The body of Ofir Tzarfati was found in the Gaza Strip by the Israeli armed forces and internal security forces, the IDF announced in a statement published Friday, December 1 on Telegram. The Israeli military says his body was returned to Israel and the young man’s family was informed of his death. Aged 27, Ofir Tzarfati was presumed captive after disappearing during the Supernova musical rave, following the massacre perpetrated by Hamas on October 7, according to the daily Times of Israel. Follow our live stream.
The Israeli army claims to have struck “more than 200 terrorist targets” in Gaza since the end of the truce on Friday morning. The IDF claimed to have hit areas in particular “trapped by explosives, tunnels used for terrorist purposes, (rocket) launch pads and operations command centers” of Hamas. For its part, the Palestinian movement’s Ministry of Health reports more than 100 deaths in Israeli bombings from the air, sea and ground on the enclave. A report that franceinfo cannot confirm, due to lack of independent verification on site. According to AFP journalists, the injured are flocking to Gaza’s overwhelmed hospitals where residents are also rushing to donate blood.
The UN Secretary General “deeply regrets” the resumption of military operations in Gaza. “I still hope that it will be possible to renew the pause that has been established. The resumption of hostilities only shows how important it is to have a real humanitarian ceasefire”said Antonio Guterres in a message posted Friday on X.
Israel promises Hamas “the worst beating”. “Hamas will now receive the worst beating”, the Israeli government spokesperson said on Friday. This accuses Hamas of not having provided a new list of hostages who could be released in exchange for Palestinian detainees. “Unfortunately, Hamas decided to end the truce by failing to release all the kidnapped women”, says the Israeli government. For its part, Hamas maintains in a press release that it has “proposed an exchange of prisoners and elderly people”as well as the handover of the bodies of Israeli hostages “having lost his life in the bombings” on Gaza.
France considers a resumption of the truce “indispensable”. This truce is necessary to “finalize the release of the hostages” And “deliver humanitarian aid”, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Catherine Colonna, said in a press release on Friday. Emmanuel Macron also insists on “the need to work now on a two-state solution: Israeli and Palestinian”, states this same press release. The Israeli army relaunched its military operation against Hamas in the morning, due to a lack of agreement on an extension of the truce.
Israel accuses Hamas of violating the truce. The Islamist movement “violated the operational pause by firing rockets towards Israeli territory”wrote IDF on the social network. Rocket warning sirens sounded in several Israeli towns close to the Palestinian enclave. In Gaza City, a journalist reported dozens of Israeli artillery fire and airstrikes.