📃 US to assign Jewish US ambassador as overseers to US policy in MENA

Dan Shapiro, the former ambassador to Israel, will replace Dana Stroul as DOD's top official overseeing Middle East policy.

Shapiro will take over as deputy assistant secretary of defense after Stroul steps down later this month.

📃 The IDF announced the death of two new soldiers in Gaza

☠️ Captain Yaren Jahali, 22 years old, platoon leader in the Givat brigade

☠️ Captain (res.) Nathaniel Selberg, 33 years old, team commander in Yahalom brigade.

🪦 This raises the official toll in the ground invasion of Gaza to 129 soldiers.

📹 Hezbullah released footage of their attack on Avivim and Birkat Risha military bases on 17 December.

📃 Initial reports of a rocket attack from Lebanon towards Kiryat Shmona.

🗣️ In a message to Israel and the USA, Hezbullah releases a compilation of some of the attacks done by the Palestinian, Lebanese, Iraqi, and Yemeni resistance with a title:

"The resistance factions will not abandon their responsibility"

The video features part of Hezbullah's SG Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's speech where he says that phrase.

Hezbullah takes credit for the attack on Kiryat Shmona in response to the Israeli attack on the funeral today.

The group stresses that any harm to Lebanese civilians will be retaliated with harm to Israeli civilians.

📹 At least two impacts can be confirmed from the rocket attack on Kiryat Shmona from Lebanon.

One impacted a road.

🗣️ In a final toll, three rockets impacted inside Kiryat Shmona with no Iron Dome activation.

The rockets damaged cars and windows. No casualties as the settlement is empty.

📹 Additionally, one house was damaged in the rocket fire on Kiryat Shmona. Fire can be seen burning it.

🗣️ Israeli Minister Yoav Gallant:

"If Hezbollah does not retreat beyond the Litani river through diplomatic efforts, we will not hesitate to act militarily."

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📹 Hamas released footage of three elderly Israeli male hostages, who were giving a statement about the need to be freed and not grow older far from home.

The video was titled:

"Don't let us grow old here"

📑 A few earlier, an Israeli drone striked a house in Maroun Al-Ras, south Lebanon.

No casualties.

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📃 The IDF announced the death of two new soldiers in Gaza

☠️ Cpt. (res.) Rotem Yoseff Levy, 24, a deputy company commander in the Combat Engineering Corps' Yahalom unit.

☠️ Master Sgt. (res.) Daniel Yacov Ben Harosh, 31, of the 551st Brigade's 6551st Battalion.

🪦 This raises the official toll in the ground invasion of Gaza to 131 soldiers.

📃 In response to the continued massacre of civilians on Gaza, Hamas fired a limited rocket barrage towards Tel Aviv.

This comes after 74 days of the Israeli invasion and occupation of part of Gaza.

📹 The Israeli army released footage of their drone strike against a cell of 2 in south Lebanon facing Hanita.

The first strike misses, and the two successfully escape, before being attacked again. Unclear if it hit.

Additionally, the footage included an attack on a certain facility, allegedly affiliated with Hezbullah.

📃 Earlier today, the Israeli army attacked a building in Rafah, killing one Palestinian claimed to be responsible for money laundering for Hamas. He is Sobhi Farwana.

🌷In reality, he was simply just another well-off Palestinian businessman. The attack killed 34 civilian refugees.