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Trump plans more activity against Houthis, Hamas making comeback in Gaza Strip

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
 IDF troops in Brigade 769 operate in southern Lebanon, December 31, 2024. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)
IDF troops in Brigade 769 operate in southern Lebanon, December 31, 2024.
(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)

Israel at war: What happened on day 452?

Israel, Hezbollah make threats over 60-day deadline withdrawal • IDF kills Islamic Jihad commander in Gaza • US, UK strike Houthis after missile fired at Israel

By YONAH JEREMY BOB
 Israeli soldiers make their way towards Israel's border with Gaza, amid the ongoing ground invasion against Hamas, in southern Israel, November 8, 2023 (photo credit: RONEN ZVULUN/REUTERS)
Israeli soldiers make their way towards Israel's border with Gaza, amid the ongoing ground invasion against Hamas, in southern Israel, November 8, 2023
(photo credit: RONEN ZVULUN/REUTERS)

Israel and Hezbollah issued threats on Tuesday over whether the IDF must complete its withdrawal from southern Lebanon 60 days after the November 27 ceasefire. Israel insists there is wiggle room depending on conditions and violations on the ground.

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As new year begins: Two rockets fired from Gaza at Israel

The IDF said it had intercepted one rocket while an additional rocket had crashed in an open area. 

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
 Iron dome anti-missile system fires interception missiles as rockets are fired from the Gaza Strip to Israel, as it seen from Sderot on May 10, 2023. (photo credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90)
Iron dome anti-missile system fires interception missiles as rockets are fired from the Gaza Strip to Israel, as it seen from Sderot on May 10, 2023.
(photo credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90)

Two rockets were fired at Israeli territory from the Gaza Strip, the military said shortly after midnight, after rocket sirens sounded in Netivot and the Gaza border area, starting at 12:00 a.m. local time.

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What you need to know

  • Hamas launched a massive attack on October 7, with thousands of terrorists infiltrating from the Gaza border and taking some 240 hostages into Gaza.
  • Over 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals were murdered, including over 350 at the Re'im music festival and hundreds of Israeli civilians across Gaza border communities
  • 100 hostages remain in Gaza
  • 49 hostages in total have been killed in captivity, IDF says
  • The IDF launched a ground invasion of Lebanon on September 30
  • The Israel-Lebanon ceasefire came into effect on November 27 at 4:00 a.m.