AL-JAZEERA: A child was killed in an Israeli bombardment that targeted a house in the Al-Daraj neighborhood, east of Gaza City.

CENTCOM: The US Central Command (CENTCOM) said it “conducted a precision airstrike against a key Houthi-run command and control facility in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa.”

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: An Israeli Quadcopter drone dropped bombs on the gate of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia, north of Gaza, while occupation vehicles opened fire on the hospital.

AL-JAZEERA: The Israeli occupation army blew up residential buildings in the northern Gaza Strip.

AL-JAZEERA: Two people were killed and others were injured in an Israeli attack on a house in the Beit Lahia project in the northern Gaza Strip.

?Among the martyrs of the Khalil Awida School massacre in Beit Hanoun yesterday morning committed by the israeli war criminals

The ascension of the young man of good character/ Bilal Muhammad Al-Za’noon

Resident of Beit Lahia. pic.twitter.com/P40gUxlEuP

— shameen suleman (@shameensuleman) December 16, 2024

ISRAELI PM’S OFFICE: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with US President-elect Donald Trump’s envoy for hostage affairs, who is currently visiting Israel.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who heads the Religious Zionism party, said that National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and “his associates” are destabilizing the government and the state budget during a time of war for narrow political considerations.

KAN: An Israeli delegation headed to Qatar in light of the progress of the deal negotiations, but the mandate granted to it is limited.

KAN: Israel is preparing to launch an attack on Yemen and there is complete consensus in the security establishment on the necessity of this.

CHANNEL 12:

Gaps in the deal negotiations relate to the number of Palestinian captives and prisoners and the deployment of the army.

Benjamin Netanyahu told Donald Trump that a phased formula for a prisoner swap deal was needed.

Netanyahu is making efforts to increase the number of living kidnapped soldiers in any exchange deal.

Sa’ar Endorses Prisoner Exchange Deal with Hamas – Israeli Media

AL-JAZEERA: Three Palestinians were killed and others were injured in an Israeli bombardment that targeted a residential apartment in the Intelligence District northwest of Gaza City.

فلسطيني يروي كيف استشهدت زوجته الحامل وطفلته في غارة إسرائيلية استهدفت مدرسة تؤوي نازحين بغزة #حرب_غزة #فيديو pic.twitter.com/oCdpcZQSzm

— الجزيرة فلسطين (@AJA_Palestine) December 16, 2024

MEDICAL SOURCES (to Al-Jazeera): 17 Palestinians were killed in Israeli raids on several areas in the Gaza Strip since dawn today.

DONALD TRUMP: We are trying very hard to help recover the hostages, and we are working to stop the war in Gaza.

AL-JAZEERA: Violent clashes between security forces and resistance fighters are reported in and around Jenin camp in the West Bank.

أجهزة أمن السلطة تطلق قنابل الصوت على المتظاهرين المطالبين بوقف العملية العسكرية ضد المقاومة في مخيم جنين. pic.twitter.com/oFbsTVtj9V

— شبكة فلسطين للحوار (@paldf) December 16, 2024

ISRAELI AMBULANCE SERVICE: Five people were injured while heading to shelters in Tel Aviv after a rocket was fired from Yemen.

ISRAEL HAYOM: Fragments of interceptor missiles fell in areas of West Bank settlements

ISRAELI FINANCE MINISTER SMOTRICH: It is not right to continue reaching partial deals, as this will keep Hamas in power in Gaza.

ISRAELI MEDIA: The missile launched from Yemen forced millions of Israelis into fortified areas.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Takeoffs and landings stopped at Ben Guron airport.

ISRAELI MEDIA:

Three missiles were fired from Yemen towards Israel.

Sirens sound in the courtroom where Netanyahu is testifying

The missile launched from Yemen forced millions of Israelis into fortified areas. pic.twitter.com/1kJUi4L8mn

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) December 16, 2024

ISRAELI MEDIA: Sirens sound loudly in Gush Dan and Tel Aviv

ISRAELI MEDIA: Sirens sound in the center due to a missile launched from Yemen.

KATZ:  Israel is ready for a military operation against Iran, noting the weakness of the diplomatic option to mediate matters.

ISRAEL HAYOM: Israeli Defense Minister Yisrael Katz said: We are closer to a trade deal than we have ever been.”

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: The city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank is witnessing a comprehensive commercial strike in protest against the continued operation of the Palestinian Authority security forces against the camp and the clashes it is waging with the resistance fighters in the city and its camp.

مدينة جنين تشهد إضرابا تجاريا شاملا احتجاجا على استمرار عملية أجهزة أمن السلطة ضد المخيم والاشتباكات مع المـــ…قاومين. pic.twitter.com/MA8zphSA2t

— شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@qudsn) December 16, 2024

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY:

The occupation committed 7 massacres in the Gaza Strip, resulting in 52 martyrs and 203 wounded people arriving at hospitals within 24 hours.

45,028 Palestinians have been killed, and 106,962 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7, 2023.

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: 45,028 Palestinians have been killed, and 106,962 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7, 2023. pic.twitter.com/xbL6NWTZOV

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) December 16, 2024

AL-JAZEERA: Renewed clashes were reported between Palestinian security forces and resistance fighters around the Jenin camp in the occupied West Bank.

AL-JAZEERA: Renewed clashes were reported between Palestinian security forces and resistance fighters around the Jenin camp in the occupied West Bank. pic.twitter.com/KJChOqXoqa

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) December 16, 2024

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Two Palestinians were killed and others were injured by Israeli sniper fire near the Al-Mashrou’ area, east of Rafah city in the southern Gaza Strip.

AL-JAZEERA: Three people were injured by Israeli occupation army bullets in the Al-Mashrou’ area, east of Rafah city in the southern Gaza Strip.

AL-JAZEERA: Three Palestinians were killed in Israeli artillery shelling of the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.

YEDIOTH AHRONOTH: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived at the Tel Aviv Central Court to begin the third session of his testimony in his trial.

AL-JAZEERA: Five Palestinians were killed and others were injured in an Israeli raid on a house in the Beit Lahia project in the northern Gaza Strip.

شـــ….هداء وجرحى بقصف الاحتلال فجر اليوم منزل يعود لعائلة المزيني بمشروع بيت لاهيا شمال قطاع غزة. pic.twitter.com/Ie4wqGqx1v

— شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@qudsn) December 16, 2024

WALLA: 33% of residents evacuated from northern Israel do not want to return to their homes.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid said there was no reason to conclude a deal in stages, stressing the need to return all detainees at once immediately, amid talk of discussing a deal that would include the release of Israeli prisoners in batches.

AL-MAYADEEN: Israeli military vehicles open fire heavily on citizens’ homes in the Saftawi area, west of Jabalia, north of the Gaza Strip

AL-MAYADEEN: Artillery shelling and gunfire from occupation forces’ vehicles on the towns of Khuza’a and Al-Fakhari, east of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip

AL-MAYADEEN: Israeli tanks advance dtowards Al-Shakoush Street and the Al-Firdaws School area, and the sound of tanks moving clearly can be heard in the vicinity of Rafah city.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Anyone moving in the courtyards of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia is exposed to gunfire from the occupation.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Anyone moving in the courtyards of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia is exposed to gunfire from the occupation. pic.twitter.com/cJN9qfqU5h

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) December 16, 2024

AL-MAYADEEN: The occupation army blew up residential buildings in the Al-Jeneina neighborhood, east of Rafah city, south of the Gaza Strip

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli artillery shelling targets the town of Khuza’a, east of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip.

Civil defense teams retrieve bodies and rescue wounded Palestinians following an Israeli airstrike on the Ahmad Abdel Aziz School sheltering displaced people west of Khan Yunis, in southern Gaza. pic.twitter.com/Om9w3ubWB3

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) December 16, 2024

ISRAEL HAYOM: A quarter of Israelis live below the poverty line

ISRAELI ARMY: The Israeli army announced that it intercepted a drone launched from Yemen in the Mediterranean Sea before it entered Israeli territory.

UNRWA: UNRWA confirmed that its supplies of baby milk are almost finished, with only 6 boxes left to distribute, while about 8,500 infants in the Gaza Strip depend on it for milk.

AL-MAYADEEN: Israeli artillery shelling targets various areas in the northern Gaza Strip.

AL-AQSA TV: Israeli warplanes launched a raid on the northern neighborhoods of Rafah city in the southern Gaza Strip.

AL-AQSA TV: Israeli warplanes launched a raid on the northern neighborhoods of Rafah city in the southern Gaza Strip. pic.twitter.com/qdI7dr3Tq6

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) December 16, 2024

WAFA: The Israeli army stormed several Palestinian villages and towns in the West Bank, closed some of them, and arrested a number of Palestinians.