Israeli soldiers operating in the Jabaliya area of the northern Gaza Strip located several combat posts and weapons caches used by Hamas in a residential area and near a school, the Israel Defence Forces announced on Tuesday.
The IDF (Israel Defense Forces) together with Israel's Border Police and the Shin Bet (Israel's anti-terror General Security Service) began on Tuesday an operation to counter terrorism in the area of the Jenin refugee camp and the city of Jenin in Samaria.
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) President Mirjana Spoljaric Egger is expected to visit Israel on Thursday, according to Hebrew media, The Times of Israel reported.
Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant has said that the war against Hamas in Gaza will end after Israel achieves its goals, The Times of Israel reported. He said that the Hamas' Jabaliya and Shejaiya battalions in the northern Gaza Strip are on the "verge of being dismantled."
Since the commencement of the ground invasion on October 27, approximately 600 IDF members have sustained injuries, according to information released by the IDF.
For the first time since Israeli forces initiated their ground offensive in Gaza, IDF (Israel Defense Forces) artillery has been deployed inside the Gaza Strip.
The IDF reported that in the more than two months since the start of the Iron Swords War in Gaza is helicopters have evacuated about 600 wounded soldiers in roughly 300 different evacuations.