A shoot-Out with Hamas for a hostage that was killed in the effort…
The US bucks a UN Cease Fire attempt for Hamas and Israel…
Israel asks for money for its actions in Gaza?…..
A breakdown below of the Hamas military action arm…..
Here’s what we know:
The U.S. ambassador said a permanent cease-fire before Hamas is dismantled would sow the seeds of a future conflict. Britain abstained and the 13 other members of the U.N. Security Council voted in favor of an immediate halt in the fighting.
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The U.S. blocked a cease-fire resolution backed by most members of the Security Council.
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Israel defends the detention and stripping of men in Gaza amid an outcry.
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Pro-Palestinian protesters targeting Wall St. denounce U.S. veto of U.N. cease-fire resolution.
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Gaza’s largest mosque is reported damaged.
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Israeli forces made a failed attempt to rescue hostages in Gaza, Israel and Hamas say.
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Israel asks U.S. to approve an order for more than $500 million in ammunition for tanks, despite concerns over civilian deaths.
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In a central Gazan city, people say they ‘can’t get anything to eat or drink.’…..
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Dec 8, 2023 – ISW Press
The al Qassem Brigades are the military component of Hamas and the means by which Hamas seeks to destroy the Israeli state and form an Islamic state in Palestine. Hamas is a highly organized group that views terrorism and military action as the only method through which it can destroy the Israeli state. The al Qassem Brigades are commanded by Mohammad Deif and are subordinated to the overall Hamas political leadership responsible to Ismail Haniyeh. They coordinate closely with the Hamas political leader in the Gaza Strip, Yahya Sinwar. Hamas defines itself as a “Palestinian national liberation and resistance movement” intent on establishing an Islamic Palestinian state that stretches “from the River Jordan…to the Mediterranean and from Ras al Naqurah…to Umm al Rashrash.” It is also a member of Iran’s ”Axis of Resistance,” the regional coalition of states and groups that Tehran has built as part of its effort to destroy Israel and expel the United States from the Middle East. Hamas states that “armed resistance” is a “strategic choice” to protect the Palestinian people and rejects “any attempt to undermine [Hamas’] resistance.” Hamas is fighting alongside other Palestinian resistance groups such as Palestinian Islamic Jihad and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, with which it engages in operational and tactical coordination.