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Israel-Hamas war, Day 47 Live updates | Israel approves cease-fire with Hamas, 50 hostages to be released
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened his Cabinet for a vote, he vowed to resume the Israeli offensive against Hamas as soon as the truce ends. Israeli Cabinet on Wednesday approves cease-fire with Hamas that includes the release of some 50 hostages held by militants. Israel and Hamas on Tuesday appeared close to a deal to temporarily halt their devastating war for dozens of hostages being held in the Gaza Strip to be freed in exchange for Palestinians in Israeli prisons. However, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened his Cabinet for a vote, he vowed to resume the Israeli offensive against Hamas as soon as the truce ends. “We are at war, and we will continue the war,” he said. “We will continue until we achieve all our goals.”. The Israeli Cabinet was expected to vote on a plan that would halt Israel’s offensive in Gaza for several days in exchange for the release of about 50 of the 240 hostages held by Hamas. Israel has vowed to continue the war until it destroys Hamas’ military capabilities and returns all hostages. The Cabinet meeting continued into the early hours of Wednesday.
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Israeli force storms Gaza hospital; Hamas holds Biden ‘wholly responsible’ for attack
The Israeli military said its troops were carrying out ‘a precise and targeted operation against Hamas in a specified area’ of the facility. Al-Shifa, Gaza's largest hospital, has been the focal point for the Israeli military after it was claimed that the complex has a Hamas command chamber located underneath thousands of ailing and sheltering civilians. Seasoned troops of Israel Defence Forces (IDF), in their over two weeks-long ground incursion into the beseiged enclave, have entered the Shifa hospital. The Israeli military said its troops were carrying out ‘a precise and targeted operation against Hamas in a specified area’ of the facility.
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Israel defence minister on country's plan after war: Complete control of Gaza
Israel's defence minister Yoav Gallant declared that the country will retain complete freedom of action to respond to any situation in the Gaza Strip once the war ends. Yoav Gallant emphasised that “at the end of this 'campaign,' Hamas, as a military organisation or governing body in Gaza, will cease to exist.” There will be no security threat to Israel from Gaza, and Israel will retain complete freedom of action, to respond to any situation in the Gaza Strip that poses any kind of threat.
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Georgia woman serving as Israeli cop who defended country against October 7 Hamas attack stabbed to death by teen
An Israeli-American woman who reportedly protected a kibbutz against the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel was stabbed to death by a 16-year-old boy on Monday, November 6. 20-year-old Sgt. Elisheva Rose Ida Lubin, of Georgia, was attacked as she patrolled Jerusalem’s Old City with two other officers. Lubin was critically injured in the attack. She later succumbed to her injuries. While a second officer suffered minor injuries, another fought off the boy, according to New York Post.
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Israel PM Netanyahu vows ‘victory’ against Hamas in long Gaza war despite ‘painful losses’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday said the war in Gaza would be long but “victorious”, even as Palestine-based Hamas militants claimed that seven hostages, including three foreign passport holders, were killed in Israeli forces' bombing of Gaza's largest refugee camp
