Israel increases its airstrikes in the south of the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, January 17th. Witnesses reported Israeli attacks near Nasser Hospital in Khan Younes, the capital in the southern Gaza Strip where the Jewish state says local leaders of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas are hiding. Follow the situation in our live stream.
Communications in Gaza were disrupted. According to NetBloks, a web monitoring organization, the Palestinian enclave is suffering “the longest telecommunications disruption since the start of the conflict, with most residents unable to contact the outside world since January 12.”
Medication expected. “Medicines and supplies will be sent tomorrow [mercredi] to the city of Al-Arich in Egypt “on board two aircraft of the Qatari armed forces with a view to their transfer to the Gaza Strip,” said the head of Qatari diplomacy.
A tribute to the French victims. During a press conference, President Emmanuel Macron announced the holding of a memorial service organized on February 7th for the French victims of the deadly October 7th attacks. It takes place at the “Memorial to the Victims of Terrorism” on the Esplanade des Invalides in Paris.