- A family home is blown up in an Israeli strike in Rafah killing an entire family of 12, including kids, as hundreds of Palestinians die and are wounded in overnight bombing.
- Citing “atrocities by the Zionist regime”, Iran vows to continue attacks after a series of missile attacks in Iraq and Syria.
- UN agencies appeal for “faster, safer” aid access to Gaza as the population faces famine and the rapid spread of disease.
- At least 24,285 people killed and more than 61,154 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The death toll in Israel from the October 7 Hamas attack stands at 1,139.
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Health ministry: Gaza death toll rises to 24,285
The number of Palestinians killed since the start of the Israeli aggression on October 7 has risen to 24,285, the health ministry says.
At least 61,154 others have been injured.
According to the ministry, Israeli forces committed “15 massacres against families” in the Gaza Strip, killing 158 and injuring 320 others during the past 24 hours.
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Iraq summons its envoy in Tehran for consultations
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iraq has summoned its ambassador to Tehran back to Baghdad in response to Iran’s attacks on northern Erbil.
The ambassador, Naseer Abdul Mohsen, has been summoned “for the purpose of consultations against the backdrop of the recent Iranian attacks on Erbil, which led to the fall of a number of martyrs and wounded”, it said.
Iran’s foreign ministry had earlier said it respects Iraq’s territorial integrity, but would not hesitate to use its “legitimate and legal right” to act against those that threaten its national security.
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Israel putting ‘big impediments’ to Gaza aid: Jordan
Ayman Safadi, Jordan’s foreign minister, says Israel is placing many hurdles to the entry of aid into Gaza that were worsening the dire situation of its residents.
In comments made during a news conference with his Australian counterpart, Safadi said these obstacles resulted in only 10 percent of the total needs of more than two million Palestinians in Gaza under siege being covered.
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Qatari FM: No peace without ‘a real’ two-state solution
Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohamed Abdulrahman Al Thani delivered a speech at Davos in Switzerland, saying “there is no magic formula to return to what was before October 7 without a real solution – the two-state solution”.
He also said:
- Ending the war, releasing Palestinian hostages and prisoners, as well as the deteriorating situation in the occupied West Bank must be quickly addressed.
- Israel’s occupation of the West Bank is as bad as its invasion of Gaza, and there is no real reaction from the international community to resolve it.
- There are politicians who believe the situation in Gaza can be ignored, and the global response to the war is extremely disappointing to nations of the Middle East.
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Iran attack: Two dozen missiles launched from 3 locations
The Revolutionary Guard released a video detailing scenes minutes after its attacks on Iraq and Syria.
Amirali Hajizadeh, chief commander of the aerospace division of the elite force, directs the launches in footage released by the IRGC-linked Fars news website.
Hajizadeh says the attack on a “Zionist base” in northern Iraq was carried out using four ballistic missiles launched from Kermanshah and seven from East Azerbaijan, both provinces bordering Iraq.
Four missiles were launched from Khuzestan, also bordering Iraq, to hit an ISIL-linked target in Syria’s Idlib province. In the video, Hajizadeh says nine more missiles will target a second armed group within hours in Syria.
The missile launch on Syria was the Guard’s longest ever. The missile used was identified as a Kheibar Shekan, a longer-range variant of the Fateh-110 solid-propellant ballistic missile unveiled in February 2022.
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Another 35 Palestinians detained in latest West Bank raids
According to the Palestinian news agency Wafa, Israeli forces arrested:
- 16 people in Hebron
- Six, including two former prisoners, in Jenin
- Two in Qalqilya
- 11, including one minor, in Ramallah
In total, Israel has detained more than 5,800 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank since October 7.
Source:https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/16/israels-war-on-gaza-live-at-least-132-killed-in-gaza-in-last-24-hours
