2024-01-04 06:53:38
The Palestinian terrorist group Hamas triggered a war in October 2023 with an advance into Israeli territory and massacres of the civilian population. Since then there has been massive fighting in the densely populated Gaza Strip.
The essentials in brief:
- Between Lebanon and Israel is it for further bombardment came following the deputy head of the political bureau of the Islamist Hamas, Saleh al-Aruri, was killed. Those allied with Hamas Hizbullah in Lebanon has blamed Israel for the deaths and has vowed retaliation. To the background
- The Lebanese government is trying not to let the conflict escalate. It is trying to prevent the Shiite militia Hezbollah from retaliating.
- According to the Wall Street Journal, Israel is collecting… October 7 massacre by Palestinian terrorists Evidence leading to one of the most important court cases of the post-war period might lead. Israeli investigators are currently reconstructing the events using around 200,000 photos and videos as well as 2,000 witness statements with the intention of initiating legal proceedings once morest those responsible.
- Through the Hamas attacks are more than 1200 Israelis and nationals of other nations killed been, more than 4600 became injured. At least 243 People were kidnapped. 123 hostages are still held captive by Hamas. Israel declared 23 of them dead. According to the terrorist organization Hamas, over 1,000 people were killed in the Gaza Strip 22 300 Palestinians killed and around 57,300 injured. The information cannot be independently verified.
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6 a.m.: The Foreign Office calls on Germans to leave Lebanon
The Foreign Office is calling on German citizens to leave Lebanon as quickly as possible. Germans who were still in the country should register on the Elefand crisis preparedness list and leave “as quickly as possible,” the Foreign Office wrote on X on Wednesday. “An escalation at the border between Israel and Lebanon cannot be ruled out,” it said it following a meeting of the crisis team.
5:58 a.m.: Lebanon does not want to be drawn into the Gaza war
The killing of Al-Aruri has now brought the Gaza war to Beirut. The Lebanese government is trying not to let the conflict escalate: “We are very worried, the Lebanese do not want to be drawn into it, even Hezbollah does not want to be drawn into a regional war,” said Minister Bou Habib. He called on Western states to “put pressure on Israel to stop all its violence and all its actions, not only in Lebanon, not only in Beirut, but also in Gaza.”
12:59 a.m.: US Secretary of State Blinken travels to the Middle East
American Secretary of State Antony Blinken is traveling to the Middle East on Thursday. A senior American official said Blinken would visit several countries, including Israel. Another official told reporters that diplomatic envoy Amos Hochstein would also travel to Israel to try to ease tensions between Israel and Hezbollah.
11 p.m.: This happened on Wednesday (January 3rd)
Lebanon reacts irritably: Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has warned Israel once morest an escalation of the conflict with the neighboring country following the death of a senior Hamas representative in Lebanon. “Anyone who thinks regarding war with us will regret it,” said the secretary general of the Iran-backed Shiite organization in a speech. Lebanon’s government, on the other hand, is trying to prevent Hezbollah from a possible backlash. After further shelling on the border with Israel, nine people died in southern Lebanon on Wednesday – more than ever in a day since the beginning of October.
10:45 p.m.: Several Hezbollah members killed in another attack
A local Hezbollah official and three other members of the Iran-aligned group were killed in an Israeli attack on southern Lebanon late this evening. Two security sources reported this to the Archyde.com news agency. This brings the death toll from Wednesday’s Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon to nine Hezbollah members. This was one of the deadliest days for the group since it began exchanging cross-border fire with Israel in October.
7:51 p.m.: Hezbollah boss: Killing of Hamas leader was Israeli attack
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has warned Israel once morest an escalation of the conflict with the neighboring country following the death of a senior Hamas representative in Lebanon. “Anyone who thinks regarding war with us will regret it,” said the secretary general of the Iran-backed Shiite organization in a speech. “If the enemy starts a war once morest Lebanon, we will no longer follow any rules,” said Nasrallah.
He blamed Israel for the killing of Hamas leader Saleh al-Aruri, who died in an attack in the suburbs of the Lebanese capital Beirut on Tuesday evening. “The murder of al-Arouri is a dangerous crime that will not go without reaction and punishment,” emphasized Nasrallah. “We are not afraid of war and we do not hesitate.” To the background
Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah gives a televised speech.
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6:50 p.m.: Israeli hostage killed in failed rescue attempt
The Israeli military said a hostage was killed during a failed rescue attempt in December. The victim is Sahar Baruch. In a statement, the military wrote that since the December 8 incident, it has been unclear whether the man was murdered by Hamas or killed by fire from Israeli forces.
Baruch was one of the 243 hostages taken by Hamas terrorists when they stormed southern Israel on October 7th. More than 100 have since been released. One hostage was rescued by Israeli forces and 23 were declared dead.
5:26 p.m.: Further shelling on the Israeli-Lebanese border
After the killing of a Hamas leader in Beirut, there has been renewed shelling on the Israeli-Lebanese border. The Hamas-allied Lebanese Shiite militia Hezbollah blamed Israel for the death of Hamas’ deputy head of the political bureau, Saleh al-Aruri, and vowed retaliation.
According to its own statements, Israel’s army registered several rocket launches from the neighboring country that were aimed at Israeli targets. In response, the military attacked the locations of the shelling. Soldiers also attacked terrorists in Lebanon and “Hezbollah’s terrorist infrastructure.”
The Shiite militia said it had attacked at least five Israeli targets. Israel’s army, for its part, attacked a house in the border region, killing three people. Israel also attacked Hezbollah positions with artillery. Hezbollah also reported two more members killed. However, she did not say when and where exactly they died.
3:31 p.m.: Paris condemns statements regarding the repopulation of Gaza
The French Foreign Ministry has condemned statements from Israel’s government regarding a possible expulsion of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip. “We call on Israel to refrain from such provocative statements, which are irresponsible and fuel tensions,” it said from Paris. A forced resettlement of population groups is a serious violation of international law. “It is not the responsibility of the Israeli government to decide where the Palestinians should live on their land,” the ministry said. “The future of the Gaza Strip and its residents will lie in a united Palestinian state that lives in peace and security alongside Israel.”
The right-wing extremist Police Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and the equally right-wing Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich had spoken out in favor of Israeli repopulation of the Gaza Strip following the war once morest Hamas. Ben-Gvir said on Monday that the war was an opportunity to promote the “resettlement of Gaza residents.” Smotrich told Israeli Army Radio on Sunday that if Israel does things right, there will be an exodus of Palestinians “and we will live in the Gaza Strip.”
2:20 p.m.: Mossad chief fuels speculation regarding Israel’s involvement in the killing of Hamas leader in Lebanon
After the killing of a leader of the Islamist Hamas in Lebanon, Mossad chief David Barnea hinted at Israeli involvement, according to a report. Every Arab mother will know that if her son was involved in the October 7 massacre, his blood will be on his own head, Israeli newspapers quoted Barnea’s words at the funeral of former Mossad chief Zvi Zamir.
The Jerusalem Post saw this as a “clear indication” of Israeli involvement in the targeted killing of the deputy head of Hamas’ political bureau, Saleh al-Aruri, in Beirut. According to the report, Barnea did not mention him by name. Israel has not commented publicly on the incident. Since there has been no response from Hezbollah so far, Israeli officials may feel safer, the newspaper speculated.
12:31 p.m.: American secret services: Hamas terrorists used Shifa Hospital
According to American intelligence services, Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists used the Shifa Hospital in the city of Gaza as a command center for the fight once morest Israeli troops. Weapons were also stored in and under the building complex and some hostages were temporarily held, several American media reported, citing recently released intelligence information.
11.35 a.m.: UN office in Lebanon is concerned regarding possible escalation with Israel
The UN observation mission Unifil in Lebanon is alarmed by the latest developments. “We are deeply concerned regarding the possibility of escalation. “That might have devastating consequences for people on both sides of the border,” said the deputy director of the media office of the German Press Agency. Unifil continues to call on all parties to lay down their arms.
11:26 a.m.: Hamas authorities: More than 22,300 dead in the Gaza Strip
Since October 7, a total of 22,313 Palestinians have been killed and 57,296 injured in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. In the past 24 hours, 128 Palestinians were killed and 261 others were injured.
10:32 a.m.: The government in Lebanon apparently does not want Hezbollah to react
After the killing of a Hamas leader in Beirut, the government in Lebanon is in contact with Hezbollah to prevent a possible backlash, according to a media report. Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib told British radio station BBC Four that his government was speaking to Hezbollah to “convince him that he should not react himself.” The next few hours would now show whether Hezbollah would react. “We are very worried, the Lebanese do not want to be drawn into this, even Hezbollah does not want to be drawn into a regional war.”
The Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib at a press conference in Berlin, December 15, 2023 (archive photo).
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3:12 a.m.: WHO condemns Israeli attacks on hospital in Gaza
The World Health Organization (WHO) has accused Israel of “unconscionable” attacks on a hospital in the embattled city of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. According to the Palestinian Red Crescent emergency service, at least five civilians were killed in the attacks. 14,000 people were accommodated in Al-Amal Hospital. Many of them would have left by now. “Today’s bombings are unscrupulous,” writes WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on the online platform X.
I deplore today’s strikes on the @PalestineRCS-run Al-Amal hospital in the southern #Gaza city of Khan Younis, which severely damaged the Palestine Red Crescent Society training centre located within the hospital complex.
My @WHO and @UNOCHA colleagues today undertook a mission… pic.twitter.com/qZ8srhqDwf
— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) January 2, 2024
2:32 a.m.: Macron calls on Israel to show restraint in Lebanon
After the alleged Israeli killing of a Hamas leader in Beirut, French President Emmanuel Macron called on the Israeli government to “avoid any escalatory behavior, especially in Lebanon.” The Elysee Palace in Paris announced this following a phone call between Macron and Benny Gantz, minister in Israel’s war cabinet. France will continue to pass on these messages of restraint to all actors directly or indirectly involved in the area, it said.
11:47 p.m.: This happened on Tuesday (January 2nd)
ExplosionThe deputy head of the Islamist Hamas’s political bureau, Saleh al-Aruri, was killed in an explosion in Beirut. Both experts and Hezbollah are certain that Israel’s army is behind the operation. Hezbollah has already announced retaliation. Israel’s military did not comment on reports that Aruri was targeted. To the report
Hostage agreement: After the alleged killing of a Hamas leader in Beirut, negotiations over a possible new hostage deal between Israel and Hamas have come to a standstill, according to a report. The talks now focused on preventing an escalation between Israel and Lebanon, reported the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, citing Arab diplomatic circles.
Dead students: According to the Palestinian Ministry of Education, at least 4,119 students have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the Gaza War. In addition, 221 teachers and administrators were killed in the Gaza Strip. According to the ministry, 278 public and 65 UN schools were damaged or destroyed in attacks.
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