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Israeli Defense Minister: The ground operation in Gaza achieves its goals

Israeli forces surround Nour Shams camp in Tulkarm

A Palestinian died from a bullet wound in the town of Deir Ammar, northwest of Ramallah

Netanyahu: We will not allow Gaza to return to Hamas or Fatah, and we will have a security presence

Netanyahu: We received requests for a ceasefire and the withdrawal of forces from Gaza, but we will not do that

Netanyahu on negotiating the prisoner deal: We will not submit to Hamas' request for a ceasefire

Israeli artillery targeted the outskirts of the town of Al-Jabayn

Israeli army spokesman: We will continue to target Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon

@SECDEF will announce Operation Prosperity Guardian next week, an international effort to protect Red Sea shipping, US military official tells. Today, USS Carney downed 14 Houthi drones while HMS Diamond downed 1, all part of same wave

Hezbollah publishes footage of a loitering drone used against Israeli forces near the Lebanon-Israel border

Israeli army says it found concealed weapons within the baby ward of Kamal al-Adwan Hospital (northern Gaza), specifically in the incubators meant for the care of premature infants

Two young Palestinians were killed by Israeli gunfire in Tulkarm and Hebron in the West Bank.

Reports of an interception over the Sea of Galilee. No sirens sounded in nearby towns

The Israeli army releases footage showing troops of the 188th Armored Brigade battling a Hamas gunman hiding in a tunnel shaft in Gaza City’s Shejaiya neighborhood. The helmet camera video shows soldiers surrounding the tunnel entrance, close to a school in Shejaiya, before a gunman opens fire from within. The troops are seen returning fire, with one of the soldiers dropping grenades inside

HMS Diamond, one of the Navy's most advanced warships, swiftly intercepted and neutralised a potential threat to merchant vessels in the Red Sea using a Sea Viper missile.

French shipping company CMA CGM announces they too will halt transit of all container shipments through Red Sea

Tanks target the vicinity of Baptist Hospital in central Gaza City

CENTCOM:In the early morning hours of December 16 (Sanna time) the US Arliegh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS CARNEY (DDG 64), operating in the Red Sea, successfully engaged 14 unmanned aerial systems launched as a drone wave from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen. The UAS were assessed to be one-way attack drones and were shot down with no damage to ships in the area or reported injuries. Regional Red Sea partners were alerted to the threat

The Israeli army says three rockets were fired from Lebanon at northern Israel, setting off sirens in Kiryat Shmona and nearby communities. It adds that troops are responding with artillery shelling. Earlier, the Israeli army says it struck a number of suspects at an area known to be used by Hezbollah operatives in southern Lebanon.

Israeli army artillery towards Kafrchouba, Kafrhamam

Reports of multiple ATGM/mortar shell launches towards Mount Dov area

MSC to divert shipping away from Suez Canal after Red Sea attack

Strikes in Khan Younis

Hezbollah announces the targeting of a site where Israeli soldiers were holed up in the Birkat Risha area in the central region of southern Lebanon

Israeli army artillery and air strikes in Meis Al Jabel, Marwahin, Markaba, Chihine

Aircraft launch a series of new raids on the Ma'an area, east of Khan Yunis.

Egyptian Red Crescent: 6 fuel trucks and 100 aid trucks crossed into the Gaza Strip

Israeli army strikes in Ayta Ash Shab

Israeli army artillery towards Ayta Ash Shab

Also strikes in Maroun A Ras and Aitaroun

Artillery and air strikes targeted the Al-Shuja'iya and Al-Zaytoun neighborhoods, east of the Gaza Strip

Sirens sound in Nirim and Ein Hashlosha in the Gaza Strip

Reuters: The Houthis announce the implementation of a military operation against "sensitive targets" in southern Israel with a large number of drones

IAF conducts airstrikes on Bani Suhaila, east of Khan Younis, southern Gaza

Several airstrikes on Maam area, east of Khan Younis, southern Gaza

Israeli army artillery and an air strike in Ayta Ash Shab

Israeli army artillery towards Ramya and Kounine

Israeli bombing on the outskirts of the town of Khiam, southern Lebanon

Smoke rising in 2 areas from the area of Manara after the UAV infiltration alerts

Continuous IAF airstrikes on Khan Younis, southern Gaza

Israeli army artillery towards Chihine, Majdal Zoun, Ramya and Ayta Ash Shab

Israeli army artillery towards Jebbayn and Tayr Harfa

Israeli army artillery towards Yarine, Oum Touteh, Boustane, Marwahin

Mortar shell and ATGM launches resumed along the Lebanon border with Israel

Casualties in an Israeli raid that targeted a house in Jabalia, northern Gaza Strip

An army storms Aqabat Jaber camp in the city of Jericho

Violent Israeli bombardment targets Jabalia camp in the northern Gaza Strip

Israeli forces withdraw from Balata camp, east of the city of Nablus in the West Bank

Israeli security forces storm the town of Al-Khader, south of Bethlehem, and raid a house

Shooting targets Israeli security forces during the storming of the city of Nablus

Shooting targets the Israeli forces during the storming of the city of Nablus

US Central Command: A drone launched from Houthi areas targeted a ship in the Red Sea

An Israeli air strike in the Musabeh area, north of Rafah

Confrontations broke out against Israeli security forces at the Shuafat refugee camp checkpoint in Jerusalem

Renewed Israeli air strikes on Khan Yunis Governorate, south of the Gaza Strip

Israeli army stunned by scope of terror tunnel network in Gaza; Israeli forces discover massive underground spaces used as command centers, weapons production & storage sites

At approximately 0700, Dec. 15 (Sanaa time),  Houthi forces contacted the Motor Vessel MSC ALANYA, a Liberian flagged vessel that was traveling north in the southern part of the Red Sea and threatened to attack it. The Houthis directed the vessel to turn around and proceed south. Although there were no U.S. ships in the area, U.S. forces maintained direct communications with the vessel, and the ALANYA continued north.  It is believed to be traveling safely at this time. At approximately 0900, Dec. 15 (Sanaa time), a UAV launched from Houthi held territory struck the Liberian flagged Motor Vessel AL JASRAH as it was travelling south in the Red Sea. The AL JASRAH immediately broadcast a mayday signal that said the crew was fighting a fire caused by the attack. The fire has since been extinguished and the crew has since determined that no further assistance is needed

Hagari names the hostages as Yotam Haim, who was abducted by Hamas from Kfar Aza, and Samer Talalka, who was abducted from Nir Am. The third hostage was not named following requests by the family. "This is a tragic incident, the IDF bears responsibility," Hagari says. "This is an area where the soldiers encountered many terrorists, including suicide bombers."

Israeli army Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari says during battles in Shejaiya, Israeli troops identified three Israeli hostages as a threat and opened fire at them, killing them. They were brought to Israel and identified

Israeli artillery shelling targets the forest in the town of Yaroun in southern Lebanon

Israeli artillery shelling east of the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip

Planes bombed a house on Al-Mazraa Street in the city of Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip

Israeli army artillery towards Yarine and an air strike in Rachiye Al Foukhar

Planes bombed a house on Al-Mazraa Street in the city of Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip

Israeli media, citing military sources: A missile launched from Syria landed in an open area

The Israeli Army: We are preparing for any possible scenarios on the northern border

Israeli army artillery and air strikes in Kafrhamam and surroundings

Israeli army artillery towards Hiam and surroundings

Israeli army artillery and air strikes in Kafrchouba and surroundings

Reports of multiple ATGM/mortar shell launches towards Mount Dov area

Israeli army strike in Yarine

The alarms in the Jerusalem area: a fall near the American University in Ramallah, no injuries were reported

Jordanian Foreign Minister: Israel destroyed 30 years of peace efforts

Maersk announces the temporary cessation of all container shipping operations through the Red Sea

Jordanian Foreign Minister: Israel is no longer committed to previous peace formulas

Palestinian Foreign Minister: The Israeli army and settlers are trying to drag the Palestinians into violence in the West Bank

Palestinian Foreign Minister: Israel deliberately displaces Palestinians

An Israeli air strike on the Egyptian border in the Al-Salam neighborhood, east of Rafah

Rocket sirens sounding in Jerusalem, Bet Shemesh

USS Mason en route to assist Liberian flagged ship hit by Houthi missile in Bab Al Mandab Strait; fire onboard MV Palladium 3. According to a senior U.S. defense official there have been 3 incidents in same vicinity of Bab Al Mandab strait near Yemen in past 24 hours

NSA Sullivan: Israel will open its Kerem Shalom border crossing for direct delivery of aid into Gaza

Confrontations broke out between youths and Israeli security forces in the village of Nabi Saleh, northwest of Ramallah

Israeli army artillery towards Maroun A Ras, Aitaroun

German Foreign Minister: Lebanese Hezbollah and other militias must withdraw from the Blue Line

The European Union fails to reach an agreement on calling for a ceasefire in Gaza

Per Israel's Prime Minister's Office: Israel has undertook to deliver food and humanitarian aid from Egypt to the civilian population in Gaza, in the amount of 200 trucks in 24 hours by opening the Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and Gaza straight to Gaza, instead of the inspected trucks by Israel returning to Egypt and transfer the aid via the Rafah terminal on the border between Egypt and Israel

The Israeli Army: The Air Force bombed Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon

President of the European Council: Israel's right to defense must respect international law

SPA: The Saudi-Chinese-Iranian tripartite committee expressed its concern about the situation in Gaza

Palestinian Red Crescent: Our crews treat a child injured by bullets in the town of Tuqu' in Bethlehem in the West Bank.

Al Jazeera correspondent: Fellow Al Jazeera cameraman Samer Abu Daqqa was injured and lying on the ground and trapped inside Farhana School

Strikes in Khan Younis

Israeli artillery shelling of towns in southern Lebanon and the killing of a Hezbollah member in Mays al-Jabal

Aircraft target agricultural land, east of Rafah

Hezbollah targeting the Ramim Al barracks in the Honin Valley