Monday, December 4, 2023

Dozens of tanks seen approaching Khan Younis; rocket barrage fired at central Israel

Dozens of tanks seen approaching Khan Younis; rocket barrage fired at central Israel
The Times of Israel is liveblogging Monday



Rocket sirens sound across southern Israel, including Beersheba

For the first time since November 11, incoming rocket sirens are sounding in Beersheba and nearby communities.

Several blasts are heard due to Iron Dome interceptions or rocket impacts.

There are no immediate reports of injuries or damage.


Ben Gvir: More than 260,000 people have applied for a gun license since October 7


IDF’s Kfir Infantry Brigade operating in Gaza Strip for first time since 2005

For the first time since 2005, the IDF’s Kfir Infantry Brigade is operating in the Gaza Strip, during its first-ever ground maneuver.

In a statement, the IDF says during the brigade’s operations, it discovered some 30 Hamas tunnel shafts and directed around 100 artillery strikes against the terror group’s sites.

The Red Cross president arrives in war-torn Gaza, calling for the protection of civilians in the Palestinian territory, where she warns that human suffering is “intolerable.”

“I have arrived in Gaza, where people’s suffering is intolerable,” Spoljaric writes on X. “It is unacceptable that civilians have no safe place to go in Gaza, and with a military siege in place there is also no adequate humanitarian response currently possible.”

Spoljaric, whose organization has faced criticism from both sides in the conflict for not providing adequate help to Israeli hostages held by Hamas and Palestinian prisoners held by Israel, insists that “all those deprived of liberty must be treated humanely.”

Opposition Leader Yair Lapid clarifies that he believes the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority should be part of Gaza’s post-war management, but that it first needs to be de-radicalized.

“I said that the Palestinian Authority needs to be part of the civilian management of Gaza,” says Lapid, but that it first “needs to go through a de-radicalization process.”

Turning to the government’s wartime budget update, which is making its way through the Knesset this week, Lapid attacks the plan to redistribute NIS 30 billion for wartime needs because it permits non-wartime political priorities to continue to be funded.





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