Israel evacuates last functioning hospital in northern Gaza

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

ByDavid Brennan and Meredith Deliso
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.

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Dec 24, 2024, 3:51 AM EST

3 Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza

The Israel Defense Forces said Monday that three soldiers were killed in combat in northern Gaza.

Israeli tanks are pictured as smoke from an airstrike rises over Gaza, as seen from Israel on Dec. 22, 2024.
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Cpt. Ilay Gavriel Atedgi, 22, Staff Sgt. Netanel Pessach, 21, and Sgt. First Class (res.) Hillel Diener, 21, were all killed by an explosion during an operation in the Beit Hanoun area, which has been a focus of Israel's intense recent offensive in the northern part of the strip.

Israel's toll in the ground offensive against Hamas in Gaza and the border zone is now 391.

Health officials in the Hamas-run territory say more than 45,300 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023.

-ABC News' Dana Savir and Ellie Kaufman

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

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