Israel-Gaza updates: Israel says ground operation underway in southern Gaza

The IDF said it's carried out 10,000 airstrikes in the Gaza Strip.

Last Updated: November 28, 2023, 2:31 PM EST

The temporary cease-fire between Hamas and Israel ended early Friday, 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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Mar 01, 2024, 6:03 AM EST

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.

Nov 28, 2023, 2:31 PM EST

4-year-old American-Israeli released from hospital

Abigail Idan, the 4-year-old American-Israeli hostage who was released by Hamas on Sunday, has been discharged from Schneider Children's Medical Center, hospital officials said.

Abigail Edan who returned last night to Israel, sits with her aunt Liron at the Schneider Children's Medical Center, Nov. 27, 2023.
Schneider Children's Medical Center/AP

"Since her arrival, the medical and psychosocial team at Schneider accorded her all-embracing medical and emotional care," officials said.

President Joe Biden said Monday that he "spoke with Abigail’s family following her release, and we are working closely with our Israeli partners to ensure she gets the care and support she needs as she begins to recover from this unspeakable trauma."

Abigail Edan who returned last night to Israel, sits with her aunt Liron, uncle Zuli and her grandparents Shlomit, and Eitan at the Schneider Children's Medical Center, Nov. 27, 2023.
Schneider Children's Medical Center/AP

Nov 28, 2023, 12:45 PM EST

IDF, Hamas accuse each other of violating cease-fire

Hamas and the Israel Defense Forces have accused each other of violating the cease-fire agreement.

Israeli soldiers walk past Palestinians fleeing the north along the Salaheddine road in the Zeitoun district on the southern outskirts of Gaza City, Nov. 28, 2023.
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The IDF said three explosives have been detonated near Israeli troops in two different locations in the northern Gaza Strip, leaving Israeli soldiers "lightly injured."

The IDF said terrorists opened fire in one of the locations, and the Israeli army fired back in response.

Hamas said in a statement, "As a result of a clear violation by the enemy of the truce agreement in the northern Gaza Strip today, field friction occurred and our mujahideen dealt with this violation."

Hamas said it calls on the mediators to pressure Israel to adhere to the truce.

Nov 28, 2023, 12:39 PM EST

US aid for Gaza arrives in Egypt

A Department of Defense plane carrying humanitarian aid -- including health supplies and winter clothes -- has arrived in Egypt to help the 1.8 million displaced residents in Gaza.

"More is on the way," USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance said.

Nov 28, 2023, 12:23 PM EST

Gaza residents return home for 1st time

The cease-fire between Israel and Hamas has allowed some residents of Gaza to return home for the first time to survey what was left.

"I said I would go back to my house and tidy it up and sweep ... but I came and found it destroyed. I am very shocked by what I saw," Um Raed Al-Najjar told ABC News.

An aerial view shows the destruction caused by Israeli strikes in the Wadi Gaza area of the central Gaza Strip, Nov. 28, 2023, amid a truce between Israel and Gaza's militant rulers, Hamas.
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Another resident, Muhammad Al-Najjar, said his 80-year-old cousin lost his two-story house.

"His life's work was gone," he said.

Crowds of locals and displaced Palestinians walk past destroyed buildings in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Yunis, Nov. 28, 2023.
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"We are civilians and have nothing to do with anything," Muhammad Al-Najjar continued. "This whole street has nothing to do with anything 'political.'"

Muhammad Al-Najjar added, "We were all waiting for the truce because we were psychologically tired -- we became mentally ill. The majority of people will lose their minds. … What is the fault of a child who is 2, 4 or 3 years old? Did he participate in the war?"

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