Former Chief of Staff and member of Israel’s War Council Gadi Eisenkot said that the Israeli prime minister clearly bears responsibility for the October 7 attack. His comments were the latest addition to the growing rift among Israeli politicians.
Meanwhile, the Israeli genocidal war continues unabated. Israeli massacres are reported in Khan Yunis, Rafah and other areas in central and southern Gaza.
Palestinian Resistance also continued at all axes of fighting in Gaza, including the northern regions.
According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 24,620 Palestinians have been killed, and 61,830 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7. Palestinian and international estimates say that the majority of those killed and wounded are women and children.
LATEST UPDATES
Friday, January 18, 11:00 am (GMT+2)
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: The death toll from an Israeli bombing targeting a residential building near Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City has risen to 15.
AL-JAZEERA: Israeli forces carried out ten raids between the town of Ramia and Jabal Balat in southern Lebanon.
ISRAELI HOME FRONT: Sirens sounded around Gaza.
AL-QUDS BRIGADES: WE targeted an Israeli occupation military vehicle with a Tandem shell east of Jabaliya, in the northern Gaza Strip. We are engaged in fierce clashe with the occupation soldiers east of Gaza City.
Friday, January 18, 10:00 am (GMT+2)
EISENKOT (to NYT): An agreement with Hamas is the only way to guarantee the release of the “hostages”. Israel must ask itself how it will continue with “a leadership that has completely failed.”
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli warboats launched intense bombardment on the coast of Gaza City and the northern Gaza Strip.
Friday, January 18, 09:00 am (GMT+2)
LAPID: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “does not care about Israel, but about his own political interests and must be replaced quickly.”
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: The outage of communications and Internet services in the Gaza Strip continues for the eighth day in a row.
AL-JAZEERA: Clashes and Israeli artillery shelling were reported in the center and west of the city of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.
Friday, January 18, 06:30 am (GMT+2)
ISRAELI ARMY: Death of a soldier from wounds sustained three days ago during battles in the southern Gaza Strip. Three other soldiers were seriously wounded in battles that took place two days ago in the southern Gaza Strip.
(The Palestine Chronicle)
