Forget the speculation about a cease fire off the death of the Hamas Fighting group….
The back and forth HAS resumed…..
Hopes that the killing of Hamas’s leader would rekindle momentum toward a cease-fire in Gaza dimmed further on Saturday, as Israeli forces pressed their offensive in the ravaged north of the territory and health officials there said three hospitals had come under attack….
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Israel’s deadly assault in Gaza has shown no sign of letting up in the days since Israel announced it had killed Hamas’s leader, Yahya Sinwar. U.S. officials have signaled they will try to renew long-deadlocked talks on a deal to stop the fighting in exchange for the release of the dozens of remaining hostages in Gaza.
But Mr. Sinwar’s longtime deputy said on Friday that the group would not soften its demand for a full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza. And Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said in a video posted to social media on Saturday that his country would continue its fight with Hamas and “Iran’s other terrorist proxies.”
Here is what else to know:
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Major barrage: The Israeli military said that approximately 180 projectiles had been launched from Lebanon into Israel by midafternoon on Saturday. Most were intercepted or allowed to fall into unpopulated areas, but one barrage that was fired toward the cities of Haifa and Acre killed a man and wounded another, emergency workers said. Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed Lebanese militia that signaled after Mr. Sinwar’s death that it would escalate its conflict with Israel, issued statements saying it had targeted sites in northern Israel.
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Drone attack: A drone from Lebanon was launched toward Mr. Netanyahu’s private residence in the coastal town of Caesarea and struck a building, his office said in a statement. Mr. Netanyahu and his wife were not there at the time, and there were no injuries, the office said. Mr. Netanyahu later called the drone an assassination attempt.
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Strikes in Beirut: The Israeli military struck sites in the Dahiya, the densely packed urban area near Beirut where Hezbollah holds sway. The strikes occurred a short time after Israel issued evacuation warnings to residents of certain buildings, and appeared to be the heaviest bombardment in the area in days.
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Iranian leader: Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, offered his condolences for Mr. Sinwar and said Iran stood by Palestinian fighters. “Hamas is alive and will stay alive,” he said, according to a social media post. Iran is a longtime backer of the Gaza-based militant group.
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Sinwar’s autopsy: The Hamas leader was killed by a gunshot wound to the head and had suffered an arm injury in a firefight with Israeli soldiers, the director of Israel’s national forensic institute, Chen Kugel, told The New York Times. Dr. Kugel, who oversaw the autopsy, said that Mr. Sinwar’s body was later handed over to the Israeli military. It was unclear where the body was being kept or what would happen to it….
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Oct 18, 2024 – ISW Press
The IDF Chief of Staff estimated that Israeli forces have killed at least 1,500 Hezbollah fighters since beginning operations against the group, which is consistent with CTP-ISW estimates.
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