300 dead, 1600 injured and still counting

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Dec 4, 2023 - Israel-Hamas War - Day 59 Update:


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Key Takeaways:

    Hamas has used increasingly sophisticated tactics against Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip since the humanitarian pause ended on December 1.

    Iran and its so-called “Axis of Resistance” are exploiting the Israel-Hamas war to support their objective of expelling US forces from the Middle East.

    The Houthi movement likely attacked three commercial vessels and possibly a US Navy vessel around the Bab al Mandeb.

    Israeli forces began ground operations into the southern Gaza Strip. Palestinian militias targeted Israeli forces along Israeli lines of advance in the southern Gaza Strip using direct and indirect fire.

    The IDF Arabic-language spokesperson posted specific evacuation orders covering areas of Khan Younis.

    Israel recalled its negotiators from Qatar after reaching a “dead end” in ceasefire talks.
    Palestinian militias in the Gaza Strip conducted 21 rocket attacks into Israel.
    Palestinian fighters clashed with Israeli forces in seven towns across the West Bank.
    Lebanese Hezbollah claimed seven attacks into northern Israel, targeting Israeli forces, including one attack that wounded 11 Israeli soldiers and civilians.

    The Islamic Resistance in Iraq resumed its attacks on US forces after the humanitarian pause in the Gaza Strip ended on December 1. The Islamic Resistance in Iraq said that five of its fighters died in battle.

    The two IRGC general officers killed in Israeli airstrikes in Syria on December 2 were members of the IRGC Quds Force Unit 340, according to Israeli media.

Hamas has used increasingly sophisticated tactics against Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip since the humanitarian pause ended on December 1. Hamas and other Palestinian militias have used explosively formed penetrators (EFP) five times since December 1.[1] These attacks mark a noteworthy increase in the use of EFPs in the Israel-Hamas war. Hamas claimed that it used EFPs only twice prior to December 1, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) claimed no EFP attacks prior to December 2.[2] Hamas separately conducted a complex ambush targeting Israeli forces northeast of Khan Younis on December 3 (see below). Hamas also released a video on December 2 showing its force launching three one-way attack drones targeting Israeli forces in the northern Gaza Strip.[3] The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have not confirmed that Hamas is employing these systems or tactics against its forces.

CTP-ISW is considering two possible hypotheses to explain this shift in tactics. Neither of these hypotheses are mutually exclusive.

Hamas and the other Palestinian militias have shifted from conducting a delaying operation to conducting a deliberate defense meant to attrit and degrade the Israeli will to continue the ground operation into the Gaza Strip. CTP-ISW previously assessed on November 14 that Hamas and other Palestinian militias were conducting a delaying operation in the northern Gaza Strip.[4] Hamas likely sought to avoid a decisive defeat by preparing for a ”long war” that Hamas hoped would compel Israel to agree to a permanent ceasefire and thereby preserve Hamas as a governing body and military force.[5] The delaying operation was also likely meant to provide Hamas time to move its leaders and military materiel from the northern Gaza strip to the southern part of the strip. A delaying operation intentionally does not involve committing forces decisively to fighting. The shift in tactics suggests that Hamas and Palestinian militias are preparing to become decisively committed to defending against the Israeli ground operation. Israeli officials emphasized during the humanitarian pause that they would continue pursuing the destruction of Hamas.[6]

Hamas and the other Palestinian militias are using new tactics based on lessons learned during the past month of fighting in the Gaza Strip. Israeli forces are not using main roads when advancing, instead opting to create new avenues of movement.[7] Hamas and the other Palestinian militias could have learned how to more effectively counter this Israeli approach, for instance.

Israel-Hamas War Dec 3, 2023 Update


Israel thanks Argentina's Milei for pledge to move embassy to Jerusalem - Milei also recently announced his plans to convert to Judaism. Normal times, eh.

Musk too...

The Hebrew verse that was posted on Sunday is a passage from Proverbs, translated as, "How much better to acquire wisdom than gold; to acquire understanding is preferable to silver (16:16).


https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1731402917163287005



The threat level has been raised in 80 countries for Israelis as a result of the Gaza war, according to a new list published by the National Security Council. Strange parallel to history repeating.





The Times of Israel

And an excerpt from the NYT's story...

Hans Kristensen, director of the Federation of American Scientists’ Nuclear Information Project, told The Times that he estimates there are most likely 25 to 50 nuclear-capable Jericho missile launchers at the base. According to experts and declassified U.S. government documents [PDF], Israel’s Jericho missiles are equipped to carry nuclear warheads.

Those warheads are most likely kept in a separate location away from the base and thus were not under threat during the attack, said Mr. Kristensen, who has studied the base.

Hans is the Director of Nuclear Information Project, Federation of American Scientists who tracks nuclear arsenals & writes in the Nuclear Notebook.


Page 1 of that declassified doc:



Page 4 of 24 excerpt: