The health department of the Gaza Strip said in a statement on December 30 local time that since the outbreak of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict on October 7, at least 21,672 Palestinians have died in Israel's military operation in the Gaza Strip, and another 56,165 have been injured.
In addition, the statement said that in the past 24 hours, 165 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have been killed and another 250 injured in military operations launched by Israel.
According to the statistics of the "Times of Israel" as of the 30th, since Israel launched a ground military operation in the Gaza Strip, the death toll of Israeli soldiers has risen to 170.
Conflict dynamics
Israeli forces say they continue to advance into southern Gaza and attack Hamas's intelligence headquarters in Khan Younis
On the 30th, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it continued its advance in the southern Gaza Strip and attacked a key stronghold of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in Khan Younis. Palestinian armed groups said they continued to engage Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip, destroying Israeli tanks and vehicles.
The Israel Defense Forces said on the 30th that the Israeli army continued to operate in different parts of the Gaza Strip in the past day. In the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, Israeli forces raided several Hamas strongholds, including the headquarters of Hamas's intelligence services in Khan Younis. According to the Israeli army, a command center belonging to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (Jihad) was also found in the same complex.
Israeli forces also carried out several airstrikes in the area on the same day, killing a number of Hamas fighters.
According to Palestinian Territory, Israeli forces have launched airstrikes and artillery strikes in the central and southern Gaza Strip, killing and wounding many Palestinians. Palestinian militants also claimed that a detained Israeli soldier had been killed in an Israeli airstrike. The Israeli side has not responded to this for the time being.
Palestinian armed groups said they continued to carry out attacks on Israeli forces
On the 30th, Hamas and Jihad separately issued statements saying that their subordinate armed men carried out several attacks in the Gaza Strip that day, destroying or damaging a number of Israeli tanks and personnel carriers. In addition, Palestinian militants fired mortar shells at Israeli targets in Khan Younis and in the northern Gaza Strip.
Humanitarian situation
WHO warns of infectious disease threat in the Gaza Strip
As Israel has intensified its air strikes and ground operations in the central and southern parts of the Palestinian Gaza Strip, a large number of Palestinians have had to flee south for their lives, to places such as Rafah, the southernmost tip of the Gaza Strip.
Displaced Palestinians live in makeshift tents in a refugee camp in Deir el-Balah in central Gaza on 28 December. On December 29, local time, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus posted on social ** that there has been a large-scale displacement in the southern Gaza Strip, many people have to take refuge in overcrowded medical facilities, and the growing threat of infectious diseases makes the WHO "deeply worried".
81 aid trucks enter the Gaza Strip The U.N. agency said the numbers were "grossly inadequate".
According to the "Times of Israel" on the 30th, citing the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, on the 29th, 81 trucks carrying humanitarian aid entered the Gaza Strip through the Kerem Shalom and Rafah crossings.
The agency said the amount of aid remains grossly inadequate, which is far from sufficient for the people of the Gaza Strip and those who are trying to help them.
The bombing of Rafah, Gaza's southernmost city, has left displaced people without shelter and loved ones
In order to escape the bombardment of the Israeli army, wave after wave of Gaza residents have continued to flee to Rafah, the southernmost city in the Gaza Strip. According to the United Nations, about 100,000 people have flocked to Rafah in recent days, and the shelters are so overcrowded that many residents have been forced to set up their own tents on the streets as temporary shelters.
Even in the so-called "safe zone" of Rafah, many people are still being bombed and some displaced people have lost their homes again.
Palestine's GDP fell by 33% year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2023
Palestine's gross domestic product fell 33% year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2023, with unemployment rising to 74% in the Gaza Strip and 29% in the West Bank, the Palestinian National News Agency said in a joint statement, the Palestinian National News Agency said on December 30.
According to reports, as a result of the ongoing Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip, local economic life has been almost completely disrupted, most of the production equipment and facilities have been destroyed, and the economy has fallen sharply.
The Palestinians claim that Israeli forces have destroyed about two-thirds of the sites in the Gaza Strip
According to the Palestinian Al-Quds Al-Sharif newspaper 30**, the Gaza Strip** office said that Israeli forces have destroyed more than 200 of the 325 sites in the Gaza Strip, including ancient mosques, churches, schools, museums and other sites.
There was no response from the Israeli side.
Surrounding situation
Israeli forces carried out massive strikes against Lebanese Allah targets
IDF spokesman Hagari said at a press conference on the evening of the 29th local time that the Israeli army has recently carried out large-scale strikes on Lebanese Allah targets.
Hagari said that in the past two days, Israeli military warplanes, tanks and artillery have carried out a wide range of strikes against Allah targets, including rocket launch sites, military camps and infrastructure. Israeli forces will continue to carry out "fierce attacks" on Allah in order to disrupt its military deployment along Israel's northern border.
According to the Israeli military and ** information, the northern region of Israel was repeatedly attacked by rockets and drones from Lebanon on the 27th and 28th. On the 27th, the northern Israeli border cities of Cape Hanikra and Shemona were attacked by 34 rockets. This is the most violent attack on the north since the outbreak of the current round of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. On the 28th, Al-Qasim, deputy secretary of the Lebanese Allah Party, said that if Israel escalates its actions against Lebanese Allah militarily, Allah will respond, and Allah will not be afraid of threats and intimidation from Israel or the United States.
International Voices
Egypt drafts a new draft agreement to broker a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip
On the 28th local time, the director of the Egyptian National Information Bureau, Dia Rashvan, issued a statement saying that Egypt had drafted a draft agreement aimed at ending the current round of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and releasing all detainees after listening to the opinions of relevant parties. Egypt will release more details after all parties respond.
Rashwan disclosed that the draft agreement mentions "three phases" of a ceasefire, with the ultimate goal of reaching a comprehensive ceasefire between Palestine and Israel. According to Reuters, citing Egyptian sources, the draft ceasefire agreement also deals with the post-conflict elections and the formation of technocrats in the Gaza Strip. In his statement, Rushwan stressed that all issues related to Palestine should only be discussed by Palestinian factions.
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