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According to information from Israel, negotiations on a new ceasefire are at an impasse. Urgent aid deliveries are arriving. Israel news.
- Heavy fighting on the border of Lebanon: The war in Israel continues
- air strikes Gaza strip: Israel attacks Hamas positions
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Update December 2nd, 3:18 pm: Israel interrupts negotiations for a new ceasefire in Qatar. According to Israel, negotiations in the Gaza war are at a dead end. The head of the Israeli foreign secret service Mossad, David Barnea, has asked his negotiating team to return to Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Saturday, according to the DPA. “The terrorist organization Hamas has not fulfilled its part of the agreement,” the statement continues. Specifically, it is about freeing all children and women kidnapped in the Gaza Strip.
Meanwhile, according to aid workers, urgently needed aid deliveries have arrived in the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian Red Crescent announced on X (formerly Twitter) that 50 trucks carrying relief supplies passed through the Rafah border crossing into the isolated coastal area on Saturday. The trucks were loaded with food, water, medical supplies and medicine.
War in Israel: Heavy fighting on the border with Lebanon
Update December 2nd, 1:40 pm: According to a source, a delegation from the Israeli secret service Mossad is negotiating a new ceasefire with Qatari negotiators. This is reported by the news agency Portal. The talks in Doha also focused on the release of more hostages, which should not just be women and children – as before.
However, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan believes that the opportunity for peace in Gaza will be lost when the lull in fighting ends. He gives Israel the responsibility for this. “There was an opportunity here for peace and, unfortunately, we have lost this opportunity for now due to Israel’s intransigent actions,” Erdogan told Turkish media. But he did not lose hope for lasting peace.
Israel War: intense fighting on the border with Lebanon
Update December 2, 11:50 am: There were new bombings on the border between Lebanon and Israel. The Israeli military announced on Saturday afternoon that it had recorded two mortar strikes in Israeli territory, in the north. The mortars therefore fell on open ground.
In response, the military attacked the site of the rocket launches and fired artillery at several locations in Lebanon. Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah militia said it attacked an artillery bunker in the border area with rockets in the morning.
Israeli attack on Kfar Kila, a border village between Lebanon and Israel. (File image) © Hussein Malla/dpa
Israeli military attacks Khan Yunis port
Update December 2, 10:45 am: Israeli naval units attacked Hamas military targets in the port of Khan Yunis and in Deir al-Balah in the southern Gaza Strip with precision munitions overnight. The infrastructure and equipment of Hamas’ naval forces were hit. For weeks, Israel had urged residents of the northern Gaza Strip to flee to the southern part for their safety.
The Israeli army on Friday published a map for the civilian population that divides the area into numbered zones – “in preparation for the next phase of the war”. This should allow residents to “orient themselves, understand instructions and, if necessary, arrive safely from certain locations”. However, heavy attacks by the Israeli military on Saturday raise renewed concerns about civilian casualties.
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Israel attacks more than 400 targets in the Gaza Strip
Update December 2nd, 9:35am: Since the end of the ceasefire in the war with radical Islamist Hamas, the Israeli army claims to have attacked more than 400 targets in the Gaza Strip. The Air Force, ground troops and Navy were involved in the operations, the Army announced Saturday morning. Among other things, fighter jets bombed more than 50 targets in the area around the city of Khan Yunis in the south of the Palestinian territory.
According to Hamas, 240 people have been killed in the Gaza Strip since fighting resumed on Friday. Israel and Hamas blame each other for not extending the ceasefire. According to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the United States, Egypt and Qatar are working to broker a new ceasefire.
Israel War: Army Continues Attacks on Hamas
Update December 2nd, 6:30am: The Israeli army continued its attacks on the Palestinian radical Islamic organization Hamas in the Gaza Strip on Saturday (2 December). “We are currently bombing Hamas military targets throughout the Gaza Strip,” Israeli army spokesman Jonathan Conricus said this morning.
Because of the new bombing, clouds of gray smoke rose over the Gaza Strip. Nearly 200 people have been killed in Gaza since fighting resumed, according to the Hamas-run Health Ministry. Information cannot be independently verified.
Israel under attack from Lebanon
Update December 1st, 10:53 pm: There are also rocket alarms in northern Israel. According to Israeli media, bombings continue to come from Lebanon. As the Israeli army continues its operations in the Gaza Strip, the US government demands that aid deliveries be allowed into the Gaza Strip again. Efforts are also being made to obtain another ceasefire in order to free more hostages from Hamas.
Update December 1st, 9:43 pm: Hamas is attacking Tel Aviv again in Israel’s war. According to the DPA, dull explosions could be heard in the distance in the center of the coastal metropolis on Friday. The Israeli army announced that the air alarm had already been raised in the city. Warning sirens also sounded in Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
Israel announces death of another hostage kidnapped by Hamas
Update December 1st, 7:52 pm: Israeli media reported the death of another hostage. The family of 26-year-old Guy Iluz from Tel Aviv, who was kidnapped by Hamas while attending a rave in Reim, has been informed of his death.
Northern Israel is currently under rocket fire. Sirens sounded in the communities of Hila, Hossen, Kfar Veradim and Ma’alot-Tarshiha. The Islamic terrorist organization Hezbollah was said to be behind the attack, which likely came from neighboring Lebanon.
More hostages died in Israel’s war
Update December 1st, 6:10 pm: According to Israeli media, the deaths of three hostages in Hamas captivity have been confirmed. The victims were said to be residents of Kibbutz Nir Oz. A spokesman for the settlement would have confirmed the death, according to information from the Times of Israel and Haaretz. The Israeli military has not yet commented on the reports. The victims would be the following people:
- Aryeh Zalmanovich: 85 years old and the oldest person of the 240 Hamas hostages.
- Maya Goren: 56-year-old kindergarten teacher.
- Ronen Engel: A 54-year-old father whose two daughters and his wife were released from Hamas hostage custody earlier this week.
Israeli air force carries out strikes against Hamas positions in the Gaza Strip
Update December 1st, 5:30 pm: The Israeli Air Force also resumed its attacks on Hamas positions in the Gaza Strip. This was confirmed by Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. Gallant said he personally observed the attacks from the cockpit of a helicopter, according to the Times of Israel news portal.
The Defense Minister of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government also highlighted his country’s determination in the fight against Hamas. Operations will continue until the terrorist militia structures are destroyed.
Israel News: All current developments on the war in Israel
First report from December 1, 2023: Tel Aviv/Jerusalem – The terrorist militia Hamas has once again launched a large-scale rocket attack in the south of the country in the war with Israel. In total, more than 50 rockets were reportedly fired at Israeli settlements in the south of the country. The Israeli Ministry of Defense reports this via Twitter (X). The center of the country was reportedly attacked by rockets on Friday afternoon.
The Israeli Army (IDF) responded to the Hamas attack from the Gaza Strip with numerous operations against terrorist militia positions in the Gaza Strip. “More than 200 terrorist targets” were hit on Friday morning. “In recent hours, ground, air and naval forces have attacked terrorist targets in the north and south of the Gaza Strip, including Khan Yunis and Rafah,” the Israeli military said, according to the dpa news agency. Hamas tunnels and rocket launch pads were destroyed.
Israel News: Fierce fighting between the military and Hamas
The fierce fighting between the military and Hamas means a clear end to the ceasefire in Israel’s war. The guns fell silent for a week. During this period, the terrorist militia freed some hostages who had been kidnapped from Israel in the October 7 attack. The Israeli military believes there are still around 140 hostages in the Gaza Strip. The whereabouts of those kidnapped are unclear and some of them are not known to Hamas.
The Israeli military leadership met in Tel Aviv on Friday afternoon to discuss how to proceed in Israel’s war. We are now at “the beginning of the second phase of the war,” the IDF said in a brief statement. Israeli media assume that the army will expand its ground offensive into the southern Gaza Strip.
Israel’s War Losses Continue to Mount
Israel and the radical Islamic group Hamas have been at war for nearly eight weeks. This began with the terrorist attack by Hamas and Israel-allied organizations on October 7, 2023. International observers assume that more than 16,000 people have died in the fighting since then. (Talk to agency material)