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Israel at war day 458: What's happening in Gaza, Syria, Lebanon?

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
 IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip. January 5, 2025. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)
IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip. January 5, 2025.
(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)

Building in Sderot sustains direct hit after rocket fire from Gaza

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
 breaking news (photo credit: JPOST STAFF)
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(photo credit: JPOST STAFF)

A building in Sderot sustained a direct hit after three rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip, Israeli media reported on Monday. 

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Three killed in shooting terror attack near Kedumim in West Bank

The IDF said that troops were searching for the terrorists and setting up roadblocks in the area.  

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Security forces and emergency response teams operate at the area of the shooting terror attack in the West Bank. (photo credit: MAGEN DAVID ADOM)
Security forces and emergency response teams operate at the area of the shooting terror attack in the West Bank.
(photo credit: MAGEN DAVID ADOM)

Three individuals were killed and several others wounded after shots were fired at a bus and a vehicle near Kedumim in the West Bank.

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Hamas hostage list includes children, 10 women, 11 older men - BBC

It was unclear how many of the hostage were still alive, the British news outlet added, noting it had been showed the list by a senior Hamas official. 

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 Visitors at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv. September 25, 2024. (photo credit: MIRIAM ALSTER/FLASH90)
Visitors at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv. September 25, 2024.
(photo credit: MIRIAM ALSTER/FLASH90)

Among the 34 hostages listed by Hamas to be released in the first stage of a potential hostage deal are young children, 10 women, and 11 male hostages aged 50-85, according to a Monday BBC report claiming to have been privy to the Hamas list. 

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Blinken aims to 'cross finish line' on Gaza ceasefire, hostages deal

By REUTERS
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday that Washington wanted to see a ceasefire deal in Gaza concluded and the hostages brought out in the next two weeks.

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Israeli hospitals treat 60 Hamas, PIJ terrorists after Kamal Adwan Hospital raid - report

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  (photo credit: MOHAMMED SALEM/REUTERS)
(photo credit: MOHAMMED SALEM/REUTERS)

Sixty of the Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorists arrested during the IDF raids on Kamal Adwan Hospital were brought to Israeli hospitals for treatment last week, N12 reported Sunday night.

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IDF eliminates PIJ commander who invaded Israel on October 7

Sa’ed Saeed Zaki Dahnoun, a PIJ commander who invaded Israel and participated in the October 7 massacre, was eliminated by the IDF.

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 A photo of Sa’ed Saeed Zaki Dahnoun, a company commander who infiltrated Israel on October 7th and was eliminated (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON UNIT)
A photo of Sa’ed Saeed Zaki Dahnoun, a company commander who infiltrated Israel on October 7th and was eliminated
(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON UNIT)

Sa’ed Saeed Zaki Dahnoun, a company commander and deputy head of the rocket array in northern Gaza in the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), was eliminated last week by the Givati Brigade, the IDF announced Sunday.

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Negotiations underway to extend 60-day Lebanon ceasefire by 30 days, sources tell 'Post'

Efforts could stave off premature withdrawal and unnecessary return to fighting. Soldier wounded in northern Gaza.

By YONAH JEREMY BOB, AMICHAI STEIN, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
 Toy soldiers, Hezbollah and Israel flags are seen in this illustration taken, October 15, 2023. (photo credit: REUTERS/DADO RUVIC/ILLUSTRATION)
Toy soldiers, Hezbollah and Israel flags are seen in this illustration taken, October 15, 2023.
(photo credit: REUTERS/DADO RUVIC/ILLUSTRATION)

Israeli and American efforts are underway to extend the 60-day ceasefire with Hezbollah to avoid either a premature withdrawal or a return to a full-scale war in the North, The Jerusalem Post learned on Sunday.

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Negotiations are continuing, slowly progressing, sources tell 'Post'

Last week, Hamas claimed that it cannot reach all of the hostages and will need several days after the ceasefire has already begun to compile the list. 

By AMICHAI STEIN, HANNAH SARISOHN
 A chair is left in front of posters with pictures of hostages, who were kidnapped during the deadly October 7 attack on Israel by Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, April 26, 2024.  (photo credit: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)
A chair is left in front of posters with pictures of hostages, who were kidnapped during the deadly October 7 attack on Israel by Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, April 26, 2024.
(photo credit: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)

Negotiations for a Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal to free the remaining 100 captives and implement a pause in fighting “are continuing,” a source familiar with the matter told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday. 

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Israel at war: 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.