Five dead in drone strike in West Bank. Hezbollah attacks targets in Israel. The news ticker about the war in Israel.
- Cease fire agreed: Air strikes on Hamas targets could intensify before ceasefire
- Fights in the North: Hezbollah attacks targets in Israel after the deaths of two TV journalists
- City in North Gaza: Israel wants to have Jabalia completely surrounded
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Update from November 22nd, 11:55 a.m: According to the Israeli military, further air strikes are being carried out on Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon. The targets included a military compound where terrorists had gathered and other terrorist group infrastructure, it said. Yesterday evening, Hezbollah fired rockets at targets in the northern Israeli border region, including a military post and a factory owned by the Israeli arms company Rafael.
Update from November 22nd, 8:55 a.m.: Israel’s army has again attacked Hamas targets in Gaza before an agreed ceasefire comes into force. The army said in the morning that troops destroyed a tunnel shaft from which a Hamas terrorist emerged and shot at the soldiers. The military also encountered terrorists and weapons in a building that was used by Hamas. The army said the terrorists were killed and the building destroyed.
Airstrikes on Gaza could intensify ahead of ceasefire
Update from November 22nd, 8 a.m.: In the past few hours, Israeli air strikes in Gaza have apparently increased again. At the same time, fighting on the ground continued. This is what the TV station reports AlJazeera. Accordingly, there are fears in the Gaza Strip that air strikes could increase again before the agreed ceasefire comes into force.
Update from November 22nd, 6:45 a.m.: Five Palestinians were killed in a drone strike on Tulkarm in the West Bank, according to a report by the Palestinian news agency Wafa. Other people were injured. There was also a raid by the Israeli military on Thabet Thabet Hospital.
Hezbollah attacks targets in Israel after the deaths of two TV journalists
Update from November 21st, 9:50 p.m.: After the deaths of at least two journalists in an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon, the Lebanese Shiite militia Hezbollah has again shelled targets in the border region. Hezbollah said its more than five attacks on Tuesday were intended to “avenge” the killing of the two TV journalists. The militias attacked a military post in northern Israel with Katyusha rockets and “hit it directly”. They also fired rockets at a factory belonging to the Israeli arms company Rafael.
Israel’s army said it had attacked several suspicious targets. The army also attacked and hit an anti-tank weapon near the common border. Israeli forces attack “Hezbollah terror targets in Lebanon.”
War in Israel: Chief of General Staff still sees “long road ahead”
Update from November 21st, 8 p.m.: In view of the fighting in the Gaza Strip, Israel’s Chief of General Staff Herzi Halevi has emphasized that the Israeli army’s ground offensive is creating better conditions for the return of the hostages. “The road ahead of us is still long. We will continue this pressure,” said Halevi, according to a statement on Tuesday during a visit to troops in the Gaza Strip.
Update from November 21st, 6:35 p.m.: Extremist Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have again fired rockets into central Israel. The Israeli army announced on Tuesday that there had been an alarm in the city of Rishon Lezion, southeast of Tel Aviv, as well as in several other places. Dull explosions could be heard in the distance in central Tel Aviv.
War in Israel: Reporter reports Israeli tanks deep in Gaza City
Update from November 21st, 3:52 p.m.: The Qatari news channel AlJazeera published accounts from a reporter from the Gaza Strip. Accordingly, Israeli military tanks have reached “the depths of the center of Gaza City”. “They are only a few hundred meters away,” wrote Mohammed R Mhawish, with whom contact had apparently been completely lost on Monday (November 20).
War in Israel: Hostage deal is getting closer
Update from November 21st, 3 p.m.: Both Israeli and American sources reported to the US broadcaster CNN and Israeli media that significant progress has been made towards a deal to release hostages in the Gaza Strip. “We are closer than ever,” a US official told the broadcaster. Additional sources said mediator Qatar could announce an agreement as early as today. In return for the release of hostages there will be a temporary ceasefire. An Israeli official told broadcaster Keshet 12 that an agreement could be reached in just a few hours.
Update from November 21st, 12:38 p.m: Two journalists from the Lebanese TV station Al Majadin and a third person were killed in a rocket attack. The attack occurred in the immediate vicinity of the border between Israel and Lebanon. That reported loudly Reuters the Lebanese state news agency. The broadcaster therefore claimed that it was a deliberate attack by Israel. This information could not initially be verified.
Army encircles city in Israel war – and attacks Hamas terrorists there
First report: Tel Aviv/Gaza – Israel’s army has announced that it has completely surrounded Jabalia. The city is located in the north of the Gaza Strip; The refugee district of the same name is also located there. The army reported that the encirclement was completed on Monday evening (November 20). The information could not initially be independently verified.
Soldiers also attacked three shafts in which suspected terrorists from the radical Islamic Palestinian organization Hamas were holed up. There were also other fights against suspected terrorists in the area.
Hostages in the Israel War: Probably 40 minors among those kidnapped
With its mission, Israel’s army wants to destroy Hamas, whose fighters attacked Israel on October 7th. Terrorists from Hamas and other extremist groups murdered hundreds of people in Israel and kidnapped around 240 hostages to the Gaza Strip.
According to the Israeli army, 40 children and young people are said to be among those kidnapped. The military distributed a compilation of images of kidnapped children on the X platform on Monday. They had to watch “as their families were murdered in front of their eyes,” the post said.
Hostage deal soon in the Israel war? Biden answers “yes”
Meanwhile, representatives of the radical Islamic group Hamas say they are close to a ceasefire agreement with Israel. They have sent their response to officials in Qatar, the head of the Palestinian group, Ismail Haniyeh, said in a statement carried by the news agency Reuters received through his advisor.
According to Palestinian information, the ongoing negotiations are about a temporary ceasefire that will enable aid deliveries to the Gaza Strip and the exchange of hostages and prisoners.
US President Joe Biden also assumes that an agreement could be within reach. When asked by a journalist whether such a deal was foreseeable, Biden said on Monday: “I think so.” But he was not in a position to talk about it at the moment. When asked again, Biden answered with a resounding “yes.” Biden made the comments, according to the news agency dpa on the sidelines of an event in the garden of the White House. (with news agency material)