2023-12-05 11:46:36
Time.news – Continue Israel’s offensive against Hamas. Air raids hit Jabaliya and intense fighting is underway in Khan Yunis. Tel Aviv forces also hit launch positions and facilities Hezbollah in Lebanon. In the West Bank, however, the Israeli army deployed over 50 armored vehicles and four bulldozers in a night-time operation in Jenin and its refugee camp.
The Palestinian death toll, according to Hamas, reached 15,899 deaths, 70% of them women and children. Since yesterday all telecommunications services in the Strip have been interrupted and humanitarian organizations fear that this could hinder the provision of “life-saving assistance”, while the United Nations fears an “even more hellish scenario” in Gaza where, according to Tel Aviv, there I am 137 hostages still in the hands of Islamists. According to the Wall Street Journal, Israel has a plan to flood the tunnel system used by Hamas with water pumped from the Mediterranean Sea.
10:33 – The meeting between Netanyahu and the hostages’ families is awaited
In Israel, the families of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza are expected to meet the war cabinet today at 1.30pm local time. The local press reports it. Yesterday a group representing the families announced that they would stage a permanent sit-in outside the Israeli army headquarters until Benjamin Netanyahu’s government met with them.
10:05 – Israel completes encirclement of Jabalia refugee camp
The Israeli army has completed the encirclement of the Jabalia refugee camp, in the northern Gaza Strip, “one of Hamas’ strongholds” where it destroyed “terrorist infrastructure”. This was announced by a military spokesperson.
“The key military positions from where attacks on Israeli troops were carried out have been taken. The troops attacked terrorist infrastructure, placed weapons and launchers in civilian compounds and ordered the air force to attack numerous terrorists,” he added the statement.
09:40 – Johnasson: high risk of terrorist attacks in the EU
“With the war between Israel and Hamas and the polarization it causes in our society, as the Christmas holidays approach there is a huge risk of terrorist attacks in the European Union. We saw this recently in Paris, unfortunately the we’ve seen it before.” This was stated by the European Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson, upon her arrival at the Home Affairs Council. “This is an important debate that we will have today in the Council. I will also announce that we will now make available an additional 30 million euros for the protection, for example, of places of worship,” she added.
08:21 – Israel raises travel alert for GB, France, Germany
In Israel, the National Security Council has raised the travel alert level for Israelis to several European countries, including France, the United Kingdom and Germany. Their classification indicates a “potential threat” in these countries and increases the alert level to two out of five. “We are not telling Israelis not to go to Europe, but to be more vigilant than usual,” a senior official at the institute said.
07:51 – WHO asks Israel to withdraw order to empty Gaza warehouses
The director general of the WHO has asked Israel to withdraw its order to empty its warehouse of medical supplies in Gaza within 24 hours. “We call on Israel to withdraw the order and take all possible measures to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure, including hospitals and humanitarian facilities,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus wrote on X.
07:34 – Violent fighting near Khan Younis
There was heavy fighting overnight near Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. A foretold reality given that Israeli troops have expanded their offensive towards the south of the enclave where an “even more infernal” scenario than the current one is expected.
Yesterday, among other things, the Israeli army dropped leaflets on some neighborhoods to warn that a “terrible attack” was “imminent” and to order residents to leave. Witnesses reported Israeli military vehicles sighted along the southern stretch of the main artery connecting North and South Gaza, armored vehicles firing “at moving cars and people”. The Israeli army has also indicated around twenty areas in central Gaza where it is not safe to remain and has invited everyone to move further south, publishing the maps online.
07:18 Iran assures that it is not involved in attacks on US forces
Iran assures that it is not involved in any of the attacks against US troops: UN Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani reported this to the semi-official Tasnim news agency. It is the response to the US national security advisor, Jake Sullivan, according to which Washington has “every reason to believe” that attacks against ships in the Red Sea, attacks launched by the Houthis in Yemen, are “absolutely made possible from Iran”.
05:34 – IDF: 137 hostages are still missing, 17 are women and children
“There are still 137 hostages in the hands of Hamas terrorists in Gaza. Among these, 17 are women and children.” They write this in X Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), adding: “We have a moral obligation to continue doing everything we can to bring everyone home.”
05:21 – 3 Israeli soldiers dead in Gaza, total victims rises to 78
The Israeli army has announced the death of three more soldiers killed in the Gaza Strip. The death toll has risen to 78 since the start of the Israeli ground offensive at the end of October. The Israel Defense Forces also said four other soldiers were seriously injured while fighting in northern Gaza.
05:01 – in 2 days tens of thousands of Palestinians displaced in Rafah
Tens of thousands of internally displaced Palestinians have arrived in Rafah, Gaza’s southernmost governorate, over the past two days. This was stated by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). “As shelters in Rafah city have far exceeded their capacity, most of the recently arrived IDPs have settled in the streets and empty spaces across the city, where they have erected tents and makeshift shelters,” the statement reads. The massive movement of displaced people comes after the Israeli army announced last Sunday the expansion of ground operations to the entire Gaza Strip.
03.38 UN, in Gaza there is a risk of “even more hellish scenario”
With Israeli ground operations now concentrated in southern Gaza, the conditions for providing aid “do not exist”, and “an even more hellish scenario” is approaching in the Palestinian enclave. This is the alarm raised by the United Nations humanitarian coordinator for the occupied Palestinian territories, Lynn Hastings. Rafah, the UN reports, was the only place in Gaza where limited aid – flour and water – was distributed on Monday, while in nearby Khan Younis the distributions almost ceased due to the intensity of the fighting. Tens of thousands of Palestinians fleeing Khan Younis for Rafah have nowhere to stay and are camping in the streets and other open areas “where they set up tents and makeshift shelters”. All telecommunications services in Gaza were disrupted on Monday evening and aid organizations fear the lack of communications will further hamper the delivery of “life-saving assistance”.
03:17 – Israeli offensive in Jenin with 50 armored vehicles
The Israeli armed forces deployed over 50 armored vehicles and four bulldozers in a raid carried out overnight in the city of Jenin, in the West Bank, and in particular in its refugee camp. This was reported by the Palestinian news agency Wafa. In these hours, the broadcaster Al Jazeera reports, armed clashes are reportedly underway in the center of Jenin.
02:44 – Israel, raid aerei su Jabaliya, troops verso Khan Yunis
In the early hours of the morning the Israeli military carried out “significant air strikes in Jabaliya, in the northern Gaza Strip”. Furthermore, in the last few hours, the IDF “completed another phase of the ground maneuver towards the city of Khan Yunis, focusing on the main road leading from the central fields towards the center of the city”.
02:05 – At least 63 journalists killed since the conflict began
At least 63 journalists and media workers have been killed in Gaza, Israel and Lebanon since the conflict began on 7 October. This is the estimate of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), reported by CNN. The death toll includes 56 Palestinian, four Israeli and three Lebanese journalists.
01:16 Israel, Hezbollah military facilities attacked in Lebanon
“Fighter planes of the Israeli Air Force attacked launch positions, terrorist infrastructure and a military facility of the terrorist organization Hezbollah in Lebanon in response to launches towards the territory of the State of Israel last night.” The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced it on X.
01:03 – 180 trucks of humanitarian aid sent to Gaza
Around 180 trucks of international humanitarian aid were sent to the Rafah crossing yesterday to enter Gaza. This was reported by the Israeli authorities. The trucks carrying food, water, medical equipment and other supplies were sent “at the request of the US administration and in coordination with Egypt.”
00:53 – Israel’s plan to flood tunnels with sea water
Israel has prepared a plan to flood the Hamas tunnel system under the Gaza Strip with water pumped from the Mediterranean Sea. This is what an investigation by the Wall Street Journal reports. Citing US officials, the article states that last month the Israel Defense Forces installed five large water pumps near al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, capable of flooding the underground network within weeks by pumping thousands of cubic meters of water per hour in the tunnels. Officials say Israel alerted the United States to the plan last month but has not yet decided whether to implement it. Among Washington’s concerns, according to the investigation, is the potential damage to Gaza’s aquifer and soil if sea water and dangerous substances present in the tunnels seep into them.
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