem Shalom, south of the Gaza Strip.
HASSAN NASRALLAH:
For the first time, Israel appears helpless after 10 months of fighting.
Israel is unable to achieve its goals, and covers up its failure by committing massacres and killing civilians.
Wednesday, July 17, 10:00 am (GMT+2)
AL-JAZEERA: Thousands of families have been removed from civil records in Gaza.
ISRAELI MEDIA: Clashes at Knesset committee meeting to discuss Haredi recruitment plan.
YEDIOTH AHRONOTH (citing Israeli official): Every time there is progress in negotiations, a minister threatens to withdraw.
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Two Palestinians were killed as a result of Israeli shelling that targeted the Shakoush area northwest of Rafah city in the southern Gaza Strip.
An Israeli soldier posted this image today on his Instagram, proudly displaying Palestinian civilians they have kidnapped from Rafah city.
The Palestinians appeared to be tortured while handcuffed and blindfolded, and their current whereabouts are unknown. pic.twitter.com/qb2Z8AIR0W
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) July 16, 2024
AL-JAZEERA: The Israeli occupation army released 16 prisoners from the Gaza Strip, including an elderly woman, at the Kissufim military checkpoint east of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.
WALLA: Netanyahu is looking for ways to evade the formation of a committee of inquiry into the October 7 failure.
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Palestinian ‘security forces’ destroy explosive devices prepared to confront the occupation forces in Tulkarm.
Wednesday, July 17, 09:00 am (GMT+2)
YEDIOTH AHRONOTH: Hezbollah targeted settlements whose residents were not evacuated.
MSF: We have been witnessing ongoing deaths and psychological trauma in Gaza for nine months.
Ultra-Orthodox Community – Mandatory Draft Sparks Violent Protests
Wednesday, July 17, 08:00 am (GMT+2)
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Intensive Israeli shelling on Nuseirat and Bureij camps in central Gaza.
Wednesday, July 17, 05:00 am (GMT+2)
PENTAGON: The Pentagon said that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told his Israeli counterpart, Yoav Galant , that the temporary dock in Gaza will soon stop working.
Wednesday, July 17, 12:00 am (GMT+2)
AL-JAZEERA: Two Israeli raids on the towns of Aita al-Shaab and al-Bustan in southern Lebanon.
HEZBOLLAH: Hezbollah says it fired “dozens of Katyusha rockets at the settlements of Kfar Hoshen, Orhagnoz, Bariohai and Meron in response to enemy attacks.”
(The Palestine Chronicle)
