LIVEBLOG: Israeli Army Kills Scores in Gaza, Assassinates Police Chief | Katz: Haredim Will Be Recruited – Day 454

AL-JAZEERA:

Seven people were killed and a number wounded in an Israeli bombardment on the east of Deir al-Balah city in the central Gaza Strip.

The death toll from an Israeli air strike on Palestinians in Jabaliya Al-Nazla, in northern Gaza, has risen to ten.

SMOTRICH:

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s vote against the budget law on Tuesday was disgraceful.

Ben-Gvir risked bringing down the right-wing government before the Trump administration arrived in the White House.

ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTER KATZ: The new conscription law, when completed, will lead to tens of thousands of Haredim being drafted for the first time.

YEDIOTH AHRONOTH (citing Gantz): A deal must be struck to return the captives, even if in stages, so that we do not leave any of them behind.

GAZA INTERIOR MINISTRY: The Israeli army assassinated the Director-General of Police, Major General Mahmoud Salah, as well as Hussam Shahwan, a member of the Police Command Council, following an Israeli bombardment of the tents of the displaced in the Mawasi area of ​​Khan Yunis, south of the besieged Strip.

GAZA INTERIOR MINISTRY: The Israeli army assassinated the Director-General of Police, Major General Mahmoud Salah, as well as Hussam Shahwan, a member of the Police Command Council, following an Israeli bombardment of the tents of the displaced in the Mawasi area of ​​Khan Yunis,… pic.twitter.com/2uHbm3cK76

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) January 2, 2025

ISRAELI ARMY RADIO: 28 Israeli soldiers committed suicide since the beginning of the war on October 7, including 16 reservists, the highest number in 13 years.

ISRAELI ARMY RADIO: 28 Israeli soldiers committed suicide since the beginning of the war on October 7, including 16 reservists, the highest number in 13 years. pic.twitter.com/vvI8yqDqU9

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) January 2, 2025

AL-JAZEERA: Two people were killed and a number of others were injured in an Israeli bombardment of the town of Bani Suhaila, east of Khan Yunis.

ISRAELI ARMY: We carried out more than 1,400 air strikes on targets in Gaza in December alone, an average of 45 per day.

TULKARM BATTALION: Our fighters detonated an explosive device in an Israeli military vehicle during the occupation army’s storming of the Anabta area in the northern occupied West Bank.

🔻 تفجير عبوة في قوات الاحتلال خلال اقتحام بلدة عنبتا شرق طولكرم pic.twitter.com/AEAf9rc4mt

— شبكة فلسطين للحوار (@paldf) January 2, 2025

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: 11 displaced Palestinians were killed and others were injured, as a result of the Israeli occupation forces targeting their tents in the Al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: 11 displaced Palestinians were killed and others were injured, as a result of the Israeli occupation forces targeting their tents in the Al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip. pic.twitter.com/UXo7nIN56R

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) January 2, 2025

ISRAELI ARMY: A soldier was slightly injured in a run-over attack in the central West Bank.

#BREAKING | Israeli Occupation Forces announced that a ramming attack took place near the Hashmonaim checkpoint in the central occupied #WestBank, particularly near the town of Deis Qadis.

Media reports added that a female IOF soldier was injured.#Palestine pic.twitter.com/5nEj0ln6dO

— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) January 1, 2025

CHANNEL 13 (citing Israeli officials): The Gaza negotiations have not reached a dead end, and that discussions are continuing regarding the first phase of the deal.

KAN: Tel Aviv and Hamas reached, through mediators, “understandings” regarding a prisoner exchange deal and a ceasefire in Gaza, during which it was decided to “postpone discussion of the controversial issues in the negotiations until the second stage of the agreement.”