"They were pulling women and children out of their beds and dragging them away to Gaza like monsters out of a fairy tale storybook. Usually, they are much more PR-conscious, and I'm surprised that they would unmask themselves like this," he said.
As part of its retaliation against Hamas, Israel has mobilised 3,00,000 troops in the last 48 hours. Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari informed about the mobilisation and said the IDF "has never mobilized so many reservists so quickly--300,000 reservists in 48 hours.
Meanwhile, Israel has hit 1707 targets in Gaza since Saturday, including 475 rocket systems, 73 command centres, 23 strategic infrastructure sites and 22 underground targets. In retaliation, it has killed over 400 people in the besieged Gaza Strip.
Among other things, aircraft attacked a building used by the terrorist organisation Hamas in investigations and an operational infrastructure used by Hamas located inside a mosque.
In a major escalation on October 7 (Saturday), Hamas launched a "surprise attack" on Israel, firing a barrage of rockets into the southern and central parts of the country.
While addressing a briefing on Sunday, IDF spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said the priorities were to end the fighting in Israeli communities and control breaches in the fence dividing Gaza and Israel, CNN reported.
Israel's warplanes continue to bombard Gaza on Sunday morning, Israel Defence Forces (IDF) spokesperson Daniel Hagari said adding that 426 targets were struck in Gaza, including 10 towers used by Hamas.
According to the military, IDF troops were dispatched to the area due to the gathering there of a number of masked individuals, who according to Israeli media reports were stoning Palestinian vehicles on Highway 60
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Galant visited the IDF Central Command headquarters Wednesday together with IDF Chief of Staff Lt. General Herzi Halevi.
The Israel Defense Forces' intensified security operation in Jenin entered its second day on Tuesday, and looked to be on track to achieving its goal of shattering the concept of Jenin as a terrorist haven out of reach of the Israeli military.