Friday, December 1, 2023
17:27 GMT — Egypt is exerting utmost efforts with its partners to reinstate the truce in Gaza as soon as possible, Diaa Rashwan, head of Egypt's State Information Service (SIS), said in a statement.
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17:01 GMT — End of humanitarian pause between Hamas, Israel 'very bad news': France
Friday’s end to the humanitarian pause between Palestinian group Hamas and Israel is “very bad news,” said France’s foreign minister, local media reported.
“The breakdown of the truce is very bad news and regrettable. Because it does not provide any solution and complicates prospects for a resolution,” Catherine Colonna said on the sidelines of the COP28 UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, according to broadcaster BFMTV.
17:00 GMT — Tel Aviv ready for one-day pause for release of 10 Israelis
An Israeli official has said his government was ready for a one-day humanitarian pause in Gaza in exchange for the release of 10 Israelis held in the blockaded enclave.
The Israeli Channel 13 quoted an Israeli official without revealing his name, said that the fighting in Gaza has resumed and "will continue until the destruction of the Hamas group. "
"If they (Hamas) release our hostage women, there will be a one-day pause (in fighting), the equation is simple," the Israeli official said.
He added that the Qatari efforts between the Israeli side and Palestinian group Hamas are still continuing.
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15:31 GMT — Hamas' armed wing targets Tel Aviv with a salvo of rockets
Hamas' armed wing Qassam brigades has said in a statement on its Telegram channel that it had targeted Tel Aviv with a salvo of rockets.
15:09 GMT — Rocket-warning sirens sound in central Israel: army
Sirens warning of possible incoming rockets sounded in several areas in central Israel, the Israeli military has said, for the first time since hostilities between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas resumed following a week-long truce.
There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.
14:48 GMT — Israeli civilian shot by Israeli soldiers in 'friendly fire' in West Jerusalem dies
An Israeli civilian who was shot and injured by Israeli soldiers in "friendly fire" on Thursday in West Jerusalem died of his injuries in a hospital.
Yuval Doron Castleman is seen raising his hands and begging Israeli soldiers not to shoot in footage posted on social media, before being shot and falling to the ground, Haaretz daily reported.
The Israeli Broadcasting Authority said on Friday that Castleman died of his wounds after being shot by Israeli soldiers who mistook him for a "Palestinian."
Castleman, 38, of Mvasirat Zion, west of Jerusalem, was severely injured by Israeli army fire after soldiers assumed he was one of the two Hamas attackers.
14:33 GMT — WHO chief voices 'extreme' concern over resumption of fighting in Gaza
The World Health Organization (WHO) chief has said that he is "extremely concerned" about the resumption of fighting in Gaza, as the humanitarian pause came to an end earlier in the day.
"We are extremely concerned about the resumption of fighting in Gaza," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who heads the UN agency, said on X.
Stressing that the ongoing hostilities have crippled the health care system, he warned, "Gaza can’t afford to lose any more hospitals or hospital beds," referring to how almost all of the hospitals in the strip had to close or stop offering care due to chronic shortages and ongoing Israeli attacks.
"We need a ceasefire. A ceasefire that holds," he urged. "A ceasefire that progress to peace."
14:15 GMT — Israel's attacks on Gaza are crime against humanity: President Erdogan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has labeled Israel's attacks on Gaza a "war crime, crime against humanity."
"What is happening in Gaza is a war crime, a crime against humanity. Those who commit such crimes must be tried under international law," President Erdogan said in his speech at the 2023 edition of the UN climate summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Friday.
Israeli attacks killing over 16,000 Palestinians, most of them women and children, can in no way be justified, Erdogan said.
"Türkiye always stood for the peace in all crises and worked for just, fair solutions," he added.
Israel, early Friday, resumed its military operations against Gaza after the end of the humanitarian pause, targeting various areas in the north, center, and south of the besieged enclave, resulting in dozens of deaths and injuries, according to the ministry in Gaza.
14:01 GMT — Anadolu cameraman killed in Gaza
Montaser Al-Sawaf, an Anadolu cameraman reporting from Gaza, has been killed in an Israeli air strike, according to Anadolu.
14:01 GMT — US to press for extending Gaza truce: White House
The United States will continue to press for extending a truce in Gaza, the White House has said, as intense fighting erupted once again in the Israel-Hamas war.
"We continue to work with Israel, Egypt, and Qatar on efforts to extend the humanitarian pause in Gaza," a White House National Security Council spokesperson said.
But the prospects of reestablishing a truce were being stymied because "Hamas has so far failed to produce a list of hostages that would enable a further extension of the pause," the NSC spokesperson said.
President Joe Biden and his national security team "will continue to remain deeply engaged as we look to free the remaining hostages," the NSC spokesperson said.
13:57 GMT — Palestine denounces resumption of Israeli attack on Gaza
Palestine has condemned the resumption of Israel’s attack on Gaza immediately after the end of the temporary humanitarian pause early in the day.
“We condemn in the strongest terms the war of genocide against our people in Gaza and the continued targeting of Palestinian civilians as well as the demolition of their homes over their heads,” the Palestinian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
The ministry decried "the continued aggression against the lives of Palestinian citizens, the deepening of the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, and the crime of forced displacement."
The ministry also said that "more than two million Palestinians live in southern Gaza under bombardment,” stressing that “they have no other place to turn to in light of the scarcity of their basic humanitarian needs," referring to the Israeli blockade allowing only a trickle of aid to enter the strip.
The ministry said that the ongoing Israeli bombing "violates international law, which stipulates the protection of civilians."
It called for urgent international and US intervention to stop the attack immediately.
13:36 GMT — Gaza hospitals 'like a horror movie' even before fighting resumed: WHO
Even before fighting resumed in Gaza on Friday after a week-long truce, its health system was on its knees, with hospitals resembling a "horror movie", the World Health Organization said.
As Israeli bombs began raining down on the besieged Palestinian territory again, WHO officials inside Gaza warned that the healthcare situation there was already "catastrophic".
"We are extremely concerned about the resumption of violence," Richard Peeperkorn, WHO's representative in the Palestinian territories, told reporters in Geneva via video-link from Gaza.
Already, he said, "the health system in Gaza has been crippled by the ongoing hostilities".
"It cannot afford to lose more hospitals."
13:30 GMT — Egyptian aid trucks stranded as Gaza fighting resumes
Aid was stranded near Egypt's border with Gaza as Israel resumed its military campaign on Friday, with truck drivers saying they expected further delays to a complex delivery process that had speeded up during a week-long truce.
"The bombardment has been going on since seven in the morning. There are planes and artillery and we haven't moved," said driver Saleh Ebada, who had already been waiting to enter the crossing for inspection for eight days when fighting restarted.
Egyptian security sources and a Red Crescent official said aid and fuel trucks had stopped entering from Egypt. UN officials described the resumption of fighting as "catastrophic" and said the continuation of aid delivery was in doubt.
12:45 GMT — Al Aqsa Mosque almost empty due to Israeli restrictions
Israeli restrictions have prevented tens of thousands of Palestinians from performing Friday prayers in Al Aqsa Mosque for the eighth Friday since the beginning of the war in Gaza.
"Only 3,500 people were able to enter the mosque to perform Friday prayers, compared to more than 50,000 on regular Fridays," an official in the Islamic Endowments Department in Jerusalem told Anadolu.
The official, who preferred to remain anonymous for security reasons, said that "the Israeli police imposed severe restrictions on the entry of worshipers into the mosque for the eighth Friday in a row."
"The Israeli police only allowed the elderly to enter the mosque, and therefore, its courtyards and prayer rooms were almost empty during prayer time," he added.
12:45 GMT — Iran warns of 'consequences' as Gaza war resumes
Iran warned of "severe consequences" as the deadly conflict between Israel and Hamas resumed on Friday after a seven-day truce expired.
"The continuation of the Washington and Tel Aviv war means a new genocide in Gaza and the West Bank," Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said in a post on X, formerly Twitter.
"It appears that they do not think about the severe consequences of returning to war," he added.
Israel accused Hamas of breaking the pause by attempting to launch a rocket attack shortly before it was due to come to an end Friday at 0500 GMT.
A source close to Hamas told AFP the group's armed wing had received "the order to resume combat" and to "defend Gaza".
12:37 GMT — UNICEF warns of 'carnage' in Gaza
A "lasting ceasefire" between Israel and Palestine is needed, a UNICEF spokesperson has urged, hours after the Gaza humanitarian pause ended, quickly followed by a new wave of deadly Israeli attacks.
"A lasting ceasefire must be implemented. The alternative is unthinkable for people who are, as a Palestinian said ... already living in a nightmare," James Elder said. "More attacks on Gaza will not lead to anything but carnage."
Saying that new bombardments began hitting Gaza "very intensely" seconds after the pause came to an end, he stressed: "Inaction (to get to a ceasefire) at its core is an approval of the killing of children."
12:34 GMT — Thousands of Jordanians rally in Amman to slam Israeli attacks on Gaza
Thousands of Jordanians participated in a march for the eighth Friday in a row in support of people in Gaza which has been under Israeli attacks since Oct. 7.
The march began after the Friday prayer in front of the Al Husseini Mosque in the center of the capital Amman, and proceeded to Palm Square, an Anadolu correspondent reported.
The march was organized at the invitation of the Islamic Action Front Party, under the title "At your command, Gaza."
The march coincided with the end of a humanitarian pause and the resumption of Israeli attacks.
12:26 GMT — War on Gaza is 'not a law-free zone': ex-UN special rapporteur
As the humanitarian pauses in Gaza come to an end, a former UN special rapporteur has reiterated “deep concerns” over violations of international laws in the ongoing Israeli war on Gaza.
There are "deep concerns about breaches of the law of war and I, like many others have been very clear, including the (UN) Secretary General (Antonio Guterres) that the law of war applies," Fionnuala Ni Aolain, who served as the UN special rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights while countering terrorism, told Anadolu.
"This is not a law-free zone," said Ni Aolain, who held the mandate until last month.
12:02 GMT — Medical teams in Gaza struggling with large number of wounded
Medical teams are struggling with a large number of wounded following the end of the humanitarian pause and renewed Israeli bombing of Gaza, the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza has announced.
"The wounded are lying on the floor in emergency departments and in front of operating rooms as a result of overcrowding," ministry spokesperson Ashraf Al Qudra said in a statement.
11:57 GMT — Israel’s far-right minister calls for ‘crushing Gaza with all force’
Following the resumption of attacks on Gaza after the end of the humanitarian pause on Friday morning, Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir called for "crushing Gaza with all force."
The leader of the far-right Otzma Yehudit party said on X: “For the sake of the children who have not yet returned, for the murdered who will no longer return, so that the horrors of 7/10 will never return, we must return and crush Gaza with all our might, destroy Hamas and return to the Strip, without compromises, without deals, at maximum power.”
11:33 GMT — 'Disappointed' at Israel resuming bombing of Gaza: Pakistan
Pakistan has said it is "disappointed" after Israel resumed bombing of the besieged Gaza.
Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said the temporary pause offered a "crucial respite" to the suffering people of Gaza and allowed an exchange of prisoners.
“We are disappointed that after a brief pause, Israel has restarted bombing the Palestinian people,” the spokeswoman said at a weekly press briefing.
10:05 GMT — UN chief 'deeply' regrets resumption of fighting in Gaza
UN chief Antonio Guterres has said he deeply regretted the resumption of hostilities between Israel's army and Palestinian resistance fighters in Gaza and hoped that a truce could be re-established.
"I deeply regret that military operations have started again in Gaza. I still hope that it will be possible to renew the pause that was established. The return to hostilities only shows how important it is to have a true humanitarian ceasefire," the United Nations secretary-general said on X, formerly Twitter.
10:03 GMT — Israel publishes map dividing Gaza into ‘evacuation zones’
The Israeli military released a map carving up Gaza into hundreds of numbered parcels and asked residents to familiarise themselves with the number related to their location in case of an eventual evacuation.
The parcels were crudely drawn, with lines cutting across streets in some cases. The map, which Israel said would eventually be interactive, was published hours after Israel-Hamas fighting resumed, ending a weeklong truce that had been negotiated by Qatar, Egypt and the United States.
Before the truce, the main combat zone was in northern Gaza, the focus of Israeli ground forces. Now, the Israeli military's attention appears to have shifted to southern Gaza, packed with some 2 million Palestinians, including hundreds of thousands who fled the north.
09:56 GMT — UN decries that 'killing of children would recommence' in Gaza
The UN has decried the resumption of fighting in Gaza, saying "those in power have decided that the killing of children would recommence."
"Inaction, at its core, is an approval of the killing of children," James Elder, a spokesman for the United Nations Children's Agency UNICEF told reporters in Geneva via video link from Gaza, adding "it is reckless to think more attacks on the people of Gaza will lead to anything other than carnage."
09:36 GMT — Kremlin says would have 'preferred' truce extension in Gaza
The Kremlin has said it had hoped for an extension of the pause in the fighting between Israel and Hamas, as combat resumed with strikes across the Palestinian territory of Gaza.
"We would certainly have preferred to see news of another extension of the humanitarian pause," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, adding that Moscow would "continue efforts" to secure the release of Russian citizens taken hostage.
08:19 GMT — Israel kills 32 Palestinians in three hours
At least 32 people have been killed since Israel's army resumed its attacks on Gaza, the Palestinian health ministry in the besieged enclave said.
Israel resumed its attacks in full force, striking across Gaza, with casualties reported from Beit Lahia, Al Maghazi, Khan Younis and Rafah areas of northern, central and southern Gaza respectively.
08:11 GMT — Palestinians say Israel is warning them to leave areas in southern Gaza
Israeli fighter jets hit targets in Gaza minutes after a weeklong truce expired, as its attacks resumed in full force.
Black smoke billowed from the besieged territory and Israel dropped leaflets over parts of southern Gaza urging people to leave their homes, suggesting it was preparing to widen its offensive.
The collapse of the ceasefire came a day after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Israeli officials and urged them to do more to protect Palestinian civilians.
07:49 GMT — Israel will not achieve its goals, says Hamas leader
Palestinian resistance group Hamas said that Israel "will not be able to achieve its goals out of this war," referring to the conflict in Gaza.
"What Israel did not achieve in 50 days before the pause, it will no achieve by continuing its aggression," Hamas Political Bureau official Izzat al Rishq said in a statement.
"With the determination of our people and the heroism of our resistance, we oppose the crimes of the enemy, the resumption of Nazi aggression and its targeting of civilians," said the Hamas leader.
07:16 GMT — Israel's Netanyahu blames Hamas for renewed attack on Gaza
Israel's prime minister announced that the country resumed attacks in the blockaded Gaza enclave, claiming that Palestinian resistance group Hamas launched rockets towards it and did not fulfill its side of a humanitarian pause deal.
Hamas "did not release all female hostages in accordance with the agreement and launched rockets towards Israeli territory," said a statement by Benjamin Netanyahu's office, adding that the resistance group was "responsible for the renewed attacks on Gaza."
"We will continue this war until we achieve the three goals: Freeing all of our hostages, completely eliminating Hamas and ensuring that no threat like this will ever come from Gaza again," the statement said.
06:59 GMT — Truce talks 'ongoing' despite Israeli strikes on Gaza
Talks between Israel and Palestinian resistance group Hamas aimed at renewing a Gaza truce by mediators Qatar and Egypt are continuing despite renewed fighting, a source briefed on the talks told AFP.
"Negotiations are still ongoing with Qatari and Egyptian mediators despite the resumption of Israeli airstrikes on Gaza," the source said asking to remain anonymous due to the sensitivity of the talks, after intense overnight discussions failed to secure an eighth ceasefire day.
Separately, the Qatari foreign ministry, in a statement, said it stresses that continued bombing at the end of the pause "complicates mediation efforts and exacerbates the humanitarian catastrophe in the Strip, and... calls on the international community to move quickly to stop the violence."
06:07 GMT - Many killed as Israel resumes attacks
At least six Palestinians were killed in an Israeli air raid on Rafah city in the south of Gaza, Palestinian health ministry spokesperson Ashraf al Qudra told AFP, updating an initial toll of three.
Elsewhere, two children were killed in air raids on Gaza City, said Fadel Naim, a doctor with Al Ahli hospital, as fighting resumed shortly after the expiration of a seven-day truce between Israel and Hamas.
In a series of devastating attacks, Israeli forces launched airstrikes targeting residential areas in Gaza, resulting in a grim toll of casualties.
The violence escalated further in central Gaza, where an Israeli bombing raid on a house in Al Maghazi refugee camp claimed the life of one Palestinian and left four others injured. Developments after week-long truce were confirmed by medical sources providing information to Anadolu Agency.
05:30 GMT - Hamas-Israel truce expires
A temporary truce between Israel and Palestinian resistance group Hamas that was due to end at 7 AM local time (0500 GMT) on Friday has expired, with neither side announcing a deal to extend it.
In the hour before the truce was set to end, Israel said it intercepted a rocket fired from Gaza and the media in the besieged Palestinian enclave reported sounds of explosions and gunfire in northern Gaza.
The seven-day pause, which began on November 24 and was extended twice, had allowed for the exchange of dozens of hostages held in Gaza for hundreds of Palestinian women and children and facilitated the entry of humanitarian aid into the enclave.
05:00 GMT - Hamas, Israel agree to extend truce again - WSJ
Israel and Palestinian resistance movement Hamas have agreed to extend a temporary truce for an eighth day, in a deal that will involve the release of more Israeli captives in exchange for Palestinians languishing in Israeli jails, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing Egyptian officials.
There was no immediate comment from Israel or from Hamas.
04:50 GMT - Palestine Red Crescent says 65 aid trucks entered Gaza City, North Gaza
The Palestine Red Crescent Society said that a total of 65 aid trucks entered Gaza City and North Gaza governorate.
This brings the total number of trucks sent to 310 since the beginning of the humanitarian pause on November 24. The statement did not indicate whether fuel trucks were sent to the two areas.
Seven trucks carrying fuel and cooking gas entered the Gaza Strip via the Rafah border crossing, Wael Abu Mohsen, head of communications for the Palestinian side of the crossing, told Anadolu Agency.
04:30 GMT - Israel has arrested 3,390 Palestinians in West Bank since October 7
Israeli forces have detained 3,390 Palestinians in raids across the occupied West Bank since October 7, including 260 during humanitarian pauses, local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) said.
The arrests were made during home raids and at military checkpoints and included those compelled to surrender under pressure and those taken as hostages, the Palestinian Prisoners Society and the Commission of Detainees Affairs said in a joint statement.
Thirty arrests were recorded on Thursday, while the total number of arrests on Wednesday to Thursday night reached 40, they said.
03:50 GMT - Netherlands calls on Israel to exercise restraint in its military deployment to Gaza
The Netherlands urged Israel on to exercise restraint in its military deployment to Gaza.
Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on X that he spoke by phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the latest state of affairs regarding the agreement for a humanitarian pause in Gaza between Israel and the Palestinian resistance group Hamas.
"I informed Prime Minister Netanyahu that the Netherlands is still very concerned about the situation in Gaza. We must do everything we can to make the most of the humanitarian pauses to help the innocent people of Gaza," Rutte said.
03:26 GMT - Israeli captive pleads with Netanyahu to repatriate family's bodies from Gaza
An Israeli captive being held by the Palestinian resistance group Hamas has pleaded with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to arrange for the burial of his family in Israel after they were killed in an Israeli airstrike on besieged Gaza.
The plea came in a recorded message released by Hamas's armed wing, the Al Qassam Brigades.
"Bibi [Netanyahu], you bombed and killed my wife and my two children, who were the most important thing in my life," said Yardin Bibas.
03:00 GMT - Israel destroys over 60% of houses in Gaza
The Israeli army has destroyed more than 60 percent of the homes and residential units in besieged Gaza, the government media office in Gaza said.
"Our people are facing a genuine and worsening humanitarian catastrophe due to the Israeli occupation army's destruction of over 60 percent of the homes and residential units in Gaza, especially in the Gaza and North Gaza governorates," it said.
"The residential units housed more than 50,000 families who lost their homes entirely, in addition to 250,000 housing units partially destroyed by the occupation," it added.
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