The Israeli army intensified its deadly strikes against the south of the Gaza Strip, in the fourth month of its war against Hamas, before the entry into the territory, Wednesday January 17 evening, of medicine intended for Israeli hostages and aid to Palestinian civilians. According to Palestinian witnesses, intensive Israeli bombardments targeted an area near the Nasser hospital in Khan Younes where, according to Israel, leaders of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas are hiding. Follow our live stream.
The horror in Gaza hospitals. A World Health Organization emergency aid coordinator described patients on Wednesday “waiting for death” in Gaza hospitals rendered inoperable by the war. In a statement at UN headquarters in New York, he described seeing hospital patients every day “suffering from severe burns or open fractures waiting for hours or days” to be cared for.
Jordan points the finger at Israel. The Jordanian army accuses Israel of damaging one of its military field hospitals in the Gaza Strip and injuring two people during bombings in the besieged Palestinian territory, where the health system is collapsing further by the day.
War against the Houthis. While the war raises fears of a conflagration in the region, the Yemeni Houthi rebels have claimed responsibility for a new attack against a “American ship” off the coast of Yemen. In response, the American army targeted the Houthis on their territory in Yemen during the night for the fourth time, with ground strikes on 14 missiles from the pro-Iran rebels.