Following Palestinian media reports of intensive IDF bombardment in Gaza City overnight, Defense Minister Israel Katz says troops are “fighting valiantly to create the conditions for the release of the hostages and the defeat of Hamas,” APA reports, citing Times of Israel.
“Gaza [City] is burning. The IDF is striking the terror infrastructure with an iron fist,” he says in a statement.
“We will not relent and we will not back down, until the mission is completed,” Katz adds.