israel, the new home of orcs, is working on a new record for how many can you kill but at the same time they're destroying themselves;

Casualties:

• 24,762 killed* and at least 62,108 wounded in the Gaza Strip.
• 388+ Palestinians killed in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem
• Israel revises its estimated October 7 death toll down from 1,400 to 1,147.
• 550 Israeli soldiers killed since October 7, including 194 since the beginning of the ground invasion, and at least 3,221 injured.**

*This figure was confirmed by Gaza’s Ministry of Health on January 16. Some rights groups put the death toll at more than 31,000 when accounting for those presumed dead.

**This figure is released by the Israeli military. 

Key Developments

• Telecom blackout in Gaza continues for eighth day in a row, affecting news coming out of Gaza.
• Israel continues to pummel Gaza, destroying key buildings at al-Isra University, the last institution of higher learning left standing in Gaza.
• Yemen’s Ansar Allah continues to attack ships in Red Sea, Joe Biden admits U.S. strikes ineffective in deterring rebels but vows to continue anyway.
• Embattled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterates opposition to Palestinian state, insists on Israeli control over all territory “west of the Jordan River.”
• Israeli army wraps up 45-hour long devastating raid in Tulkarem refugee camp.
• Israeli army admits to digging up graves and seizing bodies in Gaza, claiming to be searching for dead hostages...........more.........