🇬🇧 Monday 02/12/24 🇮🇱

1️⃣0️⃣1️⃣ HOSTAGES 🎗️ Day 423🎗️/

71% of Israelis back hostage deal to end Gaza war. New polls show growing Israeli support for a hostage deal, highlighting fears of sexual violence against captives https://lnk.sk/dtr2
After Cairo talks, Hamas says it’s waiting for international pressure on Israel to end war https://lnk.sk/fso7

SYRIA 🇸🇾 /

Iranian-backed militias entered Syria overnight from Iraq and were heading to northern Syria to beef up beleaguered Syrian army forces battling insurgents. https://lnk.sk/vajy
The take overcomes after Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) rebels swept into the city of Aleppo on Saturday, nearly encircling the remaining SAA pro-Regime forces, leading to a reinforcement by SDF-Kurdish forces. https://lnk.sk/bxas
Russia, a major Assad ally, said its air force had carried out strikes on Syrian rebels in support of the country’s army and followed what was the boldest rebel assault for years in a civil war where front lines had largely been frozen since 2020. https://lnk.sk/namy

IRAN 🇮🇷 /

An Iranian flight suspected to be ferrying arms to Hezbollah was blocked by the Israeli Air Force over Syria overnight between Saturday and Sunday. https://lnk.sk/ozik

HEZBOLLAH IN LEBANON 🇱🇧 /

US special envoy Amos Hochstein told Israel that there had been Israeli violations of the ceasefire agreement in Lebanon.
The IDF confirms carrying out several strikes in Lebanon in the past day, following what it says were Hezbollah actions “that posed a threat to the State of Israel and violated the understandings between Israel and Lebanon.” https://lnk.sk/fjpb
After France accuses Israel of violations of the ceasefire in Lebanon, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar tells French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot that Israel is not violating the ceasefire terms but is instead “enforcing them in the face of Hezbollah’s violations that require an immediate response in real time.” https://lnk.sk/rl23

ISRAEL 🇮🇱 /

Tens of thousands of children and teens returned on Sunday to schools and kindergartens in northern communities bombarded by Hezbollah over the past year after the IDF Home Front Command eased restrictions the night before. https://lnk.sk/lak8
A ballistic missile was launched from Yemen, the IDF announced early Sunday morning, after sirens sounded in multiple areas across central Israel. https://lnk.sk/rj34
Moshe Ya’alon tells Channel 12 that he will not apologize for his comments accusing Israel of carrying out “ethnic cleansing” in the northern Gaza Strip, and counters the oft-repeated statement that the IDF is “the most moral army in the world.” https://lnk.sk/wlm7
Former defense minister Yoav Gallant and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar criticized Ya’alon’s remarks: “The irresponsible comments of former minister Moshe Ya’alon are incorrect and slander Israel without a basis. I call on him to retract his comments.” https://lnk.sk/echu
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s upcoming testimony in his corruption trial will be moved from Jerusalem to an underground, fortified hall at the Tel Aviv Magistrate’s Court, the Courts Administration says. https://lnk.sk/mahj

GAZA, JUDEA & SAMARIA (so-called West Bank) /

IDF says US-Israeli hostage Omer Neutra was killed on Oct. 7, his body is being held in Gaza. https://lnk.sk/gmsn

Bulgaria 🇧🇬 EU 🇪🇺 /

Bulgaria’s prosecutor general, Borislav Sarafov, stressed his office’s zero-tolerance policy towards antisemitism in a meeting with World Zionist Organization chairman Yaakov Hagoel https://lnk.sk/ydlt
Josep Borell, fierce Israel critic, out as EU foreign policy chief. Former Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas takes over as new EU foreign policy chief, expected to focus more on the Ukraine War after outgoing Josep Borell focused on criticising Israel’s actions in Gaza. https://lnk.sk/ojl2

Sources: KAN News, Axios, Israel National News, Times of Israel, Jerusalem Post, Jewish Breaking News and the sources cited directly in some reports

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