Israel-Gaza struggle stay: Hamas points warning over lives of hostages; UN common meeting to carry emergency assembly | Israel-Gaza struggle

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Abstract of the day to date

It’s coming as much as 9am in Gaza and Tel Aviv and here’s what we learn about the latest occasions:

  • A Hamas spokesperson has issued a warning over the lives of hostages nonetheless being held in Gaza. In a televised assertion, a Hamas spokesperson mentioned Israel wouldn’t obtain “their prisoners alive with out an alternate and negotiation and assembly the calls for of the resistance”,” Agence France-Press stories. Israel says there are nonetheless 137 hostages in Gaza, whereas activists say about 7,000 Palestinians are in Israeli jails.

  • The UN common meeting, which contains 193 member states, is more likely to vote on a draft decision calling for an instantaneous humanitarian ceasefire within the Israel-Gaza struggle on Tuesday, Reuters stories diplomats saying on Sunday. The potential vote will comply with the US’s veto of a UAE-led UN safety council decision that known as for a ceasefire in Gaza on Friday.

  • A dozen UN safety council envoys have been as a result of go to the border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip on Monday, Reuters is reporting. The United Arab Emirates organized the journey to Rafah – the place restricted humanitarian help and gas deliveries have crossed into Gaza.

  • The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, has urged Israel to do extra to guard Palestinian civilians in its struggle with Hamas. Two days after the US vetoed a proposed United Nations demand for an instantaneous humanitarian ceasefire, Blinken advised CNN Israel must put “a premium” on defending Gaza civilians and ensuring humanitarian help can attain those that want it.

  • In his interview with CNN on Sunday, Blinken additionally mentioned: “We’re not going to have sturdy safety for Israel except and till Palestinian political aspirations are met.” Blinken added: “When the most important army operation is over … we now have to ensure that we’re on a path to a sturdy and sustainable peace. From our perspective, I feel from the attitude of many world wide, that has to result in a Palestinian state.”

  • Mediation efforts are persevering with to safe a brand new Gaza ceasefire and free extra hostages held by Hamas regardless of the continued Israeli bombardment that’s “narrowing the window” for a profitable consequence, Qatar’s prime minister mentioned Sunday. “Our efforts because the state of Qatar together with our companions are persevering with. We’re not going to surrender,” sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani advised the Doha Discussion board, including that “the continuation of the bombardment is simply narrowing this window for us”.

  • Israeli tanks have reached the center of Gaza’s southern metropolis of Khan Younis, as Hamas issued recent calls for for Palestinian prisoners to be launched whereas on the similar time threatening the lives of the hostages they proceed to carry.

  • The Biden administration’s help for Israel’s struggle in Gaza has come below intensified scrutiny after it revealed it had bypassed Congress to provide tank shells, and was reported to not be finishing up continuous assessments of whether or not Israel was committing doable struggle crimes.

  • “Gaza’s well being system is on its knees and collapsing,” mentioned the World Well being Group chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, with solely 14 of 36 hospitals performing at any capability. Ghebreyesus additionally mentioned that the WHO and its companions in Gaza managed to ship important trauma and surgical provides to Gaza’s al-Ahli hospital to cowl the wants of 1,500 folks, in addition to switch 19 vital sufferers.

  • The World Well being Group’s govt board on Sunday adopted a decision on tackling the worsening well being state of affairs within the Gaza Strip, calling for fast and unimpeded humanitarian entry. The 34 nations on the WHO’s govt board adopted by consensus a decision calling for the “fast, sustained and unimpeded passage of humanitarian reduction” into Gaza, Agence France-Presse stories.

  • Benjamin Netanyahu known as on Hamas to put down its arms and “give up now”. In an tackle on Sunday reported by Agence France-Presse, the Israeli prime minister mentioned: “The struggle remains to be ongoing however it’s the starting of the top of Hamas. I say to the Hamas terrorists: It’s over. Don’t die for [Yahya] Sinwar. Give up now,” referring to the chief of Hamas in Gaza.

  • Hezbollah launched explosive drones and highly effective missiles at Israeli positions and Israeli airstrikes rocked a number of cities and villages in south Lebanon, Reuters stories. An Israeli airstrike in town of Aitaroun destroyed 5 houses and broken many extra, Ali Hijazi, an area official, mentioned. The Israeli military didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark. However the Israeli military earlier mentioned “suspicious aerial targets” had crossed from Lebanon and two have been intercepted. Israeli fighter jets carried out “an intensive collection of strikes on Hezbollah terror targets in Lebanese territory”, it mentioned. Sirens sounded in Israel at a number of places on the border.

  • Israel has carried out airstrikes close to Syria’s capital, Damascus, late on Sunday, the Syrian state information company Sana mentioned. The Israeli military declined to touch upon the incident, however mentioned individually that pictures had been fired from Lebanon in the direction of northern Israel on Sunday night.

Italy, France and Germany are calling on the EU to impose ad hoc sanctions against Hamas and its supporters, the foreign ministers of the three nations wrote in a joint letter to the EU’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell.

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“We express our full support for the … proposal to create an ad hoc sanctions regime against Hamas and its supporters,” said the letter, seen by Reuters.

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“The swift adoption of this sanctions regime will enable us to send a strong political message about the EU’s commitment against Hamas and our solidarity with Israel,” the letter said.

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On Sunday, Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said he had criticised western leaders, telling his cabinet that they were being inconsistent with their support for Israel’s stated war aim of destroying Hamas.

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Briefing his cabinet, he said he had told the leaders of France, Germany and other countries: “You cannot on the one hand support the elimination of Hamas, and on the other pressure us to end the war, which would prevent the elimination of Hamas.”

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It’s coming up to 9am in Gaza and Tel Aviv and here is what we know about the most recent events:

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  • A Hamas spokesperson has issued a warning over the lives of hostages still being held in Gaza. In a televised statement, a Hamas spokesperson said Israel would not receive “their prisoners alive without an exchange and negotiation and meeting the demands of the resistance”,” Agence France-Press reports. Israel says there are still 137 hostages in Gaza, while activists say about 7,000 Palestinians are in Israeli jails.

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  • The UN general assembly, which comprises 193 member states, is likely to vote on a draft resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza war on Tuesday, Reuters reports diplomats saying on Sunday. The potential vote will follow the US’s veto of a UAE-led UN security council resolution that called for a ceasefire in Gaza on Friday.

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  • A dozen UN security council envoys were due to visit the border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip on Monday, Reuters is reporting. The United Arab Emirates arranged the trip to Rafah – where limited humanitarian aid and fuel deliveries have crossed into Gaza.

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  • The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, has urged Israel to do more to protect Palestinian civilians in its war with Hamas. Two days after the US vetoed a proposed United Nations demand for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, Blinken told CNN Israel needs to put “a premium” on protecting Gaza civilians and making sure humanitarian assistance can reach those who need it.

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  • In his interview with CNN on Sunday, Blinken also said: “We’re not going to have durable security for Israel unless and until Palestinian political aspirations are met.” Blinken added: “When the major military operation is over … we have to make sure that we’re on a path to a durable and sustainable peace. From our perspective, I think from the perspective of many around the world, that has to lead to a Palestinian state.”

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  • Mediation efforts are continuing to secure a new Gaza ceasefire and free more hostages held by Hamas despite the ongoing Israeli bombardment that is “narrowing the window” for a successful outcome, Qatar’s prime minister said Sunday. “Our efforts as the state of Qatar along with our partners are continuing. We are not going to give up,” sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani told the Doha Forum, adding that “the continuation of the bombardment is just narrowing this window for us”.

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  • Israeli tanks have reached the heart of Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis, as Hamas issued fresh demands for Palestinian prisoners to be released while at the same time threatening the lives of the hostages they continue to hold.

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  • The Biden administration’s support for Israel’s war in Gaza has come under intensified scrutiny after it revealed it had bypassed Congress to supply tank shells, and was reported not to be carrying out continual assessments of whether Israel was committing possible war crimes.

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  • “Gaza’s health system is on its knees and collapsing,” said the World Health Organization chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, with only 14 of 36 hospitals functioning at any capacity. Ghebreyesus also said that the WHO and its partners in Gaza managed to deliver essential trauma and surgical supplies to Gaza’s al-Ahli hospital to cover the needs of 1,500 people, as well as transfer 19 critical patients.

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  • The World Health Organization’s executive board on Sunday adopted a resolution on tackling the worsening health situation in the Gaza Strip, calling for immediate and unimpeded humanitarian access. The 34 countries on the WHO’s executive board adopted by consensus a resolution calling for the “immediate, sustained and unimpeded passage of humanitarian relief” into Gaza, Agence France-Presse reports.

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  • Benjamin Netanyahu called on Hamas to lay down its arms and “surrender now”. In an address on Sunday reported by Agence France-Presse, the Israeli prime minister said: “The war is still ongoing but it is the beginning of the end of Hamas. I say to the Hamas terrorists: It’s over. Don’t die for [Yahya] Sinwar. Give up now,” referring to the chief of Hamas in Gaza.

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  • Hezbollah launched explosive drones and highly effective missiles at Israeli positions and Israeli airstrikes rocked a number of cities and villages in south Lebanon, Reuters stories. An Israeli airstrike in town of Aitaroun destroyed 5 houses and broken many extra, Ali Hijazi, an area official, mentioned. The Israeli military didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark. However the Israeli military earlier mentioned “suspicious aerial targets” had crossed from Lebanon and two have been intercepted. Israeli fighter jets carried out “an intensive collection of strikes on Hezbollah terror targets in Lebanese territory”, it mentioned. Sirens sounded in Israel at a number of places on the border.

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  • Israel has carried out airstrikes close to Syria’s capital, Damascus, late on Sunday, the Syrian state information company Sana mentioned. The Israeli military declined to touch upon the incident, however mentioned individually that pictures had been fired from Lebanon in the direction of northern Israel on Sunday night.

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Hello and welcome to our blog on the Israel-Hamas war. It’s 7:08am on Monday in Gaza and Tel Aviv and after sunrise. My name is Reged Ahmad and I’ll be with you for the next while.

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Hamas has warned that no hostages will leave Gaza alive unless its demands for prisoner releases are met. A Hamas spokesperson made the threat on Sunday.

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More on that in a moment but first here’s a summary of the day’s events:

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  • The UN general assembly, which comprises 193 member states, is likely to vote on a draft resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the ongoing Israel-Gaza war on Tuesday, Reuters reports diplomats saying on Sunday. The potential vote will follow the US’s veto of a UAE-led UN security council resolution that called for a ceasefire in Gaza on Friday.

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  • The US secretary of state Antony Blinken has urged Israel to do more to protect Palestinian civilians in its war with Hamas. Two days after the United States vetoed a proposed United Nations demand for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, Blinken told CNN Israel needs to put “a premium” on protecting Gaza civilians and making sure humanitarian assistance can reach those who need it.

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  • In his interview with CNN on Sunday, US secretary of state Antony Blinken also said: “We’re not going to have durable security for Israel unless and until Palestinian political aspirations are met.” Blinken added: “When the major military operation is over … we have to make sure that we’re on a path to a durable and sustainable peace. From our perspective, I think from the perspective of many around the world, that has to lead to a Palestinian state.”

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  • Mediation efforts are continuing to secure a new Gaza ceasefire and free more hostages held by Hamas despite the ongoing Israeli bombardment that is “narrowing the window” for a successful outcome, Qatar’s prime minister said Sunday. “Our efforts as the state of Qatar along with our partners are continuing. We are not going to give up,” sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani told the Doha Forum, adding that “the continuation of the bombardment is just narrowing this window for us”.

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  • Israeli strikes on Monday hit the city of Khan Yunis, an AFP correspondent reported, while Palestinian militants Islamic Jihad said they had blown up a house where Israeli soldiers were searching for a tunnel shaft. The Israeli army reported rocket fire from Gaza into Israel on Monday, and said fierce fighting had taken place on Sunday around Gaza City and Khan Yunis.

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  • Israel has indicated it was prepared to fight for months or longer to defeat Hamas in Gaza. According to Associated Press, Israel’s national security adviser, Tzachi Hanegbi, told the country’s Channel 12 TV that the US has set no deadline for Israel to achieve its goals. “The evaluation that this can’t be measured in weeks is correct, and I’m not sure it can be measured in months”, he said.

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  • The Biden administration’s support for Israel’s war in Gaza has come under intensified scrutiny after it revealed it had bypassed Congress to supply tank shells, and was reported not to be carrying out continual assessments of whether Israel was committing possible war crimes.

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  • Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin and expressed dissatisfaction with “anti-Israel positions” taken by Moscow’s envoys at the U.N. and elsewhere, an Israeli statement said.

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  • European Union foreign ministers on Monday are considering a crackdown on Hamas’s finances and travel bans for Israeli settlers responsible for violence in the West Bank, Reuters is reporting. Ministers will be considering a discussion paper from the EU’s diplomatic service that outlines a broad range of possible next steps. Hamas is already listed by the European Union as a terrorist organisation, meaning any funds or assets that it has in the EU should be frozen.

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  • “Gaza’s health system is on its knees and collapsing,” said World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, with only 14 of 36 hospitals functioning at any capacity. Ghebreyesus also said that the WHO and its partners in Gaza managed to deliver essential trauma and surgical supplies to Gaza’s al-Ahli hospital to cover the needs of 1,500 people, as well as transfer 19 critical patients.

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  • The World Health Organization’s executive board on Sunday adopted a resolution on tackling the worsening health situation in the Gaza Strip, calling for immediate and unimpeded humanitarian access. The 34 countries on the WHO’s executive board adopted by consensus a resolution calling for the ‘immediate, sustained and unimpeded passage of humanitarian relief’ into Gaza, Agence France-Presse reports.

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  • Benjamin Netanyahu called on Hamas to lay down their arms and “surrender now.” In an address on Sunday reported by Agence France-Presse, the Israeli prime minister said: “The war is still ongoing but it is the beginning of the end of Hamas. I say to the Hamas terrorists: It’s over. Don’t die for [Yahya] Sinwar. Give up now,” referring to the chief of Hamas in Gaza.

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  • Hezbollah launched explosive drones and highly effective missiles at Israeli positions and Israeli airstrikes rocked a number of cities and villages in south Lebanon, Reuters stories. An Israeli airstrike in town of Aitaroun destroyed 5 houses and broken many extra, Ali Hijazi, an area official, mentioned. The Israeli military didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark. However the Israeli military earlier mentioned “suspicious aerial targets” had crossed from Lebanon and two have been intercepted. Israeli fighter jets carried out “an intensive collection of strikes on Hezbollah terror targets in Lebanese territory”, it mentioned. Sirens sounded in Israel at a number of places on the border.

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  • Israel has carried out airstrikes close to Syria’s capital Damascus late on Sunday, Syrian state information company SANA mentioned. The Israeli military declined to touch upon the incident, however mentioned individually that pictures had been fired from Lebanon in the direction of northern Israel on Sunday night.

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Key occasions

Italy, France and Germany name on EU to impose ‘an advert hoc sanctions regime’ towards Hamas

Italy, France and Germany are calling on the EU to impose advert hoc sanctions towards Hamas and its supporters, the overseas ministers of the three nations wrote in a joint letter to the EU’s overseas coverage chief, Josep Borrell.

“We categorical our full help for the … proposal to create an advert hoc sanctions regime towards Hamas and its supporters,” mentioned the letter, seen by Reuters.

“The swift adoption of this sanctions regime will allow us to ship a powerful political message concerning the EU’s dedication towards Hamas and our solidarity with Israel,” the letter mentioned.

On Sunday, Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, mentioned he had criticised western leaders, telling his cupboard that they have been being inconsistent with their help for Israel’s acknowledged struggle purpose of destroying Hamas.

Briefing his cupboard, he mentioned he had advised the leaders of France, Germany and different nations: “You can’t on the one hand help the elimination of Hamas, and on the opposite strain us to finish the struggle, which might stop the elimination of Hamas.”

Within the occupied West Financial institution in the present day there’s a common strike in protest towards Israel’s struggle in Gaza. Palestinian information company Wafa stories:

The native strike, known as for by the nationwide and Islamic forces within the West Financial institution, paralysed all points of life, together with public transportation, training, the monetary sector, retailers, and all kinds of companies, amid calls from mass protests in all cities.

Listed below are a few of the pictures despatched to us over the information wires of companies shuttered and empty streets in Hebron, Nablus and Ramallah.

A Palestinian woman crosses an empty street during a general strike in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus
A Palestinian girl crosses an empty road throughout a common strike within the occupied West Financial institution metropolis of Nablus. {Photograph}: Alaa Badarneh/EPA
A view of closed shops during a general strike in Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank
A view of closed retailers throughout a common strike in Ramallah within the Israeli-occupied West Financial institution. {Photograph}: Ali Sawafta/Reuters
A cat crosses an empty shopping street in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron
A cat crosses an empty buying road within the occupied West Financial institution metropolis of Hebron. {Photograph}: Hazem Bader/AFP/Getty Pictures

Related Press has spoken to Gaza residents in Khan Younis.

“The state of affairs is extraordinarily troublesome,” mentioned Hussein al-Sayyed, who’s staying with family in Khan Younis after fleeing Gaza Metropolis earlier within the struggle. “I’ve youngsters and I don’t know the place to go. No place is secure.”

He and his three daughters are staying in a three-story house with about 70 others, most of whom have fled from the north, and mentioned they’ve been rationing meals for days. “Over many days, I’ve eaten only one meal a day to avoid wasting meals for the ladies. They’re nonetheless younger,” he mentioned.

One other Khan Younis resident, Radwa Abu Frayeh, witnessed heavy Israeli strikes across the European hospital, the place the UN humanitarian workplace says tens of 1000’s of individuals have sought shelter. She mentioned a strike hit a house near hers late Sunday.

“The constructing shook,” she mentioned. “We thought it was the top and we might die.”

Haaretz stories that on Monday morning eight launches from Lebanon in the direction of the western Galilee area of Israel have been detected, of which six have been intercepted and two fell into open areas.

Emanuel Fabian, army correspondent for the Occasions of Israel, has posted a video that purports to point out Israel’s Iron Dome system in motion within the north of the nation.

A number of Iron Dome interceptions after a barrage of rockets is launched from Lebanon at Ma'alot-Tarshiha in northern Israel. No stories of accidents. pic.twitter.com/Bc3Cy8VTl8

— Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) December 11, 2023

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A number of Iron Dome interceptions after a barrage of rockets is launched from Lebanon at Ma’alot-Tarshiha in northern Israel. No stories of accidents. pic.twitter.com/Bc3Cy8VTl8

— Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) December 11, 2023

Fabian additionally stories that Hezbollah has named one other two members killed by Israeli strikes, which might bringing its whole dying toll since 7 October to 100 combatants, though the Israeli army has put the determine increased.

Israel and anti-Israeli forces have often been exchanging fireplace over the UN-drawn blue line that separates Israel and Lebanon because the shock Hamas assault inside southern Israel on 7 October.

The Palestine Crimson Crescent Society has posted to social media to state that preventing is happening near Al-Amal hospital in Khan Younis, within the south of the Gaza Strip:

It posted:

At present at daybreak, occupation plane launched a number of violent raids within the neighborhood of Al-Amal hospital, and artillery shelling continued within the metropolis centre and within the northern areas of the affiliation’s headquarters, which homes 13,000 displaced folks.

🚨 شنت طائرات الاحتلال فجر اليوم عدة غارات عنيفة في محيط مستشفى الامل في محافظة #خانيونس، وتواصل القصف المدفعي وسط المدينة وفي المناطق الشمالية لمقر الجمعية الذي يأوي 13 الف نازح.#غزة

— PRCS (@PalestineRCS) December 11, 2023

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🚨 شنت طائرات الاحتلال فجر اليوم عدة غارات عنيفة في محيط مستشفى الامل في محافظة #خانيونس، وتواصل القصف المدفعي وسط المدينة وفي المناطق الشمالية لمقر الجمعية الذي يأوي 13 الف نازح.#غزة

— PRCS (@PalestineRCS) December 11, 2023

Israel’s army has posted an operational replace, during which it has claimed that it got here below fireplace contained in the Gaza Strip from folks “armed with shoulder-fired missiles”. It writes that an airstrike was then directed on the combatants.

The assertion on the Telegram messaging app provides:

Within the Jabaliya space, the troopers positioned explosive units, AK-47 rifles, and an RPG which have been hidden inside UNRWA-labeled baggage inside a civilian residence. A truck containing long-distance rockets was additionally discovered close to a faculty within the space.

Throughout exercise to clear an space in Jabalya from the hazard of tunnel shafts and explosive units, IDF troops positioned a lathe used for weapons manufacturing, in addition to a Hamas launch web site containing roughly 50 projectiles, a few of which have been loaded and able to fireplace.

Over the previous day, IDF floor troops additionally directed aerial strikes on dozens of terrorists within the Gaza Strip. In a single incident, armed terrorists noticed exiting a medical clinic throughout operational exercise have been struck by the IDF.

Not one of the claims have been independently verified.

Abstract of the day to date

It’s coming as much as 9am in Gaza and Tel Aviv and here’s what we learn about the latest occasions:

  • A Hamas spokesperson has issued a warning over the lives of hostages nonetheless being held in Gaza. In a televised assertion, a Hamas spokesperson mentioned Israel wouldn’t obtain “their prisoners alive with out an alternate and negotiation and assembly the calls for of the resistance”,” Agence France-Press stories. Israel says there are nonetheless 137 hostages in Gaza, whereas activists say about 7,000 Palestinians are in Israeli jails.

  • The UN common meeting, which contains 193 member states, is more likely to vote on a draft decision calling for an instantaneous humanitarian ceasefire within the Israel-Gaza struggle on Tuesday, Reuters stories diplomats saying on Sunday. The potential vote will comply with the US’s veto of a UAE-led UN safety council decision that known as for a ceasefire in Gaza on Friday.

  • A dozen UN safety council envoys have been as a result of go to the border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip on Monday, Reuters is reporting. The United Arab Emirates organized the journey to Rafah – the place restricted humanitarian help and gas deliveries have crossed into Gaza.

  • The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, has urged Israel to do extra to guard Palestinian civilians in its struggle with Hamas. Two days after the US vetoed a proposed United Nations demand for an instantaneous humanitarian ceasefire, Blinken advised CNN Israel must put “a premium” on defending Gaza civilians and ensuring humanitarian help can attain those that want it.

  • In his interview with CNN on Sunday, Blinken additionally mentioned: “We’re not going to have sturdy safety for Israel except and till Palestinian political aspirations are met.” Blinken added: “When the most important army operation is over … we now have to ensure that we’re on a path to a sturdy and sustainable peace. From our perspective, I feel from the attitude of many world wide, that has to result in a Palestinian state.”

  • Mediation efforts are persevering with to safe a brand new Gaza ceasefire and free extra hostages held by Hamas regardless of the continued Israeli bombardment that’s “narrowing the window” for a profitable consequence, Qatar’s prime minister mentioned Sunday. “Our efforts because the state of Qatar together with our companions are persevering with. We’re not going to surrender,” sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani advised the Doha Discussion board, including that “the continuation of the bombardment is simply narrowing this window for us”.

  • Israeli tanks have reached the center of Gaza’s southern metropolis of Khan Younis, as Hamas issued recent calls for for Palestinian prisoners to be launched whereas on the similar time threatening the lives of the hostages they proceed to carry.

  • The Biden administration’s help for Israel’s struggle in Gaza has come below intensified scrutiny after it revealed it had bypassed Congress to provide tank shells, and was reported to not be finishing up continuous assessments of whether or not Israel was committing doable struggle crimes.

  • “Gaza’s well being system is on its knees and collapsing,” mentioned the World Well being Group chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, with solely 14 of 36 hospitals performing at any capability. Ghebreyesus additionally mentioned that the WHO and its companions in Gaza managed to ship important trauma and surgical provides to Gaza’s al-Ahli hospital to cowl the wants of 1,500 folks, in addition to switch 19 vital sufferers.

  • The World Well being Group’s govt board on Sunday adopted a decision on tackling the worsening well being state of affairs within the Gaza Strip, calling for fast and unimpeded humanitarian entry. The 34 nations on the WHO’s govt board adopted by consensus a decision calling for the “fast, sustained and unimpeded passage of humanitarian reduction” into Gaza, Agence France-Presse stories.

  • Benjamin Netanyahu known as on Hamas to put down its arms and “give up now”. In an tackle on Sunday reported by Agence France-Presse, the Israeli prime minister mentioned: “The struggle remains to be ongoing however it’s the starting of the top of Hamas. I say to the Hamas terrorists: It’s over. Don’t die for [Yahya] Sinwar. Give up now,” referring to the chief of Hamas in Gaza.

  • Hezbollah launched explosive drones and highly effective missiles at Israeli positions and Israeli airstrikes rocked a number of cities and villages in south Lebanon, Reuters stories. An Israeli airstrike in town of Aitaroun destroyed 5 houses and broken many extra, Ali Hijazi, an area official, mentioned. The Israeli military didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark. However the Israeli military earlier mentioned “suspicious aerial targets” had crossed from Lebanon and two have been intercepted. Israeli fighter jets carried out “an intensive collection of strikes on Hezbollah terror targets in Lebanese territory”, it mentioned. Sirens sounded in Israel at a number of places on the border.

  • Israel has carried out airstrikes close to Syria’s capital, Damascus, late on Sunday, the Syrian state information company Sana mentioned. The Israeli military declined to touch upon the incident, however mentioned individually that pictures had been fired from Lebanon in the direction of northern Israel on Sunday night.

Right here’s some extra element on the UN common meeting assembly scheduled for Tuesday.

A particular assembly of the final meeting has been known as by the representatives for Egypt and Mauritania “of their respective capacities as chair of the Arab Group and chair of the Group for Islamic Cooperation”, a spokesperson for the meeting president mentioned.

In line with diplomatic sources, the final meeting, whose resolutions are non-binding, might vote on a textual content for a ceasefire decision on the assembly, says Agence France-Presse.

A draft of the textual content seen by AFP carefully follows the language of Friday’s vetoed safety council decision, “expressing grave concern over the catastrophic humanitarian state of affairs within the Gaza Strip”.

It requires “an instantaneous humanitarian ceasefire” in addition to the “fast and unconditional launch of all hostages”.

On Friday, the US blocked the ceasefire decision, which got here after the UN secretary common António Guterres known as an emergency assembly of the safety council, deploying the hardly ever used article 99 of the UN constitution to convey to the council’s consideration “any matter which in his opinion could threaten the upkeep of worldwide peace and safety”.

A dozen UN safety council envoys have been as a result of go to the border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip on Monday, Reuters is reporting. The United Arab Emirates organized the journey to Rafah – the place restricted humanitarian help and gas deliveries have crossed into Gaza.

It’s because the 15-member council negotiates a UAE-drafted decision that calls for the fighters “enable using all land, sea and air routes to and all through” Gaza for help, based on Reuters.

UAE United Nations Ambassador Lana Nusseibeh mentioned the purpose of the go to was:

To be taught first-hand what is required when it comes to a humanitarian operations scale-up that meet the wants of the Palestinian folks in Gaza.

She famous it was not an official Safety Council go to.

America is just not sending a consultant on the journey. Nate Evans, spokesperson for the US Mission to the United Nations mentioned:


America is keenly conscious of the very troublesome state of affairs at Rafah and is working across the clock to attempt to enhance the state of affairs on the bottom.

He mentioned US diplomacy “continues to supply outcomes” and that Washington has been “clear that extra help is required and proceed to help humanitarian pauses throughout which hostages will be launched and help will be surged.”

France and Gabon are additionally not sending representatives on the journey to Rafah. The French UN mission didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.

The US president, Joe Biden, is internet hosting a White Home reception on Monday to mark Hanukkah, celebrating the vacation as he has continued to denounce rising antisemitism within the US and overseas, Related Press stories.

The president, the primary girl Jill Biden and second gentleman Doug Emhoff will attend the reception. Hanukkah continues via Friday.

The husband of the vice-president, Kamala Harris, Emhoff is the primary Jewish particular person to be the partner of one of many nation’s nationally elected leaders. Final week, he presided over the lighting ceremony of a large menorah in entrance of the White Home to mark Hanukkah’s first evening, saying then that American Jews have been “feeling alone” and “in ache”.

The Biden administration in Might introduced what it known as the first-ever nationwide technique to counter antisemitism.

In the meantime, Holocaust survivors from across the globe will mark the beginning of the fifth day of Hanukkah along with a digital ceremony.

Survivors can be a part of a web based ceremony of a menorah lighting on Monday evening to pay tribute to the 6 million European Jews killed by the Nazis throughout the second world struggle, stories Related Press.

Israeli tanks have reached the center of Gaza’s southern metropolis of Khan Younis, as Hamas issued recent calls for for Palestinian prisoners to be launched whereas on the similar time threatening the lives of the hostages they proceed to carry.

Residents of Khan Younis mentioned tanks had reached the principle north-south street via town on Sunday after intense fight via the evening that had slowed the Israeli advance from the east. Warplanes have been reported to be pounding the world west of the assault.

See the remainder of our full report right here:

A number of hundred school members at Harvard College signed a petition on Sunday asking college directors to not bend to political strain and fireplace the college’s president over her congressional testimony about antisemitism on campus.

Reuters is reporting {that a} petition was signed by a minimum of 570 professors and was delivered Sunday night to the 13-member Harvard Company, which has the facility to fireplace the college president, Claudine Homosexual.

The presidents of three of the nation’s prime universities have been dealing with intense backlash, together with from the White Home, after being accused of evading questions throughout a congressional listening to about whether or not calls by college students for the genocide of Jews would represent harassment below the colleges’ codes of conduct.

For extra background to this story – see our report from Friday:

It’s nicely after dawn in Gaza and Tel Aviv now and approaching 8am. That is the scene stay over the Israel-Gaza border, as seen from Israel. At instances you may see gray smoke billowing out over the buildings and you may hear the faint sound of explosions.

Heavy preventing has been happening in and across the southern metropolis of Khan Younis. Residents mentioned there was nonetheless heavy preventing within the north, within the Gaza Metropolis neighbourhood of Shijaiyah and the Jabaliya refugee camp, a dense city space.

The view of Gaza from southern Israel (Reuters information company).

Let’s get a bit extra on that UN common meeting emergency assembly scheduled on Tuesday.

It’s doable that the final meeting will vote on a draft decision demanding an instantaneous humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza. Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian ambassador to the UN, has advised the Related Press that the decision is just like the safety council decision that the US vetoed on Friday.

There aren’t any vetoes within the Basic Meeting however not like the Safety Council its resolutions are usually not legally binding. However they’re necessary as a barometer of world opinion.

A Hamas spokesperson has issued a warning over the lives of hostages nonetheless being held in Gaza.

In a televised assertion, a Hamas spokesperson mentioned Israel is not going to obtain “their prisoners alive with out an alternate and negotiation and assembly the calls for of the resistance,” Agence France-Press stories.

Israel says there are nonetheless 137 hostages in Gaza, whereas activists say about 7,000 Palestinians are in Israeli jails.

Qatar is continuous mediation in an effort to launch extra hostages – however prime minister, sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani says “sadly, we aren’t seeing the identical willingness that we had seen within the weeks earlier than.”

Welcome and opening abstract

Hey and welcome to our weblog on the Israel-Hamas struggle. It’s 7:08am on Monday in Gaza and Tel Aviv and after dawn. My title is Reged Ahmad and I’ll be with you for the subsequent whereas.

Hamas has warned that no hostages will go away Gaza alive except its calls for for prisoner releases are met. A Hamas spokesperson made the menace on Sunday.

Extra on that in a second however first right here’s a abstract of the day’s occasions:

  • The UN common meeting, which contains 193 member states, is more likely to vote on a draft decision calling for an instantaneous humanitarian ceasefire within the ongoing Israel-Gaza struggle on Tuesday, Reuters stories diplomats saying on Sunday. The potential vote will comply with the US’s veto of a UAE-led UN safety council decision that known as for a ceasefire in Gaza on Friday.

  • The US secretary of state Antony Blinken has urged Israel to do extra to guard Palestinian civilians in its struggle with Hamas. Two days after the USA vetoed a proposed United Nations demand for an instantaneous humanitarian ceasefire, Blinken advised CNN Israel must put “a premium” on defending Gaza civilians and ensuring humanitarian help can attain those that want it.

  • In his interview with CNN on Sunday, US secretary of state Antony Blinken additionally mentioned: “We’re not going to have sturdy safety for Israel except and till Palestinian political aspirations are met.” Blinken added: “When the most important army operation is over … we now have to ensure that we’re on a path to a sturdy and sustainable peace. From our perspective, I feel from the attitude of many world wide, that has to result in a Palestinian state.”

  • Mediation efforts are persevering with to safe a brand new Gaza ceasefire and free extra hostages held by Hamas regardless of the continued Israeli bombardment that’s “narrowing the window” for a profitable consequence, Qatar’s prime minister mentioned Sunday. “Our efforts because the state of Qatar together with our companions are persevering with. We’re not going to surrender,” sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani advised the Doha Discussion board, including that “the continuation of the bombardment is simply narrowing this window for us”.

  • Israeli strikes on Monday hit town of Khan Yunis, an AFP correspondent reported, whereas Palestinian militants Islamic Jihad mentioned they’d blown up a home the place Israeli troopers have been trying to find a tunnel shaft. The Israeli military reported rocket fireplace from Gaza into Israel on Monday, and mentioned fierce preventing had taken place on Sunday round Gaza Metropolis and Khan Yunis.

  • Israel has indicated it was ready to struggle for months or longer to defeat Hamas in Gaza. In line with Related Press, Israel’s nationwide safety adviser, Tzachi Hanegbi, advised the nation’s Channel 12 TV that the US has set no deadline for Israel to attain its targets. “The analysis that this will’t be measured in weeks is appropriate, and I’m undecided it may be measured in months”, he mentioned.

  • The Biden administration’s help for Israel’s struggle in Gaza has come below intensified scrutiny after it revealed it had bypassed Congress to provide tank shells, and was reported to not be finishing up continuous assessments of whether or not Israel was committing doable struggle crimes.

  • Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin and expressed dissatisfaction with “anti-Israel positions” taken by Moscow’s envoys on the U.N. and elsewhere, an Israeli assertion mentioned.

  • European Union overseas ministers on Monday are contemplating a crackdown on Hamas’s funds and journey bans for Israeli settlers chargeable for violence within the West Financial institution, Reuters is reporting. Ministers shall be contemplating a dialogue paper from the EU’s diplomatic service that outlines a broad vary of doable subsequent steps. Hamas is already listed by the European Union as a terrorist organisation, which means any funds or property that it has within the EU needs to be frozen.

  • “Gaza’s well being system is on its knees and collapsing,” mentioned World Well being Group chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, with solely 14 of 36 hospitals performing at any capability. Ghebreyesus additionally mentioned that the WHO and its companions in Gaza managed to ship important trauma and surgical provides to Gaza’s al-Ahli hospital to cowl the wants of 1,500 folks, in addition to switch 19 vital sufferers.

  • The World Well being Group’s govt board on Sunday adopted a decision on tackling the worsening well being state of affairs within the Gaza Strip, calling for fast and unimpeded humanitarian entry. The 34 nations on the WHO’s govt board adopted by consensus a decision calling for the ‘fast, sustained and unimpeded passage of humanitarian reduction’ into Gaza, Agence France-Presse stories.

  • Benjamin Netanyahu known as on Hamas to put down their arms and “give up now.” In an tackle on Sunday reported by Agence France-Presse, the Israeli prime minister mentioned: “The struggle remains to be ongoing however it’s the starting of the top of Hamas. I say to the Hamas terrorists: It’s over. Don’t die for [Yahya] Sinwar. Give up now,” referring to the chief of Hamas in Gaza.

  • Hezbollah launched explosive drones and highly effective missiles at Israeli positions and Israeli airstrikes rocked a number of cities and villages in south Lebanon, Reuters stories. An Israeli airstrike in town of Aitaroun destroyed 5 houses and broken many extra, Ali Hijazi, an area official, mentioned. The Israeli military didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark. However the Israeli military earlier mentioned “suspicious aerial targets” had crossed from Lebanon and two have been intercepted. Israeli fighter jets carried out “an intensive collection of strikes on Hezbollah terror targets in Lebanese territory”, it mentioned. Sirens sounded in Israel at a number of places on the border.

  • Israel has carried out airstrikes close to Syria’s capital Damascus late on Sunday, Syrian state information company SANA mentioned. The Israeli military declined to touch upon the incident, however mentioned individually that pictures had been fired from Lebanon in the direction of northern Israel on Sunday night.

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