WAR UPDATES: Israel believes top Hamas leadership is now in southern Gaza – report

Jordanian Foreign Minister says his country will not sign a water-for-electricity agreement with Israel

French foreign minister warns her Iranian counterpart not to escalate the conflict

IDF releases footage of operation on most crowded area since war started

The IDF released footage from the past week, during operational activity north of Al-Shati, the densest area operated in since the beginning of the fighting in Gaza.

“The Commando Brigade coordinated 54 precise strikes from the air, sea and land, during which Hamas terrorists were eliminated and terrorist infrastructure, booby-trapped buildings and tunnel shafts were destroyed,” the IDF said in a statement.

“In parallel, the soldiers conducted operational activity at a booby-trapped hotel in the northern Gaza Strip, and found large stockpiles of weapons. The weapons were subsequently destroyed by the IDF,” the statement added.

IRGC Commander praises October 7 massacre in a letter to Hamas counterpart

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force Commander, Ismail Qaani, wrote a letter to Hamas’ Al-Qassam Brigades Commander Mohammed Def, in which the Iranian general praises the October 7 massacre.

“Palestine and the region will not be the same as before,” Qaani wrote, adding “We will do whatever is necessary in this historic battle.”

Suspect arrested on charge of involuntary manslaughter in connection with killing of Jewish man at a California rally

IDF announces death of Corporal Avraham Fetena, 20, killed by Hamas terrorists in Jerusalem attack earlier today

Israeli Ambassador to the UN will screen the “atrocity film” from the massacre committed by Hamas at the United Nations

Ambassadors of world countries and UN officials were invited to the screening. Ambassador Erdan: “The time has come for the distorted UN, which makes immoral comparisons between Israel and Hamas, to see with its own eyes what kind of barbaric murderers it cares about and perhaps realize how much it is betraying its original mission”

Hamas claims responsibility for the attack near Jerusalem today

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Gaza ground operation: “The next phase has begun”

“I arrived today at the headquarters of the division whose special forces also operate inside the Shifa hospital.  “There are significant findings. We are working with precision and determination. We have completed taking over and clearing the western part of Gaza City and are now advancing to the next stage of the offensive.”

The Palestinian Red Crescent says Israeli tanks have encircled the Al-Ahli Baptist hospital in Gaza 

Israeli Air Force Commander: “We are hitting Hamas everywhere and operating throughout the Middle East”

 Commander of the Air Force, Major General Tomer Bar: “We are hitting Hamas on the ground and below the ground – we hit thousands of terrorists, and we will reach all of them; The Air Force as the strategic arm of the State of Israel is organized and operates all over the Middle East and in every required arena. Everywhere”.

🚨Rocket alert sirens sound in Gaza border communities

 IDF says it has found signs of significant Hamas underground infrastructure at Shifa hospital

Army statement: “During the scans in the Shifa area, technological means were located, including computer means with information and documentation on them that are currently being investigated. We have definite information that indicates a connection between Hamas activity in the hospital and the issue of the abductees.

In the context of the laptop that is in the Hamas command and control center in the hospital, it showed a photo from visible sources of Uri Magidish before her abduction. We have not yet exhausted all the information found on the computer or disks that were in the command center.

During the day, IDF forces continued to search the Shifa Hospital area and deepened the search in the other hospitals. During the scans, new findings were found indicating significant underground infrastructure in the hospitals and our forces are working to uncover them. The accumulated evidence proves that Hamas uses the hospitals for terrorist purposes.”

🚨Rocket alert sounds in Israeli towns near Gaza

🚨Rocket alert sirens sound in northern Israel near Lebanon border

IDF finds Hamas rockets in a girl’s bed and an anti-tank missile in a baby carriage in Gaza

Statement from the IDF Spokesperson: “During a raid carried out by fighters from the 551st Reserve Brigade’s combat team, following intelligence information, at the home of a Hamas terrorist who was part of a terrorist organization unit in the Beit Hanun area, several rockets were located inside a bed in a children’s room.

During that raid, the fighters located a significant amount of explosives, including missiles, explosives and dozens of kilograms of explosives. Once located, the munitions were destroyed by the force.

In addition, the Intelligence Division reveals a recording of a conversation between two terrorists from the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist organization, in which the terrorists describe how weapons are transported in a baby carriage.”