Reports of IDF tanks entering Gaza City, alongside intense overnight airstrikes. Minister Katz: "Gaza is burning. We will not relent or turn back until the mission is complete.
Overnight, the Israel Air Force conducted widespread airstrikes, hitting dozens of targets across Gaza City’s neighborhoods, including Sabra, Daraj, Sheikh Radwan, Shati refugee camp, and Tel al-Hawa. The strikes focused on what the IDF described as terror infrastructure.
According to Palestinian Arab reports, dozens were killed and injured in the strikes, with many missing amid the rubble of destroyed buildings.
Defense Minister Israel Katz commented on the IDF strikes in Gaza City and said, "Gaza is burning. The IDF is striking terror infrastructure with an iron fist, and IDF soldiers are fighting heroically to create the conditions for the release of the hostages and the defeat of Hamas. We will not relent or turn back until the mission is complete."
The defense establishment estimated that approximately 320,000 residents of Gaza have already moved south toward the humanitarian zones prepared for them.