what to remember from Monday January 15

The intensive phase of the war “will end soon” in the southern Gaza Strip, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant announced Monday.

The Secretary General of the UN, Antonio Guterres, called on Monday January 15 for a “immediate humanitarian ceasefire” in the Gaza Strip, where the war between Israel and Hamas has been raging for more than 100 days and left more than 24,000 dead, according to the Palestinian Islamist movement. “We continue to call for rapid, safe, unimpeded, extensive, and continued humanitarian access into and through Gaza.”insisted the UN Secretary General to the press, adding that “nothing can justify the collective punishment inflicted on the Palestinian people”. Here’s what to remember from Monday.

Israel announces imminent end to intensive phase of conflict in southern Gaza Strip

The intensive phase of the war “will end soon” in the south of the Gaza Strip, where Israeli strikes are currently the strongest, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant announced on Monday. “We have clearly said that the intensive stage of operations will last approximately three months”, “in the south we will achieve this and it will end soon”declared the minister.

UN warns of ‘risk of famine’ in Gaza

In a joint statement on Monday, Unicef, the World Food Program and the World Health Organization warned of a “risk of starvation” and D’“epidemics of deadly diseases” in the Gaza Strip, due to the conflict. These agencies are asking Israel to allow access to its port of Ashdod, in order to deliver humanitarian aid to the Palestinian enclave.

Access to the port of Ashdod, 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 hard-hit areas of northern Gaza, where few convoys have managed to reach”estimate the three agencies. “Almost all Palestinians in Gaza skip meals every day and many adults sacrifice themselves so that children can eat”deplore the three agencies, recalling that only two border posts currently allow the delivery of aid.

Ramming car attack leaves one dead, 17 injured near Tel Aviv

A woman was killed and at least 17 other people were injured Monday in a car-ramming attack in Raanana, near Tel Aviv (Israel). Six children were hospitalized, according to medical services. Two young French people “are among the wounded”, said the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs.

Two Palestinian suspects, aged 25 and 44, from the occupied West Bank, were arrested after stealing a car and knocking down passers-by, according to the Jewish state’s police chief.

Hamas says two hostages are dead, Israel calls ‘lies’

The Islamist movement, behind the October 7 attacks in Israel, claimed Monday that two hostages held in Gaza since the attacks had died. He released a video where we see a young woman, also a hostage and visibly under pressure, announcing these deaths. “They were killed in Zionist bombings on Gaza”the armed wing of Hamas said in a statement.

The Israeli army denounced on Monday “the brutal use of innocent hostages”, after the broadcast of this new video. Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari rejected the claims, calling them “Hamas lies”.

Palestinians will “govern” the Gaza Strip after the war

“Palestinians live” in the Gaza Strip, “As a result, the Palestinians will govern in the future. The future government of Gaza must emanate from the Gaza Strip and must be based on forces that do not threaten the State of Israel.”Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said on Monday.

Clashes kill three people in occupied West Bank

In the occupied West Bank, where tensions have been high since October 7, three Palestinians were killed in clashes with Israeli forces on Monday, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. More than 340 Palestinians have died in violence there since Hamas attacks in Israel, according to Palestinian authorities.

US cargo ship hit by Houthi missile

Off the coast of Yemen, an American cargo ship was hit on Monday by a missile from the Houthis, who had attacked an American destroyer the day before according to the American army. Since the start of the conflict in Gaza, these Yemeni rebels supported by Iran have launched a campaign of attacks in the Red Sea against merchant ships believed to be linked to Israel. They say they are acting in solidarity with the Palestinians.

On Monday, Iran for its part called on the United States and the United Kingdom to “stop the war immediately” against Yemen, after the strikes carried out Friday and Saturday by Washington and London against the Houthis.