Hamas official: We're holding 30 IDF officers captive

Meanwhile, State Camp party leader and war cabinet member Benny Gantz said that "the Defense Minister speaks words of truth."

The Defense Minister issued a challenge to the Prime Minister to declare that military civilian rule is off the table: "This is a moment of a national test, even if it involves a political cost."

The IDF intercepted two hostile drones headed from the east with fighter planes. Watch:

The Prime Minister published a video explaining why destroying Hamas as a military force is essential for any post-Hamas arrangement in Gaza.

According to an Axios report, the Prime Minister issued the remarks during a cabinet meeting, telling representatives that Israel would do "whatever it takes" to insure its security.

The targets included military structures, rocket launch sites, weapons storage sites, and other infrastructure.

The casual mixing of Hamas terrorists among UN personnel and vehicles was captured by IDF drone footage.

In an article for the Wall Street Journal, Israeli commentator Amit Segal writes that the United States betrayed its promise to back Israel against threats from places it evacuates when it imposed a partial arms embargo.

Some of the protesters even managed to cross into Gaza. Two were taken into custody.

The Egyptian Foreign Minister made this statement following Foreign Minister Katz's claim that the key to resolving the humanitarian crisis in Gaza was in Egyptian hands.

Following rocket fire on Sderot, the IDF told residents of certain neighborhoods in the northern Gaza Strip to move west to allow for an operation against terrorists in the area.

The soldiers, from the Paratrooper and Givati Brigades, have been evacuated to the hospital to be treated.