Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi:

How to view Hamas? This should first be judged by the Palestinian people... China has always opposed all terrorism.

At the same time, we advocate that double standards cannot be used to oppose terrorism.

Hamas releases appeal of Israeli hostage Jordan Bibas, whose wife and his two children were killed by IDF strikes in Gaza to Netenyahu.

Hamas says it offered to hand over the three bodies, but the Israeli government refused to receive them and is still maneuvering and bargaining.

Bahraini MP Al-Balushi:

On the Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, the American, French and British ambassadors are present here, who supported the war and genocide against Gaza, just like the one who kills the dead person and walks in his funeral.

Let me withdraw from this ceremony in objection to the presence of these ambassadors.

Netanyahu’s office:

Hamas violated the agreement, did not fulfill its obligation to release all the women hostages today, and launched rockets at the citizens of Israel.

The Israeli government is committed to achieving the goals of the war.

Mia Shem, who was released by Hamas, talks about her experience in captivity:

People were very good.

Very kind, to me.

Food good and the kindness and everything good.

Gaza now. Ceasefire is over.

Strong clashes between Israeli and Hamas forces in northern Gaza.

Israel Knew Hamas’s Attack Plan More Than a Year Ago, NYT reports.

Israeli officials obtained Hamas’s battle plan for the Oct. 7 terrorist attack more than a year before it happened, documents, emails and interviews show.

But Israeli military and intelligence officials dismissed the plan as aspirational, considering it too difficult for Hamas to carry out.

The approximately 40-page document, which the Israeli authorities code-named “Jericho Wall,” outlined, point by point, exactly the kind of devastating invasion that led to the deaths of about 1,200 people.

The translated document, which was reviewed by The New York Times, did not set a date for the attack, but described a methodical assault designed to overwhelm the fortifications around the Gaza Strip, take over Israeli cities and storm key military bases, including a division headquarters.

Hamas followed the blueprint with shocking precision. The document called for a barrage of rockets at the outset of the attack, drones to knock out the security cameras and automated machine guns along the border, and gunmen to pour into Israel en masse in paragliders, on motorcycles and on foot — all of which happened on Oct. 7.

The plan also included details about the location and size of Israeli military forces, communication hubs and other sensitive information, raising questions about how Hamas gathered its intelligence and whether there were leaks inside the Israeli security establishment.

Officials would not say how they obtained the Jericho Wall document, but it was among several versions of attack plans collected over the years.

The Jericho Wall document, named for the ancient fortifications in the modern-day West Bank, was even more explicit. It detailed rocket attacks to distract Israeli soldiers and send them hurrying into bunkers, and drones to disable the elaborate security measures along the border fence separating Israel and Gaza.

IDF is now dropping leaflets asking the residents of Al Qarara, Khuza'a, Absan and Bani Suhaila to evacuate quickly and sheltar in Rafah.

"Khan Younis city is a dangerous combat zone"

Former Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman:

There are no innocents in Gaza.

IDF is beginning to adopt a new method of forcing Gazans out of the city.

IDF will soon publish a digital map of the Gaza Strip to the residents of Gaza, with a division of the entire territory of the Gaza Strip into small areas, each of which has a specified number.

In this way, the IDF will publish targeted instructions for each area - and this way the residents of the area will know whether they should evacuate the area or take other action.

Israeli President Herzog shook hands and spoke with Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim at COP28 in Dubai, UAE.

Zelensky:

Look, we are not backing down, I am satisfied. We are fighting with the second (best) army in the world, I am satisfied.

Zelensky said the Israel-Hamas war threatens to divert attention from the conflict in Ukraine at a critical moment, but he did not elaborate on whether there has been a tangible impact on weapons or funds.

“We already can see the consequences of the international community shifting (attention) because of the tragedy in the Middle East,” he said.

“Only the blind don’t recognize this.”

He gave a frank appraisal of the last summer’s counteroffensive.

“We wanted faster results. From that perspective, unfortunately, we did not achieve the desired results. And this is a fact,” he said.

Ukraine did not get all the weapons it needed from allies, he said, and limits in the size of his military force precluded a quick advance, he said.

“There is not enough power to achieve the desired results faster. But this does not mean that we should give up, that we have to surrender,” Zelenskyy said.

“We are confident in our actions. We fight for what is ours.”

“In the case of Ukraine, if resilience fails today due to lack of aid and shortages of weapons and funding, it will mean that Russia will most likely invade NATO countries,” he said.

“And then the American children will fight.”

The wreackage of American-supplied Ukrainian decoy missile AGM-160 MALD, probably in Kherson region.

They are used along with Storm Shadow/SCALP-EG, but the carrier aircraft is still unknown, as well as the number received by Ukraine.

#BREAKING Hamas Al-Qassam Brigades says it has resumed their operations against the Israeli army.

If you run out of matches or don't have a lighter, here's a master class from Yemen's Houthis.

"This is a war on children"

UNICEF spokesperson describes the scenes at a hospital in Gaza as the ceasefire came to an end on Friday.

James Elder:

Inaction by those with influence is allowing the killing of children.

Ukraine's new long-range rocket delivery from US pushed to next year, Reuters reports.

Ukraine will need to wait until next year before it receives its first big shipment of rocket-propelled bombs the U.S. has adapted to strike at a nearly 160 km range, according to the Pentagon and people familiar with the timing.

When the U.S. was first approached by Boeing to buy and ship the Ground Launched Small Diameter Bomb (GLSDB) to Ukraine last fall, the most optimistic timeline for shipping was around spring of this year.

Ukraine needs GLSDB to augment the limited number of 100-mile range ATACMS rockets the U.S. has sent.

It will allow Ukraine's military to hit targets at twice the distance reachable by the rockets it now fires from the U.S.-supplied High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) and force Russia to move its supplies even farther from the front lines.

People familiar with current timing say delivery to the U.S. by Boeing, the prime contractor for the GLSDB, will take place in late December - followed by several months of testing before onward shipment to Ukraine.

BBC report investigates a freed Palestinian child, Mohammed Nazal who was reportedly beaten by Israeli forces.

Israel denied the report, claiming his hands were in good condition, but scans provided by the BBC to British doctors confirmed Nazal's hands were both fractured.