At least one woman was killed and 13 other people injured on Monday, January 15, in a “alleged car-ramming attack” in Raanana, a suburb of Tel Aviv, according to Israeli police and emergency services. The suspect, a Palestinian from Hebron in the occupied West Bank, was arrested. He had stolen a car before hitting passers-by. Follow our live stream.
The UN demands access to an Israeli port. Three United Nations agencies have asked Israel to allow access to its port of Ashdod to deliver humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, where Palestinians suffer significant food insecurity. Access to this port located approximately 40 km north of the Gaza Strip “would allow much larger amounts of aid to be delivered and then trucked directly to the northern areas of Gaza”.
New deadly bombings in Gaza. Hamas announced the death of more than 60 people overnight from Sunday to Monday in Israeli bombings “intense” on the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian movement’s Ministry of Health has reported 24,100 people killed in the Gaza Strip, the majority women, adolescents and children, since the start of the war between the Israeli army and the Palestinian Islamist movement.
The United States shoots down a missile fired from Yemen. The US military announced it had shot down a cruise missile targeting a US destroyer, fired from an area of Yemen controlled by the Houthis. The Houthi campaign takes place in the context of the war between Israel and Hamas.
Israeli footballer arrested in Türkiye. An Israeli footballer was arrested in Turkey as part of an investigation for “public incitement to hatred” after posting a message referring to the conflict between Israel and Hamas during an Antalya match in the Turkish first division championship. He was kicked out of his team.