French resolution at UN said to contain no condemnation of Hamas rocket fire
A draft UN Security Security resolution being pushed by France to end the fighting in Gaza does not condemn the rockets fired at Israel by the Strip’s Hamas rulers, according to the Kan public broadcaster.
IDF hits homes of Hamas commanders for storing weapons, ‘military infrastructure’
The Israel Defense Forces says it struck the homes of senior Hamas officials and commanders in Gaza where weapons and other “military infrastructure” used in the ongoing fighting was stored.
It also says it struck three positions used for launching rockets and mortars toward Israel and an “anti-tank [missile] facility” in Sajaiya.
Rocket alerts sound in kibbutzim near Gaza border
Rocket warning sirens sound in Kisufim and Re’im, two kibbutzim near the Gaza Strip.
Ashkenazi to Blinken: Israel must strike Hamas ‘until peace and security restored’
Further senior Biden administration officials again speak with their Israeli counterparts, after US President Joe Biden urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to move toward “a significant de-escalation today on the path to a ceasefire” in the Gaza Strip.
Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi says he had “another good conversation” with Secretary State Antony Blinke, thanking him for America’s “full backing” of Israel in the ongoing fighting against the Gaza-ruling Hamas terror group.
“I updated him on the rocket fire from the north,” Ashkenazi tweets, after several rockets were fired from Lebanon earlier today, setting off sirens in the Haifa area and other parts of northern Israel.
He adds: “I noted that Israel must continue to act against Hamas and the terrorist organizations in Gaza until peace and security are restored to the citizens of Israel.”
IDF says it hit buildings central to Hamas’s naval force
The military says it struck two buildings that are central to Hamas’s naval force a short time ago.
One building was in Gaza’s south and one in its north.
Report: Israeli security officials do not expect ceasefire before Friday
Israeli security officials believe combat in the Gaza Strip will not cease before Friday, Channel 12 news reports.
It says that was the assessment shared during meetings of top brass today.
Islamic Jihad chief: Battle is costly, but it is only road to freedom
The leader the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group says armed factions in Gaza went into the latest battle with Israel knowing it would be “costly but also knowing that it is the only road to freedom and to protect Jerusalem.”
Ziad Nakhaleh says in a televised speech from Beirut that neither nuclear weapons, warplanes nor peace agreements with some Arab states can bring Israelis security and peace.
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