The Hamas-run Government Media Office in Gaza has released new casualty figures:

- 21,672 dead
- 7,000 missing
- 56,165 injured
- 290,000 houses damaged
- 65,000 residential units destroyed
- 117 mosques destroyed
- 208 mosques damaged

Reports: The IDF has found a large number of Chinese-made weapons in Hamas-ruled Gaza.

Masked Muslims attack Armenian Christian clerics in the Old City of Jerusalem.

The Muslims were angered that the Armenians had sold property in the Old City to an Australian Jewish businessman.

The Palestinian Muslims claim Jerusalem as their own, and deny all Jewish history there.

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Hamas released a clip showing one of its fighters creeping out of a hole in the ground and planting an explosive device on an Israeli tank.

We don't know exactly when this happened or the result of the explosion.

But for this reason the IDF has been ridiculing Hamas since the start of the ground war in Gaza.

On October 7, Hamas roared like lions as it attacked unsuspecting Israeli soldiers and unarmed civilians.

But with the IDF on the ground in Gaza ready for battle, Hamas hides in its burrows like rabbits.

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IDF Spokesperson:

During searches of residences used for terrorist activity on the outskirts of the Shati neighborhood of Gaza City, IDF troops encountered a kindergarten where terrorist infrastructure - including explosive devices - had been assembled in anticipation of the troops' activity. The soldiers neutralized the explosive devices.

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23 Iran-affiliated militants were killed in suspected Israeli strikes on Syria yesterday. (AP)

Netanyahu is delaying a Cabinet discussion on what to do with Gaza the "day after" the war.

He knows this issue could result in his coalition breaking apart.

👉 Some have accepted the American position that the Palestinian Authority (PA) must take over Gaza.

👉 Some, like Netanyahu, don't trust the PA and want to see an international peacekeeping force.

👉 And some want to see a renewal of Jewish settlement in Gaza and a permanent IDF presence.

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Netanyahu reiterates that there will be war in Lebanon if a diplomatic solution is not found that pushes Hezbollah off of Israel's northern border.

Hezbollah says it will not permit the residents of Israel's northern border region to return home until the war in Gaza is halted.

Cardinal Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, head of the Maronite Church in Lebanon, has called on Beirut to fulfill UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which stipulates that Hezbollah withdraw north of the Litani River.

He has also called on Hezbollah to stop putting weapons inside and rocket launchers near civilian homes and thus opening them to Israeli military attack.

‼️ Israeli soldiers in two separate cases told the daily newspaper Israel Hayom that they had been denied air support in Gaza in recent days.

Ground forces had asked the Air Force to "soften up" targets before troops entered.

The report blamed these instances on American pressure.

The Biden Administration wants Israel to reduce its bombing of targets in Gaza.

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Perhaps Israel placed too many of its eggs in one basket if it is unable to go to war without American armaments, and thus American permission.

A war against Hezbollah in Lebanon is looking increasingly necessary.

But President Biden doesn't want it, so Israel is hesitant to do what's necessary.

And might not be able to do what's necessary if the US doesn't supply the bombs.

Meanwhile, tens of thousands of Israelis are unable to return to their homes in the north due to the terrorist threat on the other side of the border.

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Israel Economy Minister Nir Barkat: "Israel is the first nation in history to provide supplies and fuel to its enemy during a time of war."

Hamas New Year’s celebration?

Heavy rocket barrage on central Israel.

Iron Dome interceptions over southern Tel Aviv.