by Lorenzo Cremonesi, correspondent and online editor
The news from Friday, December 29th, on the conflict between Israel and Hamas, live. Shocking video from CNN: Naked prisoners in a stadium in Gaza, including children
• The 83rd day of the war: According to Hamas, more than 21,500 Palestinians died, including around 8,000 children. In Israel, 1,200 people died in the attack on October 7th.
• Erdogan: Netanyhau like Hitler. The answer: We do not accept his sermons
• For Israel, the war will last for many months
1:17 p.m. – Car rams Israelis in West Bank, attackers killed
Four Israelis were injured today near Hebron (West Bank) when they were hit by a Palestinian car. This was reported by the public broadcaster Kan, according to which it was an attack. The attacker was killed on the spot, he added. This was the second attack in just a few hours. Last night, a Palestinian stabbed two soldiers at a checkpoint at the entrance to Jerusalem and was killed by their return fire. A border guard was seriously injured by the Palestinian attacker.
11:19 a.m. – The number of deaths in Gaza rises to 21,507
The death toll in Gaza has risen to 21,507 dead and 55,915 injured since the start of the conflict, according to a new tally from the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry. This was reported by the broadcaster Al-Jazeera. The ministry added that 187 Palestinians were killed in Israeli raids in the last 24 hours.
10:32 a.m. – UNRWA: Israel fired on one of our humanitarian convoys
The United Nations relief agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, said the Israeli army fired on one of its aid convoys in the Gaza Strip, causing no casualties. Israeli soldiers fired on an aid convoy that was returning from the northern Gaza Strip and taking a route specified by the army. Our convoy leader and his team were not injured, but a vehicle was damaged, UNRWA Gaza director Thomas White said on X. Aid workers should never be targeted, he added.
9:45 a.m. – Another Israeli soldier has died in Gaza, bringing the total to 168
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported the death of another soldier in the Gaza Strip, updating the number of those who have lost their lives since the ground operation against Hamas began to 168. The latest victim was identified as Reserve Captain Harel Sharvit, 33, of the 7008th 551st Brigade Battalion identified from Kochav Yaakov.
9:17 a.m. – IDF: Dozens of terrorists killed in offensive in Khan Yunis
In the offensive launched in recent hours in the area of Khan Yunis, the city in the southern Gaza Strip that is home to a refugee camp, Israeli forces killed dozens of Hamas terrorists: what can be read on the IDF social media profiles, quoted by Israeli newspapers. The Israeli military said it carried out the operation using airstrikes, targeted sniper attacks and tank attacks and that the ongoing military operation in the region was being expanded. In one of the incidents reported by the IDF, soldiers from the paratrooper brigade spotted a Hamas agent emerging from a tunnel with an RPG rocket launcher. They responded by throwing grenades. while in another case the paratroopers with tanks attacked a building where they had spotted Hamas gunmen; Drones and fighter jets are also used in the operation.
8:46 a.m. – Palestinian Red Crescent: 41 deaths in Khan Younis in 2 days
Israeli bombings that have been ongoing for two days near Al-Amal Hospital in Khan Yunis have killed 41 people. This was announced by the Palestinian Red Crescent, adding that the victims also include displaced people seeking refuge in the organization's premises, writes AFP. The Israeli army said today it killed dozens of terrorists in the Khan Younis area of the southern Gaza Strip through airstrikes, sniper fire and the army's use of tanks.
8:36 a.m. – The spirit of Gaza now has a face: a photo of Mohammed Deif, the founder of the Al-Qassam Brigades, appears
(by Francesco Battistini, sent to Jerusalem) The spirit finally has a face. And perhaps not paralyzed, as was believed. And it seems to be walking on its own two feet. And it appears that he is not armless as previously thought. The last photo of Mohammed al-Marsi, known as Mohammed Deif, the elusive spirit of Gaza, the founder of the Al-Qassam Brigades, was always an ID photo from 2005. Since then, he has had everything and two eyes and one pair off Mustaches and frizzy black hair. Now he's back, in a recording that we don't know exactly when it was taken, at least after 2018: one of the four instigators of October 7th, the perpetrator of the great pogrom in the kibbutzim, now a middle-aged man with thinning, graying hair and glasses to frame the lost eye.
Read the article here.
8:31 a.m. – Syrian media: Israeli attack repelled during the night
The Syrian state news agency SANA reports that the Syrian army's air defense forces repelled an Israeli attack on some locations in the south of the country on Thursday evening and fired some rockets. At around 11:05 p.m. on Thursday, the Israeli enemy carried out an airstrike from the direction of the occupied Syrian Golan, targeting some points in the southern region, a military source said in a statement reported by SANA. According to the source, the air defense forces fought the missiles and shot down most of them, causing only material losses. The news comes after an Iranian Revolutionary Guard adviser, General Seyed Razi Moussawi, was killed in Syria on Christmas Day in a suspected Israeli raid on the outskirts of Damascus.
7:40 a.m. – Iran executes four Mossad-linked saboteurs
According to the justice website Mizan Online, Iran recently executed four saboteurs linked to Israel's Mossad intelligence agency. Four members of a sabotage team linked to the Zionist regime, which carried out extensive operations against the country's security under the leadership of Mossad officers, were executed this morning after a trial, it said. Iran had previously announced arrests and executions of suspected agents working for foreign countries, including Israel.
7:31 a.m. – The US shoots down a Houthi drone and missile in the Red Sea
The US military said it shot down a drone and an anti-ship ballistic missile fired by Yemen's Houthi rebels in the southern Red Sea as part of attacks on ships in response to Israel's offensive against the Gaza Strip. US Central Command (CentCom) said the attack took place between 5:45 p.m. and 6:10 p.m. (local time) and confirmed that there were no injuries or damage to any ships in the attacked area. Houthi rebel military spokesman Yahya Sari claimed responsibility for the attack on a merchant ship, the MSC United, after its crew rejected the recall of Yemeni naval forces and repeated warnings for the third time. Through his Telegram channel, the spokesman reported that the Houthis had attacked military targets in various areas of occupied Palestine with naval missiles and several drones, once again reaffirming their continued support for the Palestinian people.
07:00 a.m. – The attack on the Nuseirat camp, 20 dead and many missing
At least 20 people were killed in an Israeli attack on the Nuseirat refugee camp in the center of the Gaza Strip, writes the Palestinian news agency Wafa, citing medical sources, as Al Jazeera reports. Many more people are missing. or trapped under the rubble.
6:48 a.m. – US warship shoots down a Houthi drone and missile
The US Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Mason shot down a drone and an anti-ship ballistic missile fired by Iran-backed Yemeni Houthi rebels yesterday. This was announced by the Central Command of the US Armed Forces in a note yesterday: The USS Mason shot down a drone and an anti-ship ballistic missile in the southern Red Sea that were fired by the Houthis, the note said. There were none Damage to the 18 ships in the area or reports of injuries. Yesterday – emphasized Centcom – it was the 22nd attempted attack by the Houthis on international shipping since mid-October. Shiite rebels have repeatedly attacked ships along the crucial Red Sea shipping route in response to Israel's offensive against the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The attacks threaten a route that carries up to 12 percent of global trade, prompting the United States to set up a multinational naval task force earlier this month to protect shipping in the area.
6:34 a.m. – Media, at least 20 dead in Israeli attack south of Gaza
At least 20 people were killed in an attack by Israeli forces on a residential building near the Kuwait Hospital in the southern Gaza Strip. This was reported by the broadcaster Al Jazeera. The attack comes as a Hamas delegation is expected in Cairo to make comments on an Egyptian ceasefire plan.
5:26 a.m. – A CNN video shows restrained and naked men, women and at least two children
Men, as well as women and at least two children, were reportedly arrested and stripped by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at a stadium in northern Gaza. These are the images shown in a CNN narrated video from the Strip. The US broadcaster says it cannot verify when the footage was filmed, but claims to have geolocated it to Yarmouk Stadium in Gaza City, where the NGO Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor says it has received reports of detentions . The NGO says it has received information that the Israeli army is detaining hundreds of Palestinians from the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza City, including dozens of women who were taken to Yarmouk Stadium. An image of the video appears to show two boys stripped to their underwear walking and holding both hands in the air as the IDF leads them into the stadium, US media say, adding that two figures can be seen in another video They appear to be the same unclothed boys holding their hands over their heads as they are lined up in a row with other men who appear to be teenagers and adults. At another point in the video, women and other children would also be imprisoned: In one shot, three women can be seen sitting on the grass in front of a football goal in the stadium, fully clothed, blindfolded and with their hands tied behind their backs. An Israeli flag can be seen on the soccer goal, reports CNN, which also said it had contacted the IDF but had not yet received a response.
11:04 p.m. – Hamas delegation in Cairo to discuss ceasefire plan
A delegation of Hamas officials will travel to Cairo today to make comments on Egypt's plan for a ceasefire that would end the war in Gaza, a Hamas official told AFP. According to the source, the plan was presented to representatives of Hamas and Islamic Jihad last week when leaders of both groups visited the Egyptian capital.
Sources close to Hamas say Cairo's three-phase plan calls for renewable ceasefires, a staggered release of hostages held by Hamas in exchange for Palestinian prisoners in Israel and, ultimately, a permanent ceasefire to end the war unleashed by the Oct. 7 attack on Israel. writes France Presse.
The plan also calls for an interim Palestinian government following talks among all Palestinian factions to be responsible for governance and reconstruction in post-war Gaza.
8:05 p.m. – The head of the Mossad will report to the War Cabinet about the hostage situation
Mossad chief David Barnea and Israel Defense Forces hostage envoy Nitzan Alon will report to the War Cabinet this evening on the latest developments in the hostage negotiations. This was reported by Channel 12. According to Haaretz's expectations, the Israeli war cabinet will discuss the Israeli position on the future of the Gaza Strip after the end of the war for the first time this evening. The talks will focus on a plan drawn up by the National Security Headquarters for the necessary steps after the fighting ends, the newspaper said.
December 29, 2023 (modified December 29, 2023 | 1:20 p.m.)
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