US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that Hamas is a terrorist group and its only agenda is to destroy Israel and murder Jews. He said the group is not a representative of the Palestinian people or their legitimate aspirations for the future.
Egypt, Israel and the United States have agreed to allow foreigners residing in Gaza to pass through the Rafah border crossing into Egypt, under which Israel agreed to refrain from striking areas the foreigners would pass through on their way out of the Palestinian territory.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has said it has killed a commander in Hamas's commando forces who led one of the attacks on southern Israel communities last week, The Times of Israel reported.
The attack plans which have been termed "top secret" in Arabic seem to be orders for two trained Hamas units to surround and infiltrate villages and target places where civilians gather.
In a move to retaliate against Hamas terror attacks in Israel, Israeli soldiers, their tanks and munitions have been deployed near the Gaza border as they have announced full invasion of Gaza.
US President Joe Biden on Saturday assured the family members of Americans stuck in Israel attacks that they will do everything possible to return them to their families.
As the evacuation of Indian citizens continues from Tel Aviv, all the other countries have also begun the process of evacuating their citizens from Israel.