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.

Dec 02, 2023, 9:51 AM EST

Israel recalls its negotiation team from Qatar

After reaching an "impasse" in negotiations with Hamas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered Israel's negotiation team to return from Doha, Qatar, Israeli officials said.

"The terrorist organization Hamas did not fulfil its part of the agreement, which included the release of all children and women according to a list that was forwarded to Hamas and approved by it. The head of the Mossad thanks the head of the CIA, the Egyptian Minister of Intelligence and the Prime Minister of Qatar for their partnership in the tremendous mediation efforts that led to the release of 84 children and women from the Gaza Strip in addition to 24 foreign citizens," according to a statement issued on behalf of Israel's Intelligence and Special Tasks Agency.

-ABC News' Edward Szekeres

Dec 01, 2023, 2:54 PM EST

Kirby says humanitarian aid will be going back into Gaza

Following the end of the temporary cease-fire, humanitarian aid stopped flowing into Gaza through the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby confirmed Friday.

But Kirby added, "I just saw some reporting that looks like a spokesman for the Israelis have now said that the trucks were going to be allowed into Gaza at our [U.S.] request, and certainly with the approval of their government."

A truck that was carrying humanitarian aid bound for the Gaza Strip passes through the Rafah border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, in Rafah, Egypt, Nov. 30, 2023.
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"They [Israel] stressed that all the trucks going in, of course, had to be done with this inspection regime in Israel before entering Gaza," he said. "That looks like a good sign going forward."

The Palestine Red Crescent Society said earlier Friday that Israel was not letting aid pass through Rafah to Gaza.

"Israeli occupation forces informed all organizations and entities operating at the Rafah border crossing that the entry of aid trucks from the Egyptian side to the Gaza Strip is prohibited, starting from today until further notice," the Palestine Red Crescent Society said.

Dec 01, 2023, 2:50 PM EST

White House says it can't 'verify' New York Times reporting

Pressed about The New York Times report alleging Israel knew about Hamas' attack plan a year in advance, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told ABC News that the U.S. "can't verify the reporting."

Kirby did not provide any details when asked if President Joe Biden had seen the report, if the Biden administration has or will raise the document with the Israelis or if this report strains trust with the Israelis.

PHOTO: Sigal Manzuri whose daughters, Norelle and Roya, were killed when they attended the Nova festival, hugs a family friend Lior Goldstein, at a tribute to the people who were killed at the site of the Nova festival in southern Israel, Nov. 28, 2023.
Sigal Manzuri whose daughters, Norelle and Roya, were killed when they attended the Nova festival, hugs a family friend Lior Goldstein, at a tribute to the people who were killed during the October 7 attack by Hamas gunmen from Gaza, at the site of the Nova festival in southern Israel, Nov. 28, 2023.
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"I’m just not gonna go into more details than what I did before,” Kirby said. "We can’t verify the reporting … and I’m just going to leave it at that."

A U.S. official said "there are no indicators at this time that the [U.S.] Intelligence Community was provided" the document referenced in The New York Times report.

When asked about a possible timeline to resume the pause in fighting, Kirby said, "We are working at this literally by the hour to try to see if we can get [the temporary cease-fire] restored."

"We have every expectation that another pause could be executed," he said.

An Israeli soldier reloads the machine gun of tank Merkava, amid a temporary truce between Hamas and Israel, near Gaza, in South Israel, Nov. 30, 2023.
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-ABC News' Selina Wang

Dec 01, 2023, 2:35 PM EST

Gaza death toll rises as war resumes

At least 178 people died and another 589 were wounded in the Gaza Strip on Friday, according to Gaza's Hamas-run Ministry of Health, as Israel resumed its bombardment of the war-torn territory, after a cease-fire with Hamas ended.

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.
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"Medical teams are dealing with large numbers of wounded with the end of the truce and renewed bombing of civilians this morning," health ministry spokesperson Dr. Ashraf Al-Qudra said in a statement. "The wounded are lying on the ground in emergency departments and in front of operating rooms as a result of the accumulation of cases."

"The health situation in Gaza and the northern Gaza Strip is extremely disastrous as a result of major hospitals being out of service," he added. "Medical and clinical capabilities in Gaza and the north are very limited. The three remaining hospitals in Gaza and the north are small and not qualified to receive large numbers of wounded."

More than 15,000 people have been killed in Gaza since the war broke out on Oct. 7, according to the health ministry.

ABC News foreign correspondent Ines de la Cuetara reports on new video from the IDF that appears to show several airstrikes hitting targets in the cities of khan Younis and Rafah in southern Gaza.
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IDF: Airstrikes hit more than 200 targets across Gaza

ABC News foreign correspondent Ines de la Cuetara reports on new video from the IDF that appears to show several airstrikes hitting targets in the cities of khan Younis and Rafah in southern Gaza.
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-ABC News' Nasser Atta, Emma Ogao and Morgan Winsor

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