The Chief of the General Staff Major General Herzi Halevi and the Chief of the General Security Service Ronan Bar together with the fighting forces went deep into the Gaza Strip and conducted a situation assessment on the ground.
Chief of the General Staff, Herzi Halevi: "The main strength for now in this war, which I feel all the time, is the partnership; I turn around and see the IDF, in every corner, everyone is doing everything just so that you will be as strong as possible.
Keep moving forward, thoroughly, increase the pace. We are behind you!'
The head of the General Security Service, Ronan Bar: "There is a crazy and unprecedented appreciation for you both in the public, both in the political level and in Hamas - it is getting better and better. As a representative of the Shin Bet, we work for the IDF in the war."