Live Updates: Sirens sound in central Israel following launch from Yemen

Sunday, December 1, 2024

0450 GMT — Sirens sound in central Israel following launch from Yemen

The Israeli military said that a projectile launched from Yemen was intercepted before it crossed into Israeli territory.

The military earlier said sirens had sounded in a number of areas in central Israel following a launch from Yemen.

The Houthis have fired missiles and drones at Israel repeatedly in what they say is solidarity with the Palestinians, since the Israeli brutal war on besieged Gaza began in 2023.

2300 GMT — Qassam Brigades broadcast message from Israeli-American hostage to Trump

Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, released a video that featured an Israeli hostage with US citizenship in Gaza addressing US President-elect Donald Trump.

"To President Trump, I am an American-Israeli citizen currently held captive in Gaza. As an American, I have always believed in the power of the United States, and now I am sending my message," Eden Alexander said in the video.

"Please use your influence and the full power of the United States to negotiate for our freedom. Every day here feels like an eternity, and the pain within us grows from day to day. Please do not make the same mistake Joe Biden has been doing,” he said. "The weapons he has sent are now killing us, and the unlawful sieges are now starving us. I don’t want to end up dead.”

Tel Aviv holds more than 10,000 Palestinians in its prisons. Estimates are that there are 101 Israeli captives in Gaza. Hamas announced that dozens of the captives were killed in random Israeli air strikes.

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