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Seth Frantzman studies from Israel.
“Because the starting of the struggle, we now have labored tirelessly for the discharge of the hostages, together with utilizing elevated stress because the begin of the bottom invasion,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mentioned on November 14, in response to a press release from his workplace. . The hostages are a focal point. Israel’s operations in Gaza continued on Tuesday, however seem to have slowed down a bit prior to now week because the IDF strikes into densely populated areas. Negotiations for the discharge of some hostages have been underway.
The IDF mentioned on Tuesday, November 14, that one of many hostages, a kidnapped soldier named Noa Marciano, had been killed in Gaza. Hamas launched a video of her on November 13, exhibiting her speaking about being kidnapped and detained in Gaza, then exhibiting her lifeless physique. She was killed throughout her captivity in Gaza and her physique remains to be being held by terrorists. Marciano was one among various feminine troopers who bore the brunt of the Hamas assault on October 7, when Hamas attacked an commentary publish utilized by the troopers. A number of had been killed and a number of other had been taken hostage. One of many kidnapped troopers, Personal Ori Megidish, was freed by the IDF within the early days of the bottom offensive. Israel’s Hebrew media has targeted on the story of the observers and their plight because the struggle started.
The Israeli newspaper Yediot reported on the night of November 14 that Ronen Bar, the pinnacle of the Shin Wager, Israel’s intelligence service, met together with his Egyptian counterpart, Abbas Kamel, to debate a possible hostage deal. He final met with Kamel in August 2022. President Joe Biden additionally mentioned Tuesday {that a} hostage deal would occur.
Rocket hearth continued on 14 November from Gaza. After a number of days through which the variety of rockets fired from Gaza appeared to lower and there have been few sirens in central Israel, there have been two barrages of fireside on 14 November. The primary was within the early afternoon, geared toward Ashkelon, and the second within the night. focusing on Tel Aviv. The second occurred once I was driving again from Gaza after visiting an IDF artillery battalion. It was rush hour and the commuters had nowhere to hunt shelter. Many stopped their vehicles on the freeway and huddled collectively. Though the sound of booms indicated that some rockets had been intercepted, one fell in Tel Aviv, injuring three individuals.
The IDF entered neighborhoods southwest of Gaza Metropolis, the IDF mentioned on November 14. The seventh Armored Brigade and the Golani Brigade secured areas within the Sheikh Ijlin and Rimal neighborhoods. This included authorities establishments “which Hamas used for army functions,” the IDF mentioned. The IDF took the native Gaza legislature, a police headquarters and different areas. The IDF additionally mentioned it had hit 200 targets within the final day. At Shifa Hospital, one among a number of hospitals which have change into a focal point in Gaza as a consequence of its proximity to the preventing, the IDF supplied humanitarian help to Shifa Hospital’s director common, the IDF mentioned. “The IDF launched a humanitarian effort to coordinate the switch of incubators from a hospital in Israel to the Shifa hospital within the Gaza Strip,” the Israeli military famous in a press release.
There have been additionally two incidents in Israel’s southern metropolis of Eilat on November 14. One occurred within the early afternoon and the opposite within the night. “After the primary report of the sirens sounding within the metropolis of Eilat in southern Israel, an interceptor was launched on suspicion of an air goal. The sirens sounded because of the firing of the interceptor,” the IDF mentioned of the primary incident. Al-Ain Gulf information reported that on recommendation from Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen could start focusing on Israeli ships within the Pink Sea, a brand new escalation after a month through which each Hezbollah and the Houthis attacked Israel with rockets, drones and missiles.
Hezbollah additionally continues to hold out assaults in northern Israel. Within the afternoon, the IDF mentioned that “terrorists fired anti-tank missiles and mortar shells at IDF posts within the areas of Margaliot, Arab al-Aramshe, Yiftach, Shomera and Mattat in northern Israel. The IDF is attacking the sources of the launches in Lebanon.”
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