Photograph: IDF Chief of Employees Herzi HaLevi with reserve troopers within the Gaza Strip, November 21 (IDF)
Israel thought-about a cease-fire with Hamas on Tuesday night, November 21. The several-day ceasefire is brokered by means of Qatar and reportedly consists of fifty or extra hostages being freed in change for Israel releasing prisoners. Israel and Hamas have been at conflict since Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, killing 1,200 individuals in Israel. After three weeks of airstrikes, Israel launched a floor operation in Gaza on 27 October. The offensive has been occurring for nearly 4 weeks. Israel has misplaced 390 troopers, together with on October 7, and within the month and a half of preventing since then.
Israel continued to assault Hamas over the previous day. The IDF stated 250 targets had been hit between November 20 and 21. “Among the many targets hit had been dozens of terrorists, rocket launchers and terrorist infrastructure,” the IDF stated Tuesday morning. These included a rocket launch website and different terrorist infrastructure. The IDF additionally discovered an “weapons cache” in a civilian house and uncovered an anti-tank missile hidden in a child cot, the IDF stated.
Within the northern a part of the Gaza Strip, the IDF’s 162nd Division penetrated Jabalya, a built-up space adjoining to Gaza Metropolis. Israel has been hitting terrorist targets right here over the previous month and a half. On November 21, the IDF destroyed three tunnels on this space. The IDF additionally stated that troops “from the Nahal Brigade killed dozens of terrorists over the previous few days with the help of tanks and UAVs.” As in different areas, the IDF stated it discovered weapons in non-public properties.
Israeli Protection Minister Yoav Gallant, who visited northern Israel on Saturday 18 November, went to the Gaza Division headquarters on 21 November. He was in a position to observe IDF operations in Gaza by means of screens in an remark room, his workplace stated in an announcement. “Our forces battle on the entrance line, and they’re supported by [troops] within the Nahal Oz remark room, which is situated within the division headquarters.” The Nahal Oz remark room was moved to the Reim base, the place the Gaza division headquarters is situated, after the precise Nahal Oz remark submit was overrun and broken by Hamas on October 7 . Though the submit was recaptured, a number of remark troopers had been killed and brought hostage. Considered one of them was freed in late October, and the physique of one other IDF remark soldier was discovered close to Shifa Hospital on November 16. Gallant’s reference to the remark room got here within the context of this background concerning the impression the conflict had on IDF observers, who’re principally feminine troopers.
“Our troops are maneuvering deep inside [Gaza], they do wonderful work. Their dedication and precision and the mix of floor, air and naval forces working primarily based on correct intelligence result in extraordinary achievements. I commend the IDF, the ISA and all the safety forces who’re doing a superb job,” Gallant stated on November 21. Gallant stated the following selections in Gaza can be tough, citing the attainable hostage deal. “I’m conscious of the ache that the households are experiencing and I wish to let you know that for me – returning the hostages is a main aim and I’ll do the whole lot to attain it,” he stated.
IDF Chief of Employees Herzi Halevi additionally visited IDF troopers on 21 November. He went to satisfy reservists who had been preventing in Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza. “The highway forward remains to be lengthy. We should be decided to take this path and ship most outcomes, to dismantle Hamas militarily and governmentally, to ascertain improved safety within the communities of the southern area and to return the hostages,” Halevi stated.
The give attention to the ceasefire in Israel got here as Hezbollah elevated assaults in northern Israel. Hezbollah has elevated its assaults over the previous few days, which appears to point a pattern. On Tuesday, the assaults started within the morning with anti-tank missile launches in opposition to Metula, a border city in northern Israel. Later, the IDF stated, “plane recognized and struck three armed terrorist cells within the space of the border with Lebanon. As well as, IDF fighter jets struck a variety of Hezbollah terrorist targets, together with army infrastructure and constructions used to direct terrorist exercise.” Hezbollah fired mortars at Israel and sirens sounded in Israel in communities close to the northern border overlooking the Mediterranean. The IDF stated there was a drone or UAV infiltration and extra anti-tank hearth within the night.
Lebanese pro-Iranian Al-Mayadeen media claimed that two of its journalists had been killed in an IDF strike in Lebanon. Israeli authorities didn’t touch upon the incident. Different experiences additionally stated a second in control of Hamas in Lebanon was killed on Tuesday. These incidents, together with the Iran-backed Houthis hijacking a ship over the weekend within the Pink Sea, have led to tensions on different fronts for Israel.
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