Scale down ground campaign in Gaza within weeks: US to Israel
Thursday, 14 December 2023 The Biden administration has told the Israeli government that it wants Israel to wrap up its large-scale ground campaign in the Gaza Strip around the end of the year and transition to a more targeted phase in its war against Hamas, four senior US officials said. As the Biden administration envisions, this new phase would involve the use of smaller groups of elite Israeli forces that would move in and out of population centres in Gaza, carrying out more precise missions to find and kill Hamas leaders, rescue hostages and destroy tunnels.
"We condemn anyone who encourages Israel to continue its killings," says Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh during a cabinet meeting in Ramallah. Heavy urban battles rage on in the Gaza Strip, more than two months into a war between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. Hamas militants...
"They bombed the infrastructure at the entrances.. there are now two craters in the southern entrance," says a resident of Al-Maghazi refugee camp in Gaza's Deir el-Balah. Fighting between Israel and..
Palestinian rescuers mourn one of their fellow first responders killed in a strike near the Al-Aqsa Hospital in the central Gazan city of Deir al-Balah. Fighting between Israel and Hamas is raging in..
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calls South Africa's accusation of "genocide" in the Gaza Strip "false", after Pretoria launched a case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against..
Eight Israeli hostages were released from Hamas captivity in the Gaza strip as part of a temporary cease-fire deal. Israel freed 30 Palestinian prisoners under... IndiaTimes
Thursday, 14 December 2023
![Damage in Gaza's Al-Maghazi refugee camp after Israeli strikes [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20231231/1362972521-Damage-in-Gaza-Al-Maghazi-refugee-camp.jpg)
![Palestinian rescuers mourn colleague killed in strike on central Gaza [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20231231/1362970735-Palestinian-rescuers-mourn-colleague-killed-in-strike-on.jpg)
![Netanyahu says South Africa wrong to accuse Israel of 'genocide' in Gaza [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20231231/1362967225-Netanyahu-says-South-Africa-wrong-to-accuse-Israel.jpg)
