This round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict has killed more than 4,400 people on both sides
The Palestinian health department stated on the evening of the 17th local time that since the outbreak of a new round of large-scale conflict between Palestine and Israel on October 7, approximately 3,000 people have been killed and more than 12,500 injured in the Gaza Strip, 61 people have died in the West Bank, and more than 1,250 people have been injured. People get hurt.
According to Israeli media reports, as of the evening of the 15th, at least 1,400 people in Israel had died. According to current statistics, this round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict has killed more than 4,400 people on both sides.
Pakistan says air strike on Gaza hospital kills hundreds
According to multiple media reports on the 17th, the Palestinian health department in the Gaza Strip stated on the 17th that the Israeli army airstrike a hospital in the Gaza Strip that day, resulting in the death of 200 to 300 people. The head of the Gaza Strip Civil Defense Department told the media that the death toll exceeded 300 people. According to the latest reports from Reuters and the Associated Press, citing anonymous sources from the health department in the Gaza Strip, the attack has killed at least 500 people.
A strong explosion could be heard at the scene and a fire broke out. It is understood that a large number of displaced people are temporarily living in hospitals hit by Israeli air strikes.
On the evening of the 17th, Palestinian Health Minister Mai Kayla issued a statement strongly condemning the Israeli army’s attack on hospitals in the Gaza Strip. The statement stated that the Israeli army’s attack on the hospital resulted in the death of hundreds of civilians, most of whom were patients, women and children. The Israeli army’s actions violated humanitarian law and basic norms. Palestinian President Abbas announced three days of mourning throughout Palestine on the 17th for the victims of hospital air strikes and the Palestinians killed in this round of conflicts.
Israeli army says hospital attack was carried out by Jihad, but Jihad denies it
In response to an attack on a hospital in the Gaza Strip that killed hundreds of people, the Israeli military said on the 17th that Israel had intelligence indicating that the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (Jihad) launched an attack on the hospital. The Israeli army said that when the hospital explosion occurred, multiple rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip towards Israel. Jihad subsequently denied the Israeli accusations.
According to reports from many media including Al Jazeera, that night, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu claimed that it was Palestinian armed factions in the Gaza Strip that attacked the hospital.
Israeli airstrikes in Gaza Strip continue as Hamas fires rockets
On the 17th, the Israeli army continued its air strikes on the Gaza Strip, and violent explosions were heard in the sky above the Gaza Strip. A senior member of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) was killed. Hamas continues to fire rockets into Israel.
Israel stated that since the outbreak of this round of conflict, the Israeli army has attacked approximately 5,000 targets of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas). The Palestinian Interior Ministry stated on the 17th that Israeli air strikes on two refugee camps in the central Gaza Strip that day caused a large number of casualties. The Qassam Brigades, an armed wing of Hamas, said a senior commander of the organization was killed in an Israeli air strike on a refugee camp, and Israel confirmed the news. In addition, Reuters reported, citing Hamas sources, that a Hamas border crossing director was killed in an Israeli air strike on the Gaza Strip.
On the 17th, an air defense siren sounded in the Israeli city of Ashkelon, and loud noises were heard over the city. According to reports, the Qassam Brigades, an armed faction affiliated with Hamas, fired rockets at Ashkelon, Tel Aviv and Ashdod that day.
Pakistani Prime Minister calls on Israel to end military operations in Gaza Strip
On the 17th local time, Palestinian Prime Minister Ashtiyeh issued a statement demanding that Israel end its military operations against the people of the Gaza Strip and called on the international community to provide humanitarian assistance to the Gaza Strip.
Ashtiyeh said that day that Palestine’s top priority now is to prevent Israeli military operations against the people of the Gaza Strip, ensure local medical, sanitation and food supplies, as well as restore electricity and water supply. He said Palestine must maintain the operation of water treatment plants and desalination plants in the Gaza Strip to address the humanitarian and health crises facing the region. He also called on the international community to put pressure on Israel to comply with international humanitarian law.
Hamas spokesman: The United States is the culprit of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
According to CNN, Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) spokesperson Hazem Qasim said on the 17th that the United States is the culprit of this round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
Qasim denounced the US government and US President Joe Biden for taking very aggressive measures against the Palestinian people and for listening to Israel’s claims. He said that the United States’ stance toward the Palestinian people is “aggressive” and that the United States’ actions will cause greater casualties to the Palestinian people.
The Rafah port is still not open, and aid supplies convoys are waiting to pass through.
According to Agence France-Presse on the 17th, citing Egyptian security officials, there are currently hundreds of trucks loaded with medical supplies, food, blankets and other humanitarian aid queuing up on the Egyptian side of the Rafah port in the Gaza Strip, waiting for Palestinians at the port. Open on one side. At present, Egypt and many other countries are stepping up mediation to strive for the restoration of traffic at the Rafah Port.
The governor of Egypt’s North Sinai Province said on the 17th that after the repair of the damaged road on the Palestinian side of the Rafah Port is completed, the port may be opened. Israeli military officials said on the 17th that the Rafah port is still closed.
Egyptian security officials said that a convoy of trucks carrying humanitarian aid supplies provided by Egyptian non-governmental organizations was waiting to pass on the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing. The official said that after aid supplies enter the Gaza Strip from the Rafah Port, they will first be inspected by Israel.
There are three crossing points in the Gaza Strip. Since the current round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the Erez and Kerem Shalom crossing points in the Gaza Strip leading to the Israeli-controlled areas have been closed. This has made the Gaza Strip bordering Egypt The French border crossing has become the only way for people to evacuate from the Gaza Strip and for aid supplies to enter. However, the area near the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing has been hit by Israeli air strikes many times, resulting in the inability to operate normally.
Egypt said there had been four attacks on the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing in the past week. Egypt’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated on the 17th that the international community must “call on Israel to stop attacking the Rafah crossing area” in order to deliver aid supplies to the besieged Gaza Strip. (CCTV News Client)
(Editor: Ma Changyan)
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2023-10-18 01:01:00
