Israel has resumed air raids in Gaza after a seven-day pause in combating. Here’s what we all know to date:
How did the Israel-Hamas truce finish?
The Israel-Hamas truce started on November 24 and was renewed twice earlier than ending on Friday. Underneath the truce, combating was paused and humanitarian support was allowed to enter Gaza as Hamas launched captives in change for Israel releasing Palestinian prisoners.
The UN humanitarian workplace, OCHA, reported that regardless of the pause in combating, Israeli forces shot at Palestinians in Gaza on November 29, killing two individuals. In addition they shelled individuals on November 30.
Earlier on Friday, Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum reported from Khan Younis in Southern Gaza that Palestinians had been anxiously hoping that the truce could be prolonged to permit for extra humanitarian support into the enclave.
An hour earlier than the truce was supposed to finish, at 7am (05:00 GMT), the Israeli army introduced that its Iron Dome missile defence system had detected incoming rockets. After that, they “intercepted a launch from Gaza”.
🔴 Following sirens that sounded in communities close to Gaza, the IDF Aerial Protection Array efficiently intercepted a launch from Gaza.
— Israel Protection Forces (@IDF) December 1, 2023
“We now have seen rockets being fired from Gaza earlier than which have been intercepted by the Iron Dome that Hamas later mentioned had been merely a misfire,” reported Al Jazeera’s Imran Khan from East Jerusalem. “Or it may very well be a message to attempt to put some stress on the Israelis to attempt to prolong this ceasefire”.
Hamas didn’t instantly reply or declare accountability for the launches.
Did Israel resume air raids in Gaza?
The deadline for the prolonged truce handed with no announcement of an extension from both aspect. Minutes after, Israeli air raids and artillery combating resumed in Gaza and witnesses within the enclave reported heavy clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinian combating teams.
The Israeli army introduced on X, that the combating is now resuming as a result of “Hamas violated the operational pause” and “fired in direction of Israeli territory”.
Hamas violated the operational pause, and as well as, fired towards Israeli territory.
The IDF has resumed fight in opposition to the Hamas terrorist group in Gaza. pic.twitter.com/gVRpctD79R
— Israel Protection Forces (@IDF) December 1, 2023
The place in Gaza has combating resumed?
On-ground clashes between Israel and Hamas have resumed in separate areas throughout the territory, reported Azzoum. A minimum of 54 individuals have been killed since Israel’s military resumed its assaults, in accordance with Gaza’s well being ministry.
Two individuals have been killed in Beit Lahia within the north of the Gaza Strip.
There’s heavy shelling in japanese Khan Younis in southern Gaza. Israel dropped leaflets asking individuals in Khan Younis to maneuver additional south in direction of Rafah on the border with Egypt.
One casualty has been reported in Khan Younis metropolis whereas two have been killed in Hamad city, south of Khan Younis.
Israeli army declares the town of Khan Younes as a struggle zone, and threatens the residents of japanese elements of the town to evacuate instantly. pic.twitter.com/fSp0WAZL38
— Younis Tirawi | يونس (@ytirawi) December 1, 2023
On Friday, a constructing in northern Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp was fully destroyed. There are experiences {that a} home has additionally been destroyed in Rafah within the south of Gaza.
Israel can be shelling close to Nuseirat and Bureij refugee camps in central Gaza. Additionally in central Gaza, 10 individuals have been killed and various civilians have been wounded within the Maghazi space.
On account of Israeli bombardment and clashes that started after the October 7 Hamas assault, about 60 % of properties in Gaza have been destroyed, reported Gaza’s authorities media workplace. A minimum of 50,000 households and their prolonged households are actually homeless and about 250,000 housing models have been partially destroyed. Greater than 15,000 individuals in Gaza, together with at the least 6,150 kids, have died, in accordance with Palestinian well being authorities.
Might the US have stopped the resumption of combating?
Throughout his third go to to Israel because the escalation of violence, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken advised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday that Israel can’t repeat in southern Gaza the large civilian casualties and displacement of residents it has inflicted within the north.
But, there isn’t a proof that Israel is limiting the struggle.
Spokesperson for Iran’s overseas ninistry, Nasser Kanaani, posted on X that “the political and obligation for the continuation of the aggression and bloodbath” rests with Israel, america and “a number of governments that assist this apartheid regime”.
Yossi Mekelberg, an affiliate fellow at Chatham Home, advised Al Jazeera that the US has sufficient leverage to cease the combating and affect different nations to vary the course of the struggle.
Vice chairman of the chief council of Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, Ali Damoush, says that Israel resumed its aggression on Gaza by a US determination. He known as the US a decision-maker on this struggle, including, “This struggle from the start has been America’s struggle in opposition to the Palestinian individuals,” on Telegram.
The place has Hamas attacked?
Hamas’s armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, introduced on Telegram that it attacked the cities of Ashkelon, Sderot and Beersheba in southern Israel with rocket barrages. The group mentioned the assaults had been “in response to the focusing on of civilians”.
What about captives and Palestinian prisoners ?
Practically 240 captives had been taken by Hamas following the assault on October 7. Of them, 127 captives stay in Gaza, with 110 freed as a part of the truce.
Israel initially launched an inventory of 300 Palestinian prisoners eligible for launch in the course of the pause in combating. A listing of fifty extra names of prisoners eligible was launched later. Of the 350 prisoners, 240 have been launched and 110 stay. Nonetheless, on the similar time, Israel has arrested about the identical variety of Palestinians within the West Financial institution and East Jerusalem.
What subsequent?
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s workplace mentioned that with the resumption of combating, Israel was dedicated to attaining its targets within the struggle.
The Ministry of International Affairs of Qatar launched a press release on Friday, expressing “deep remorse on the resumption of the Israeli aggression in opposition to Gaza”. The assertion added that negotiations between Hamas and Israel are persevering with “with the goal of returning to a state of the pause”. Qatar has been central to mediation efforts between Israel and Hamas.
Assertion |Qatar expresses its deep remorse on the resumption of the Israeli aggression in opposition to Gaza following the top of the humanitarian pause #MOFAQatar pic.twitter.com/9eJVs3qSqI
— Ministry of International Affairs – Qatar (@MofaQatar_EN) December 1, 2023
Israel’s participation within the twenty eighth UN Local weather Change Convention (COP28) which began on Thursday in Dubai amid the persevering with struggle, was additionally criticised by some.
