Israel - Hamas War -- Live Updates December 19, 2023

 

The Guardian: Palestinian casualties in Gaza near 20,000 with nearly 2m people displaced 

UK and Germany demand ‘sustainable ceasefire’ as Israel’s military campaign enters 11th week Israeli forces have bombed a home in southern Gaza, killing 25 people, hit a refugee camp in the north and raided one of the area’s last operating hospitals, as Palestinian casualties in the territory climbed towards 20,000. 

The death toll from airstrikes and grim conditions for nearly 2 million people displaced from their homes with little access to food, clean water or sanitation is fuelling growing international anger, even among Israel’s close allies.  

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Live updates | Israel launches more strikes in Gaza as UN delays vote on a cease-fire resolution -- AP  

Live: Aid agencies voice frustration as UN discusses Gaza ceasefire vote -- BBC  

Live: Israeli bombardment of Gaza continues as tensions rise in the Red Sea -- France 24 

Israel-Gaza war live: UN security council meets before ceasefire vote; Hamas says it’s not interested in prisoner talks -- The Guardian  

Live Israel-Hamas war: UN Security Council delays Gaza vote -- DW 

Israel - Hamas War -- Live Updates December 19, 2023 

Israel delivers deadly airstrikes in south Gaza and raids a hospital in the north -- AP 

Israel keeps pounding Gaza, Houthis vow more Red Sea attacks -- Reuters 

Gaza health ministry says Israeli strikes kill 110 in Jabalia -- BBC 

Israeli airstrikes kill 'at least 110' in Gaza as Ben Wallace condemns 'killing rage' -- The Independent  

Israeli troops raid one of last functioning hospitals in northern Gaza -- The Hill  

Gaza hospital director admits Hamas used medical complex as operational hub -- Times of Israel  

Video: Medical facilities bear the brunt of the war in Gaza -- CNN  

UN agencies voice anger at Gaza hospital attacks, deprivation -- Reuters 

Israel bombards Rafah as pressure mounts over civilian death toll in Gaza -- Al Jazeera  

High civilian toll in Gaza is cost of crushing Hamas, Israeli military officials say -- Reuters 

Israel vows to fight on in Gaza despite deadly ambush and rising international pressure -- AP 

Israel-Hamas war: Heavy rain compounds misery in Gaza -- DW  

UN: Almost half of Gaza's population now in Rafah -- DW 

US envoys work for a new hostage release deal and a scale-down of the Israel-Hamas war -- AP  

UN Security Council waters down resolution language to avoid US veto on Gaza war -- France 24  

Israel-Hamas war: US defense chief visits amid truce calls -- DW

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