• It is the 45th day of the war: According to Hamas, the death toll among Palestinians is over 13,000 dead, including 5,500 children and 3,500 women. In Israel, the attack on October 7th left 1,200 dead.
• Yemen’s Houthi rebels have claimed responsibility for the seizure of an Israeli ship in the Red Sea.
• Israel: “A tunnel found under Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City”
• The words and acronyms to understand the conflict: Here is the glossary.
• The history of the conflict between Palestinians and Israelis, explained here.
12:02 p.m. – Israel: Another soldier killed in Gaza, bringing the total to 66
The Israeli army has announced the death of another soldier in combat in the Gaza Strip. This is what the military spokesman said. A total of 66 soldiers have been killed since the ground operation began in the Gaza Strip.
11:03 a.m. – 40 humanitarian trucks are expected to enter Gaza today
The Gaza Coordination and Liaison Administration has announced that 40 humanitarian trucks will enter the Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing in the next few hours with equipment sent by the United Arab Emirates to set up a field hospital.
10:55 a.m. – Knesset debates death penalty, relatives of hostages stand up
A debate on the death penalty that took place today in the parliamentary committee on national security at the initiative of the far-right Jewish Power party has alarmed the families of hostages held by Hamas and asked MPs to postpone the session to negotiate with the kidnappers not to endanger. “You are endangering the lives of our relatives,” said family representatives. The hearing was called to prepare for the first reading of a bill introduced in March. The chairman of the commission, Zvi Vogel (“Jewish Power”), ordered the debate to continue.
10:16 a.m. – Clashes between Israel and Lebanon
Today there are new attacks from southern Lebanon on Israeli locations in the upper Galilee. According to the military spokesman, Arab el-Aramshe, Bar’am and Biranit were attacked, where a fire also broke out. There is no news of victims. The Israeli artillery – according to the spokesman – had in turn hit targets in the south of Lebanon.
The confirmation comes from Hezbollah, which claimed responsibility for the attack on two Israeli military bases along the demarcation line between the two countries this morning. This was reported by Manar TV of the same pro-Iranian Party of God. According to Hezbollah, Lebanese fighters targeted the communications interception base in Biranit, near Rosh Ha-Nikrah, and the Tzurit outpost, near Yi’ron.
09:08 – Haaretz: “Hamas is ready to release more hostages”
A source involved in the negotiations with Hamas told Haaretz that the Islamist group has expressed its willingness to increase the number of hostages it wants to release. According to the Israeli newspaper, the number and identity of the hostages to be released have not yet been clarified and negotiations are ongoing. “Indirect contacts between Israel and Hamas have already failed twice when it was assumed that the agreement could be reached. “We need more patience,” he added. Israel, the United States and Qatar have expressed optimism in recent days that an agreement could be reached in the coming days. One reason negotiations are moving slowly is that Hamas’s leader in the Gaza Strip, Yahya Sinwar, does not maintain continuous contact with the organization’s negotiating teams.
8:42 a.m. – Israel: “3 Hamas commanders killed in recent raids”
Three Hamas company commanders were reportedly killed in Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) raids last night. This is reported by the Times of Israel, citing the IDF itself. According to the IDF, the bombings occurred based on information from the Shin Bet and military intelligence. Israeli forces also identified a group of Hamas operatives heading toward a building and ordered an airstrike.
08:03 – Mustafa Barghouti to X: “The Israeli army bombed the second floor of the Indonesian hospital in the north of the Gaza Strip, killing 12 patients.”
The Israeli army bombed the second floor of the Indonesian hospital in northern Gaza this morning, killing 12 injured patients and their attendants and injuring many, including a doctor. The army is attempting to carry out ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in the north.
7:47 a.m. – Israel: “Soldier Noa killed in Al-Shifa Hospital”
The Israeli army has denounced the fact that soldier Noa Marciano was executed by Hamas militants “at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City,” a version that contradicts that of Hamas that the 19-year-old was among Israeli bombs died himself. Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari said: Marciano “was taken hostage by Hamas terrorists during the October 7 massacre and brought alive to Gaza.” The young woman was in clashes between Israeli forces and Hamas militants were injured, but “an independent anatomy concluded that Noa’s wounds posed no threat to her life.” According to Hagari, based on intelligence in Israeli hands, “Hamas terrorists took Noa to Al-Shifa Hospital , where she was quickly killed.”
In recent days, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ armed wing, reported that Marciano was killed in an Israeli bombing raid on November 9. Last Monday, Hamas released a video in which Marciano, presumably on the fourth day of his captivity, called for a stop to the bombings because, as he said, the hostages “could die”; In the following photos she was always there, seemingly dead, with a severe head wound and no foot. It is impossible to identify the location where the video was filmed as the images only show the young woman reading a newspaper with the Islamist group’s flag in the background. Shortly before the video was broadcast, Al-Qasam Brigades spokesman Abu Obeida accused Israel of rejecting the agreement to exchange Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners.
7:41 a.m. – Gaza, violent clashes, 63 Israelis killed. The commando’s idea: flood the Hamas tunnel
(by Guido Olimpio) A moment later, the flames of explosions, possibly caused by the explosive vests they were wearing. A “sacrificial” mission carried out by Hamas and documented on video. The attack is evidence that fighting has become increasingly intense. But there is a second element that underscores the atrocity: the number of Israeli victims is rising rapidly, with 63 reported deaths now. Thirteen between Saturday and Sunday, including a sapper from Yahalom, the unit tasked with discovering the tunnels.
The General Staff launched operations from west to east while other units advanced into the Jabaliya field and the central area. The tactics are, if possible, repetitive: tanks and artillery fire at any building that poses a threat, the armored bulldozers do the rest by destroying buildings and exposing the road surface. Only after the hammer blow does the infantry act amidst the dangers. Numerous fedayeen were captured: about a hundred were transferred to Israel, including three elements involved in the October 7 massacres. The Mujahideen seem to offer greater resistance: snipers, anti-tank teams and those with grenades are always the protagonists. They try to hit the armored vehicles in the weak spots, maybe they don’t destroy them, but they manage to immobilize them in order to then launch ambushes.
7:39 a.m. – Khamenei: Israel’s defeat in Gaza is already “a fact”
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Israel had suffered a “defeat” in its war against Iran-backed Hamas. In a speech quoted by AFP at an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps aerospace center in the capital Tehran, Khamenei said that “the defeat of the Zionist regime in Gaza is a fact.” “Advancing and entering hospitals or homes is not a victory, because winning means defeating the other side,” he added. Khamenei said Israel had “so far” failed to achieve its stated goal of destroying Hamas “despite the massive bombardment” of the Gaza Strip. “This inability reflects the ineptitude of the United States and Western countries” that support Israel, he added. Iran, which supports Hamas financially and militarily, called the Oct. 7 attacks a “success” but denied any direct involvement.
7:37 a.m. – IDF: “We are expanding our operations in the Gaza Strip”
The Israeli army has said it is “expanding” its operations in the Gaza Strip, APF reports. Israel has warned that it will evacuate residents of the Gaza Strip’s largest refugee camp, Jabalia, and a nearby coastal camp, while the military, the military said on Sunday, “expands its operational activities to other neighborhoods in the Gaza Strip.” A Hamas health official said more than 80 people were killed in two attacks in Jabalia on Saturday, including one on a United Nations school housing displaced people. A video on social media verified by AFP shows bodies covered in blood and dust on the floor of a building where mattresses were wedged under school desks.
6:42 a.m. – Small progress in hostage exchange negotiations
The fundamentalist bosses are calling for a five-day ceasefire; they have announced through Egyptian sources that it would begin today at 11 a.m. local time; the Israelis deny this. Jon Finer, deputy national security adviser in the White House, confirmed the possibility of an agreement yesterday morning and Michael Herzog, Israeli ambassador to the United States, also expressed confidence. According to the Washington Post, the draft consists of six pages: It describes the gradual release of the hostages, while Israeli drones continue to monitor the situation in the field, the paramilitaries called for the suspension of surveillance. The document does not appear to include the release of women and minors detained by the Israelis. Humanitarian organizations are preparing to intervene on the Egyptian border, while fighting in the southern areas, where most of the 2.2 million residents are now crowded, will cease once fighting ends. The total number of deaths is over 13,000. French President Emmanuel Macron demanded that Netanyahu explain “too many civilian casualties.”
5:40 a.m. – Israel’s allegations against Al-Shifa Hospital: Used as a shield by Hamas
Meanwhile, Israel has made new allegations over Hamas’s alleged use of Al-Shifa Hospital, the largest in the Gaza Strip. Israeli intelligence has been repeating for weeks that Al-Shifa Hospital is part of Hamas’ “headquarters.” Yesterday, the Israeli army showed images of a 55-meter-long tunnel under the hospital, which the Israelis said was used “for terrorist purposes.”
Al-Shifa Hospital was until recently a refuge for tens of thousands of Palestinian war refugees and is in a desperate state. The electricity was cut off and supplies of medicines and materials ran out. A World Health Organization team that visited Shifa for an hour on Saturday said the hospital’s corridors were full of waste, increasing the risk of infection for patients who were “fearing for their safety and health and begging to be evacuated.” The WHO said the vast majority of patients suffered amputations, burns or other trauma, many wounds were severely infected and antibiotics were unavailable. Yesterday, 31 premature babies were transferred in “extremely critical condition” (they will go to Egypt), while over 250 patients remained stranded with severely infected wounds and other urgent medical conditions. Missions to evacuate the remaining people to the southern Gaza Strip are planned in the coming hours, the WHO said.
4:36 a.m. – Number: 13,000 (including 5,500 children) dead since the bombing began
According to the Hamas government, a total of 13,000 people have been killed by Israeli shelling since October 7, including more than 5,500 children. According to the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the victims include 48 journalists and media workers (43 Palestinians, four Israelis and one Lebanese).