Hamas launches massive rocket attack on Israel. The army responds with operations in the Gaza Strip. The news from Israel.
- Several hostages from Israel apparently dead: More hostages died in war in Israel
- air strikes Gaza Strip: Israel attacks Hamas positions
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Update from December 1st, 10:53 p.m.: There are also rocket alarms in northern Israel. According to Israeli media, the shelling continues to come from Lebanon. As the Israeli army continues its operations in the Gaza Strip, the US government is demanding 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’s hands.
Update from December 1st, 9:43 p.m.: Hamas is attacking Tel Aviv again in the Israel war. According to information, there were in the center of the coastal metropolis dpa Dull explosions could be heard in the distance on Friday. The Israeli army announced that the air alarm had previously been triggered in the city. Warning sirens also sounded in Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
Israel announces death of another hostage kidnapped by Hamas
Update from December 1st, 7:52 p.m.: The Israeli media has reported the death of another hostage. The family of 26-year-old Guy Iluz from Tel Aviv, who was abducted by Hamas while taking part in a rave in Re’im, has been informed of his death.
The north of Israel is currently under rocket fire. Sirens sounded in the communities of Hila, Hossen, Kfar Veradim and Ma’alot-Tarshiha. The Islamist terrorist organization Hezbollah is said to be behind the attack, which probably came from neighboring Lebanon.
More hostages died in Israel war
Update from December 1st, 6:10 p.m.: According to Israeli media, the deaths of three hostages in Hamas captivity have been confirmed. The victims are said to be residents of Kibbutz Nir Oz. According to information from the settlement, a spokesman for the settlement is said to be Times of Israel and the Haaretz confirmed the death. The Israeli military has not yet commented on the reports. The victims are said to be the following people:
- Aryeh Zalmanovich: 85 years old and the oldest person of the 240 Hamas hostages.
- Maya Goren: a 56-year-old kindergarten teacher.
- Ronen Engel: a 54-year-old father whose two daughters and his wife were released from being held hostage by Hamas at the beginning of the week.
Israel’s air force carries out attacks on Hamas positions in the Gaza Strip
Update from December 1st, 5:30 p.m.: The Israeli Air Force has also resumed its attacks on Hamas positions in the Gaza Strip. This was confirmed by Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. Gallant said he personally observed the attacks from the cockpit of a helicopter, according to the news portal Times of Israel.
The defense minister in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government also stressed his country’s determination in the fight against Hamas. The operations will continue until the terrorist militia’s structures are destroyed.
Israel News: All current developments from 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 on the south of the country in the war with Israel. In total, more than 50 rockets are said to have been 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 is said to have come under rocket fire on Friday afternoon.
The Israeli Army (IDF) responded to 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 the past few hours, ground, air and naval forces attacked terrorist targets in the north and south of the Gaza Strip, including in Khan Yunis and Rafah,” the Israeli military said, according to the news agency dpa with. 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 the clear end of the ceasefire in the Israel war. The guns were silent for a week. During this time, the terrorist militia released some hostages who had been kidnapped from Israel in the attack on October 7th. The Israeli military believes that there are still around 140 hostages in the Gaza Strip. The whereabouts of those kidnapped are unclear and some of them are said not to be known to Hamas.
The Israeli military leadership gathered in Tel Aviv on Friday afternoon to discuss how to proceed in the Israel 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 in the Gaza Strip to the south.
Losses in the Israel War continue to rise
Israel and the radical Islamic group Hamas have been at war for almost eight weeks. This began with the terrorist attack by Hamas and allied organizations on Israel on October 7, 2023. International observers assume that more than 16,000 people have died in the fighting since then. (Talk to agency material)