Israel's ongoing war on besieged Gaza - now in its 56th day-has killed more than 15,000 Palestinians, most of whom are women and children as Gaza negotiators try to get Israel and Hamas to agree on extended truce.
Friday, December 1, 2023
06:07 GMT - Many killed as Israel resumes attacks
At least six Palestinians were killed in an Israeli air raid on Rafah city in the south of Gaza, Palestinian health ministry spokesperson Ashraf al Qudra told AFP, updating an initial toll of three.
Elsewhere, two children were killed in air raids on Gaza City, said Fadel Naim, a doctor with Al Ahli hospital, as fighting resumed shortly after the expiration of a seven-day truce between Israel and Hamas.
In a series of devastating attacks, Israeli forces launched airstrikes targeting residential areas in Gaza, resulting in a grim toll of casualties.
The violence escalated further in central Gaza, where an Israeli bombing raid on a house in Al Maghazi refugee camp claimed the life of one Palestinian and left four others injured. Developments after week-long truce were confirmed by medical sources providing information to Anadolu Agency.
05:30 GMT - Hamas-Israel truce expires
A temporary truce between Israel and Palestinian resistance group Hamas that was due to end at 7 AM local time (0500 GMT) on Friday has expired, with neither side announcing a deal to extend it.
In the hour before the truce was set to end, Israel said it intercepted a rocket fired from Gaza and the media in the besieged Palestinian enclave reported sounds of explosions and gunfire in northern Gaza.
The seven-day pause, which began on November 24 and was extended twice, had allowed for the exchange of dozens of hostages held in Gaza for hundreds of Palestinian women and children and facilitated the entry of humanitarian aid into the enclave.
05:00 GMT - Hamas, Israel agree to extend truce again - WSJ
Israel and Palestinian resistance movement Hamas have agreed to extend a temporary truce for an eighth day, in a deal that will involve the release of more Israeli captives in exchange for Palestinians languishing in Israeli jails, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing Egyptian officials.
There was no immediate comment from Israel or from Hamas.
04:50 GMT - Palestine Red Crescent says 65 aid trucks entered Gaza City, North Gaza
The Palestine Red Crescent Society said that a total of 65 aid trucks entered Gaza City and North Gaza governorate.
This brings the total number of trucks sent to 310 since the beginning of the humanitarian pause on November 24. The statement did not indicate whether fuel trucks were sent to the two areas.
Seven trucks carrying fuel and cooking gas entered the Gaza Strip via the Rafah border crossing, Wael Abu Mohsen, head of communications for the Palestinian side of the crossing, told Anadolu Agency.
04:30 GMT - Israel has arrested 3,390 Palestinians in West Bank since October 7
Israeli forces have detained 3,390 Palestinians in raids across the occupied West Bank since October 7, including 260 during humanitarian pauses, local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) said.
The arrests were made during home raids and at military checkpoints and included those compelled to surrender under pressure and those taken as hostages, the Palestinian Prisoners Society and the Commission of Detainees Affairs said in a joint statement.
Thirty arrests were recorded on Thursday, while the total number of arrests on Wednesday to Thursday night reached 40, they said.
03:50 GMT - Netherlands calls on Israel to exercise restraint in its military deployment to Gaza
The Netherlands urged Israel on to exercise restraint in its military deployment to Gaza.
Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on X that he spoke by phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the latest state of affairs regarding the agreement for a humanitarian pause in Gaza between Israel and the Palestinian resistance group Hamas.
"I informed Prime Minister Netanyahu that the Netherlands is still very concerned about the situation in Gaza. We must do everything we can to make the most of the humanitarian pauses to help the innocent people of Gaza," Rutte said.
03:26 GMT - Israeli captive pleads with Netanyahu to repatriate family's bodies from Gaza
An Israeli captive being held by the Palestinian resistance group Hamas has pleaded with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to arrange for the burial of his family in Israel after they were killed in an Israeli airstrike on besieged Gaza.
The plea came in a recorded message released by Hamas's armed wing, the Al Qassam Brigades.
"Bibi [Netanyahu], you bombed and killed my wife and my two children, who were the most important thing in my life," said Yardin Bibas.
03:00 GMT - Israel destroys over 60% of houses in Gaza
The Israeli army has destroyed more than 60 percent of the homes and residential units in besieged Gaza, the government media office in Gaza said.
"Our people are facing a genuine and worsening humanitarian catastrophe due to the Israeli occupation army's destruction of over 60 percent of the homes and residential units in Gaza, especially in the Gaza and North Gaza governorates," it said.
"The residential units housed more than 50,000 families who lost their homes entirely, in addition to 250,000 housing units partially destroyed by the occupation," it added.
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