Israel's Zikim Beach, next to the Gaza Strip, will reopen to the public on Thursday for the first time in two years, the Israel Defence Forces announced.
Israel's Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) said nearly 320 trucks carrying humanitarian aid entered Gaza yesterday via the Kerem Shalom and Zikim crossings. The United Nations and other aid groups collected the shipments inside Gaza for distribution.
Over 280 trucks entered Gaza through the Kerem Shalom and Zikim crossings, carrying essential supplies. Three hundred trucks were collected and distributed by the UN and international organisations, providing vital aid to the civilian population.
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said that over the first six day of the Passover holiday its forces attacked about 270 terrorist targets throughout the Gaza Strip, of which more than 20 were terror infrastructures that were aimed at the territory of Israel. In the attacks rocket launch sites
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, during his visit to the Zikim IDF training base near Gaza, reiterated that Israeli forces will continue making inroads into enemy territory, stressing that "there is no place in Gaza that we won't reach", The Times of Israel reported.
The exact number of Hamas divers involved in the infiltration was not specified by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), but Hebrew-language media reports estimate it to be between five and eight individuals.