Smoke billows over the Palestinian territory during an Israeli bombardment on Saturday [Jack Guez/AFP]
Published December 2, 2023
- The Israeli army says it has hit more than 400 targets overnight, including in the southern Khan Younis area where tens of thousands of civilians evacuated to over the past month.
- Israel renews its bombardment of Gaza, hitting areas across the enclave after the end of a week-long truce.
- Negotiations to secure another pause in the fighting continue, mediator Qatar says.
- The UN humanitarian chief again calls for a ceasefire in Gaza, saying Palestinians in the besieged territory are “surrounded by disease, destruction and death”.
- More than 15,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since October 7. In Israel, the official death toll stands at about 1,200.
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SOURCE: www.aljazeera.com
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Published December 1, 2023
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Israel and Hamas resumed fighting on Friday, ending a week-long truce. Air raids and artillery strikes were reported in Gaza immediately after the temporary ceasefire broke down.
“Hamas violated the operational pause, and in addition, fired towards Israeli territory,” the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement, following warning sirens near Gaza. “The IDF has resumed combat against the Hamas terrorist organisation in the Gaza Strip.”
Hamas and other Palestinian militant factions said on Friday they had fired rockets at southern Israeli towns in retaliation for the renewed Israeli air strikes, without claiming responsibility for the earlier launches.
The Gaza health ministry said 109 people had been killed in the renewed Israeli assault, including in the southern city of Rafah.
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SOURCE: www.ft.com
RELATED: After just dozens of aid trucks enter Gaza today, US urges Israel to allow delivery to reach truce-time levels
People walk inside a temporary refuge for displaced people as smoke rises during an Israeli strike in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on December 1, 2023. (Photo by Mahmud HAMS / AFP)
Published December 1, 2023
White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby says the US is urging Israel to allow humanitarian aid to enter Gaza at the levels that were delivered during the seven-day pause that ended today.
During the pause, 200 trucks of aid entered Gaza each day in addition to several fuel tankers.
Kirby says it’s a “good sign” that Israel allowed dozens of trucks of aid to enter today at the request of the US.
However, the aid has not included fuel, which the US says is critical for keeping life-saving infrastructure in Gaza operational.
