Watch: IDF operates in Zeitoun area of central Gaza Strip

The Defense Minister met with the National Security Adviser today, telling him that Israel is committed to expanding the Rafah operation for the sake of destroying Hamas and returning the hostages.

The IDF eliminated senior Hamas operatives Zaher al-Houli and Rami Khalil Faki. Watch:

The IDF eliminated Azmi Abu Daqqa, a Hamas member active in procuring weapons for the terrorist group in the Gaza Strip. The Air Force has also struck dozens of other terror targets over the last 24 hours.

The age in which residents rely on papers and promises which have nothing behind them and which ultimately blow up in our face is over."

The 401st Brigade's combat team has so far eliminated some 50 terrorists and uncovered dozens of terrorists which are being prepared for destruction.

The leader of the Hezbollah parliamentary bloc in Lebanon, MP Mohammad Raad, said that "the resistance is escalating its operations against the Israeli enemy to a certain level in order to preserve the deterrence equation."

The IDF continued to strike Hezbollah targets earlier today throughout southern Lebanon.

The IDF continues to operate in the northern Gaza Strip in areas it did not previously fight in, eliminating terrorists and finding weapons caches.

The Prime Minister attacked Gantz for his ultimatum: "Whitewashed words whose meaning is clear: an end to the war and a defeat for Israel, abandoning most of the hostages, leaving Hamas standing, and establishing a Palestinian state."

The IDF has confirmed information showing Binyamin was murdered and his body taken to the Gaza Strip on October 7.

After the storm surrounding the defense minister's statement, a sharp confrontation broke out in the cabinet meeting with Ben Gvir saying that Gallant is "ignoring the majority." 

The IDF struck a chain of compounds used by Hezbollah's Aeriel Defense Array against Israeli aircraft in southern Lebanon.