• It is the 18th day of the war: Over 5,971 Palestinians, 1,400 Israelis and 222 hostages have died in the Gaza Strip. Israel speaks of over “400 Hamas targets hit,” and Hamas reports “at least 140 dead in Israeli attacks during the night.”
• Macron is in Israel to meet Prime Minister Netanyahu.
• Obama echoes Biden’s appeal: “Israel has the right to defend itself, but its military strategy respects international law.”
• Hamas released two more women: 4 hostages have now been released.
• Words and acronyms for understanding the conflict: the glossary.
• The history of the conflict between Palestinians and Israelis explained.
04:02 – Gaza invasion, Biden: “Israel makes its decisions”
At an event welcoming Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Washington, President Joe Biden responded to a reporter’s question about whether he was calling on Israel to postpone the ground invasion: “The Israelis make their own decisions.”
3:55 a.m. – Alarm sirens in the Gaza area
Air warning sirens wailed in the Gaza area. The Israeli armed forces report this in a report.
3:46 a.m. – The death toll from the Israeli attack in Jenin rises to three Palestinians
After the Israeli night attack in the West Bank, the death toll rises to three. This is reported by the Jerusalem Post and Al Jazeera, citing medical sources. The number of wounded has not been confirmed and according to various local sources it is at least 20. Israeli forces have now left the Jenin area.
3:02 a.m. – Israel: Terrorists attacked with drones in Jenin, two arrested. The Red Crescent: 2 dead
During the night raid in the West Bank, the Israeli army came under fire from a group of Palestinians who were then hit by a drone strike. The Palestinian Red Crescent confirmed that two Palestinians were killed and others were injured.
The Israeli army said via Telegram: “Recently, IDF and Israeli Border Police forces conducted anti-terror operations in Wadi Bruqin in the Jenin area and arrested two people suspected of involvement in terrorist activities.” In addition, the forces opened fire on the armed terrorists. During counterterrorism activities in the Jenin camp, armed terrorists fired explosive devices at Israeli security forces. In response, a UAV, an IDF military drone, attacked the terrorists. No injuries were reported among Israeli security forces.”
02:51 – One dead and four injured in clashes in Jenin
Violent clashes broke out between Palestinians and Israeli forces attempting to enter Jenin. This was reported by the Arabic website Al Jazeera. In an incursion into the Jenin refugee camp, Israeli forces killed at least one Palestinian and injured four others who were taken to hospital. The Israeli airstrike claimed several lives. A video posted on social media by Al Jazeera Arabic shows a street in Jenin with the sound of gunfire in rapid succession.
02:27 a.m. – Israeli invasion of Jenin, clashes in the refugee camp
A power outage was reported in some areas of the West Bank during an overnight Israeli raid. Another raid was carried out by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank, Al Jazeera Arabic reported, adding that the latest operation coincided with a power outage in at least three areas of the Palestinian territory. In a post on Burqin. Since the October 7 Hamas attack in Gaza, the Israeli army has carried out night raids in the West Bank, arresting dozens of people: there have been 97 deaths in the West Bank since that date.
02:10 a.m. – Israeli attack on Syrian military infrastructure after rocket launch
In response to the shootings in Israel the day before, Israel Defense Forces fighter jets hit military infrastructure and Syrian army mortar launchers. This is what the Israeli army says on Telegram.
1:30 a.m. – CNN: “Hamas planned the attack with underground telephone lines.” US experts to Israel: Avoid urban battle in Gaza »»
A communications network with wired telephones integrated into the network of tunnels under Gaza. According to intelligence sources cited by CNN, this would be the strategy of a “small Hamas cell” to plan the October 7 attack on Israel “over a period of two years.” The telephone lines in the tunnels, it is explained, enabled the militia members to communicate secretly with each other without being tracked down by Israeli intelligence officers. Only landlines and “face-to-face” planning meetings, without ever using computers or cell phones, whose signals can be easily traced. “Old-fashioned” methods that, however, allowed them to evade intelligence control.
CNN also reports that American military officials are urging Israel to avoid urban fighting in Gaza, where it risks “getting bogged down in bloody urban warfare.” The Americans reportedly spoke to the Israelis about their experiences in the Battle of Fallujah in 2004 during the Iraq War. The advice – also to avoid endangering hostages and civilians and increasing tensions in the Middle East – would be to use a combination of precise air strikes and targeted raids for special operations.
01:15 a.m. – The balance of the 19th day of the war
On the nineteenth day of the war, Israel intensified its bombardment of the Gaza Strip ahead of an impending ground offensive against Hamas militants. The conflict is causing the death toll in Gaza to rise rapidly and the US fears that the fighting could trigger an escalation in the region. Since Israel isolated the area following the Hamas attack on October 7, 2.3 million people in the Gaza Strip have been without food, water and medicine. The aid convoys admitted to the Gaza Strip have so far transported only a small part of the amount needed, and the UN has already warned that distribution will have to be suspended if there is no fuel for the trucks: last night they managed to do so from Egypt Enter 8 Trucks with water, food and medicine. This was announced by the Palestinian Red Crescent regarding medicines.”
The Hamas-run Health Ministry said 5,791 Palestinians were killed and 16,297 were injured. In the West Bank, 96 Palestinians have been killed and 1,650 injured in Israeli raids since October 7. According to Israeli officials, more than 1,400 people were killed in Israel, mostly civilians, and 222 people, including foreigners, were captured by Hamas during the invasion and taken to Gaza. Four hostages released.
12:55 a.m. – Rockets from Lebanon cause power outages in the Golan Heights
Two rockets fired from southern Lebanon into Israeli territory in the evening caused a power outage in the Golan Heights. Haaretz reports: The two rockets fell on uninhabited areas and no injuries were reported. However, one of the two apparently hit a power cable, causing a power outage in three surrounding communities. The Israeli army opened fire on the area from which the rockets were fired.