Israeli forces carried out new massacres in the Gaza Strip, killing and wounding scores of Palestinians, including children.
The Lebanese Resistance movement Hezbollah targeted several Israeli sites and gathering of soldiers as the situation in the northern front escalated.
As Israel said it has not yet taken a decision to respond to Iran, British Foreign Secretary David Cameron called on the G7 to impose new sanctions on Tehran.
According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 33,899 Palestinians have been killed, and 76,664 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.
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Wednesday, April 17, 11:00 am (GMT+2)
GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: 33,899 Palestinians have been killed, and 76,664 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.
GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: 33,899 Palestinians have been killed, and 76,664 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.
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WALLA: Israel records 60 disabled people every day due to the war.
BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY: We want to see coordinated sanctions against Iran and the G7 must send a clear and unambiguous message to Tehran.
HAMAS: Israel is committing the most heinous crimes against our prisoners.
Wednesday, April 17, 10:00 am (GMT+2)
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli occupation army vehicles withdrew from Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip after an incursion that lasted more than 36 hours, during which they besieged refugee shelters, arrested a number of them, and abused the residents.
COMMANDER OF IRANIAN ARMY: We are ready for confrontation with Israel at all levels.
IRANIAN ARMY COMMANDER: The destroyer Jamaran accompanies our commercial ships in the Red Sea in the light of current tensions.
AL-JAZEERA: Six Palestinians were killed as a result of the occupation bombing of a gathering of Palestinians in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, north of Gaza City.
Wednesday, April 17, 09:00 am (GMT+2)
HEZBOLLAH: Our fighters targeted a new deployment of Israeli occupation army soldiers south of the Pranit barracks with rocket weapons and artillery shells.
Hezbollah published footage of its operation targeting the Israeli Iron Dome platform in the settlement of Kfar Blum in northern Israel.
Text Translation:
0:06 – The Iron Dome
– The Iron Dome is a system for intercepting short and medium-range projectiles and drones.
-… pic.twitter.com/Tb2kWHHoAa— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) April 17, 2024
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Seven Palestinians, including children, were killed as a result of the Israeli occupation forces’ bombing of a home for the Abu al-Hinud family in the Yabna camp in the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.
SHAS LEADER, ARYEH DERI (to Jerusalem Post): No Haredi Israelis will be recruited into the ranks of the Israeli army.
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli aircraft launched an air strike targeting a pharmaceutical factory east of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Seven Palestinians, including children, were killed as a result of the Israeli occupation forces’ bombing of a home for the Abu al-Hinud family in the Yabna camp in the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.
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IRANIAN PRESIDENT EBRAHIM RAISI: We will respond strongly and decisively to any Israeli move against us.
Wednesday, April 17, 08:20 am (GMT+2)
AL-JAZEERA: Sirens are sounding in several towns in Israel’s western Galilee.
HEZBOLLAH: Our fighters targeted a new deployment of Israeli occupation army soldiers south of the Barranit barracks with rockets and artillery shells.
(The Palestine Chronicle)