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: December 3, 2023, 2:46 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 1, 6:03 am

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, 7:43 AM EST

More Palestinians detained than released during truce, rights group says

The Palestinian Prisoners Society, a local nongovernmental rights group, said Tuesday that Israeli forces have detained 168 Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank since last Friday, when the truce with Hamas went into effect.

During that same period, 150 Palestinians have been released from Israeli jails as part of the cease-fire agreement, according to the Palestinian Prisoners Society.

-ABC News' Zoe Magee and Morgan Winsor

Nov 28, 2023, 7:09 AM EST

CIA director returns to Qatar for meetings on Israel-Hamas war

A U.S. official confirmed to ABC News on Tuesday that CIA Director Bill Burns is in Qatar's capital for meetings regarding the Israel-Hamas war that include discussions on hostages.

The CIA has not officially commented on the director's schedule.

Burns was previously in Doha for similar meetings earlier this month.

The United States, Qatar and Egypt have mediated the talks between Israel and Hamas.

-ABC News' Cindy Smith and Morgan Winsor

Nov 28, 2023, 6:47 AM EST

Talks underway to further extend truce, Israeli source says

Israel is open to extending the cease-fire with Hamas even further, as long as the militant group can free at least 10 Israeli hostages per day, an Israeli political source told ABC News on Tuesday.

The source confirmed that talks are underway on the Israeli side to further extend the truce, which went into effect last Friday and was set to expire Tuesday but both sides agreed to extend it by two days.

-ABC News' Jordana Miller and Morgan Winsor

Nov 28, 2023, 5:35 AM EST

Israel adds 50 more Palestinian prisoners to list of possible releases

Israel announced Tuesday morning that it has agreed to possibly release more Palestinian women from its prisons over the next two days amid an extended truce with Hamas.

"The government has approved the inclusion of 50 female prisoners in the list of possible prisoners for release, given that additional Israeli abductees will be released," the Israeli Prime Minister's Office said in a statement.

-ABC News' Jordana Miller and Morgan Winsor

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