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Israel-Gaza live updates: Israel 'deepening the war' in Gaza: Netanyahu
Israel "will continue to fight until the complete victory over Hamas."
The temporary cease-fire between Hamas and Israel ended on Dec. 1, and Israel has resumed its bombardment of Gaza.
The end of the cease-fire came after Hamas freed over 100 of the more than 200 people its militants took hostage during the Oct. 7 surprise attack on Israel. In exchange, Israel released more than 200 Palestinians from Israeli prisons.
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What we know about the conflict
The latest outbreak of war between Israel and Hamas, the Palestinian militant group that governs the Gaza Strip, has passed the four-month mark.
In the Gaza Strip, at least 30,228 people have been killed and 71,377 others have been wounded by Israeli forces since Oct. 7, according to Gaza's Hamas-controlled Ministry of Health.
In Israel, at least 1,200 people have been killed and 6,900 others have been injured by Hamas and other Palestinian militants since Oct. 7, according to the Israel Defense Forces.
There has also been a surge in violence in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Israeli forces have killed at least 395 people in the territory since Oct. 7, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
The ongoing war began after Hamas-led militants launched an unprecedented incursion into southern Israel from neighboring Gaza via land, sea and air. Scores of people were killed while more than 200 others were taken hostage, according to Israeli authorities. The Israeli military subsequently launched retaliatory airstrikes followed by a ground invasion of Gaza, a 140-square-mile territory where more than 2 million Palestinians have lived under a blockade imposed by Israel and supported by Egypt since Hamas came to power in 2007. Gaza, unlike Israel, has no air raid sirens or bomb shelters.
27 killed near Gaza refugee camp: Gaza Ministry of Health
Twenty-seven people were killed and at least 10 were injured after Israeli forces targeted the block 2 area in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, according to the Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health.
Two journalists were among the injured, the Ministry of Health said.
-ABC News’ Nasser Atta
355,000 cases of skin and infectious diseases detected in Gaza
Health teams have detected 355,000 cases of skin and infectious diseases in Gaza, the Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health said Tuesday, adding that the number of cases is likely much higher than what has been detected.
-ABC News’ Nasser Atta
Hamas releases video of 3 elderly Israeli hostages
Hamas posted a video message on Monday showing three elderly Israeli hostages pleading for their release.
"I am here with a group of very old people, all with prior medical conditions, who are suffering here in very hard conditions," one hostage said in the video.
Kibbutz Nir Oz identified the hostages as: 85-year-old Amiram Cooper, a father of three and grandfather of nine whose wife was abducted and later released; 79-year-old Chaim Peri, a father of five and grandfather of 13; and 80-year-old Yoram Metzger, a father of three and grandfather of seven whose wife was taken to Gaza and later released.
"Time is running out," the kibbutz said in a statement. "Each passing day exacerbates their situation. … We urge the U.S. Defense Minister who is currently visiting Israel -- they must be returned to their families now, before it's too late."
The Israel Defense Forces said the video "testifies to Hamas' cruelty towards innocent, very elderly civilians who are in need of medical care."
"The world must act in order to deliver medical aid and check on the state of the hostages,” the IDF said. “Our heart is with all hostages and their families, all the time. ... Know that we are doing everything, everything in order to bring you back safely."
-ABC News’ Will Gretsky
Kirby on IDF killing of 3 hostages: 'No doubt' IDF will 'do the forensics' on rules of engagement
National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby called the mistaken fatal shootings of three Israeli hostages by the Israel Defense Forces "tragic,” adding there’s “no doubt” the Israelis will be looking into their rules of engagement.
“I have no doubt that they will do the forensics on this to learn what happened and how to avoid it happening again,” Kirby said. “It's tragic. It's sad. And you can't imagine that those IDF soldiers who pulled that trigger and killed those hostages feel very good about what they did. Of course not. It's a traumatic event.”
Kirby said sometimes the rules of engagement isn’t the issue, but rather “just the way they're enforced, or the interpretation of it by a unit on the ground or by an individual soldier.”
“That's why doing the forensics on this is going to be so important for them to kind of figure out, is there a systemic issue … or was this an individual issue? Misunderstanding, miscalculation, fog of war? I mean, we just don't know,” Kirby said. “I think we should be careful at this early stage, and certainly from here from Washington, to point the fingers at the exact rules of engagement.”
The IDF said it mistakenly killed three hostages who were carrying a stick with a white cloth during combat in Gaza, in what the head of the military said was "against the rules of engagement." The IDF said the three hostages were "mistakenly identified" as a threat.
The three men were identified as 28-year-old Yotam Haim; 26-year-old Alon Shamriz; and 22-year-old Samer Talalka.
-ABC News’ Justin Ryan Gomez