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The 41st day of the war: Defense Minister Yoav Galant this evening (Thursday) received an overview of what is happening on the ground in the Gaza Strip, after the raids on Shifa Hospital. “There are significant findings there, the operation continues and it is being done in a precise, selective but very, very determined manner,” the defense minister added. In the last day, we completed the occupation and purification of the entire western part of Gaza City, the next phase began – with a very high coordination between the air, sea, and land forces, accompanied by a very strong and enveloping intelligence.’
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UNRA head: It is possible that the agency’s facilities will stop operating due to a lack of fuel
The head of the United Nations Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRA), Philip Lazarini, warned at a press conference in Geneva that the agency that helps more than 800,000 displaced Palestinians may have to suspend its activities in the Gaza Strip due to a lack of fuel. Lazarini said he believes there is a deliberate attempt to “stifle” and “paralyze” the organization’s humanitarian work in the Strip. When asked if he could specify who was behind the attempt to “stifle” UNRA activities, and if it was Israel, Lazarini replied that it was “man-made” and did not elaborate beyond that: “Due to a lack of fuel, we will not be able to send our tankers around the southern Gaza Strip There are people waiting for us for humanitarian deliveries.” Lazarini also said that some of the UNRWA schools in the Gaza Strip are used for military purposes, and that Israeli tanks are in the agency’s schools.
Corporal Avraham Patna, 20 years old from Haifa, was killed in an attack on the tunnel road
Corporal Avraham Patna, a 20-year-old military police soldier from Haifa, was killed earlier in a shooting attack that took place at the tunnel checkpoint. Also, two fighters from the 53rd Battalion, 188th Brigade were seriously injured in the battle in the northern Gaza Strip. The fighters were evacuated to receive medical treatment at a hospital, their families were informed.
Gallant: “There are significant findings from Shifa, the next stage in the fighting has begun”
Defense Minister Yoav Galant held a situation assessment in the 36th Division a short time ago, during which he received an overview of the progress of the forces in the field, with an emphasis on the activity being carried out in the Shifa Hospital complex. “I arrived today at the headquarters of the division whose special forces also operate inside the Shifa hospital,” said Gallant. “There are significant findings there, the operation continues and it is done in a precise, selective but very, very determined way. In the last day we have completed the occupation and purification of the entire western part of Gaza City, the next phase has begun – the forces are acting precisely, resolutely, decisively, in a very high coordination between the air, sea and land forces, accompanied by a very strong and comprehensive intelligence.’
Air Force Commander: “The face of Gaza has changed, we have hit thousands of terrorists and we will get to all of them”
Commander of the Air Force, Colonel Tomer Bar: “The face of the Gaza Strip has changed.” We are hitting Hamas on the ground and below the ground – we have hit thousands of terrorists, and we will reach all of them; The Air Force as the strategic arm of the State of Israel is organized and operates all over the Middle East and in any required arena. Everywhere”.
Cellular companies in Gaza: Communication services in the Gaza Strip were stopped due to the lack of ability to operate them
The cellular communication companies operating in Gaza announced today that all communication services in the Gaza Strip have been stopped because the energy sources for their operation have run out.
Alarms in the Gaza Strip
A red alarm sounded a short time ago in Kibbutz Nirim, Nir Oz and Ein Hasholsha in the Gaza Strip.
Alarm in progress
An alarm was sounded a short time ago in Shtula on the northern border.
Documentation: Rockets were found in a children’s bed in a house in Khan Yunis, Hamas terrorists hid IMD in a baby carriage
During a raid carried out by fighters from the 551st Reserve Brigade’s combat team, following intelligence information, in the home of a Hamas terrorist who was part of a terrorist organization unit in the Beit Hanun area, several rockets were found inside a bed in a children’s room >> pic.twitter.com/ug4FEDeiPK
— Israel Defense Forces (@idfonline) November 16, 2023
The manager of Shifa claims: IDF forces took bodies with them from the hospital
The director of Shifa Hospital, Muhammad Abu Salmiya, told the Al-Jazeera channel that the IDF forces are still operating on the hospital’s premises and claimed that they took bodies from the place.
The security forces arrested 33 wanted persons during the night during operations in Judea and Samaria
The security forces arrested 33 wanted persons tonight, of which 20 are affiliated with Hamas, in activities in Judea and Samaria. In addition, in the village of Dan, the house of Hamas terrorist Abdullah Mas’ad, who was a partner in carrying out an attack in Hawara in August, in which Shai and Aviad Nigerkar were murdered, was targeted. During the activity, shots were fired at the security forces, and Molotov cocktails and explosive charges were thrown at them. The force responded by firing and a hit was detected, one soldier was slightly wounded by gunfire and was taken to the hospital to receive medical treatment.
Alarms in the Upper Galilee
IDF spokesman to the BBC: Photos of abductees taken to Gaza were found on the computers in Shifa
The War Cabinet will meet tonight at 8:30 p.m
Three anti-tank missiles were fired at Meshgav with no casualties
Alarm in Nahal Oz
Capt. Shlomo Ben Nun from Modi’in, Sgt. Paratroopers, fell tonight in the north of the Gaza Strip
It was allowed to be published that Captain Shlomo Ben Nun, 22 years old, from Modi’in, the deputy commander of a company in the 202nd battalion of the paratrooper brigade, fell tonight during an operational activity in the northern Gaza Strip. His family has been notified.
Full exemption from property tax for residences for the residents of the surrounding area and the north who were evacuated from their homes
Minister of the Interior Moshe Arbel, today signed an amendment to the regulations regarding property taxes. The amendment includes a full exemption from property tax for residences for the residents of the surrounding settlements and the northern settlements who were evacuated from their homes.
The exemption will also be granted to citizens defined as “missing” and “kidnapped” who own a residential property.
As part of granting the exemption and in accordance with the agreement with the Ministry of Finance and the government’s decision, the Ministry of the Interior will transfer to the local authorities a special grant to finance the exemption.
The amendment includes the extension of the validity of the discount given to residences and businesses located in Sderot and surrounding Gaza for the years 2023-2024.
Minister Arbel: “The Ministry of the Interior will continue to assist the local authorities and give them administrative flexibility in these difficult days.”
The IDF attacks Hezbollah targets in Lebanon
Fighter jets have completed an attack on terrorist targets of the Hezbollah organization in Lebanese territory. An IDF spokesman: “Among the targets that were attacked, a number of military posts were operated by the organization’s terrorists. Also, a short time ago, IDF forces attacked a terrorist who was operating in Lebanese territory, near the peace zone.”
David Grossman: “Here our corpses are lying, a puppy letter about another war, and maybe this is the same war that goes on endlessly”
The writer David Grossman participated today in a special meeting of the Kibbutz Movement Council “Remembering everyone, looking forward to their return”, at the Tsava Hall in Tel Aviv.
“Hamas terrorists, drunk with hatred and evil, slaughtered families inside their homes,” Grossman said. “Here lie our bodies, a long, long row,” wrote Haim Guri about another war, and perhaps this is the same war, a war that goes on endlessly.
“Since the Seventh of October I have been thinking about the people who saved lives. We passed them routinely, in the small moments of the street. Then suddenly, in one moment, they were launched from the familiar and banal everyday life. One of the hardest tests a person has faced. A test of life and death.
“We ask how it is possible to get up after being in the abyss of darkness. After we were both in control and in the city of killing. And we also ask what kind of people we will be?”
Closing the circle: forces of the flotilla gained control of the Gaza harbor and toppled a monument that glorifies the events of the Marmara
In the last few days, in multi-armed combat, the fighters of the 188th Brigade’s combat team together with the fighters of the 13th Fleet, achieved operational control over the central stronghold of Gaza, which was controlled by the terrorist organization Hamas.
In the combined raid of the navy, armor and engineering forces along with the air force, about ten tunnel shafts were destroyed, and four buildings that constitute terrorist infrastructure were destroyed. The forces eliminated 10 terrorists and cleared all the buildings in the area of the anchorage.
In addition, a monument glorifying the events of the Marmara was toppled. Some of the fighters of the 13th flotilla who took part in taking over the anchorage also fought on the Marmara.
The terrorist organization Hamas used the anchorage as a training facility for the naval forces for terrorist purposes and to direct and carry out naval attacks. Under the cover of a civilian naval anchorage, Hamas took advantage of the place for the purpose of training and carrying out terrorism, using civilian vessels and Gaza’s naval police vessels.
The commissioner at the scene of the attack: “The terrorists intended to commit a massacre, they took dates with them for a long stay”
Commissioner Kobi Shabtai at the scene of the attack at the tunnel checkpoint: “There is no doubt that the terrorists intended to commit a massacre, they took dates with them for an extended stay. The terrorists were armed with M16 rifles, pistols, and a huge amount of ammunition – which indicates that they were planning a larger attack.”
In Gaza, it is reported that D9 bulldozers have entered the Shifa Hospital compound
Fighter jets attack Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon
The alarms in Shtula: because of the IDF attacks in Lebanon
Alarms in Shatula in the Western Galilee
Four wounded from the shooting attack were evacuated to Hadassah Ein Kerem and Shaare Zedek hospitals
MDA: A total of four gunshot wounds were evacuated to the Hadassah Ein Kerem and Shaare Zedek hospitals – a young man in critical condition, and three more in moderate to light condition.
Critically wounded in a shooting attack at the tunnel checkpoint in Jerusalem
Shooting attack at the tunnel checkpoint in Jerusalem. MDA medics and paramedics provide medical treatment on the spot to 5 victims, including: 1 in critical condition and the rest conscious. The terrorist was neutralized.
The Israel Police stated: “A short time ago, a report was received of a shooting at the tunnel checkpoint in Jerusalem. As a result of the shooting, there are several casualties at the scene. The suspect in the shooting was neutralized. Large police forces were called to the scene.”
Gantz spoke with Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau: “Israel has the right to defend itself”
Minister Benny Gantz spoke last night with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and updated him on the development of the campaign in Gaza.
Gantz emphasized Hamas’ continued use of Gaza residents as human shields and Israel’s efforts to change the reality in the region. Gantz noted in the conversation the importance of continuing military activity for the security of the citizens of Israel and the stability of the region, in the face of an enemy that brutally massacres women, the elderly and children, and that holds babies captive while preventing the residents of the Gaza Strip from evacuating to protected areas where there is a supply of humanitarian equipment and medical care.
In the conversation, the Prime Minister of Canada noted his long-standing support for Israel, and its right to defend itself, as well as the need to act for the immediate return of the abductees.
Trudeau added that the continuation of humanitarian aid to the residents of the Gaza Strip is important to maintaining the possibility of a better future for the entire region. Finally, the leaders discussed the alarming rise in anti-Semitism in the world and their shared commitment to combat it. The two agreed to keep in touch.
The IDF attacked the house of Ismail Haniyeh: “It was used as a terrorist infrastructure”
The 215th fire brigade in the 162nd division attacked tonight with fighter jets the house of Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the political bureau of Hamas, which was used as a terrorist infrastructure and, among other things, as a meeting place for the organization’s senior officials.
During the takeover of Camp Shatti, the soldiers of the Nahal patrol located and destroyed a weapons stockpile of the naval force of the terrorist organization Hamas. In the stockpile diving systems, cargoes and weapons were located.
Also, the combat team of the paratroopers brigade attacked terrorists and found various weapons, including: explosive belts, explosive barrels, RPG missiles, anti-tank missiles and intelligence documents.
The Prime Minister’s spokesman for the foreign media: “We will present additional evidence that will prove that Hamas operates a headquarters under Shifa Hospital”
The Prime Minister’s spokesman for foreign media, Mark Regev, told CNN this morning: “Israel will present additional evidence that will prove that Hamas operates a headquarters under Shifa Hospital.”
“Not only Israel says that Hamas built its fortifications, its terrorist network, its command and control under Shifa Hospital. This is independently confirmed by the American administration, both from the White House and the Pentagon.”
The funeral of Captain Assaf Mester, who was killed tonight in fighting in the northern Gaza Strip, will be held today at 14:30 at the cemetery in Bahan
Capt. Kfir Franco from Jerusalem, who fell yesterday in the Gaza Strip, will be laid to rest today at 2:00 PM on Mount Herzl
The late Capt. Kafir Franco, a member of a small family – new immigrants with almost no other family in Israel, will be buried today at 14:00 at Mount Herzl. The family is asking for those who can come to the funeral.
Herzog to the Financial Times: “We cannot leave a vacuum in Gaza. We must have a force that will ensure that this does not happen again”
Red color
Two IDF officers were killed tonight in combat in the northern Gaza Strip
The IDF allowed the publication of the names of two additional IDF martyrs who fell during the fighting in the northern Gaza Strip:
Captain Assaf Mester, 22 years old, from Kibbutz Bahan, a platoon commander in the 601st Battalion, 401st Brigade (forming the Iron Tracks), was killed in battle in the northern Gaza Strip.
Capt. Kafir Yitzhak Franco, 22 years old, from Jerusalem, platoon commander in the 52nd Battalion, 401st Brigade (forming the Iron Tracks), was killed in battle in the northern Gaza Strip.
In addition, an IDF reserve officer from Battalion 9217 was seriously injured in a battle in the northern Gaza Strip and an IDF reserve fighter from the Southern Brigade was seriously injured during an operational activity in the surrounding area. Their families have been informed.
Exchange of fire with armed men in the village of Koper Dan near Jenin
The Air Force attacked dozens of terrorist targets throughout the Gaza Strip
Japan: A car crashed into a checkpoint near the Israeli embassy, a man was arrested
Biden: “The location of the Hamas headquarters under a hospital – a war crime”
The IDF attacks Hezbollah targets in Lebanon
The IDF spokesman admitted foreign reporters to Shifa Hospital in Gaza
The IDF spokesman admitted foreign reporters to Shifa Hospital in Gaza.
American source: US soldiers have suffered 57 attacks in Iraq and Syria since the beginning of the war in Gaza
US forces in Syria and Iraq have been attacked 57 times since mid-October, according to a Fox News report citing a senior administration official. It also said that three of those attacks occurred on Wednesday, when rockets were fired at the Green Mission support site in eastern Syria. According to the official , the rockets did not land at the base and did not cause any casualties.
Report in Gaza: IDF forces entered the Shifa hospital compound last night as well
According to Palestinian reports, IDF forces have re-entered the Shifa Hospital in Gaza through the southern entrance to the compound. The head of the burn department at the hospital said that gunshots were heard there and IDF bulldozers were clearing the way, apparently so that the forces there could enter with military vehicles.
The commander of the Air Force, Major General Tomer Bar, said: “We are hitting Hamas on the ground and below the ground – we have hit thousands of terrorists, and we will reach them all; The Air Force as the strategic arm of the State of Israel is organized and operates all over the Middle East and in any required arena. Everywhere”.
During an article by the British BBC channel with the IDF spokesman for foreign media, Lt. Col. (resp.) Yonatan Konrikos from the Shifa Hospital confirmed that “we found looters, including photos and videos of abductees. The photos were taken after October 7. The equipment indicates that Hamas members were Right here until the last few days, they saw that we were coming. That’s why they left everything behind. Our assessment is that there is still a lot of equipment here.”
A 20-year-old man was fatally wounded in a shooting attack at the tunnel checkpoint in Jerusalem. He was taken to the Shaare Zedek hospital unconscious. Four more wounded with different degrees of injury were evacuated to Hadassah Ein Kerem. According to initial reports, there are at least three neutralized terrorists at the scene.
Since the beginning of the war on October 7, approximately 1,400 Israelis have been killed or killed and 239 have been kidnapped by Hamas. 45 IDF soldiers have died in battles since the beginning of the ground maneuver to the Gaza Strip.
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