NETANYAHU: There is progress in the file of the deal to return the “kidnapped”, but I do not know how long it will take.

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: Our fighters targeted an Israeli force that had taken refuge inside a house near the Al-Tawam Junction, north of Gaza City, with an anti-personnel shell.

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli drones dropped bombs on the homes of those besieged around Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Three Israeli soldiers were killed in Jabaliya and 3 others were injured, one of whom was in critical condition.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Three Israeli soldiers were killed in Jabaliya and 3 others were injured, one of whom was in critical condition. pic.twitter.com/3aNs9p94to

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) December 23, 2024

AL-JAZEERA: Palestinian factions have handed Egypt a list of names of candidates for the presidency and membership of the Community Support Committee for the Gaza administration.

ISRAELI FM SA’AR: “We must stick to the current proposal and conclude a swap deal, and I believe that the path will succeed,”

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: Our fighters targeted an armored personnel carrier and a Merkava tank with Al-Yassin 105 shells, and shot down an Israeli Quadcopter drone in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.

PA SECURITY FORCES SPOKESMAN: First Sergeant Mahran Qadous was killed during the PA security operation in Jenin.

The Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces have besieged the Jenin Camp, blocking most of its entrances with earth mounds as part of their ongoing assault on the refugee camp and its resistance.

Images captured earlier today show the security forces deploying RPG launchers… pic.twitter.com/04DDktiHFu

— The Cradle (@TheCradleMedia) December 23, 2024

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: 45,317 Palestinians have been killed, and 107,713 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7, 2023.

AL-AQSA TV: Israeli shelling targeted a gathering of citizens at Bani Suhaila roundabout, east of Khan Yunis city, south of the Gaza Strip, leaving 3 dead and a number of wounded.

#شاهد | نقل شهيد و3 إصابات لمشفى ناصر نتيجة القصف على دوار بني سهيلا. pic.twitter.com/TSmGfZdG2t

— شبكة فلسطين للحوار (@paldf) December 23, 2024

AL-JAZEERA: Violent clashes broke out around the Jenin camp and the government hospital between the PA security forces and Palestinian resistance fighters.

اشتباكات عنيفة ومستمرة بين أجهزة أمن السلطة ومقاومين في محيط مخيم جنين. pic.twitter.com/4f4xJN4bh4

— شبكة الصحافة الفلسطينية (@Palps_net) December 23, 2024

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: In a complex security operation, a number of our Mujahideen managed to stab and kill 3 Zionist soldiers who were on a mission to protect a building where a Zionist force was fortified. They then stormed the house and killed all members of the Zionist force from point-blank range, seized their weapons, and freed a number of civilians who were detained by the occupation inside the house in the Beit Lahia project in the northern Gaza Strip.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli artillery shelling coincided with gunfire from occupation helicopters targeted areas in the northern Gaza Strip.

IRGC COMMANDER:

We support the resistance front with all available means, but it produces its own weapons.

We know very well that neglecting the enemy may cause him to attack us suddenly.

MINISTER OF DIASPORA (to Israeli radio): Recovering the captives is one of the war’s objectives and there is a breakthrough and an opportunity to strike a deal.

AL-JAZEERA: Four people were killed and others were injured in an Israeli bombardment of the new camp north of Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip.

ISRAELI ARMY RADIO (citing Yair Lapid):

Netanyahu doesn’t want a deal in Gaza because of his policy.

Netanyahu plays the same trick and tells the media after the negotiations progress that he will not stop the war.

ISRAELI ARMY RADIO (citing Yair Lapid):

Netanyahu doesn't want a deal in Gaza because of his policy.

Netanyahu plays the same trick and tells the media after the negotiations progress that he will not stop the war. pic.twitter.com/AoPKK46bgu

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) December 23, 2024

AL-JAZEERA: A Palestinian was killed by Israeli occupation forces fire in a school housing displaced persons northwest of the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.

AL-JAZEERA (citing sources):  Israeli occupation forces are launching a large-scale arrest campaign in Al-Fawar camp, south of Hebron in the West Bank, and are conducting field investigations in the camp square.

AL-JAZEERA: Two people were killed and others were injured in an Israeli airstrike targeting a car in the Al Mawasi area, west of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip.

Breaking | Fires broke out in the tents of displaced Palestinians due to Israeli airstrikes targeting the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis, which was designated by Israel as a “humanitarian zone,” in southern Gaza Strip. pic.twitter.com/zaJb5tGkyE

— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) December 22, 2024

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Two Palestinians were injured in an Israeli airstrike targeting an apartment in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza City.

AL-JAZEERA: The Israeli occupation army blew up a number of houses in Jabalia camp, in northern Gaza.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: The death toll from the bombing carried out by Israeli drones on the tents of the displaced in the  Al-Mawasi area  (west of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip) has risen to seven.