Status: 01.12.2023, 11:06 a.m.
By: Christian Stör, Stephanie Munk, Franziska Schwarz
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The ceasefire in Gaza has come to an end. Heavy fighting ensues. Israel is also attacking in the south. The news ticker live on the war in Israel.
- Israel News: Fighting Against Hamas in the Gaza Strip Resumes
- Ceasefire expired: No new agreement announced
- Border Incident: Israel Reports Rocket Alert Near Gaza Strip
- The information processed here on the war in Israel and the Gaza Strip comes from local and international media as well as news agencies. Much of the information cannot be independently verified. Even in these cases, we remain transparent.
Update 1 December, 10:55 a.m.: CNN and BBC reported this morning that efforts are continuing to return to the ceasefire in Gaza. According to an unnamed Palestinian source, talks will continue through mediators. The Qatari office of the AFP news agency also quotes an unidentified source who says the same.
Qatar's Foreign Ministry, which has played a key role in the recent hostage negotiations, said the Israeli bombings were "complicating efforts" to return to the ceasefire. Qatar expresses its "deep regret at the resumption of Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip." In the statement, which was circulated on X, formerly Twitter, among others, the Qatari Foreign Ministry confirms that talks on the resumption of the ceasefire are continuing – but adds that "the continued bombing of the Gaza Strip in the first hours after the end of the pause complicates mediation efforts and exacerbates the humanitarian catastrophe in the Strip."
War in Israel – 14 dead from Israeli airstrikes so far, according to Hamas
Update, December 1, 9:50 a.m.: Israeli airstrikes have hit the southern Gaza Strip, including the community of Abassan, east of the city of Khan Younis, according to Hamas. Another attack hit a house northwest of Gaza City. Loud and continuous explosions were reportedly heard from the Gaza Strip. According to the Times of Israel, the Israeli army is said to have distributed leaflets in Khan Younis calling on the population to leave the city for the south to Rafah. The area is no longer safe.
In the first hours since the ceasefire expired, 14 people have reportedly been killed by Israeli airstrikes, according to the Hamas-led health ministry in Gaza. A source close to Hamas told AFP that Hamas' armed wing had received "orders to resume fighting" and "defend the Gaza Strip." Heavy fighting was reported in parts of Gaza City.
The Israeli army has resumed fighting in the Gaza Strip against Hamas after the ceasefire. © Mohammed Ali/XinHua/dpa
Israel News: Fighting in the Gaza Strip against Hamas Is Back in Full Swing
Update from 1 December, 07.00 a.m.: Hopes for a further extension of the ceasefire in the Gaza war have been dashed. Now the guns are talking again. The Arabic television channel Al-Jazeera, citing eyewitnesses, reported heavy fighting in the city of Gaza and other areas in the northern Gaza Strip. In the center of the Gaza Strip, near the Nuseirat and Bureij refugee camps, there was also tank fire, it said. The BBC, citing Hamas, also reported airstrikes in the south of the Gaza Strip. Own sources have confirmed this, the channel reported.
Update from 1 December, 06.25 a.m.: The Israeli military has resumed the fight against Hamas in Gaza, according to its own statements. The army accused the radical terror group of violating the temporary ceasefire agreement and firing rockets into Israeli territory. Palestinian media reported Israeli attacks in the northern Gaza Strip.
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Ceasefire in Gaza War Expired – No New Agreement Announced
Update from 1 December, 06:05 a.m.: The temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has expired. Neither side has yet announced an agreement on the extension. In the hours before the ceasefire expired, Israel said it had intercepted rockets fired from the Gaza Strip. Hamas media reported gunfire and explosions in the northern Gaza Strip.
Update from 1 December, 05.15 a.m.: The Israeli army confirms media reports of air alerts in Israeli communities near the border with the Gaza Strip. About an hour before the end of the seven-day ceasefire, a rocket from the Gaza Strip was discovered, the armed forces said. The Iron Dome missile defense system intercepted the projectile. The ceasefire ends on Friday at 07:00 local time (06:00 CET).
Israel Reports Rocket Alert Near Gaza Strip Border
Update from 1 December, 05:00 a.m.: Rocket sirens wail in the Israeli territories near the border with the Gaza Strip, according to the Israeli radio station Kan. It is the first such incident since the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas began on November 24. Neither the Israeli army nor Hamas have issued a statement for the time being.
Update from November 30, 22:17 p.m.: The Islamist Hamas has handed over another group of hostages to the Red Cross, according to the Israeli military. They were six Israelis kidnapped to the Gaza Strip, the army announced on Thursday evening.
Israel's military spokesman on ceasefire: "We are ready to attack at any time"
Update, November 30, 20:42 p.m.: Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman Daniel Hagari clarified today that the military is ready to resume fighting in the Gaza Strip if the ceasefire agreement with Hamas is not extended for another day. "At the moment, we are moving forward and waiting for the release of more hostages to return under the agreed agreement," Hagari said, according to the Times of Israel, referring to the eight hostages whose release is still pending today.
Hagari said that on Wednesday night, the IDF "insisted" on adhering to the current agreement with Hamas, which provides for the release of women and children held hostage by Hamas. "That's what we're going to do tomorrow," Hagari said. "The mediators Qatar and Egypt are also obliged to implement the deal so that the ceasefire can continue," he said. At the same time, however, Hagari also emphasized the army's immediate readiness to fight: "We are ready to attack at any time, including tonight."
Released hostage in Israel: Heartbreaking reunion with mother
Update, November 30, 19:42 p.m.: After the return of the first two hostages from Gaza, who were released today by Hamas, heartbreaking scenes are unfolding in Israel. After returning to Israel from Gaza, 21-year-old Mia Shem is reunited with her family after 55 days in Hamas captivity. She was met by her mother. "You are with me, everything is fine," Keren Shem says to her daughter as they embrace. Meanwhile, the first photo of Amit Soussana, 40, after arriving in Israel, was also released after she was released today along with Mia Shem.
Israel News: Release of the remaining hostages to take place today in several locations
Update, November 30, 18:45 p.m.: The eight Israeli hostages to be released today are expected to be handed over to the Red Cross at different times and locations, an Israeli official told CNN. The reason for this is the fact that the hostages are being held by Hamas in various locations in the Gaza Strip. The two hostages who had already been released were handed over to the Red Cross in Gaza City.
Update from November 30, 17:29 p.m.: Many of the hostages released so far are being treated at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv. According to the Times of Israel, its leadership has now announced that 14 of them are in stable condition and that most of the nine children and five women will soon be released. A woman stays longer in the hospital for further observation by the neurological service and a girl for further orthopedic treatment.
All former hostages will continue to receive individualized medical, psychosocial and nutritional care coordinated by the hospital and health care providers in their respective communities.
Hamas Releases Today's First Two Hostages – Two Women Arrive in Israel
Update, November 30, 17 p.m.: According to the Israeli army, Hamas handed over two Israeli hostages to the Red Cross in the Gaza Strip this evening, according to the Times of Israel. The two women, aged 21 and 40, have already reached Israeli territory and are now being taken to the Hatzerim air base in southern Israel. There, they are first medically examined. The younger of the two hostages is said to have both Israeli and French citizenship, which her father explained to the media. More hostages are expected to be released in the coming hours.
Right-wing minister in Israel sees the ceasefire broken by Hamas
Update, November 30, 15:42 p.m.: Israel's national security minister, Itamar Ben Gvir, said today's deadly terrorist attack in Jerusalem represents a breach of the ceasefire. "With one hand, Hamas is signing a ceasefire, with the other it is sending terrorists to murder Jews in Jerusalem," Ben Gvir said in a statement from his far-right party, Otzma Yehudit. The right-wing hardliner was against the ceasefire agreement from the outset.
"This is not a ceasefire, but rather a continuation of the policy of containing [terrorist attacks] and making concessions that has now claimed human lives," Ben Gvir said. The agreement gives Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar "hope of emerging victorious from this conflict." Israel must "end business with the devil" and resume the fight with "unprecedented strength"
Three Killed in Bus Stop Attack in Jerusalem – Hamas Praises "Jihad Martyrs"
Update, November 30, 15 p.m.: There are more details about the terrorist attack at a bus stop in Jerusalem, for which Hamas has claimed responsibility. According to the Times of Israel, three Israelis between the ages of 24 and 73 were killed in the attack. In a statement, Hamas praised the two perpetrators, aged 30 and 38, calling them "jihadi martyrs." They are two brothers from the Sur Baher neighborhood of East Jerusalem.
The two perpetrators got out of a vehicle at around 7:40 a.m. today and opened fire on people at a bus stop. According to police, two off-duty soldiers and an armed civilian returned fire in the area, killing the two terrorists. The attackers were reportedly members of Hamas.
Israel News: Hamas Announces the Release of 10 Hostages Today
Update, November 30, 13:45 p.m.: A Hamas source told AFP that <> Israeli hostages will be released from the Gaza Strip today as part of the ceasefire, which has been extended by one day. Two of them are also said to have Russian citizenship. Earlier statements by both sides said that eight hostages and three bodies would be returned today.
"All of them are alive," the source says. "Israel last night rejected a list of three Israeli corpses proposed by Hamas." A senior Hamas official said the Palestinian terror group would also return the bodies of three dead hostages today.
Hamas Wants to Release More Hostages: Israel Receives Last-Minute List
First reported on 30 November: Hamas apparently wants to release more hostages today. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's office announced that Hamas had handed over a list of women and children to be released. According to Israeli media reports, there are eight hostages. In addition, the handing over of three bodies is being negotiated.
The agreement between Israel and Hamas came at the last minute: Israel's war cabinet had previously decided that the ceasefire would end immediately unless a list was presented by 7 a.m. on Thursday. "If Hamas stops releasing mothers and children, we will resume military pressure to get EVERYONE out of the country – we will not abandon our fathers, brothers and sons to Hamas monsters," Israeli government spokesman Eylon Levy wrote on Thursday on X.