KEY POINTS
- The U.K. is set to start surveillance in Gaza to help locate remaining hostages
- Top Hamas battalion commander was assassinated, as per IDF
- Shin Bet chief references 'Munich' in recording
Nearly two months into the Israel-Hamas war, hostage-ceasefire talks have stalled as the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Hamas militants ramp up fighting. The international community and loved ones of more than a hundred hostages still being held in Gaza continue to call for the abductees' immediate release.
- Qatari PM tells U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken that Doha is still committed to truce efforts
- Britain to start Gaza surveillance in efforts to find remaining hostages
- Mossad team ordered to leave Doha after ceasefire talks collapse
- Hezbollah has been "part of the fighting" in the past month and a half: IDF spokesperson
- U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris discusses "day after" ideas with Palestinian president
- Israeli soldiers uncover booby-trapped tunnel opening in Beit Hanoun school: IDF
- The Gaza Strip has been cut into three: report
The Pentagon said Yemen's Houthi rebels attacked a U.S. Navy warship and a few other commercial ships in the Red Sea. The Houthis previously said any Israeli or Israel-linked ship would be a "target" for the Yemeni rebel army.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with new army recruits Sunday as IDF forces continued to hunt down Hamas operatives across the Gaza Strip.
The Maccabi Tel Aviv football team on Sunday night joined Israel supporters around the world to call for the release of the remaining hostages being held by Hamas and other Palestinian factions in Gaza.
Hamas operatives launched a surprise attack in Israel on Oct. 7, killing more than 1,200 people and abducting over 200 Israelis and foreigners.
U.S. President Joe Biden has said that a two-state solution would resolve longstanding Israel-Palestine tensions that led to the Oct. 7 massacre and has drawn attacks targeting Israel and its allies.
6 freed Thai hostages back in Thailand
Six Thai hostages that Hamas released during the seven-day truce have returned home to Thailand, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) announced Monday. The freed hostages will be assisted accordingly so they can travel back to their specific hometowns.
The 6 released hostages arrived in Thailand, welcomed Deputy Perm Sec of MFA as representative of the DPM/FM, together with Secretary to Min of Labour. The concerned agencies facilitated them with assistant measures before helping them to return to their hometowns (4 Dec 23) pic.twitter.com/uS8YN2X0uj
— กระทรวงการต่างประเทศ | MFA of Thailand (@MFAThai) December 4, 2023
