11:38 a.m. ET, December 4, 2023
Israel is now working in southern Gaza as the Palestinian loss of life toll rises. Here’s the newest information
More Israeli strikes have been reported since Israel introduced Sunday it’s increasing its floor operations to all of Gaza. Israeli floor forces are now operating in southern Gaza, with at the least one Israeli tank in motion, in line with video geolocated by CNN. There have additionally been stories of Israeli raids in Jersualem and clashes on the Israel-Lebanon border.
Meanwhile, all telecom services were also down in Gaza City and different elements of northern Gaza, Palestinian telecommunication firm PalTel stated on Monday.
Here’s what it’s good to know:
Death toll in Gaza rises: Israeli assaults in Gaza have resulted within the deaths of about 15,899 Palestinians since October 7, in line with the Hamas-run Ministry of Health spokesperson. A CNN producer Ibrahim Dahman, who reported from Gaza for weeks earlier than escaping to Egypt together with his younger household after practically a month of Israeli strikes, heard information Sunday that at least nine of his relatives trapped in northern Gaza had been killed in a strike on his aunt’s home. His childhood residence in Gaza City was obliterated in a separate strike on an adjoining constructing the identical day.
People displaced: Almost 1.9 million folks, greater than 80% of Gaza’s total population, have now been displaced because the starting of the warfare between Hamas and Israel, the United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) stated on Monday.
Israel claims it hit Hamas targets: Israeli airstrikes hit about 200 Hamas targets in Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces stated in an replace Monday. The targets included a college within the northeastern city of Beit Hanoun, which the IDF claimed contained “terror infrastructure” together with tunnel shafts stocked with weapons and explosives. Other airstrikes hit a automobile holding weapons and an arms storage facility, the IDF stated.
Deadly Israeli raids close to Jerusalem: A 32-year-old man has been killed by the Israeli navy throughout a raid on the Qalandia refugee camp, north of Jerusalem, the Palestinian Health Ministry stated on Monday. Seventeen different folks have been injured in the course of the raid, in line with the Palestinian Red Crescent Society. Eleven of these injured have been harm by dwell ammunition. Videos from the realm — which is within the West Bank — present clashes between Israeli troopers and younger Palestinians. CNN has reached out to the Israel Defense Forces for remark.
An explosion in northern Gaza: A strike focused the northern entrance to the Kamal Adwan hospital in northern Gaza, killing 10 folks, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, head of pediatrics on the hospital, instructed CNN Monday. Video shot Sunday evening and geolocated by CNN exhibits numerous casualties mendacity on the street within the aftermath of an explosion close to the hospital. CNN has been unable to substantiate the reason for the explosion and has reached out to the Israel Defense Forces for touch upon any strikes within the hospital’s neighborhood. The Hamas-run authorities media workplace in Gaza claimed Monday that the Israeli navy had struck the hospital.
Two suspected militant killed: The IDF has stated its troops and the Border Police killed two suspected militants in a single day Sunday within the occupied West Bank metropolis of Qalqilya. One of these killed – 29-year-old Emad Alaa Nezal – had “carried out a number of recent shooting attacks against security forces,” it stated. The Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed that two Palestinians have been shot and killed throughout an Israeli navy incursion in Qalqilya, however didn’t verify their identities. It stated that the our bodies of the 2 males had been taken by the IDF.
Israeli troopers killed: Three more Israeli soldiers have been killed fighting towards Hamas in Gaza, in line with the IDF, bringing the variety of IDF losses contained in the Palestinian enclave to 69 because the navy operation started in October.
Clashes at Israel-Lebanon border: Three Israeli troopers have been injured by mortar shells fired from throughout Israel’s northern border with Lebanon, the Israel Defense Forces stated Monday. Later, extra shells have been fired towards an IDF submit within the space of Yiftah, a kibbutz in northern Israel, the IDF stated. Meanwhile, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported concentrated Israeli shelling close to numerous border settlements. Several border villages have been additionally attacked by Israeli plane, the company reported.