Israel-Hamas Updates:
- “Poll by Israel’s Channel 12 shows Netanyahu’s Likud would plunge to 17 seats from current 32, while the National Unity led by Benny Gantz would surge to 36 seats, up from current 12.”
- “Thousands of Leaflets were dropped on the City of Khan Younis in Southeastern Gaza earlier today, as a Signal that the Israel Defense Force may be planning further Ground Operations in the Southern Gaza Strip where some Israeli Officials have stated they now believe the Leadership of Hamas has Escaped to…” A/C: Previously, IDF pushed civilians from North Gaza to South. It’s unclear where Palestinians would escape to as the Egyptian border is closed to refugees.
- “The body of Judith Weiss from Kibbutz Be’eri [Oct. 7th attack] was found on Wednesday near the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, the IDF announced on Thursday.”
- IDF located a tunnel inside the Al-Shifa hospital complex with a handful of small arms. A/C: IDF has still not managed to find any evidence of a Hamas HQ and tunnel hub that they claimed was under the hospital. Gaza is filled with Hamas tunnels and there are viable military targets everywhere, yet IDF continues to target hospitals, resulting in medical care disruptions to thousands of civilians. These disruptions have directly resulted in civilian deaths.