Sunday Dec 22 Israel At War

 Israel at war day 443

- Hamas has provided signs of life for several captives. Israel knows the whereabouts of most of the hostages, official said, declining to say whether Hamas has provided a list of living hostages it is holding.

- Report: Israel demands 11 male hostages be among those freed in first stage of deal.

-Netanyahu: 'Just as we acted forcefully against Iran's axis of evil, we will act against Houthis'

- Trump sent messages to Israel: I will NOT insist on humanitarian aid to Gaza like Biden did. (Amit Segal, Channel 12)

- Israeli officials say that Iran believes that Israel will soon carry out wide-scale attack against strategic sites in the country, following the disintegration of their Axis and the dramatic weakening of Iran's proxies in the region. (N12)

-Security sources in Israel: "What happened here in recent days will not pass in silence. The launches from Yemen will not pass without a response." (Noam Amir, Channel 14)

There are several options being discussed:

1. Eliminate Houthi leadership

2. More strikes on strategic targets across Yemen

3. Respond with an attack on Iranian

- US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan: "We are concerned that Iran will move forward with developing nuclear weapons because it feels it is at a point of weakness. I have briefed President-elect Trump's team on this."

- Trumps incoming national security adviser Mike Waltz warns the world: “You take an American, you illegally detain them, if you're a nation state or if you're a terrorist, you hold them hostage there is going to be all hell to pay! There are going to be nothing but consequences for you financially and maybe even a bullet in your damn forehead if you take an American, period!”

- An IDF hostage rescue operation conducted in Gaza last December that resulted in the death of hostage Sahar Baruch, 25, was meant for Noa Argamani, who was ultimately rescued some six months later, Channel 12 reports.  The report says the soldiers embarked on the mission with intelligence that Argamani was being held in a building in Gaza, but that the intelligence was faulty, and the hostage in the terrorists’ custody was Baruch.  The report adds that the soldiers were immediately fired upon as they entered the building, and that during the ensuing firefight, Baruch was killed, but that it remains unclear whether he was killed by Hamas or by friendly fire.

- Wife of Former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Asma al-Assad, who is a British National, has reportedly filed for Divorce in Moscow while requested that Russian Authorities allow her and her Children to return to the U.K, for Urgent Medical Treatment.