According to Army Radio, the talks stopped a few weeks ago, and the IDF is now pushing, mostly via the Biden administration, to renew negotiations, in an effort to solve the issue diplomatically and not through military action.

Source: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/08/israel-vows-return-lebanon-stone-age-if-hezbollah-starts-war

According to Sheta’s family, IDF special forces members blindfolded Sheta before his arrest.

Source: https://www.americantheatre.org/2023/12/14/freedom-theatre-members-detained-in-west-bank-operation/

• A considerable number of Israeli citizens are returning to their homeland with the intention of providing assistance to the Israeli defence forces (IDF).

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/upsc-current-affairs/upsc-key-16-october-2023-conscription-deepfake-wetlands-and-ramsar-convention-8986127/

Additionally, notes were found on slain terrorists specifying when to launch attacks against IDF forces – apparently orders given to the terrorists in case contact with their commanders was severed.

Source: https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/israel-news/2249041/detailed-notes-in-hamas-terrorists-pockets-guerrilla-warfare-in-civilian-clothing.html

Additionally, the IDF launched airstrikes against military infrastructure located in another mosque as well as a building utilized by Hamas.

Source: https://en.apa.az/asia/isreals-military-launched-air-and-sea-attacks-on-gaza-413827

Addressing what would happen in the eventuality that the IDF succeeds in its stated mission of destroying Hamas, Kemp said the future was “far from clear” and underlined his concerns for widespread support of jihadist ideology among Gazan civilians.

Source: https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/11/03/col-richard-kemp-task-get-hostages-out-gaza-herculean-but-idf-stands-highest-chance-success/

After previously bombing and laying siege to other hospitals in Gaza, the IDF conducted raids in what it said were searches for Hamas militants and left the facilities destroyed.

Source: https://truthout.org/articles/idf-shot-at-pregnant-civilian-outside-gaza-hospital-under-siege-staffer-says/

After the IDF reported that more than 30,000 Hamas munitions have been destroyed in the Gaza Strip, military sources claimed that efforts should have been focused on suppressing arms smuggling in a more targeted manner over the past two years.

Source: https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-779360

After the last flare-up of fighting between Israel and Hamas in 2021, the IDF claimed to have destroyed more than 60 miles of tunnels.

Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/10/13/israel-target-gaza-metro-hamas-tunnels-hiding-terrorists/

After two months of combat, the IDF claim that they have ‘eliminated’ 6,000 Hamas fighters.

Source: https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/israel-war-against-hamas-6254641-Dec2023/

A guard booth set up by the IDF during the time of the Oslo Accords, (1993) is along the path.

Source: https://www.jewishpress.com/indepth/opinions/holding-on-to-efrat/2023/06/06/

Also during the raid, the IDF said, tank forces directed a combat helicopter to strike a building in the Gaza Strip where a number of Hamas members were gathered.

Source: https://www.timesofisrael.com/ground-forces-hit-hamas-as-idf-warns-north-gaza-residents-area-is-now-a-battlefield/

Also on Friday, the IDF reported that Israeli soldiers encountered an elaborate Hamas ambush in a tunnel network, which reservists from the 162nd Division’s 261st Brigade discovered.

Source: https://tjpnews.com/idf-strikes-hamas-targets-along-gaza-egypt-border/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=idf-strikes-hamas-targets-along-gaza-egypt-border

An IDF soldier in Gaza prepares to avenge the slaughter of Israelis, among them those he loved.

Source: https://www.jewishpress.com/multimedia/video-picks/watch-an-idf-soldier-avenge-october-7-today-we-retaliate/2023/11/20/

An IDF spokesman says Shamal was Hamas’s economy minister, and was involving in the “funding of terrorism inside and outside the Gaza Strip” as well as leading operations targeting Israeli citizens.

Source: https://advocatengr.com/2023/10/10/hamas-economy-minister-killed-in-israeli-strike-as-secret-negotiations-continue-over-hostages/

An IDF spokesperson declined to comment on Palestinian reports that Israeli forces had begun a ground offensive near Kerem Shalom, east of the Rafah Crossing into Egypt.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/fighting-rages-in-northern-gaza-after-u-n-stops-short-of-ceasefire-call/article_766a7fcb-9875-55bc-acd1-0e4a18abfadd.html

An Israeli official says that the IDF, and its deployment on the northern border, would change as well after the war.

Source: https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-november-5-2023/

Anti-aircraft missiles were fired earlier in the day at IDF helicopters flying over Lebanon.

Source: https://www.jewishpress.com/news/middle-east/syria/report-idf-attacks-hezbollah-deep-in-lebanon/2023/12/21/

As a result, more information is coming to light about the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) units that are using armed drones.

Source: https://breakingdefense.com/2023/03/exclusive-israels-black-snake-armed-drone-squadron-comes-out-of-the-shadows/

As for some Israelis being shot by IDF soldiers, that may well be true, because war inevitably includes collateral damage.

Source: https://www.opednews.com/articles/US-OK-s-Bombing-Children-a-Genocide_Hamas-Attacks-Against-Israel_Israeli-Attacks-In-Gaza_The-Blockade-Of-Gaza-By-Israel-231210-90.html