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In the Gaza Strip, 172 people were killed in 24 hours, according to a report published on Thursday, January 18, by the Ministry of Health of the Palestinian enclave, which has been run by Hamas since 2007. This report puts the number of deaths at 24,620 since its inception. The course of the war between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement on October 7 could not be confirmed from an independent source. Hamas also reports 61,504 injured, while thousands lie under the rubble.
For its part, the Hamas government's press office said on Thursday that “93 people were killed in the night and dawn attacks, including 16 in an attack on a family home in Rafah,” on the border with Egypt.
In a statement on Thursday, the Israeli army said its soldiers had reached “the southernmost part of the Gaza Strip since the ground operation began.” “In Khan Younes (…) soldiers, supported by artillery and aviation, eliminated dozens of terrorists in close combat. »
WHO official describes patients 'waiting to die' in Gaza hospitals.
Sean Casey, an emergency coordinator for the World Health Organization (WHO), described in a statement at UN headquarters in New York on Wednesday, January 17, that patients in Gaza hospitals rendered inoperable by the war are “on the “We were waiting for death.”
After spending five weeks in Palestinian territory, Mr. Casey said he saw hospital patients daily “suffering from severe burns or complex fractures and waiting hours or days for treatment.” “They often asked me for food or water, which shows the level of desperation,” he added. Sean Casey said he was only able to visit six of the sixteen hospitals operating in Gaza, out of the thirty-six that were in operation before the war.
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In the West Bank: A Palestinian killed in Tulkarem
A 27-year-old Palestinian man was shot in the chest in Nour-Shams camp on the outskirts of Tulkarem in the West Bank on Thursday morning, the Palestinian Health Ministry said, confirming claims by a local official. by Agence France Presse.
The man was killed on the second day of an Israeli raid. According to the Palestinian Authority Health Ministry, five more Palestinians were killed in the same area on Wednesday during this long operation that continued on Thursday.
Yemen: Denmark wants to join the US-British coalition ; The US is once again targeting the Houthi rebels
Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen expressed his country's “desire” to join the US-British coalition against the Houthi rebels in Yemen. “This is not pseudo-military work. “This is a serious situation in which Denmark says that it will also take the political responsibility to put an end to what is happening,” the minister emphasized.
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As the home of the shipping company Maersk – number two in global maritime transport, which has temporarily suspended transit through the Red Sea – Denmark is a particularly active country when it comes to maritime security.
John Kirby, spokesman for the National Security Council, mentioned the attacks on 14 rockets carried out by the Houthi rebels on Wednesday night and stated: “We did it again this morning by firing rockets (…) what we believe .” were ready to be launched into the Red Sea shortly. »
Saudi Arabia does not want to continue talks with Israel without a ceasefire in Gaza
Saudi Arabia cannot continue talks on normalizing ties with Israel until fighting in the Gaza Strip ends, the kingdom's ambassador to the United States said on Thursday. Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
“I think the most important thing to realize is that the kingdom has not put normalization at the heart of its policies. He has put peace and prosperity at the heart of his policies,” said diplomat Rima Bint Bandar Al Saud. “The kingdom was very clear. As long as there is violence on the ground and the killings continue, we cannot talk about the next day,” she added.