The Israeli army announced on Friday, November 17, that it had found in Gaza the remains of Noa Marciano, a 19-year-old Hamas soldier whose death was announced on Tuesday. The Islamist movement had published a photo of Noa Marciano’s remains, depicting her as “killed by an Israeli bombing attack.” According to the IDF, the body was recovered “from a building next to Al-Chifa Hospital.” Follow our live stream.
Hospitals were searched from top to bottom. IDF inspects Gaza hospitals and accuses Hamas of using them as bases and sick people as “human shields.” Late Thursday evening, the Israeli army announced that it had discovered the body of Yehudit Weiss, a hostage who was “murdered by terrorists in the Gaza Strip” after being kidnapped by Hamas on October 7.
An alarming humanitarian situation. International aid for Gaza is arriving in heaps by truck from Egypt, in insufficient quantities, according to the UN, which is demanding in particular the supply of fuel to run generators in hospitals. The United Nations says communications with Gaza are again “completely disrupted” due to fuel shortages.
The West Bank is also worrying. American diplomacy chief Antony Blinken called on Israel on Thursday to take “urgent” action to end settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank. According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, more than 190 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli settlers and soldiers in the occupied Palestinian territories since October 7.
Attacks were carried out in Syria. Israeli airstrikes caused “material damage” near Damascus, the official Syrian news agency Sana reports. According to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the attacks targeted sites of the Lebanese Islamist movement Hezbollah.