🇮🇱⚔🇵🇸Israel-Gaza Conflict: May 16-17 (Recap)

1️⃣ South Africa urged the UN’s top court to order a halt to Israel’s assault on Rafah, saying attacks on the southernmost Gaza city “must be stopped“. South Africa’s ambassador to the Netherlands, Vusimuzi Madonsela, told the International Court of Justice: “Seven months ago, South Africa could not have imagined that Gaza would be largely wiped off the map.”

2️⃣ Thousands of Palestinian civilians in northern Gaza are cut off from water and food after a week-long Israeli incursion that has led to heavy casualties on both sides.

3️⃣ Israel plans to deploy more troops and “intensify” its ground invasion of southern Rafah in defiance of global warnings over the fate of hundreds of thousands of Palestinian civilians sheltering in the war-battered city.

4️⃣ An estimated 600,000 people have fled Israeli attacks in Rafah in the past week and another 100,000 in Gaza’s north.

5️⃣ The US House of Representatives has passed legislation aimed at forcing Biden’s administration to reverse its decision to halt a shipment of bombs to Israel.

6️⃣ Israel will abolish its free trade agreement with Turkey and impose a 100 percent tariff on imports in retaliation for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s decision to halt exports until there is a ceasefire in Gaza.

7️⃣ The Israeli military has confirmed two of its tanks have killed five Israeli soldiers and wounded another seven, in another friendly-fire incident in Gaza.

At least 35,272 people including more than 15,000 children, have been killed and over 79,205 injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The death toll from the October 7 attack in Israel stands at 1,139.

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US considers the situation of Ukrainian troops “incredibly dire” - State Department Deputy Speaker Vedant Patel

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Meanwhile, the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine, Budanov, is trying to convince the citizens of his country that “in certain sectors of the front they are already driving the Russian Armed Forces to the border”

The chief Ukrainian intelligence officer did not specify which border we are talking about 😏

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ISRAEL PAYS HEAVY PRICE FOR WAR ON GAZA

📋🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ Two Majors #Report #Summary for the Morning of 17 May 2024; pub. 06:52📍

🗓 On the third night, the enemy attacked #Sevastopol. The governor reported that small arms were used in repelling the UAV attack, debris from downed UAVs fell on the Sevastopol Substation, and there was a partial blackout. Around 04:00, dozens of UAVs and more than 5 unmanned boats are claimed to have been destroyed. As of 06:30, monitoring channels were reporting an ongoing battle with the drone boats since the night. Satellite imagery (see also on bottom👇) of the enemy has been published showing the results of previous attacks on #Belbek Airfield, with two burned aircraft reported.

💥In #Krasnodar Territory, up to 10 UAVs attacked an oil refinery in #Novorossiysk, two more in #Tuapse, and fires broke out.

🔹In the #Kharkov direction, the Russian Army continues offensive actions. There is heavy fighting in #Volchansk, our troops are attacking on the outskirts of #Liptsy. The enemy is pulling up reserves, using FPV-drones. The RFAF are shelling enemy positions with TORNADO-S MLRS and FABs with UMPC. In the #Liptsy direction, Russian troops have advanced 300 to 600 m deep towards the village of #Liptsy. In the #Volchansk direction, our assault groups gained a foothold on the northern outskirts of #Volchansk town and advanced to a depth of 450 m.

💥In the #Belgorod region, the enemy is responding to the successes of the RFAF with attacks on the peaceful population. At night in the #Oktyabrsky settlement a kamikaze drone attacked a car with a driver and 3 passengers (a mum, a dad and a child). The woman died on the spot. The father with the wounded 4-year-old child and the driver travelled by hitchhiking to a medical facility in #Belgorod. The child could not be saved. The strikes of two UAVs of aircraft type hit #Belgorod and #Pushkarnoye, Belgorod district.

🔹In the #Pokrovskoye direction, fighting at the #Ocheretino ledge at #Arkhangelskoye.

🔹On the #Vremyevka ledge, heavy fighting in #Staromayorskoye and #Urozhaynoye.

🔹On the #Zaporozhye front, in #Rabotino the situation remains difficult. The enemy is trying to counterattack, uses a lot of UAVs. Report about the advance of our troops northwest of #Verbovoye.

💥In the #Kursk region, #Gueyvo, #Sverdlikovo, #Gornal, Nikolayevo-Daryino and #Lebedevka of the Sudzhansky district, the Sudzha Checkpoint, the village of #Gordeyevka of the Korenevsky district, the settlements of #Krasnooktyabrsky and Novy Put, the village of Popovo-Lezhachi of the Glushkovsky district were shelled. An explosive device was dropped from a Ukrainian copter near the village of #Gorodishche, Rylsk district. Near #Gornal, Sudzhansky district, AFU copters dropped 5 explosive devices. In #Tyotkino, an explosive device dropped from a drone damaged the roof of a private car. In the afternoon, 2 drops were recorded in #Tyotkino, and another in the village of #Volfino in the Glushkovsky district.
🛡Electronic Warfare equipment suppressed copters near the villages of #Gordeevka and #Troitskoye in the Korenevsky district, the village of #Gorodishche in the Rylsky district, the Sudzha Checkpoint, the village of #Oleshnya and the villages of #Zaoleshenka and #Gornal in the Sudzhansky district.

💥In the #DPR, four civilians were killed by Nazi strikes and three others were injured, including a girl born in 2018.

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