Israel's resumed offensive on Gaza

Plus, vendors evicted from a city-led food hall and an alleged India assassination plot [The Star] First Up [By Manuela Vega] By Manuela Vega Good morning. Here’s the latest on Israel’s resumed offensive on Gaza, vendors evicted from a city-led food hall and the target of an alleged India assassination plot. DON’T MISS Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images israel-hamas war [Israel has resumed its offensive on Gaza and warns of attacks in the south]( Minutes after the weeklong truce between Israel and Hamas came to an end Friday, Israeli fighter jets hit targets in the Gaza Strip, sending black smoke billowing from the besieged territory, The Associated Press reports. The Health Ministry in Hamas-controlled Gaza said only hours later that 32 people had been killed and dozens were wounded. Israel also dropped leaflets in southern Gaza — where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians had fled to for safety — warning them Khan Younis is now a “dangerous battle zone.” [Here’s what we know about the areas in Gaza that have been targeted](. - More: During the truce, Hamas released more than 100 hostages, but 140 remain in Gaza. Israel released 240 Palestinians from prison in Israel. Virtually all of the people freed were women and children. - Allan Woods’ analysis: [A deadly bus-stop shooting in Israel cast doubt over the future of an already fragile ceasefire](. - On the home front: The 11 protestors facing mischief charges in relation to the vandalism of a Toronto Indigo store have [each been charged with an additional count of criminal harassment](. Nick Kozak for The Star gta [Vendors evicted from a city-led food hall have filed a complaint citing mismanagement]( Three vendors who say they were forced out of a city-led business incubator program and food hall in North York are seeking to be compensated for the $20,000 they invested to be part of the program and for rent they paid during their time at FLIP Kitchens, Karon Liu reports. In a complaint to Toronto’s ombudsman, obtained by the Star, the vendors say the city’s lack of support combined with operational problems — like insufficient electrical outlets and seating, malfunctioning doors that led to a break-in and an uninviting storefront — led to the Yonge Street food stalls’ failure. [Here’s what else they say went wrong](. - Go deeper: The vendors said in the complaint that they were recruited in 2021 as part of a city-led project aiming to help new food entrepreneurs from marginalized communities. “Having done so, it virtually abandoned them, failing to provide the vendors with the promised support necessary for them to attract enough business to afford rent,” according to the complaint. - More: “I was a flight attendant for almost nine years. I quit my job and started from the bottom and I’m still at the bottom,” said Camille Osbourne, whose stall served Caribbean food.  Ted Shaffrey/AP Photo federal politics [The target of an alleged India assassination plot says he will defy attempts to silence him]( A criminal indictment unsealed in New York this week has thrust New York-based lawyer and U.S.-Canadian citizen Gurpatwant Singh Pannun into international headlines, Mark Ramzy reports. The indictment alleged an Indian national, Nikhil Gupta, had been recruited by an unnamed Indian government official to have Pannun killed. Still, Pannun says he is undeterred and will defy any attempts to silence him. [Here’s what he wants more than protection](. - Wait what? The indictment said Gupta, who has been charged by U.S. authorities, told an undercover officer he thought was a hit man that there were many other targets, including at least three in Canada. It alleges Gupta offered the officer $100,000 to kill Pannun. - More: In September, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau rocked Canada’s relations with India when he announced the federal government had received “credible allegations” that [Indian government agents were involved in the shooting death of a local Sikh leader in British Columbia](. India has vehemently denied that allegation. [Cookies] Need a new favourite holiday cookie? Every day till Christmas, Star journalists are taking turns baking recipes from our extensive archives for our new Cookie Calendar newsletter, [brought to you by SickKids Get Better Gifts](. Follow our holiday baking adventures — and get some inspiration for your own — by [signing up for free here](. WHAT ELSE The Green party took Kitchener Centre from the NDP in a provincial byelection — [finally giving some company to Mike Schreiner in the legislature](. Parthi Kandavel has won the Scarborough Southwest byelection. 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