- At least 23 Palestinians killed in Khan Younis as Israeli attacks levelled dozens of residential homes and damaged the Nasser and Al-Amal hospitals.
- UN rights experts say “every single person in Gaza is hungry” as Israel continues to bomb, besiege and block aid to the territory.
- Qatar says it has brokered a deal to bring medicines and other aid into Gaza in exchange for the provision of medicine to Israeli captives held in the enclave.
- The White House says the US has been involved in “serious” talks on captives in Doha.
- At least 24,285 people killed and over 61,154 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The revised death toll in Israel from the October 7 Hamas attack stands at 1,139.
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Death toll from Israeli drone strike on Tulkarem goes up to four
The death from the Israeli drone strike on Tulkarem that we reported on earlier has gone up to four.
The Palestinian Red Crescent says it has recovered the bodies of four people killed inside the camp.
The aid group also reported that Israeli forces initially blocked its ambulances from reaching those targeted.
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At least 85 Palestinians detained in latest West Bank raids
Israeli forces have detained at least 85 Palestinians in the latest round of raids across the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Wafa news agency.
It added that 40 of those were Palestinians from the Gaza Strip who were working in the West Bank.
Nearly 6,000 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank have been taken into custody by Israel since October 7.
Many Palestinians detained by Israel are held for months or years without charge, under a system of “administrative detention” that rights groups have slammed as a violation of international law.
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Photos: Aftermath of Israeli strikes on homes in Rafah
Gaza’s humanitarian crisis is worsening with 85% of it 2.3 million people having fled their homes [Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images] 
At least 168 people in Gaza were killed in overnight Israeli bombing [Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images] 
The UN says Gaza faces widespread famine and disease [Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images] -
More on Israeli attack on Balata refugee camp
As we reported earlier, the Israeli army launched a strike on a car in Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, saying it killed the “head of terrorist infrastructure” at Balata refugee camp.
People at the camp, however, told Al Jazeera that at least three people were believed to have been killed in the drone attack.
“There are others who think that it could potentially be more,” said Al Jazeera’s Mohammed Jamjoom, reporting from Ramallah.
We will bring you more details on this shortly.
Meanwhile, Jamjoom noted that the Israeli army has been conducting on average about 40 raids across the West Bank daily since the start of the war in Gaza.
“Residents tell us that there’s an intensified number of raids targeting resistance fighters. The people believe that the Israeli army is going into these areas and destroying more infrastructure because they want to use that as a way to turn local populations against the armed resistance fighters,” he said.
“But every time we go to these areas, people tell us that they don’t think these tactics used by the Israeli army will ultimately work.”
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Another Israeli drone strike hits Tulkarem
The attack has killed two Palestinians in the Tulkarem refugee camp, occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Wafa news agency.
The attack comes after hours of violent raids in the city and after an earlier Israeli drone attack killed three Palestinians in the Balata refugee camp near Nablus.
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Ministry: 163 killed in Gaza in last 24 hours
Israeli attacks in Gaza have killed 163 people and injured 350 more in 24 hours, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
Numerous victims are still trapped under the wreckage and cannot be reached by rescuers, the ministry said in a post on Telegram.
The latest attacks bring the overall toll in Gaza to 24,448 killed and 61,504 wounded since October 7.
Source:https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/17/israels-war-on-gaza-live-brutality-of-gaza-crisis-unprecedented-un
