Israel-Hamas war: List of key events, day 42

admin November 17, 2023

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As the conflict between Israel and Gaza enters its 42nd day, these are the key developments.

Almost six weeks after the start of the war, the situation is as follows Friday, November 17, 2023:

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The Syrian army said early Friday that Syrian air defenses had shot down Israeli missiles around the capital Damascus. While most of the missiles were intercepted, some caused property damage, the army said.
The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has warned that there is a possibility of imminent famine in Gaza, adding that only 10 percent of necessary food supplies are reaching the besieged enclave. Airstrikes hit bakeries and wheat mills in the south of the Gaza Strip, leaving only one company in the enclave able to produce flour.
A communications blackout across much of Gaza, as well as attacks on Gaza’s health system, are making it difficult for the Health Ministry to do so collect informations about places hit by Israeli attacks.
The Israeli military said Friday it had recovered the body of a soldier Noa Marciano captured by Hamas. The body of another Hamas prisoner, Yehudit Weiss was also found, the Israeli military said on Thursday.
The Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza Strip was hit by Israeli airstrikes on Thursday, killing at least 11 people, according to Palestinian authorities.

The situation in hospitals in the Gaza Strip continues to deteriorate.
The Israeli army continues to remain at Gaza’s largest medical facility, al-Shifa Hospital, for the third day in a row. The hospital’s radiology department was damaged and several bodies were removed from the medical facility.
The Israeli military said on Thursday evening that it had found an operational tunnel shaft under Al-Shifa Hospital. The military had insisted that Hamas operate its command center beneath the hospital, but has so far done so couldn’t provide any evidence to support his claims.
There are no longer enough beds in Gaza’s hospitals to accommodate patients, so many of them have to be treated on hospital floors. They are also resorting to performing procedures manually as they run out of medical supplies and equipment.
Malaysia’s former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said On Friday, he said that a medical facility built by his foundation in Gaza was destroyed by Israeli bombings.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on X on Friday that he had discussed the current situation with his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese. Trudeau was pressured by the Canadian electorate to call for a ceasefire in Gaza. Meanwhile, Albanese’s government refused to call for a ceasefire.
The US State Department released a statement on Thursday following Wednesday’s attack on a Jordanian military hospital in Gaza that injured seven people. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller expressed concern for the wounded and praised the Jordanian government for setting up the hospital. However, Miller did not condemn the strike or say who was responsible.
The State Department also said Thursday that U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Israeli War Cabinet Minister Benny Gantz and discussed the urgent need to de-escalate tensions in the West Bank, including by addressing increasing settler violence.
Blinken also spoke with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry about efforts to increase humanitarian aid in Gaza and reiterated Washington’s opposition to the forced relocation of Palestinians. However, calls for a ceasefire in Gaza remain off the table.
The Elders, a group of former global leaders who advocate for peace, sent an open letter to President Joe Biden saying that Israel’s destruction of Gaza and the killing of civilians “damages U.S. credibility and interests across the board.” World” at risk.

Three Palestinians were killed in an Israeli drone strike in Jenin in the occupied West Bank, the head of the Palestinian emergency service told Reuters on Friday.
Israeli forces arrested two medics and ordered the evacuation of Ibn Sina Hospital in Jenin, while also launching a raid on the hospital. Ibn Sina is one of the largest medical facilities in the Palestinian territory and is considered a specialized hospital. Armored vehicles damaged cars and roads in the attack.
Israeli police killed three Palestinians with open fire at a checkpoint in Bethlehem.