Israel evacuates last functioning hospital in northern Gaza

Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza came under attack again on Friday.

Last Updated: December 30, 2024, 4:13 AM EST

Rebel forces in Syria are building a transitional government after toppling the regime of President Bashar Assad in a lightning-quick advance across the country.

Meanwhile, the ceasefire in Lebanon is holding despite ongoing Israeli airstrikes on Hezbollah targets, which Israeli officials say are responses to ceasefire violations by the Iranian-backed militant group. The Israel Defense Forces continues its intense airstrike and ground campaigns in Gaza.

Tensions remain high between Israel and Iran after tit-for-tat long-range strikes in recent months and threats of further military action from both sides. The IDF and the Yemeni Houthis also continue to exchange attacks.

Dec 23, 2024, 6:38 PM EST

20 injured after bomb detonates near Gaza hospital

Twenty people were injured among the medical staff at Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza Monday evening after a "robot bomb" was detonated in the hospital’s vicinity, according to medical sources.

ABC News has reached out to the Israel Defense Forces for a comment.

-ABC News' Samy Zyara

Dec 23, 2024, 1:35 PM EST

Israeli forces kill Hamas operative in Gaza City, IDF says

Israeli forces killed the head of the national security directorate of Hamas' security mechanism during an attack on Sunday in Gaza City, the Israel Defense Forces said.

The Hamas operative, Tharwat Muhammad Ahmed Albec, was "operating in a command and control center" that was embedded in a "compound that previously served as the 'Musa bin Nusayr' school" in a neighborhood in Gaza City, the IDF said in a statement on Monday.

Hamas has yet to comment on the IDF's statement.

-ABC News' Dana Savir

Dec 23, 2024, 12:38 PM EST

'Certain progress' made in hostage negotiations: Netanyahu

"Certain progress" has been made in ongoing hostage and ceasefire negotiations, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said during a speech at the Israeli parliament on Monday.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the fifth day of testimony in his trial on corruption charges at the district court in Tel Aviv, Israel, Dec. 23, 2024.
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"I can carefully say there has been a certain progress" made in the ongoing negotiations, Netanyahu said, adding that he "doesn't know how long it's going to take."

"We will continue to operate in any way and without a pause until we bring them all back home from the enemy's land," he said.

-ABC News' Dana Savir

Dec 23, 2024, 7:32 AM EST

Hamas reports Israeli attack on Gaza's Nuseirat refugee camp

Hamas on Monday said the Israel Defense Forces killed or wounded at least 50 people in an air and ground assault on the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.

Bodies of victims of an Israeli airstrike on the Nuseirat camp arrive at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, on Dec. 21, 2024.
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An IDF airstrike was followed by an incursion into the camp supported by 17 heavy vehicles, among them tanks and bulldozers, Hamas said.

Israeli forces also attacked Nuseirat camp two weeks ago, killing at least 33 people according to the Gaza Government Media Office.

The IDF is yet to comment on Monday's operation.

-ABC News' Diaa Ostaz and Tomek Rolski

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