The expansion of control was enabled by the deployment of additional brigades, including the Golani Brigade, Givati Brigade, Nahal Brigade, and the 401st Armored Brigade, which have rotated through key sectors to maintain pressure on Hamas battalions still operating in fragmented cells.
The military said all these events constituted direct and immediate threats to soldiers securing their positions in accordance with the ceasefire framework.
The IDF eliminated dozens of terrorists and dismantled hundreds of terrorist infrastructure sites, both above and below ground.
‘You will think I’m crazy, but only those who have experienced this war can truly understand me.’
Red cloths hung from windows or lines have been used by Hamas to mark safe houses, tunnel entrances, and weapons caches. By Hezy Laing IDF
15 Hamas terrorists were killed but all IDF soldiers survived.
‘A high-risk but potentially effective strategy’
The move is seen as a gesture of flexibility to advance a ceasefire and hostage release deal.
The IDF struck loaded and ready-to-fire Hamas rocket launchers that were aimed at Israeli territory.
Israel delayed Gaza ceasefire for hours and struck multiple terror targets after Hamas refused to handover list of hostages to be released.
The IDF has released a video summarizing the investigation into the circumstances of the deaths of the six abductees.
The IDF announced they recovered the body of Itai Svirsky, 38, a German-Israeli who was visiting his elderly parents at Kibbutz Be’eri for Shabbat and the Simchat Torah holiday on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas terrorists launched their massacre.
Hamas’ rocket-launching capabilities have nearly ceased to exist as the IDF continues to find and destroy rockets, launchers, and the tunnels where their rockets are manufactured.
