“It is not the Israeli Defense Forces' strategy to kill innocent people. It's not like the Israelis are sitting around every morning and saying, 'Hey, how many more civilians can we kill today?'They are not doing that. They are trying to go after Hamas.”

 

– John Kirby, White House National Security Council Spokesman

The Latest

• Rocket Rain Down Across Israel (X)

• Rocket Fragments Fall on Parked Car in Tel Aviv (Times of Israel)

• Hamas Continues to Fire Rockets at Israel, Launching from Safe Zones Housing Gazan Civilians (FDD)

• First Night of Hanukkah: Shots Fired at Temple Israel In Albany (Spectrum News)

• Hamas Broke Cease Fire Only Minutes After It Began (Times of Israel)

• Israel: Hamas Broke Cease Fire Only Minutes After It Began (Times of Israel)

• IDF Commander: “There isn’t a single house here without weapons” (Times of Israel)

• Israel Continues to Find Hamas Terrorist Leaders In Gaza (X/IDF)

• Egypt Warns Israel: Do Not Allow Any Palestinians from Gaza to Cross Into Our Country (Axios)

• White House Forcefully Defends Israel, Blames Hamas for Hiding Among Civilians (X/White House)

• Israel Demands U.N. Investigate Charges of Sexual Violence By Hamas Fighters (NPR)

• Vice President Harris Speaks Out Against Rape and Sexual Violence Committed by Hamas (X/VP)

• Biden & Netanyahu Reiterate Concerns Over Hostages and Hamas’ Refusal To Release Women & Children (X/WH)

• Gaza Hostage Talks Hit Roadblock, Raising Fears of Prolonged Captivity (Politico)

• Wharton Board Calls on Penn President Liz Magill to Resign
  (Axios)

• Penn Loses $100 Million Donation Over Antisemitism Hearing
  (Axios)

• House Committee Chairman Calls Testimony of Penn, MIT, And Harvard Presidents “Unacceptable” (X/Rep Foxx)

• After Failed Testimony, Congress Opens Investigation Into Harvard, Penn And MIT (JerusalemPost)

• Renowned Rabbi Resigns From Harvard's Antisemitism Board After President's 'Painfully Inadequate Testimony' (FOX)

• Red Cross Reprimanded Hostage Families: 'Think about the Palestinians' (Jerusalem Post)

• Report: UN Formed an Investigation of Israeli Crimes on 10/7, While They Were Under Attack (El Net)

• Video: Hamas Body Cameras Show How They Fortify Themselves in Civilian Buildings And Launch Attacks (IDF)

• Video: Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Was “Happy” to See Terrorists Invade Israel (X; MEMRI)

Hamas killed 1,200 people in Israel, including:

• 36 infants and toddlers (YNetNews)

• 31 Americans (Axios)  

• 404 Israeli Defense Force (IDF) Soldiers

 

Hamas wounded 6,900

Nearly 200,000 Israelis driven from their homes

 

240 Hostages Taken:

• 39 Infants, toddlers

• 44 women

• 34 Elderly

• 119 Men

• 12 Americans

• Israelis plus 39 other nationalities

• 8 have died in Hamas captivity

• 138 Hostages Remaining as of 12/8

   

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• As many as 40,000 Hamas Terrorists Based in Gaza

• Nearly 3,000 Hamas Terrorists Invaded Israel on 10/7

• 300 Miles of Tunnels, Much Under Civilian Centers

• 14 Hamas Training Sites Across 9