Israel at War Day 589: What happened in Israel, Gaza, Lebanon?
Several arrested in connection to West Bank attack on pregnant woman • IDF kills Hezbollah operative in Lebanon • Trump admin. considers moving Gazans to Libya
US developing plan to move 1 million Palestinians to Libya, NBC News reports
Palestinians, according to one source, may be incentivised to leave with the promise of a stipend and housing.
The Trump administration is working on a plan to permanently relocate as much as one million Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Libya, NBC News reported on Friday, citing five people with knowledge of the matter.
Citing two people with direct knowledge and a former US official, NBC reported that the plan is under serious enough consideration that the US has discussed it with Libya's leadership.
In exchange for resettling the Palestinians, the administration would release to Libya billions of dollars of funds the US froze more than a decade ago, according to the same three sources.
Palestinians, according to one source, may be incentivised to leave with the promise of a stipend and housing.
Go to the full article >>WATCH: IDF begins renewed offensive in Gaza with operation 'Gideon’s Chariots'
The military said that it had launched several strikes and deployed forces to secure swaths of land in the Gaza Strip to renew its offensive in the enclave.
The military began Operation 'Gideon's Chariots' in Gaza on Friday, the IDF announced in a statement.
The military said that it had launched several strikes and deployed forces to seize swaths of land in the Gaza Strip to renew its offensive in the enclave.
The Jerusalem Post reported that the IDF, in cooperation with the Shin Bet, struck over 150 terror targets in Gaza on Friday.
The Air Force has attacked the Gaza Strip 60 times since Friday morning, with a bomb being heard every four minutes, Maariv reported. The IAF also targeted Beit Lahiya and Jabalya in northern Gaza with heavy airstrikes overnight on Thursday.
Palestinian officials have claimed dozens of deaths and injuries from the Friday attacks.
Tanks began advancing toward the Al-Salateen neighbourhood in western Beit Lahia on Friday, Gazan residents told BBC News, who claimed that a number of occupied civilian homes were destroyed.
Drone launched from the east intercepted
The IDF said it intercepted an unmanned aerial vehicle launched from the east on Saturday morning.
"Alerts were activated according to policy," the IDF confirmed.
Go to the full article >>Israel at war: What you need to know
- Hamas launched a massive attack on October 7, with thousands of terrorists infiltrating from the Gaza border and taking some 240 hostages into Gaza.
- Over 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals were murdered, including over 350 at the Supernova music festival and hundreds of Israeli civilians across Gaza border communities.
- 58 hostages remain in Gaza.
- 49 hostages in total have been killed in captivity, IDF says.
- The IDF launched a ground invasion of Lebanon on September 30.
- The Israel-Lebanon ceasefire came into effect on November 27 at 4 a.m.
- Netanyahu confirmed the first phase of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire on January 17, 2025.