https://sputnikglobe.com/20231206/live-updates-israeli-army-struck-nearly-250-sites-in-gaza-strip-overnight---idf-1115418226.html

LIVE UPDATES: Israeli Army Hits Roughly 250 Sites in Gaza Strip Overnight - IDF

Sputnik International

The Israel-Hamas truce which began on November 24 and wad prolonged two times, expired last Friday. The truce implied ceasefire, as well as prisoner swap and admission of humanitarian convoys into Gaza.

2023-12-06T06:25+0000

2023-12-07T06:15+0000

world

palestine-israel conflict

middle east

israel

gaza strip

qatar

israel defense forces (idf)

hamas

https://cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com/img/07e7/0b/19/1115198546_0:0:3072:1728_1920x0_80_0_0_1e80a35ff9db4484dc82ce669ee8377d.jpg

israel

gaza strip

qatar

Sputnik International

feedback@sputniknews.com

+74956456601

MIA „Rosiya Segodnya“

252

2023

Sputnik International

feedback@sputniknews.com

+74956456601

MIA „Rosiya Segodnya“

252

News

en_EN

Sputnik International

feedback@sputniknews.com

+74956456601

MIA „Rosiya Segodnya“

252

1920

1080

true

1920

1440

true

https://cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com/img/07e7/0b/19/1115198546_62:0:2793:2048_1920x0_80_0_0_97b309987f2774066207e8b9a5a09c0c.jpg

1920

true

Sputnik International

feedback@sputniknews.com

+74956456601

MIA „Rosiya Segodnya“

252

Sputnik International

israel-hamas conflict, israel-palestine conflict, israel-hamas truce, gaza strip crisis

Palestinians fleeing north on Salaheddine road, assist a man with a bandaged leg, amidst Israeli tanks in the Zeitoun district, Gaza City, Nov. 24, 2023, after a four-day ceasefire. - Sputnik International

LIVE UPDATES: Israeli Army Hits Roughly 250 Sites in Gaza Strip Overnight - IDF

06:25 GMT 06.12.2023 (Updated: 06:15 GMT 07.12.2023)

In early October, Hamas launched a massive rocket attack from Gaza into Israel and breached the border, orchestrating a violent ambush. In response, Israel retaliated with strikes and imposed a complete blockade of the Gaza Strip.

Israeli troops reached the center of Khan Yunis, the largest city in the southern Gaza Strip, during "the most intense day" of fighting since the start of the ground operation in the enclave, the commander of the IDF’s Southern Command, Yaron Finkelman, said on Tuesday.

On November 24, Qatar brokered an agreement between Israel and Hamas which facilitated the exchange of prisoners and hostages, and ensured the delivery of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. The truce was extended several times, but expired on December 1, when the Israeli military resumed its offensive against Hamas in Gaza, saying the Palestinian militant group had violated the humanitarian pause. Hamas, in turn, accused the IDF of violating the ceasefire.

More than 16,000 people have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the hostilities began.

Follow Sputnik’s live feed to learn more!

Table of contents

New firstOld first

22:40 GMT 06.12.2023

Israel Allows Minimal Supplement of Fuel to Gaza Strip - Prime Minister's Office

Israel's Security Cabinet has approved a minimal increase in fuel supplies to the southern Gaza Strip to prevent a humanitarian crisis and outbreaks of epidemics, the Israeli Prime Minister's Office said in a statement.

"The Security Cabinet, this evening (Wednesday, 6 December 2023), approved the recommendation of the War Cabinet to allow a minimal supplement of fuel – necessary to prevent a humanitarian collapse and the outbreak of epidemics – into the southern Gaza Strip," the office stressed.

21:49 GMT 06.12.2023

IDF Says 138 Israelis Held Hostage Still Missing in Gaza, Their Location Unclear

There are still 138 Israelis held hostage in the Gaza Strip and the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) do not know exactly where they are, an IDF official said.

“Hundred-thirty-eight are still held hostage. It's still an ongoing process, we don't know exactly where everyone is,” the IDF official told journalists on Wednesday.

On October 7, Hamas attacked Israel from the Gaza Strip. Israel declared war on Hamas and implemented a complete blockade of Gaza, cutting off supplies of water, food, medicines, electricity and fuel. Israel also started an indiscriminate bombing campaign and a ground invasion of Gaza.

Some 1,200 Israelis were killed in the Hamas attack and some 18,000 Palestinians in the Israeli military operations since then, with more than 38,000 Palestinians wounded.

21:26 GMT 06.12.2023

Report: US Officials Believe Israeli Ground Ops May End in January

IDF soldiers in the Gaza Strip - Sputnik International, 1920, 06.12.2023

World

Report: US Officials Believe Israeli Ground Ops May End in January

6 December 2023, 21:25 GMT

20:38 GMT 06.12.2023

At Least 17 People Killed From Israeli Strike on Residential Building in Central Part of Gaza Strip - Reports

At least 17 people have been killed as a result of an Israeli strike against a building in the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, Palestinian media reported on Wednesday.

Many others have been injured as a result of the Israeli airstrike, Palestinian broadcaster Al-Aqsa reported.

19:16 GMT 06.12.2023

Russia, UAE Ask for UN Security Council Meeting on Gaza for December 8 - UN Source

The Russian and United Arab Emirates (UAE) mission to the United Nations have asked for a meeting at the UN Security Council on the situation in the Gaza Strip for December 8, a United Nations source told Sputnik on Wednesday.

“Russia, UAE have asked for a UN Security Council meeting on the situation in Gaza for December 8. China has later supported the idea, too,” the United Nations source said.

18:39 GMT 06.12.2023

Guterres Invokes Article 99 For First Time to Raise Situation in Gaza to UNSC - Spokesman

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres invoked Article 99 of the United Nations Charter, sending a letter to the President of the Security Council over the situation in the Gaza Strip, for the first time since he took his position in 2017, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Wednesday.

"This is the first time that Antonio Guterres has done [this] since he became Secretary-General in 2017," Dujarric told reports.

Guterres made this decision because of the scale of the loss of human life in Gaza and Israel in such a short amount of time, he added.

Dujarric explained that Article 99 gives the UN chief the right to bring to the attention of the Security Council any issues that, in his opinion, may threaten international peace and security.

Dujarric said he is not aware of the response from the Security Council.

"The letter was received and distributed," he added.

17:28 GMT 06.12.2023

Israel Receives Over 10,000 Tonnes of Military Equipment in 2 Months - Defense Ministry

The 200th cargo plane carrying military equipment for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has arrived in Israel, with more than 10,000 tonnes of military equipment delivered to the country since the escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Israeli Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.

"The 200th cargo plane carrying military equipment for the IDF has arrived in Israel. Over 10,000 tons of military equipment were delivered since the beginning of the war, including armored vehicles, armaments, personal protective equipment, medical supplies, ammunition, and more," the ministry said on X, formerly known as Twitter.

17:01 GMT 06.12.2023

Netanyahu Says Israel Forces Surrounding Hamas Leader's House in Gaza, His Capture is Only Matter of Time

Israeli forces are surrounding the house of Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip, and his capture is only a matter of time, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday.

"Last night I said that our forces can come to any place in the Gaza Strip. They are now surrounding Sinwar's house. So his house is not his fortress, and he can escape. However, it is only a matter of time before we catch him," Netanyahu said in a televised address to the nation.

14:20 GMT 06.12.2023

Clearing Gaza Strip of Unexploded Ordnance Could Take Many Years - Reports

Hundreds if not thousands of unexploded ordnance could render parts of the Gaza Strip uninhabitable, while clearing them will take many years and cost tens of millions of dollars, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing Charles Birch, an explosives clearance expert for the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS).

Entire neighborhoods were reportedly reduced to dust by Israeli bombing of the enclave. Even more of the territory could suffer the same fate because of the fighting resuming and airstrikes intensifying in southern Gaza, the newspaper reported.

The unexploded ordnance includes makeshift rockets created by Palestinian movement Hamas and high-tech munitions provided to Israel by the United States. Birch said that "the contamination will be unbelievable, like something from World War II."

Birch was cited as saying that finding and defusing one bomb in the Gaza Strip could require up to 30 contractors digging through the rubble for more than a month. Each bomb would cost up to $40,000 for UNMAS.

13:43 GMT 06.12.2023

White House Believes Eight American Hostages Remain in Gaza – Kirby

The White House believes eight Americans remain as hostages in Gaza, National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said Wednesday.

"We think there's about eight hostages that are Americans. We know of at least one woman in that group," Kirby said in an interview.

Kirby added that the White House was "doing everything we can" to secure the hostages’ release, including negotiating another temporary ceasefire with Hamas to facilitate their safe passage out of Gaza.

He demurred to comment on Israel’s ultimate goal in its war against Hamas, while noting that the US wanted to "see Hamas eliminated as a threat to the Israeli people" and this had yet to be achieved.

12:44 GMT 06.12.2023

Israelis With Russian Citizenship Released From Hamas Captivity

10:53 GMT 06.12.2023

Journalists' Deaths in Israel-Palestine Conflict Show Rights Protection's Failure - Moscow

The high death toll among journalists in the area of the Israel-Palestine conflict has shown that media rights protection mechanisms are dysfunctional, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday.

"The surge of armed stand-off highlighted a total dysfunction of those media rights protection mechanisms which had been created for similar situations," Zakharova told a press briefing, adding that the overall situation with journalists’ safety in the area of the conflict is "catastrophic."

The world had never seen 40-50 journalists die over two months, the diplomat added.

10:53 GMT 06.12.2023

This aerial photo taken from a helicopter shows Ain al-Asad air base in the western Anbar desert, Iraq, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019. - Sputnik International, 1920, 06.12.2023

Military

Shia Militant Groups Announce Another Attack on US Base in Western Iraq

6 December 2023, 08:34 GMT

10:06 GMT 06.12.2023

Erdogan: Turkiye in Contact With Russia on Gaza

06:35 GMT 06.12.2023

Blinken, China's Wang Yi Discuss Washington's Efforts in Middle East - Department of State

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has discussed with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi Washington's efforts to resolve the conflict in the Middle East during a phone conversation, the US Department of State said on Wednesday.

"Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with PRC Director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission and Foreign Minister Wang Yi. The Secretary discussed his recent travel in the Middle East and U.S. diplomatic efforts in the region," the department said in a statement.

06:23 GMT 06.12.2023

Israeli Army Struck Nearly 250 Sites in Gaza Strip Overnight - IDF

05:13 GMT 06.12.2023

Israeli Army Says 138 Hostages Remain in Gaza

IDF Spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari announced Tuesday night that the number of hostages has risen to 138. Some 20 women and children remain hostage in Gaza, while the rest are men.

05:11 GMT 06.12.2023

Dozens of pro-Palestinian activists went out to a rally in Boston