Netanyahu: "Total victory is not a matter of months or years. It is within reach" "Surrendering to Hamas' demands will not lead to the release of the abductees - but to another massacre," he said.
Blinken said that Israel must take more significant steps to ensure that the IDF's activities do not harm the UN teams that distribute aid to the Palestinian population in Gaza. Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi said that this operation is long overdue, as the IDF has not yet disbanded the Hamas battalions in Rafah.