The Israeli army announced, Thursday October 17, “check” if Hamas leader Yahya Sinouar had been “eliminated” during an operation in the Gaza Strip. During this operation, “three terrorists were eliminated”reports the army in a press release. Israeli forces “are checking the possibility that one of the terrorists is Yahya Sinouar”et “At this stage, the identities of the terrorists cannot be confirmed”adds this statement. Follow our live stream.
• Around ten dead in a strike in the north of the Gaza Strip. At least 14 people were killed Thursday in an Israeli strike on the Abou Hussein school, which serves as a shelter for displaced people in Jabaliya, according to two hospitals in the area. Ten bodies were transported to Kamal Adwane Hospital and four to Al-Awda Hospital, according to officials of these establishments. For its part, the Israeli army claims to have targeted Palestinian fighters.
• Hezbollah says Israel has not taken full control of “any village” in the South. A deputy from the Shiite movement said Thursday that the Israeli army, which has been carrying out incursions into southern Lebanon since the end of September, had not taken “total control” of a single village in this border region. During a press conference, Hassan Fadlallah accused Israel of carrying out a “scorched earth policy” pour “impose a no man’s land” along the border.
• The UN warns of famine in Gaza. Some 345,000 Gazans will face hunger at a level “catastrophic” this winter, compared to 133,000 currently, warns the UN in a report published Thursday. The United Nations stresses that the risk of famine persists in the territory. “A, quote, ‘policy of starvation’ in northern Gaza would be atrocious and unacceptable and would have implications for international law and US law.”for her part castigated the American ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield during a new UN Security Council in New York.
Israel denies the accusations. Israeli Ambassador Danny Danon assured that “more than a million tonnes of aid” had been transported to the Palestinian enclave. “The problem is Hamas which diverts the aid (…) and sells it to fuel its terror machine, while the civilian population suffers”he said. Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz also affirmed that his country would “everything to enable the international community to provide humanitarian aid to Gaza.”
