According to CCTV News, on the 23rd local time, the health department of the Gaza Strip issued a statement saying that in the past 24 hours, at least 201 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have died and another 368 have been injured.
The statement also said that since the outbreak of the current round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict on October 7, the Israeli army's military operations in the Gaza Strip have killed 20,258 Palestinians and injured 53,688.
Israeli forces claimed to have attacked the Lebanese Allah military command center
On the evening of December 23, local time, the Israel Defense Forces issued a statement saying that Israeli artillery units carried out strikes on many areas of Lebanon that day, and not long ago Israeli warplanes attacked a military command center of Allah in Lebanon.
In addition, earlier in the day, Israeli forces monitored multiple artillery shells fired from Israel and Lebanon into different parts of northern Israel, and an Israeli soldier was hit by shrapnel, causing moderate injuries. The Israeli military said it had fired back at the launch source.
Allah in Lebanon has not yet responded to the Israeli attack on its military command centre.
The Israeli army says it has destroyed or captured about 30,000 weapons in the Gaza Strip
According to the Times of Israel, Al Jazeera, and Al-Arabiya TV, on the evening of December 23, local time, IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari said that the Israeli army is currently vigorously attacking Hamas's underground tunnels in the southern Gaza Strip, and will further expand military operations in the southern Gaza Strip in the coming days.
Hagari also said that so far, Israeli forces have destroyed or captured about 30,000 weapons, including anti-tank missiles and rockets, in the Gaza Strip.
U.S. President Joe Biden spoke on the phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
According to Reuters, on December 23, local time, U.S. President Joe Biden had a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and the two sides discussed the situation in Israel and the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli Defense Minister travels to Beit Hanoun, a town in the northern Gaza Strip
According to a report by the Times of Israel on December 23 local time, Israeli Defense Minister Gallant and wartime cabinet member Gantz went to the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun and met with military officials.
On the 18th of this month, the Israeli army announced that it had taken full control of Beit Hanoun.
The Israeli army said five more Israeli soldiers had been killed during military operations on the ground in the Gaza Strip
On 23 December, Israeli tanks conducted an operation in the Gaza Strip.
On the evening of December 23, local time, the Israel Defense Forces announced that between the 22nd and 23rd, a total of 5 Israeli soldiers were killed in the fighting in the Gaza Strip.
According to Israeli media statistics, the number of Israeli soldiers killed in ground military operations in the Gaza Strip has reached 144 so far.