Weekly summary of the War on Gaza, January 17
On January 13, I had my first baby. I named her Meryem. I hope her coming will bring peace to Gaza.
On January 16, 2014, my sister gave birth to Sarah. I posted on social media then that the best way to cure death is to give birth (life).
- Palestinians took to the streets to celebrate the news of reaching a ceasefire in Gaza. Joy could be seen on their exhausted faces. Their celebrations speak of how much they still cling to life.
- Israel continued its killing across the Gaza Strip, which even intensified soon after the news of reaching a ceasefire emerged.
- Seven Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Al-Burij refugee camp on Friday.
- Four Palestinians were killed by an Israeli airstrike in Al-Shujayia on Friday.
- A Palestinian child was killed by Israeli fire in the Al-Zayotun neighborhood in Gaza city on Friday.
- Palestinian journalist Said Nabhan was killed by Israeli fire in the Al-Nusierat refugee camp on Friday. He was the nephew of Khaled Nabhan, known from a video with his granddaughter where he calls her the "soul of his soul," who was also killed by Israeli forces in Al-Nusierat just several weeks ago.
- Palestinian civil defense teams said 10% of Palestinians killed by Israel have zero traces of their bodies left.
- Three Palestinians were killed by an Israeli airstrike on the Al-Zibda family home in Gaza city.
- Two unidentified Palestinians were uncovered following an Israeli airstrike that targeted Al-Burij.
- Four Palestinians were killed by an Israeli airstrike that targeted a school in Jabaliya on Saturday.
- Three Palestinians were killed by an Israeli airstrike against a tent in Deir Al-Balah.
- Two Palestinians were killed by Israeli shelling of Al-Nusierat and Al-Burij on Saturday.
- Two Palestinians were killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza city on Sunday.
- Five thousand Palestinians were killed and nine thousand five hundred were injured by Israeli forces since the start of Israel’s military operation in the north of Gaza one hundred days ago.
- Three Palestinians were killed by an Israeli airstrike on the Jarada family home in Al-Shujayia on Monday.
- Five Palestinians were killed by an Israeli airstrike on Salahddin School in Gaza city on Monday.
- Due to the lack of fuel, the water pumps in Khan Younis, providing water for one point one million people, stopped working.
- Thirty-three Palestinians were killed in northern Gaza on Monday alone due to Israeli airstrikes and shelling.
- Four Palestinians were killed by an Israeli airstrike on a civil car in Rafah on Monday.
- Six Palestinians were killed by an Israeli airstrike on the Al-Daraj neighborhood in Gaza city on Monday.
- Two Palestinians were killed by an Israeli airstrike on the Al-Nasser neighborhood in Gaza city on Monday.
- Six Palestinians were killed by a series of Israeli airstrikes on family homes in Gaza city on Monday.
- Seven Palestinians were killed by three Israeli airstrikes on Deir Al-Balah on Tuesday.
- Ten Palestinians were killed by an Israeli airstrike on the Abed family home in Khan Younis.
- Six Palestinian children were killed by an Israeli airstrike on the Al-Daraj neighborhood on Tuesday.
- Four Palestinians were killed by an Israeli airstrike on Al-Zawayda on Tuesday.
- An Israeli bomb killed two Palestinian children in their tent in the Al-Nusierat refugee camp on Tuesday.
- Thirteen Palestinians were killed by an Israeli airstrike on the Shahin family home in Deir Al-Balah on Wednesday.
- Six Palestinians were killed by an Israeli airstrike on the Al-Nassar family home in the Al-Nusierat refugee camp on Wednesday.
- Three Palestinians were killed by an Israeli airstrike on the Yassin family home in Al-Burij on Wednesday.
- Five Palestinian children and a woman were killed by an Israeli airstrike on the Shaath family home in Khan Younis on Wednesday.
- Seven Palestinians were killed by an Israeli airstrike on Al-Farabi school on Al-Yarmook street in Gaza city on Wednesday.
- Two Palestinians were killed by an Israeli airstrike on Rafah, and two others were killed by another airstrike on Deir Al-Balah on Wednesday.
- Four Palestinians were killed by an Israeli airstrike on the Eid family home in the Al-Burij refugee camp on Wednesday.
- Seventeen thousand Palestinian children have been killed by Israeli forces since October 7, 2023.
- Three Palestinians were killed by Israeli bombing of the Al-Shati refugee camp on Wednesday.
- Israeli forces ordered the remaining residents of Al-Jabalyia to evacuate.
- Five Palestinians were killed after an Israeli airstrike targeted a car belonging to a journalist in the Al-Nusierat refugee camp.
- Two Palestinians were killed by an Israeli airstrike in Al-Nusierat on Wednesday.
- Twenty Palestinians were killed by an Israeli airstrike on a family home in Gaza city on Thursday.
- Ten Palestinians were killed following an Israeli airstrike on a family home in Gaza city on Thursday.
- Four Palestinians were killed by an Israeli airstrike on an apartment in Gaza city on Thursday.
- More than eighty Palestinians were killed by Israeli airstrikes since the news of a possible ceasefire in Gaza emerged.
- Four Palestinians were killed by an Israeli airstrike that targeted a school sheltering displaced Palestinians in Al-Zayotun on Thursday.
- Two Palestinians were killed by an Israeli airstrike on the Abu-Shkian family home in Al-Nusierat on Thursday.
