Gaza Military Update Dec 2, 2023 – Israel Pre-Attack Evacuation Warnings for North and South Gaza

Israel has issued pre-attack evacuation warnings for central part of Gaza City in the North and around Khan Younis in the South of Gaza.

Institute for Study of War Report

* Fighting resumed in the Gaza Strip after negotiations between Israel and Hamas broke down. Palestinian militias targeted Israeli forces along Israeli lines of advance north and south of Gaza city. Palestinian militias resumed indirect fire from the Gaza Strip into Israel after the truce ended.
* The IDF published a map dividing the entire Gaza Strip into blocks to facilitate civilian evacuations.
* The Israel government reportedly informed Arab states that it wants to establish a buffer zone in a post-war Gaza Strip.
* Palestinian fighters conducted seven attacks targeting Israeli forces in the West Bank. Hamas called for anti-Israel demonstrations across the West Bank.
* Lebanese Hezbollah conducted five attacks into northern Israel.
* An Iraqi social media account reported that the 30th Brigade of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces blocked a convoy of Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service and US forces in Iraq.

Tom Nash Report and Prediction

Tom Nash predicts the IDF will take about 2 weeks to clean up the main resistance in the North in Gaza City and 2-3 months to take Khan Younis in the South.

Khan Younis is where the main Hamas leadership is now located.