62,108 people injured in Israeli onslaught since Oct. 7, says Health Ministry | The Palestinian death toll from the ongoing Israeli onslaught on the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7 has climbed to 24,762, the Health Ministry in the territory said Friday. In a statement, the ministry added that 62,108 other people had been injured in the offensive. 💬 “The Israeli occupation committed 12 massacres of families in the Gaza Strip, leaving 142 martyrs and 278 injured during the past 24 hours,” the ministry said. “Many people are still trapped under rubble and on the roads as rescuers are unable to reach them,” the statement said. Israel has pounded the Gaza Strip since a cross-border attack by Hamas on Oct. 7, which Tel Aviv says killed nearly 1,200 people.

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As Israel continues the genocide in Gaza, Gazans wake up every day losing more loved ones. pic.twitter.com/ugyqI3fEJm

— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) January 18, 2024

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shared the highly aspirational plan at this year’s World Economic Forum summit in Davos. | Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky unveiled a diplomatic proposal to end the long-running conflict in the Donbass region this week, but observers say the controversial leader’s “peace formula” is little more than wishful thinking. 💬 “It is the opposite of a peace formula,” said security analyst Mark Sleboda on Sputnik’s The Critical Hour program Thursday. “It is a childish demand for Russian unconditional surrender that Russia should withdraw all of its troops from Ukrainian territory – including Crimea – [and] surrender the people of Crimea and Donbass to the tender mercies of Azov* Neo-Nazis.”

Yemen's Ansarullah resistance movement has promised a safe passage for international ships sailing in the Red Sea as the country’s armed forces ramp up their retaliatory operations on “Israeli”-owned and -bound vessels in support of Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip. | Mohammad al-Bakhiti, a member of Ansarullah’s politburo, made the statement in an interview published by the Russian daily Izvestia on Friday and said the Red Sea was safe so long as ships transiting the strategic waterway were not linked to “Israel”. 💬 “As far as ships from all other countries, including Russia and China, are concerned, their navigation in the region is not under any threat whatsoever,” al-Bakhiti said, noting that “Moreover, we are ready to ensure the safe passage of their ships in the Red Sea, because free navigation plays a significant role for our country.” ● Stressing those operations on vessels “in any way connected with ‘Israel’” will continue, he added, “Ansarullah does not pursue the goal of capturing or sinking this or that sea vessel. Our goal is to raise the economic costs" for the “Israeli” entity "in order to stop the carnage in Gaza.”

■ The Houthis announce the targeting of an American ship in the Gulf of Aden (Teller Report/Al Jazeera)
■ Armed Forces announce targeting American ship "Kim Ranger" (Yemen News Agency)
■ Yemeni Army Targets Another US Ship in Fresh Pro-Palestinian Strike (Alahed News)

Al-Qassam Brigades publishes a new video showing three Israeli captives who were killed by the indiscriminate Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip. | Martyr Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas movement, published a new video footage titled "We tried to keep them alive but Netanyahu insisted on killing them," referring to the Israeli occupation’s killing of three Israeli captives held in the Gaza Strip. ● The video depicted three Israeli captives: Elia Tolidano, Nick Beezer, and Ron Sherman, who were being held inside a room in a tunnel. Al-Qassam addressed Israeli settlers saying that these three captives "were killed by your army’s weapons," referring to the indiscriminate bombardment that the Israeli occupation forces have been carrying out across the Gaza Strip. 💬 "The situation is unbearable," [one] captive said, "There is a risk that we will die because there are no guarantees that the Israeli army will not bomb us." In fact, up to 60 Israeli captives have been killed since the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip commenced, some by airstrikes while others were killed by the gunfire of Israeli special forces.

■ Gaza communications still cut off, new Israeli massacres reported (Al Mayadeen)
■ Mexico and Chile refer the situation in Gaza to the International Criminal Court (Teller Report/Al Jazeera)
■ UN expert on Palestine: ‘It is very likely a genocide is being committed in Gaza’ (aNews)
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