His name had gone around the world. The bodies of three Israelis killed during the October 7 attacks and taken to the Gaza Strip, including Shani Louk, have been recovered by the Israeli army, the army announced in a statement. At the same time, fighting continues in the Gaza Strip, particularly in Jabalia and around Rafah, where Israel still intends to carry out a major offensive. Here is what to remember from Friday May 17.
The Israeli navy carried out firing on the coast of Rafah, where thousands of displaced people continue to flee after nighttime strikes, according to the city’s Kuwaiti hospital. The army also announced to AFP that it had carried out fighting in Jabalia, in the north of the Gaza Strip. “perhaps the most fierce” since the start of his offensive.
The Israeli army also claimed to have completed its operation in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City (north), after a week of “precise raids”killing “more than 90 terrorists”. More than 35,300 Palestinians, mostly civilians, have been killed since the start of the war sparked by the Hamas attack, according to data from the Health Ministry of the Hamas-led Gaza government.
“Itzhak Gelerenter, Amit Buskila and Shani Louk were found this evening during a special operation carried out by the IDF and the Shin Bet”, declared Friday, May 17, IDF spokesperson Daniel Hagari. The families of the victims were notified during the day, specifies the Israeli army in a statement.