Israel-Hamas Conflict: Israeli Army Confirms Death Of 19-Year-Old Soldier While In Hamas Captivity

Rocket sirens sounding in Eilat

Rocket sirens are sounding in the southern city of Eilat, local media reported. The Israeli port city was the target of a drone strike launched from Syrian territory last week. The said drone attack hit a school.

Israel publishes call with Al-Shifa Hospital chief

The Israeli government has published the recording of what it says is a call between an officer of the IDF's Coordination and Liaison Administration (CLA) with the Al-Shifa Hospital's director general wherein the officer said Israel was "ready to provide you with any assistance if you wish to evacuate the children and the patients."

The IDF previously said it was coordinating the transfer of incubators to Gaza's largest health facility, which the IDF officer and Al-Shifa director general discussed in the call. The latter also said some children needed respirators, to which the IDF officer said he will see what he can do.

"Anything, despite all the difficulties, whatever I can do, I will try to help you," the IDF officer said.

Rocket sirens sounding in Ashkelon

Sirens were sounding in Ashkelon and other Gaza border communities, as per local outlets. Some social media posts showed the supposed impact of a rocket that hit a residential facility.

19-year-old soldier held by Hamas confirmed dead

The Israeli army has confirmed that Noa Marciano, 19, a soldier with the IDF's Border Defense Force, has been killed while in captivity in Gaza. She was among more than 200 individuals abducted by the terror group when they raided Israel on Oct. 7.

Hamas on Monday released a video showing Marciano's body supposedly after her death. The IDF previously said that it has reached out to Marciano's family after the video was published. The circumstances surrounding her death are still unclear.

Israeli troops seize HQ of Hamas commander of Central Camps Brigade

Israeli fighters have taken over the headquarters of Ayman Nofal, the Hamas commander of Gaza's Central Camps Brigade, the IDF said Tuesday. Nofal was assassinated by Israeli air strikes in mid-October.

At the said headquarters, Israeli soldiers found some weapons and ammunition, as well as a tunnel entrance.

IDF will 'temporarily suspend' military operations during evacuation of Gaza civilians: IDF

The Israeli army has reopened a humanitarian corridor for evacuations, and the IDF will "temporarily suspend military activities" for several hours Tuesday while northern Gaza residents are evacuating to the south, said IDF spokesperson for Arab media Lt. Col. Avichay Adraee.

The evacuation passage will be open from 9 a.m. IST (10:30 p.m. ET Monday) through 4 p.m. IST (5:30 a.m. ET Tuesday), while Israeli military operations will be temporarily suspended between 10 a.m. IST and 2 p.m. IST, specifically to cater to the communities of Al-Daraj and Al-Tuffah.

Israeli forces take over Gaza City's military police HQ

Israeli soldiers have reportedly seized the military police headquarters in Gaza City. Local media posted a photo of IDF soldiers with the Golani Brigade waving Israeli and brigade flags while inside the building.

Minister without portfolio Benny Gantz confirmed earlier in the day that Israeli troops have taken over Gaza's parliament building, which is also located in Gaza City.

Over 1,700 wanted persons arrested since Oct. 7: IDF

More than 1,700 wanted individuals have been arrested across Judea, Samaria and Beqaa since the war started, the IDF said Tuesday. Around 950 of the arrested people were found to have connections with Hamas.

Israel intercepts 'suspicious target'

The IDF's air defense troops intercepted a "suspicious target" detected near the shores of Acre in northern Israel. No rocket alerts were activated, the IDF added.

Tunnel shaft found in a Gaza mosque: IDF

Reserve soldiers with the Negev Brigade found a tunnel shaft in a mosque in Gaza, the IDF said Tuesday.

The Israeli army has repeatedly said that Hamas built tunnels within civilian settlements in the enclave to make it easier for them to move around while conducting attacks targeted at Israel.

Hamas has command center under Al-Shifa Hospital: US official

Hamas does have a command node under Gaza's largest health facility, the Al-Shifa Hospital, CNN reported Tuesday, citing an unnamed U.S. official with knowledge of American intelligence.

The Israeli army has repeatedly said that the terror group built a tunnel complex under the Al-Shifa Hospital that houses Hamas terrorists and is being used to store weapons, fuel, and other war equipment.

The news comes after U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Monday that there are "plenty of open-source reporting about Hamas' use of hospitals and other civilian infrastructure to store weapons, house fighters."

Incubator transfers into Gaza being coordinated: IDF

The Israeli army is coordinating the transfer of incubators from an Israeli hospital to the Gaza Strip, the IDF said Tuesday. Israel has "made a formal offer" to Gaza's health officials for the transfer of incubators for the pediatric ward of Al-Shifa Hospital.

The IDF's announcement came following the Hamas-run health ministry's remarks Monday that hospitals in northern Gaza are now "out of service" and patients were dying in Gaza's largest health facility.

Israel, Hamas nearing deal to release some hostages: report

Israel is close to a deal that would see the release of most of the Israeli women and children being held by Hamas, The Washington Post reported Monday, citing an unnamed "high-ranking Israeli official."

Details about the agreement are expected to be announced "within days" if the two sides reach the final stage of negotiations, the official reportedly said.

The deal requires Hamas to release Israeli women and children in groups, while Hamas wants Israel to "simultaneously" releases Palestinian women and youth detained in Israeli prisons, as per the report.

Canadian peace activist thought to have been abducted, confirmed killed on Oct. 7

Vivian Silver, 74, the Canadian-Israeli peace activist who was initially taught to be among over 200 hostages being held by Hamas, "has been confirmed dead, murdered by Hamas in Kibbutz Beeri," Idit Shamir, Israel's consul general in Toronto, announced late Monday.

Silver's son, Yonatan Zeigen, told CBC News that the activist's remains were found earlier at Kibbutz Be'eri, but were only identified Monday, more than five weeks after she was killed by Hamas terrorists.

Silver is one of more than 120 people from Kibbutz Be'eri who were murdered by Hamas on Oct. 7.

Hamas only holding around 150 Israeli hostages: Ex-Mossad chief of hostage rescue

Hamas isn't holding all of the hostages who were abducted on Oct. 7, Rami Igra, former Mossad chief of hostage rescue, said Tuesday.

"The Hamas only has a hundred and fifty overall hostages. The [Palestinian Islamic] Jihad has declared having 30, and the rest are kept by riff raffs that have gone into our settlements... and taken their pet Israeli back home to Gaza," Igra said.

His comments came as the fate of more than 200 hostages being held in Gaza remains unknown. Only four hostages have been released so far by the militant group.

Israeli army ready for winter war

The Israeli army's Technology and Logistics Division has completed logistical preparations to ensure that Israeli soldiers are prepared to fight throughout the winter season, the IDF said Tuesday.

Netanyahu previously said that Israel was ready for a "long war."

Israel intercepts a rocket fired from Lebanon

Several rockets were launched from Lebanese territory early Tuesday, the IDF said. While one of the launches was intercepted by the IDF's air defense troops, the rest fell in an open area.

Launches from Lebanon have been more sustained in recent days after Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah hailed Hamas terrorists as "heroic" and said Israel should stop attacking the Gaza Strip to prevent a regional spillover of the Israel-Hamas conflict.

2 Israeli soldiers die in northern Gaza

Two more Israeli soldiers have fallen Monday night as the IDF continues to clash against Hamas in northern Gaza, the IDF announced Tuesday on its tribute page for fallen Israeli fighters.

• Sgt. Maj. Raz Abulafia, 27 – Negev Brigade
• Staff Sgt. Roy Marom, 21 – Bislamach Brigade

Hamas fires at Israeli tank from Al-Quds Hospital

The IDF on late Monday released footage that supposedly shows Hamas terrorists firing at an Israeli military tank from the Al-Quds Hospital in the Tel al-Hawa area of Gaza City. Drone footage also showed a Hamas terrorist carrying an RPG launcher while walking into the hospital.

Room in the basement of Rantisi Hospital used to hold hostages: IDF

The Israeli army found a room "beneath" the Rantisi Hospital in Gaza "where Israeli hostages are believed to have been held," the IDF said early Tuesday. Within the room, a calendar marked the days that passed since the Oct. 7 massacre.

IDF spokesperson Lt. Col. Daniel Hagari showed items found in the room believed to have been a holding cell for hostages. There was a hair tie, a chair with cut ropes on the front legs, and what appears to be a woman's dress on the chair. There was also a baby bottle, diapers, improvised toilets and showers, and a small kitchen.

Aside from the room, the IDF also found "in the basement" of Rantisi Hospital rifles, grenades, bomb vests, a motorcycle, weapons and ammunition.

Senior Hamas terrorist's house in Gaza City beside school, near Rantisi Hospital: IDF

In a live tour of the compound in Gaza City where the house of Hamas' head of naval operations and one of the terror group's leaders during the Oct. 7 carnage, Hagari showed how the residence was "right next to a school."

The said house is also located "200 yards" from Rantisi Hospital. Israeli fighters also found a tunnel opening in the Hamas senior leader's home that was running on solar-powered electricity.

Hamas has 'lost control of Gaza': Israeli defense minister

Gallant said Monday that Hamas is no longer in control of Gaza and civilians in the enclave no longer trust the Palestinian government.

"The Hamas organization has lost control of Gaza. Terrorists are fleeing south. Civilians are looting Hamas bases. They have no confidence in the government," Gallant said as per a translation by The Times of Israel.

His comments came around the same time a photo circulated on social media that showed IDF soldiers with the Golani Brigade posing inside Gaza's parliament building in Gaza City, which the IDF encircled last week.

Gantz has since reposted the photo, captioning his X post with the words: "I will pursue my enemies and I will overtake them and I will not return until they are gone."

White House clarifies Biden's remarks about hospital protection

National Security Council (NSC) coordinator for strategic communications John Kirby on Monday clarified Biden's earlier remarks about Gaza hospitals needing protection.

"It makes it harder for any military force to go after those targets [Hamas] because the hospital itself ought to be, as the president said, protected. So, he's really talking about this incredibly difficult conundrum that Israeli military forces are facing right now," Kirby explained.

Kirby's clarification came after Biden said he has been expressing concern over the humanitarian situation in Gaza. "It's my hope and expectation that there will be less intrusive relative to the hospitals," adding that Washington was communicating with Israel over the matter.

The IDF has repeatedly said that Hamas has a command and control center under the Al-Shifa Hospital, which is the largest medical facility in the Gaza Strip.