- Foreign and Israeli sources say both sides are far from reaching a new cease-fire deal.
- PM Netanyahu said that Israel will continue its war against Hamas despite international pressures.
- Two missiles fired by Yemen's Houthi rebels missed a commercial tanker near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
- New U.S. sanctions against Hamas were announced Wednesday, targeting officials and representatives who help manage its financial network.
- Saudi Arabia will still be committed in principle to resume negotiations for a normalization deal with Israel when the war in Gaza ends.
Tel Aviv, Dec.13.– The IDF is engaged in intense fighting in the Shujaiyeh neighborhood in eastern Gaza City, Hamas' last remaining stronghold in northern Gaza. It said it destroyed over 250 terror targets from the sea, land and air. The IDF estimates that even after the combat ends in Jabalya and Shujaiyeh, the military effort to dismantle Hamas will take a long time.
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