2023-12-15 06:10:04
According to a spokesman, Israel’s army is now using explosives to kill Hamas terrorists in the tunnels under the Gaza Strip. “We have new fighting methods that we will use to kill terrorists,” said Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari on Thursday evening. Hamas terrorists and especially their leaders hid in their underground tunnels. “We will penetrate, plant explosives in places we know the terrorists frequent, and wait for the right moment to kill them underground,” Hagari said. “The terrorists will not be safe underground.”
Below the Gaza Strip there is an entire network of tunnels stretching for many kilometers in which, according to Israel, numerous terrorists from the Islamist Hamas are hiding and are also holding hostages from Israel there. To withstand Israeli bombs from the air, some tunnels extend dozens of meters underground. At the same time, the terrorists use them to appear out of nowhere and attack from behind. Many tunnels are booby-trapped to kill Israeli soldiers who enter them. At the same time, the war may well be decided in these tunnels.
The current situation in the Gaza Strip
Source: OpenStreetMap; Infographic WORLD
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5:56 a.m. – Body of a French-Israeli hostage recovered in Gaza
Israeli soldiers have recovered the body of a French-Israeli hostage. The remains of 28-year-old Elya Toledano have been returned to Israel, the army said on Friday.
Toledano was kidnapped by Hamas militants on October 7th while attending a music festival in the Negev Desert with his girlfriend, French dual national Mia Shem. Shem was released at the end of November during the ceasefire between Israel and the radical Islamic group Hamas.
The war between Israel and Hamas was triggered on October 7 by the Islamist Palestinian organization’s unprecedented attack on Israel. Fighters from Hamas, classified as a terrorist organization by the USA and the EU, had entered Israeli towns and villages and committed atrocities once morest civilians. According to Israeli information, around 1,200 people were killed and around 240 people were taken hostage. According to Israeli information, around 135 of them are still in the control of Hamas.
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3:31 a.m. – “Don’t want to show Hamas what’s coming,” White House says
White House spokesman John Kirby explains to reporters why US President Joe Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan has not been specific regarding a timetable for reducing the intensity of fighting in the Gaza Strip. “The last thing we want to do is show Hamas what they are facing in the coming weeks and months,” Kirby said.
Sullivan told Israel’s Channel 12 television that he had had constructive discussions with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding Israel’s transition to a more precise phase of hostilities, but declined to provide details.
1:51 a.m. – Shelling increases once more in neighborhoods of northern Gaza
As darkness fell, shelling by Israeli tanks and aircraft increased once more in the northern Gaza Strip districts of Shejaia, Zeitoun and Daraj, as well as in Khan Younis in the south of the enclave, according to residents. Four people, including two children, were killed and several wounded in an Israeli airstrike on a house in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, the Palestinian health authority said.
12:41 a.m. – Israel’s President Herzog once morest the two-state solution
Israeli President Izchak Herzog has spoken out once morest a two-state solution following an end to the war once morest the militant Islamist Hamas. Now is not the time to talk regarding the creation of an independent Palestinian state when the pain of Hamas’ terrorist attack on October 7th in his country is still fresh in his mind, Herzog said in an interview with the AP news agency on Thursday. There is an “emotional chapter” that has to be dealt with. “My nation has been robbed. My nation is traumatized,” Herzog said.
In order to return to the idea of dividing the country, negotiating peace or talking to the Palestinians, one must first address the emotional trauma that Israel is suffering. In addition, the “need and desire for a complete feeling of security for all people” must be taken into account, emphasized Herzog.
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10:37 p.m. – Israel increases budget for war once morest Hamas with supplementary budget
Israel has significantly increased the budget for the war once morest the radical Islamic Hamas in a supplementary budget for 2023. Parliament approved additional funding of around 30 billion shekels (regarding 7.4 billion euros) on Thursday with 59 votes in favor and 44 once morest. 17 billion shekels are earmarked for warfare, with the rest going to support civilians affected by the conflict.
The communities in the south of the country are particularly affected by Hamas attacks from the Gaza Strip. Money will also flow to residents on the border with Lebanon in northern Israel, who are exposed to rocket attacks from the Lebanese Hezbollah militia almost daily. The support for the civilian population is intended to increase security measures and finance emergency shelters, hospitals and emergency services.
10:33 p.m. – Netanyahu demands the Red Cross hand over medicine for hostages
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called on the Red Cross to exert more pressure to gain access to Hamas hostages in the Gaza Strip. “You have every opportunity, every right and every expectation to put public pressure on Hamas,” Netanyahu said at a meeting with International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) President Mirjana Spoljaric in Tel Aviv on Thursday. He handed her a package of medicines and called on the ICRC to “fulfill its task and deliver them to the hostages in Gaza.”
Spoljaric had previously written on Platform X that the Red Cross “must be given permission to carry out visits”. However, the “practical details” would have to be agreed between the parties. She reiterated: “I repeat: the hostages must be released – immediately.”
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During a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas a few weeks ago, the ICRC organized the transport of released hostages from the Gaza Strip to Egypt or directly to Israel. The organization was not involved in the associated negotiations. The Red Cross has not yet been given direct access to the abducted people. Israel repeatedly accused the organization of not doing enough for the hostages. Last week Spoljaric visited the Gaza Strip.
10:28 p.m. – Biden: Israel should focus on protecting civilians
US President Joe Biden has called on Israel to be “more cautious” in military action in the Gaza Strip. “I want them to focus on how they can save civilian lives. They should not stop persecuting Hamas, but be more careful,” Biden said on Thursday. The US President commented on the costs of prescription medicine on the sidelines of an event. He responded to a journalist’s question as to whether he wanted Israel to scale back its attacks in the Gaza Strip.
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