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 30, 2023, 5:10 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 30, 2023, 2:40 PM EST

Kirby: Jerusalem attack does not 'technically' violate cease-fire agreement

Thursday morning's shooting carried out by Hamas at a Jerusalem bus stop did not violate the cease-fire agreement because "this attack happened in Jerusalem" and "the pause is in the fighting more specific to Gaza," National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said.

"It didn't technically violate the deal that was in place, but obviously it's a stark reminder of who they’re facing and what kind of enemy they’re opposing," Kirby continued.

"If anybody's guessing and wondering whether Hamas still has murderous intentions against the Israeli people, just look at what happened in Jerusalem," Kirby said.

ABC News' Ines de la Cuetara reports on a shooting in Jerusalem, where police say at least three Israeli civilians were killed and six others injured when Palestinian men opened fire at a bus stop.
ABC News' Ines de la Cuetara reports on a shooting in Jerusalem, where police say at least three Israeli civilians were killed and six others injured when Palestinian men opened fire at a bus stop.

At least three people were killed in Thursday's shooting. The two gunmen were killed by two off-duty Israeli soldiers and a civilian who were near the scene, according to Israeli police.

Hamas claimed responsibility, saying the shooting was in response to Israel's "unprecedented crimes" including "brutal massacres" in Gaza and the killing of children in the occupied West Bank.

-ABC News' Fritz Farrow

Nov 30, 2023, 10:55 AM EST

Gaza families brace for winter

About 80% of Gaza’s population is now homeless, with many people forced to live in make-shift shelters, largely exposed to the elements, according to the United Nations.

Palestinians bake bread near the ruins of houses destroyed in Israeli strikes during the conflict, during a temporary truce between Hamas and Israel, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Nov. 30, 2023.
Mohammed Salem/Reuters

The bad weather is compounding an already difficult situation, several Gaza residents told ABC News in interviews conducted during the last two weeks. People living in tents are struggling to make them watertight. They are patching them up as best they can with tarpaulin. The rainy season in Gaza usually begins in late November or early December and temperatures can get as low as 50 degrees Fahrenheit.

"At 6 in the morning, we woke up to rain falling and the place was soaked with water," Iqbal Saleh Mohsen Abu Al-Saud, one resident, told ABC News, when the winter rains first came to Gaza last week.

"We are 30 people in this tent,“ he explained. "We were displaced from Gaza City from the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood. We went from home to schools, then to tents, from place to place. Without food or shelter, we only left our homes because of the bombing."

Displaced Palestinians, who fled their houses due to Israeli strikes, shelter in a tent camp during a temporary truce between Hamas and Israel, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip Nov. 30, 2023.
Mohammed Salem/Reuters

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Nov 30, 2023, 10:36 AM EST

2 more Israeli hostages released in Gaza, IDF says

Two Israeli hostages released in the Gaza Strip -- 21-year-old Mia Schem and 40-year-old Amit Sosna -- have been transferred to the Red Cross and are now on their way to Israel, the Israel Defense Forces said Thursday evening.

More hostages are expected to be released in the coming hours, according to the IDF.

This undated photo released by Hostages and Missing Families Forum Headquarters shows Mia Schem, 21, who was released Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023, after 55 days in Hamas captivity.
Hostages and Missing Families Forum headquarters via AP

PHOTO: Amit Soussana, 40, who was taken hostage during the October 7 attack on Israel by Palestinian militant group Hamas, appears in this undated handout image, obtained by Reuters, Nov.  30, 2023.
Amit Soussana, 40, who was taken hostage during the October 7 attack on Israel by Palestinian militant group Hamas, appears in this undated handout image, obtained by Reuters, Nov. 30, 2023.
Hostages and Missing Families Forum via Reuters

Nov 30, 2023, 10:08 AM EST

427 attacks on health care in Gaza, West Bank since Oct. 7: WHO

The World Health Organization said Thursday that it has documented 427 attacks on health care in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank since Oct. 7.

Those attacks have resulted in 566 fatalities and 758 injuries, according to the WHO.

“Health care and civilians must be actively protected,” the WHO wrote in a post on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.

-ABC News’ Nasser Atta and Morgan Winsor

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